A document submitted to the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities this week begins the process of developing a strategic mandate agreement between the province and the University of Windsor.
The ministry had asked the University of Windsor, along with all universities and colleges in Ontario, to:
Deb Dayus is proud of her work as a volunteer canvasser for the Annual Giving Program.
“The campaign most certainly has a clear and positive impact on the work we do, in the lives of our students, and the University of Windsor community as whole,” the nursing professor told colleagues gathered Wednesday on the lawn outside Memorial Hall.
A lunch reception launched the 2012 campaign, which invites support from University employees for student scholarships, campus improvements, teaching and research programs.
Reading opens up worlds, says UWindsor president Alan Wildeman.
“So much of our knowledge is centred in written form,” he says. “Without being able to read, you don’t have the same opportunity to explore what the world has to offer.”
Dr. Wildeman joined volunteers from across the community who spread out across Windsor-Essex on Thursday, exchanging special editions of the Windsor Star for contributions to the Raise-a-Reader campaign. The effort raises funds for family literacy programs, distributing reading skills and books to local children.
The promise of the Centre for Engineering Innovation definitely helped to convince Sarah Kwiatkowski to study at the University of Windsor. Now the promise is being fulfilled for the second-year electrical engineering major.
“I am so excited about having everything in one place—classes, labs, professors’ offices,” she says. “This building played a huge role in my decision to come here.”
The University of Windsor will recognize a $500,000 donation from the Windsor Family Credit Union (WFCU) towards the new Ed Lumley Centre for Engineering Innovation with the naming of a state-of-the-art classroom in the building.
“We believe in the future of the University of Windsor and the economic and educational benefits that it provides to our community and beyond,” said WFCU’s president, Martin Komsa. “This is a very significant contribution for the credit union and one that we feel will have long lasting positive effects.”
As students return this fall, it is impossible for them not to notice changes to the campus, says UWindsor president Alan Wildeman in an e-mail update Tuesday to faculty and staff:
“The Ed Lumley Centre for Engineering Innovation is nearing completion, the construction of the Integrated Parking/Innovation Centre has begun, Cody Hall and the former Drama Building are gone, and there is new landscaping in front of the CAW Student Centre.”
A video by producer Peter Freele of the Centre for Teaching and Learning captures all the excitement of last week’s Welcoming Celebration ushering in the Class of 2016.
The centrepiece of the event was an original song written and performed by UWindsor president Alan Wildeman.
Freele said the format of this year’s celebration marked “a pretty radical departure” from past practice.
The University of Windsor presented a lot of opportunities to her, says recent biology and biotechnology grad Irina Bacanu. She joined hundreds of students in signing a large “thank you” card to donors, Thursday outside the CAW Student Centre.
“I am very grateful to the university for all the resources it has offered us,” Bacanu says. “I just wanted to say thank you to the supporters who made it possible.”
The chance to win a semester’s tuition was a huge draw to attend the Welcoming Celebration on Wednesday afternoon, says Kelsey Adams.
The social work student did win the raffle, sponsored by the University of Windsor Alumni Association, but walked out of the St. Denis Centre with more than just a cheque. She also gained inspiration and Lancer pride, courtesy of a presentation by UWindsor president Alan Wildeman on the theme “Believe in Yourself” and a special appearance by varsity athletes and mascot Winston.
