Western will show its support for the Shine the Light on Woman Abuse campaign by illuminating the exterior of Alumni Hall purple from Nov. 1-30 in recognition of November as Woman Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month in Ontario. In 2010, the London Abused …
Month: October 2012
Professors redefining fitness, feminism and 50
It’s not just the numbers – that number on the scale, number of calories you eat or the size of your jeans. It can’t be your shape, your image or even a label you ascribe to your body – or any body, for that matter.
Class continues to open eyes to the world
The Rwanda: Culture, Society and Reconstruction course in the Department of French Studies, taught by professor Henri Boyi, involves a five-week international service-learning experience in Rwanda. This course started four years ago. Western News asked three students from that class – Anne-Marie Dolinar, Kylie Erika Spadafora and Martha Elliott – to reflect on that trip.
Student follows an inspired path
Grace Nasri is intent on paving an independent path outside the physician footsteps of her parents – even if the end goal remains the same.
Campus Digest: Walker ready to ‘spread her wings’ in new role
Trista Walker’s career has taken some turns over the past decade but, if you ask her, the trajectory has always been clear. Last month, she was named Western’s Alumni Relations executive director, making her the face of the university for thousands of alumni.
Student values ‘opportunity,’ hopes to pass it on
It was a chilly and windy October night back in 2005 that drew Ticha Gwaradzimba to pull off the 401 into London.
Olympic athlete links track to the classroom
Olympian Hilary Stellingwerff has two passions: teaching and running. She has discovered training for one can lead to success in the other.
Neuroscientists unravel vegetative state
By exploring parts of the brain that trigger during periods of daydreaming and mind-wandering, neuroscientists from Western have made a significant breakthrough in understanding what physically happens in the brain to cause vegetative state and other so-called ‘disorders of consciousness.’
Funeral services set for professor
Services have been set for Psychology professor John Philippe Rushton, who died Tuesday, Oct. 2 at LHSC Victoria Hospital Palliative Care Ward after a battle with cancer.
Austen: Campus police applaud quick-thinking student
Last week, an alert Western student, on her 18th birthday no less, became suspicious when she saw two men loitering near the bike racks at Essex Hall.
Seijts: Learning the lessons that leadership is always ‘live’
A Canadian business leader from the financial industry, who has never been shy to share his opinion, recently told me: ‘What I’ve learned as a leader is that life is a blackboard that you cannot erase. Everything counts. There’s no such thing as a time-out. There’s no such a thing as ‘it doesn’t count.”
Molloy: Reflecting on the Ugandan refugee movement
On Aug. 4, 1972, the President of Uganda, Idi Amin, ordered the expulsion of the country’s Indian community. Claiming he had received an order from God, Amin gave Asians with British passports ninety days to leave.
White: Conference opens door for dialogue, solutions
It’s an important first step – one of which I am quite proud to be a part.
Professors redefining fitness, feminism and 50
It’s not just the numbers – that number on the scale, number of calories you eat or the size of your jeans. It can’t be your shape, your image or even a label you ascribe to your body – or any body, for that matter.
Class continues to open eyes to the world
The Rwanda: Culture, Society and Reconstruction course in the Department of French Studies, taught by professor Henri Boyi, involves a five-week international service-learning experience in Rwanda. This course started four years ago. Western News asked three students from that class – Anne-Marie Dolinar, Kylie Erika Spadafora and Martha Elliott – to reflect on that trip.
Student follows an inspired path
Grace Nasri is intent on paving an independent path outside the physician footsteps of her parents – even if the end goal remains the same.
Campus Digest: Walker ready to ‘spread her wings’ in new role
Trista Walker’s career has taken some turns over the past decade but, if you ask her, the trajectory has always been clear. Last month, she was named Western’s Alumni Relations executive director, making her the face of the university for thousands of alumni.
Student values ‘opportunity,’ hopes to pass it on
It was a chilly and windy October night back in 2005 that drew Ticha Gwaradzimba to pull off the 401 into London.
Olympic athlete links track to the classroom
Olympian Hilary Stellingwerff has two passions: teaching and running. She has discovered training for one can lead to success in the other.
Neuroscientists unravel vegetative state
By exploring parts of the brain that trigger during periods of daydreaming and mind-wandering, neuroscientists from Western have made a significant breakthrough in understanding what physically happens in the brain to cause vegetative state and other so-called ‘disorders of consciousness.’
Funeral services set for professor
Services have been set for Psychology professor John Philippe Rushton, who died Tuesday, Oct. 2 at LHSC Victoria Hospital Palliative Care Ward after a battle with cancer.
Austen: Campus police applaud quick-thinking student
Last week, an alert Western student, on her 18th birthday no less, became suspicious when she saw two men loitering near the bike racks at Essex Hall.
Seijts: Learning the lessons that leadership is always ‘live’
A Canadian business leader from the financial industry, who has never been shy to share his opinion, recently told me: ‘What I’ve learned as a leader is that life is a blackboard that you cannot erase. Everything counts. There’s no such thing as a time-out. There’s no such a thing as ‘it doesn’t count.”
Molloy: Reflecting on the Ugandan refugee movement
On Aug. 4, 1972, the President of Uganda, Idi Amin, ordered the expulsion of the country’s Indian community. Claiming he had received an order from God, Amin gave Asians with British passports ninety days to leave.
White: Conference opens door for dialogue, solutions
It’s an important first step – one of which I am quite proud to be a part.