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Month: April 2013
Campus Digest: Library fines see first hike in 12 years
On May 1, Western Libraries will raise the daily fine rates for regular loans from 50 cents to 75 cents and recall fines from $2 to $3. Not all daily fines rates will change; hourly and short loan fines will remain at $2. Western Libraries has not raised fines in more than 12 years.
USC celebrates Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Jennifer Irwin, Faculty of Health Sciences, M. J. Kidnie, Faculty of Arts & Humanities, Anita Woods, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, and Mitsume Fukui, not pictured, Arts & Humanities, were named as recipients of the University Students’ Council (USC) Award of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching at the 22nd annual USC Award Ceremony. This ceremony celebrates the achievements of top students and faculty.
Trainor, Trung take top athletic honours
Western rugby player Conor Trainor and swimmer Jennifer Trung saw their athletic careers honoured at the 2012-13 Western Mustangs Athletic Awards Banquet last week at the London Convention Centre.
Students to help Guatemalan children check out books for first time
Elementary school students in Guatemala will be able to borrow books from the library for the first time, thanks in part to the work of Western students.
Brescia reappoints Hanycz as principal
Colleen Hanycz has been reappointed to a second term as Brescia University College’s principal, the Council of Trustees recently announced. Hanycz’s four-year renewal will begin July 1.
‘Seed Your Startup’ to award $5,000 to London entrepreneur
Faculty, students and community members are invited to attend the annual ‘Seed Your Startup’ business pitch competition hosted by The Student Success Centre and BizInc.
Legros, Lagugne-Labarthet join European doctoral push
Two Western professors look to open the world to Western students.
Teaching Support Centre offers a wide range of sessions in May
The Teaching Support Centre is offering the following upcoming events for faculty. Registration and program details can be found the TSC website:
Pope receives Distinguished Investigator Award
Dr. Janet Pope, chair/chief of the Rheumatology Centre at St. Joseph’s Hospital, received this year’s Canadian Rheumatology Association’s Distinguished Investigator Award.
Tuition framework caps hikes at 3 per cent
While the provincial government announced last week it would cap tuition hikes over the next four years at 3 per cent, all sides agree there’s work to be done still.
Cechetto presented with 2013 Western Humanitarian Award
For his selfless work in rebuilding Rwanda’s shattered health-care system, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry professor David Cechetto has been presented with Western’s 2013 Humanitarian Award.
Letters may be jumbled, but findings getting clearer
When reading this sentence, you are identifying the letters that form the words. You are also coding the position of those letters to be able to distinguish between words like ‘form’ and ‘from’. But, then again, it’s also interesting that you can stilil raed words when the lettres are jmbuled up and not in thier corerct psotiions.
Campus Digest: Library fines see first hike in 12 years
On May 1, Western Libraries will raise the daily fine rates for regular loans from 50 cents to 75 cents and recall fines from $2 to $3. Not all daily fines rates will change; hourly and short loan fines will remain at $2. Western Libraries has not raised fines in more than 12 years.
USC celebrates Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Jennifer Irwin, Faculty of Health Sciences, M. J. Kidnie, Faculty of Arts & Humanities, Anita Woods, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, and Mitsume Fukui, not pictured, Arts & Humanities, were named as recipients of the University Students’ Council (USC) Award of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching at the 22nd annual USC Award Ceremony. This ceremony celebrates the achievements of top students and faculty.
Trainor, Trung take top athletic honours
Western rugby player Conor Trainor and swimmer Jennifer Trung saw their athletic careers honoured at the 2012-13 Western Mustangs Athletic Awards Banquet last week at the London Convention Centre.
Students to help Guatemalan children check out books for first time
Elementary school students in Guatemala will be able to borrow books from the library for the first time, thanks in part to the work of Western students.
Brescia reappoints Hanycz as principal
Colleen Hanycz has been reappointed to a second term as Brescia University College’s principal, the Council of Trustees recently announced. Hanycz’s four-year renewal will begin July 1.
‘Seed Your Startup’ to award $5,000 to London entrepreneur
Faculty, students and community members are invited to attend the annual ‘Seed Your Startup’ business pitch competition hosted by The Student Success Centre and BizInc.
Legros, Lagugne-Labarthet join European doctoral push
Two Western professors look to open the world to Western students.
Teaching Support Centre offers a wide range of sessions in May
The Teaching Support Centre is offering the following upcoming events for faculty. Registration and program details can be found the TSC website:
Pope receives Distinguished Investigator Award
Dr. Janet Pope, chair/chief of the Rheumatology Centre at St. Joseph’s Hospital, received this year’s Canadian Rheumatology Association’s Distinguished Investigator Award.
Tuition framework caps hikes at 3 per cent
While the provincial government announced last week it would cap tuition hikes over the next four years at 3 per cent, all sides agree there’s work to be done still.
Cechetto presented with 2013 Western Humanitarian Award
For his selfless work in rebuilding Rwanda’s shattered health-care system, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry professor David Cechetto has been presented with Western’s 2013 Humanitarian Award.
Letters may be jumbled, but findings getting clearer
When reading this sentence, you are identifying the letters that form the words. You are also coding the position of those letters to be able to distinguish between words like ‘form’ and ‘from’. But, then again, it’s also interesting that you can stilil raed words when the lettres are jmbuled up and not in thier corerct psotiions.