Marlene MacLeish told University of Western Ontario graduates that each one of them has the power to make a difference in the world, during her convocation address on Friday morning, Oct. 29. A professor of Medical Education at Morehouse School of M …
The Honourable Tom Hockin encouraged University of Western Ontario
graduates to be adaptable and not to fear multiple careers, during
his convocation address on Friday afternoon, Oct. 29.
If you ever wondered if the Western campus community loves their
coffee – and helping the United Way – the answer is a resounding
yes.
When Dick Pound was named one of TIME’s 100 most influential people
in the world following the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, the
American news magazine said the founder of the World Anti-Doping
Agency was “the prime mover in freeing the Olympic world from the
taint of illicit, performance-enhancing drugs.”
Convocation ceremonies will be broadcast at 3:30 p.m. today and
again at 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. tomorrow. Watch the
events live.
Can’t make to convocation, watch it live online. More than 1,900
graduates will join the ranks of over 260,000 alumni of The
University of Western Ontario this week as Western holds its 296th
convocation.
Four anonymous London donors believe so much in the importance of
United Way, and they are willing to ‘put their money where their
mouth is’ and are extending a challenge to the rest of London and
Middlesex – including Western – to do the same.
The University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA) has
set a strike deadline of 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3.
More than $1.3 million will go toward assisting nursing students at
The University of Western Ontario thanks to the generosity of
former students.
Back in an all-too familiar location, former Western President Paul
Davenport encouraged University of Western Ontario graduates to be
champions of the liberal arts during his convocation address on
Thursday, Oct. 28.
Like many teenagers, Peter King wasn’t sure how to answer the
question: What do you want to do when you grow up?
Peeking through the fan blades of a hexagonal dome, Horia Hangan
looks like he is on the movie set of “Honey, I Shrunk the
Dome.”
You’ve surely trudged through their fallen leaves over the
last few weeks.