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 …
Mustang Athletics
Mustangs gallop back to the gridiron
The Western Mustangs football team has begun its quest to return for a third-straight Vanier Cup with two-a-day practices at TD Stadium.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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.
New book explores history of ‘The Mustang Legend’
Where does one begin summing up more than a century of Mustang football? The 32 Yates Cup titles. The seven Vanier Cup championships. The 16 bowl victories. Maybe the six Hec Crighton Trophy winners.
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
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.”
Mustangs gallop back to the gridiron
The Western Mustangs football team has begun its quest to return for a third-straight Vanier Cup with two-a-day practices at TD Stadium.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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.
New book explores history of ‘The Mustang Legend’
Where does one begin summing up more than a century of Mustang football? The 32 Yates Cup titles. The seven Vanier Cup championships. The 16 bowl victories. Maybe the six Hec Crighton Trophy winners.
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
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.”