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Tumi Olaoye is shaping communities one experience at a time

Tumi Olaoye is shaping communities one experience at a time

For Tumi Olaoye, it’s all about community: the campus community she found at Western, and the global community she hopes to have an impact on some day. Born in Nigeria, Olaoye came to Canada with her family when she was 11. Now in her fourth year of a …

LAB*B helps take youth ideas to action

LAB*B helps take youth ideas to action

At any given time, conversations can range from the next big entrepreneur, a collaboration on an arts project, a potential business startup or even a community initiative around mental health. And that’s exactly what former Western student Harpreet Zingh, and Harman...

Graham living out hoop dreams

Graham living out hoop dreams

From the moment Laura Graham stepped onto Western’s campus for a visit as a high school senior, she knew she had found her new home court. With a goal of one day playing semi-professional basketball in Europe, she needed to choose both the right school and team to...

Postdocs targeted with new mentorship program

Postdocs targeted with new mentorship program

The competitive academic landscape has created a shift in how faculty members are hired at universities, and Western is backing the need for mentorship and support to give postdoctoral scholars an edge in the market of academic and non-academic employment. In this...

Forum highlights postdoc success, opportunities

Forum highlights postdoc success, opportunities

Western postdoctoral students and supervisors will be celebrating their own today as part of the Postdoctoral Research Forum highlighting research success and career opportunities beyond academia. The one-day event, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Great Hall, features...

Plan looks to modernize campus parking

Plan looks to modernize campus parking

Campus parking lots look to get a technological upgrade this summer, making for a more convenient experience for the campus community and visitors. And while it will come at a higher cost for drivers, campus officials say the changes are long overdue. “Our existing...

New aviation program gets off the ground

New aviation program gets off the ground

Through the creation of the Jazz Aviation Pathway Program (APP), Jazz Aviation and Western are clearing the skies for brighter career possibilities for tomorrow’s pilots. “The calibre of Western’s Commercial Aviation Management program is a tremendous addition to the...

Site helps you span the globe with Western

Site helps you span the globe with Western

Do you want to know what Western is up to in Brazil or Chile? How about Denmark, Kenya or Madagascar? With Western Worldwide, a new database tool that track’s Western’s international activity, you can check on student exchanges, research or another type of...

Giving purpose to personal identity

Giving purpose to personal identity

Madeline Arkle, BSc’14, Medicine Class of 2018, is an experienced time traveler. For four summers, she has journeyed back to the 1850s in search of her Métis heritage. These adventures took place at Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site in Manitoba. Donning historic...

PhD candidate wins CBC Short Story Prize

PhD candidate wins CBC Short Story Prize

English PhD candidate David Huebert joins company with some of Canada’s best writers who received CBC Literary Prizes and went on to receive national and international acclaim.

University mourns loss of well-known student mentor

University mourns loss of well-known student mentor

The words of a grieving family resonated across campus this week as the university joined them in mourning the loss of a mother and her son. “As a mother and son, they had a strong and undeniable bond. They were at the core of a very loving family. Together we shared...

Looking to connect over creativity

Looking to connect over creativity

Victoria Wiebe is no stranger to putting pen to paper to turn her creative thoughts into works of poetry or young-adult fiction. Now, the published author and Psychology student will be helping other writers find their voice as the 2016-17 Student Writer-in-Residence....

Indigenous Convocation celebrates achievements

Indigenous Convocation celebrates achievements

Indigenous Services hosted its fourth annual Graduation Ceremony for Indigenous Students at the International and Graduate Affairs Building on April 7. Since many of the students will be leaving London, this was a final chance to say goodbye and celebrate their...

LAB*B helps take youth ideas to action

LAB*B helps take youth ideas to action

At any given time, conversations can range from the next big entrepreneur, a collaboration on an arts project, a potential business startup or even a community initiative around mental health. And that’s exactly what former Western student Harpreet Zingh, and Harman...

Graham living out hoop dreams

Graham living out hoop dreams

From the moment Laura Graham stepped onto Western’s campus for a visit as a high school senior, she knew she had found her new home court. With a goal of one day playing semi-professional basketball in Europe, she needed to choose both the right school and team to...

Postdocs targeted with new mentorship program

Postdocs targeted with new mentorship program

The competitive academic landscape has created a shift in how faculty members are hired at universities, and Western is backing the need for mentorship and support to give postdoctoral scholars an edge in the market of academic and non-academic employment. In this...

Forum highlights postdoc success, opportunities

Forum highlights postdoc success, opportunities

Western postdoctoral students and supervisors will be celebrating their own today as part of the Postdoctoral Research Forum highlighting research success and career opportunities beyond academia. The one-day event, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Great Hall, features...

Plan looks to modernize campus parking

Plan looks to modernize campus parking

Campus parking lots look to get a technological upgrade this summer, making for a more convenient experience for the campus community and visitors. And while it will come at a higher cost for drivers, campus officials say the changes are long overdue. “Our existing...

New aviation program gets off the ground

New aviation program gets off the ground

Through the creation of the Jazz Aviation Pathway Program (APP), Jazz Aviation and Western are clearing the skies for brighter career possibilities for tomorrow’s pilots. “The calibre of Western’s Commercial Aviation Management program is a tremendous addition to the...

Site helps you span the globe with Western

Site helps you span the globe with Western

Do you want to know what Western is up to in Brazil or Chile? How about Denmark, Kenya or Madagascar? With Western Worldwide, a new database tool that track’s Western’s international activity, you can check on student exchanges, research or another type of...

Giving purpose to personal identity

Giving purpose to personal identity

Madeline Arkle, BSc’14, Medicine Class of 2018, is an experienced time traveler. For four summers, she has journeyed back to the 1850s in search of her Métis heritage. These adventures took place at Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site in Manitoba. Donning historic...

PhD candidate wins CBC Short Story Prize

PhD candidate wins CBC Short Story Prize

English PhD candidate David Huebert joins company with some of Canada’s best writers who received CBC Literary Prizes and went on to receive national and international acclaim.

University mourns loss of well-known student mentor

University mourns loss of well-known student mentor

The words of a grieving family resonated across campus this week as the university joined them in mourning the loss of a mother and her son. “As a mother and son, they had a strong and undeniable bond. They were at the core of a very loving family. Together we shared...

Looking to connect over creativity

Looking to connect over creativity

Victoria Wiebe is no stranger to putting pen to paper to turn her creative thoughts into works of poetry or young-adult fiction. Now, the published author and Psychology student will be helping other writers find their voice as the 2016-17 Student Writer-in-Residence....

Indigenous Convocation celebrates achievements

Indigenous Convocation celebrates achievements

Indigenous Services hosted its fourth annual Graduation Ceremony for Indigenous Students at the International and Graduate Affairs Building on April 7. Since many of the students will be leaving London, this was a final chance to say goodbye and celebrate their...