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Penny Pexman named vice-president (research)

Penny Pexman named vice-president (research)

Penny Pexman, an internationally recognized leader in the field of cognitive psychology, has been announced as Western’s new vice-president (research), effective Sept. 1, 2023. The board of governors approved a five-year term for Pexman at its meeting …

Inspiration, insights and slow jams

Inspiration, insights and slow jams

If you are ready to draw inspiration coaching legends, insight from political heavyweights or heed warnings to avoid giving your love to ‘Scrubs’ then join Mustangs Women’s Basketball head coach Nathan McKibbon when he takes a turn on Read. Watch. Listen.

Club Purple opens more sports to fans

Club Purple opens more sports to fans

Mustangs Athletics officials are hoping to pump up the purple-and-proud passion with the introduction of Club Purple, a new “inclusive season ticket holder environment” that looks to generate more fans across more sports.

New surface keeps athletes on track

New surface keeps athletes on track

It still has that new track smell. More than 20 years since its last rehab, the well-worn track surface in the Thompson Recreation and Athletic Centre has a fresh – and purple – new look.

Grad student explores roots on and off the ice

Grad student explores roots on and off the ice

Kalley Armstrong might justifiably boast about her pedigree – be it about her stellar hockey career with one of North America’s top college teams or as granddaughter of a Hockey Hall of Fame player. But even if hockey is in her DNA, boasting is not.

Stapleton elected to U Sports board

Stapleton elected to U Sports board

Christine Stapleton, Director (Sports and Recreation Services), has been elected to the U Sports Board of Directors, the national governing body announced last week.

Spear Chief-Morris joins FISU delegation

Spear Chief-Morris joins FISU delegation

The 2019 FISU Summer Universiade Canadian delegation will have a little more Mustangs representation next month as Joy SpearChief-Morris has been added to the Athletics team.

Mathies scores OUA award for off-the-field work

Mathies scores OUA award for off-the-field work

Chuck Mathies has had a hand in more than 135 Ontario University Athletics (OUA) championship teams at Western – yet he’s never scored a goal, basket or touchdown. As the Mustangs Associate Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, however, his work remains behind the scenes.

‘Quinn-tatorship’ marches band to unrivalled success

‘Quinn-tatorship’ marches band to unrivalled success

Quinn Fleming sat in the Mustang Lounge of the University Community Centre pondering a question he asked himself. It took him awhile to come up with an answer. But the one he eventually landed on reflected perfectly on who he has become at Western.

Alumna sets out to make us all ‘Unsinkable’

Alumna sets out to make us all ‘Unsinkable’

Silken Laumann is well-acquainted with the connections that bind physical, mental and spiritual health. And with the launch of Unsinkable, a new storytelling platform, the Canadian champion rower hopes her fellow Canadians will come to see them, too. The platform –...

Western shines in star-studded Junos opener

Western shines in star-studded Junos opener

The biggest stage in Canadian music was tinted purple Sunday night as Western alumni and students kicked off the 2019 Juno Awards with a surprise “once-in-a-lifetime performance.”

Inspiration, insights and slow jams

Inspiration, insights and slow jams

If you are ready to draw inspiration coaching legends, insight from political heavyweights or heed warnings to avoid giving your love to ‘Scrubs’ then join Mustangs Women’s Basketball head coach Nathan McKibbon when he takes a turn on Read. Watch. Listen.

Club Purple opens more sports to fans

Club Purple opens more sports to fans

Mustangs Athletics officials are hoping to pump up the purple-and-proud passion with the introduction of Club Purple, a new “inclusive season ticket holder environment” that looks to generate more fans across more sports.

New surface keeps athletes on track

New surface keeps athletes on track

It still has that new track smell. More than 20 years since its last rehab, the well-worn track surface in the Thompson Recreation and Athletic Centre has a fresh – and purple – new look.

Grad student explores roots on and off the ice

Grad student explores roots on and off the ice

Kalley Armstrong might justifiably boast about her pedigree – be it about her stellar hockey career with one of North America’s top college teams or as granddaughter of a Hockey Hall of Fame player. But even if hockey is in her DNA, boasting is not.

Stapleton elected to U Sports board

Stapleton elected to U Sports board

Christine Stapleton, Director (Sports and Recreation Services), has been elected to the U Sports Board of Directors, the national governing body announced last week.

Spear Chief-Morris joins FISU delegation

Spear Chief-Morris joins FISU delegation

The 2019 FISU Summer Universiade Canadian delegation will have a little more Mustangs representation next month as Joy SpearChief-Morris has been added to the Athletics team.

Mathies scores OUA award for off-the-field work

Mathies scores OUA award for off-the-field work

Chuck Mathies has had a hand in more than 135 Ontario University Athletics (OUA) championship teams at Western – yet he’s never scored a goal, basket or touchdown. As the Mustangs Associate Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, however, his work remains behind the scenes.

‘Quinn-tatorship’ marches band to unrivalled success

‘Quinn-tatorship’ marches band to unrivalled success

Quinn Fleming sat in the Mustang Lounge of the University Community Centre pondering a question he asked himself. It took him awhile to come up with an answer. But the one he eventually landed on reflected perfectly on who he has become at Western.

Alumna sets out to make us all ‘Unsinkable’

Alumna sets out to make us all ‘Unsinkable’

Silken Laumann is well-acquainted with the connections that bind physical, mental and spiritual health. And with the launch of Unsinkable, a new storytelling platform, the Canadian champion rower hopes her fellow Canadians will come to see them, too. The platform –...

Western shines in star-studded Junos opener

Western shines in star-studded Junos opener

The biggest stage in Canadian music was tinted purple Sunday night as Western alumni and students kicked off the 2019 Juno Awards with a surprise “once-in-a-lifetime performance.”