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. The Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund, re …
Month: October 2010
Hayden honoured by American university
Co-ordinator of the world’s first Special Olympics, former
Western professor and alumnus Frank Hayden, BA ’55 (physical
education), was honoured Oct. 22 with the 2010 Distinguished Alumni
Award from the College of Applied Health Sciences at the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Rorabeck gift bolsters new chair program
“We are more into supporting people than bricks and
mortar.”
Reflecting back on Western getting serious about Games
Commensurate with the opening of the 10th International Symposium
for Olympic Research, I have been asked to comment on the nature
and mission of The University of Western Ontario’s
International Centre for Olympic Studies (ICOS).
Amazed I got away with it
For an entire year, I felt like I was getting away with something.
Find answers to contract negotiations questions
The University of Western Ontario faces a potential labour
disruption and to help clarify what this means for members of the
university community, answers to frequently asked questions have
been posted on the Contract Negotiations @ Western website.
Western Engineering students set to squash half-ton pumpkin
While Linus van Pelt anxiously awaits the arrival of the Great
Pumpkin, a far greater pumpkin will be crashing down at The
University of Western Ontario on Thursday, Oct. 28.
Mapping Medievalism tour at McIntosh
The McIntosh Gallery will be hosting a tandem tour of the current
exhibition Mapping Medievalism at the Canadian Frontier, Wednesday
(Nov. 3) at 12:30 p.m.
In Memoriam – Wilma Devine
Retired Bookstore staff member Wilma Devine died Saturday at the
age of 67. Devine had 17 years of service at the university when
she retired in 2009.
Mumps case reported on campus
A student at The University of Western Ontario has been diagnosed
with mumps and the Middlesex-London Health Unit says it is possible
that more students may develop the infection.
Lindros Legacy Research building opens
Two years ago Eric Lindros announced his retirement from
professional hockey and punctuated the announcement with a
$5-million donation to London Health Sciences Foundation.
Western rated best student experience for ninth year
For the ninth year in a row, The University of Western Ontario
received top marks in the category ‘Most Satisfied Students’ in The
Globe and Mail’s annual Canadian University Report.
Acclaimed director gives tips on being a singing actor
One of the country’s busiest and most popular opera directors is
going to help University of Western Ontario singers become better
actors.
Hayden honoured by American university
Co-ordinator of the world’s first Special Olympics, former
Western professor and alumnus Frank Hayden, BA ’55 (physical
education), was honoured Oct. 22 with the 2010 Distinguished Alumni
Award from the College of Applied Health Sciences at the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Rorabeck gift bolsters new chair program
“We are more into supporting people than bricks and
mortar.”
Reflecting back on Western getting serious about Games
Commensurate with the opening of the 10th International Symposium
for Olympic Research, I have been asked to comment on the nature
and mission of The University of Western Ontario’s
International Centre for Olympic Studies (ICOS).
Amazed I got away with it
For an entire year, I felt like I was getting away with something.
Find answers to contract negotiations questions
The University of Western Ontario faces a potential labour
disruption and to help clarify what this means for members of the
university community, answers to frequently asked questions have
been posted on the Contract Negotiations @ Western website.
Western Engineering students set to squash half-ton pumpkin
While Linus van Pelt anxiously awaits the arrival of the Great
Pumpkin, a far greater pumpkin will be crashing down at The
University of Western Ontario on Thursday, Oct. 28.
Mapping Medievalism tour at McIntosh
The McIntosh Gallery will be hosting a tandem tour of the current
exhibition Mapping Medievalism at the Canadian Frontier, Wednesday
(Nov. 3) at 12:30 p.m.
In Memoriam – Wilma Devine
Retired Bookstore staff member Wilma Devine died Saturday at the
age of 67. Devine had 17 years of service at the university when
she retired in 2009.
Mumps case reported on campus
A student at The University of Western Ontario has been diagnosed
with mumps and the Middlesex-London Health Unit says it is possible
that more students may develop the infection.
Lindros Legacy Research building opens
Two years ago Eric Lindros announced his retirement from
professional hockey and punctuated the announcement with a
$5-million donation to London Health Sciences Foundation.
Western rated best student experience for ninth year
For the ninth year in a row, The University of Western Ontario
received top marks in the category ‘Most Satisfied Students’ in The
Globe and Mail’s annual Canadian University Report.
Acclaimed director gives tips on being a singing actor
One of the country’s busiest and most popular opera directors is
going to help University of Western Ontario singers become better
actors.