Campus Community Police Service (CCPS) will host its annual found property sale from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, June 5 in the Support Services Building (SSB), room 2390. Proceeds from the sale benefit the CCPS Bike Unit as well as several sponsored charities …
Month: May 2014
Scheim stands among nation’s elite
Ayden Scheim has been preparing for this moment his entire life.
Van Fleet awarded President’s Medal for Distinguished Service
Jan Van Fleet, former university Senate and Board of Governors secretary, will be awarded the first President’s Medal for Distinguished Service at Western’s 303rd convocation ceremony.
Ukrainian academic headlines ‘Media and Crisis in Ukraine’
In the wake of the Maidan protests in November 2013, the Russian invasion in March 2014 and continuing through this week’s presidential election, Ukraine has dominated news cycles around the globe. Sponsored by the Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS) and Faculty of Engineering, Media and Crisis in Ukraine will explore many of the issues surrounding this country in flux.
Retired schoolteacher found adventure in Farley’s lessons
Rudy Pilz, Dpl’82, BA’84, was in the middle of a tool-and-die apprenticeship when the company he was working for burnt to the ground. It was 1967, and options for a new apprenticeship were limited for the 20-year-old.
Operafest 2014 takes to the stage
Operafest 2014 takes to the stage Saturday and Sunday, May 24 and 25, with student performances from the Don Wright Faculty of Music’s Canadian Operatic Arts Academy.
Student shoots, scores as Memorial Cup guardian
Justin O’Halloran has likely done more cleaning this past week than he has in his entire life. But when your job is ‘Guardian of the Memorial Cup,’ you have to make sure the historic, 95-year-old trophy is looking its best.
Western honours international business leader at Hong Kong Convocation
Cecilia Siu-Wei Yau, a highly accomplished Asian business leader and founder of Macia Company Limited, is being honoured with a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LLD) at Western University’s Hong Kong Convocation, Sunday, May 25.
Foundation Western, university unify endowment assets
Foundation Western and Western University, arm’s length partners for 35 years, have officially unified, creating a new unit, Donor Funds Management, under the university’s External Relations department. The move was finalized April 30.
Wilkins: Libraries looking beyond the book
Western Libraries is hosting Workshop for Instruction in Library Use (WILU) 2014, Canada’s major information literacy conference. The theme, ‘e-magine’ the Possibilities, recognizes information literacy is continually evolving.
Move unifies Foundation Western, university endowment assets
Foundation Western and Western University, arm’s length partners for 35 years, have officially unified, creating a new unit, Donor Funds Management, under the university’s External Relations department. The move was finalized April 30.
Professor’s book explores master director’s cultural impact
By studying modern works that feature Hitchcock-inspired elements, Visual Arts professor Christine Sprengler contends they are valuable not only as art, but also serve as contributions to the understanding of Hitchcock’s cultural legacy and cinema itself.
Professor looks to shake radiation’s ‘nasty’ reputation
The words ‘clean’ and ‘radiation’ rarely find a home in same sentence. But that’s not the case for Clara Wren. The Western Chemistry professor is working on a project she’s titled Radiation: Creative, Clean and Efficient Manufacturing Processes.
Scheim stands among nation’s elite
Ayden Scheim has been preparing for this moment his entire life.
Van Fleet awarded President’s Medal for Distinguished Service
Jan Van Fleet, former university Senate and Board of Governors secretary, will be awarded the first President’s Medal for Distinguished Service at Western’s 303rd convocation ceremony.
Ukrainian academic headlines ‘Media and Crisis in Ukraine’
In the wake of the Maidan protests in November 2013, the Russian invasion in March 2014 and continuing through this week’s presidential election, Ukraine has dominated news cycles around the globe. Sponsored by the Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS) and Faculty of Engineering, Media and Crisis in Ukraine will explore many of the issues surrounding this country in flux.
Retired schoolteacher found adventure in Farley’s lessons
Rudy Pilz, Dpl’82, BA’84, was in the middle of a tool-and-die apprenticeship when the company he was working for burnt to the ground. It was 1967, and options for a new apprenticeship were limited for the 20-year-old.
Operafest 2014 takes to the stage
Operafest 2014 takes to the stage Saturday and Sunday, May 24 and 25, with student performances from the Don Wright Faculty of Music’s Canadian Operatic Arts Academy.
Student shoots, scores as Memorial Cup guardian
Justin O’Halloran has likely done more cleaning this past week than he has in his entire life. But when your job is ‘Guardian of the Memorial Cup,’ you have to make sure the historic, 95-year-old trophy is looking its best.
Western honours international business leader at Hong Kong Convocation
Cecilia Siu-Wei Yau, a highly accomplished Asian business leader and founder of Macia Company Limited, is being honoured with a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LLD) at Western University’s Hong Kong Convocation, Sunday, May 25.
Foundation Western, university unify endowment assets
Foundation Western and Western University, arm’s length partners for 35 years, have officially unified, creating a new unit, Donor Funds Management, under the university’s External Relations department. The move was finalized April 30.
Wilkins: Libraries looking beyond the book
Western Libraries is hosting Workshop for Instruction in Library Use (WILU) 2014, Canada’s major information literacy conference. The theme, ‘e-magine’ the Possibilities, recognizes information literacy is continually evolving.
Move unifies Foundation Western, university endowment assets
Foundation Western and Western University, arm’s length partners for 35 years, have officially unified, creating a new unit, Donor Funds Management, under the university’s External Relations department. The move was finalized April 30.
Professor’s book explores master director’s cultural impact
By studying modern works that feature Hitchcock-inspired elements, Visual Arts professor Christine Sprengler contends they are valuable not only as art, but also serve as contributions to the understanding of Hitchcock’s cultural legacy and cinema itself.
Professor looks to shake radiation’s ‘nasty’ reputation
The words ‘clean’ and ‘radiation’ rarely find a home in same sentence. But that’s not the case for Clara Wren. The Western Chemistry professor is working on a project she’s titled Radiation: Creative, Clean and Efficient Manufacturing Processes.