While not as drastic as the Common Sense Revolution cuts of the early 1990s, this latest round of provincial cuts to postsecondary education is still akin to “death by 1,000 cuts,” Janice Deakin told university Senate members last week. During her pre …
A new partnership between Western and the federal government will work toward a sustainable Malawi.
Generals Gathered, a metal band from Thunder Bay. Simply Saucer, a punk band from Hamilton. Fear of Dogma, a rock band from London. Odds are you haven’t heard of any of these bands, but Jonathan Martel is doing his best to get the word – or in this case, music – out to the masses.
You could say it is an interesting, if not welcome, change – temporarily shifting the attention away from London’s ever-fluctuating, seldom optimistic, unemployment rate to its rich history of labour.
This year, 18 students participated in a new campus initiative, Travel, Learn, Contribute (TLC), visiting the Dominican Republic during Reading Week where they worked to improve one village school while also giving their time and efforts to a variety of local causes.
George Wearring (1928-2013) was a Western professor who taught in the Department of Physical, Health and Recreation Education (now, after several iterations, the School of Kinesiology) from 1962-90. I want to reflect upon the man as I knew him, first as one of my undergraduate teachers and later as my colleague and friend.
Western will be hosting a Campus Clean Up Day on Thursday, April 4. The event will be open to all students, staff and faculty at Western, and event organizers say it will be a great way to show appreciation for the university’s beautiful campus.
Western’s School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS) has won the 2012-13 Ontario University Registrars’ Association (OURA) Innovation Award for its electronic thesis project.
It never bothered me until it did.
To maintain your motorcycle, first you need to have a motorcycle. That sounds so Zen, I could not resist.
Kimberly Woodhouse, dean, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Queen’s University, will deliver Western’s 22nd annual Lynda Shaw Memorial Distinguished Lecture Series at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14 in Spencer Engineering Building, Room 3109.
Fad diets. Magic weight-loss pills. Miracle six-minute exercise routines. All of these things promise quick results, but do they actually deliver? The 8th annual Exercise and Nutrition Symposium, slated for March 23, will help you decide for yourself.
Western community members are advised to continue to stay away from the river and Medway Creek on campus as waters are still running fast, high and cold.
A new partnership between Western and the federal government will work toward a sustainable Malawi.
Generals Gathered, a metal band from Thunder Bay. Simply Saucer, a punk band from Hamilton. Fear of Dogma, a rock band from London. Odds are you haven’t heard of any of these bands, but Jonathan Martel is doing his best to get the word – or in this case, music – out to the masses.
You could say it is an interesting, if not welcome, change – temporarily shifting the attention away from London’s ever-fluctuating, seldom optimistic, unemployment rate to its rich history of labour.
This year, 18 students participated in a new campus initiative, Travel, Learn, Contribute (TLC), visiting the Dominican Republic during Reading Week where they worked to improve one village school while also giving their time and efforts to a variety of local causes.
George Wearring (1928-2013) was a Western professor who taught in the Department of Physical, Health and Recreation Education (now, after several iterations, the School of Kinesiology) from 1962-90. I want to reflect upon the man as I knew him, first as one of my undergraduate teachers and later as my colleague and friend.
Western will be hosting a Campus Clean Up Day on Thursday, April 4. The event will be open to all students, staff and faculty at Western, and event organizers say it will be a great way to show appreciation for the university’s beautiful campus.
Western’s School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS) has won the 2012-13 Ontario University Registrars’ Association (OURA) Innovation Award for its electronic thesis project.
It never bothered me until it did.
To maintain your motorcycle, first you need to have a motorcycle. That sounds so Zen, I could not resist.
Kimberly Woodhouse, dean, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Queen’s University, will deliver Western’s 22nd annual Lynda Shaw Memorial Distinguished Lecture Series at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14 in Spencer Engineering Building, Room 3109.
Fad diets. Magic weight-loss pills. Miracle six-minute exercise routines. All of these things promise quick results, but do they actually deliver? The 8th annual Exercise and Nutrition Symposium, slated for March 23, will help you decide for yourself.
Western community members are advised to continue to stay away from the river and Medway Creek on campus as waters are still running fast, high and cold.