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Month: September 2014

Western checks in at No. 191 in QS World University rankings

Western checks in at No. 191 in QS World University rankings

Western made a slight move up the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University rankings, released last week. Western found itself ranked No. 191 in the 2014-15 rankings of the Top 200 universities in the world. That number was up from No. 199 in the 2013-14 rankings,...

All her world’s a stage, as alumna has played many parts

All her world’s a stage, as alumna has played many parts

Offstage since day one, Anita Gaffney has played a role at the Stratford Festival for more than two decades. The Western grad and Stratford native started out selling ice cream to theatre-goers as a summer job. She’s also worked as a bookstore clerk, a waitress and...

A new way of learning

A new way of learning

Wendy Crocker, a curriculum and e-learning specialist in Western’s Teaching Support Centre, demonstrates a smart board to Cohen Dishke Hondzel, 3, and his mother Catharine, a research and curriculum development officer at Huron University College, in the new Western...

Student entrepreneurs: Why not build your own experience?

Student entrepreneurs: Why not build your own experience?

  A routine class assignment can turn into an entrepreneurial opportunity, just as it did for Bhavin Prajapati, a Health Information Science graduate student at Western. Together with some classmates, Prajapati tackled the 4x4, a Michigan public health document...

Health, wellness program targets grad students

Health, wellness program targets grad students

Graduate students may notice something different about their program handbooks and course syllabi this fall. A clause is now included to stress the importance of one’s health and wellness, alongside their academic performance while pursuing graduate studies at...

New program looks to ease university transitions

New program looks to ease university transitions

A program initially designed to aid first-year Health Sciences students may ease stress levels for students across all faculties as the program makes its campuswide debut this fall. Western 1010 is a universitywide pilot program designed to give all first-year...

Vanier celebrates the nation’s finest

Vanier celebrates the nation’s finest

Seven Western graduate students have been named among 166 nationwide recipients of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, each receiving $50,000 annually for up to three years. Vanier scholars are selected based on leadership skills and high standard of scholarly...

Stoop: Traffic flow not as smooth as sold

Stoop: Traffic flow not as smooth as sold

Construction projects changing face, flow of campus (Western News, Sept. 4) stated that “early traffic reports are positive, as commuters were finding their way into the (Springett parking) lot fairly smoothly.” I agree commuters are finding their way into the...

New site aids grad students in leap into work

New site aids grad students in leap into work

Often too busy at work in labs, lecture halls and libraries to plot their career paths, graduate students now have a unique set of online training resources to help them make the leap into the work world and to succeed in any career. Recognizing the unique experiences...

UWOSA chief sees opportunities to help members

UWOSA chief sees opportunities to help members

Don’t worry about Karen Foullong. She has plenty on her to-do list. Foullong is four months into her term as the University of Western Ontario Staff Association (UWOSA) president, representing almost 1,000 employees engaged in administrative and research support roles...

Winders: Pilot program looks to answer cries of a lost generation

Winders: Pilot program looks to answer cries of a lost generation

I was thrown in – sink or swim. And for the first few years, I sunk. Deep. I was a smart kid who found himself lost from the start. Away from home for the first time, confronting academic work I could no longer coast through and dealing with a new social universe...

Western centre celebrates a decade of care

Western centre celebrates a decade of care

“It is hard to pass over your children, to trust that someone else will take care of them the way you would,” one mother in the campus community wrote in a thank-you note to staff at Western’s YMCA Child Care. “I trust the care my daughters are getting. I know they’re...

Boland, et al: Embracing the power of Alternative Spring Break

Boland, et al: Embracing the power of Alternative Spring Break

Editor's note: If you are interested in Alternative Spring Break (ASB) as a faculty/staff team leader or participant, Organizers have scheduled an information session for 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17 in University Community Centre 147A to answer your questions....

All her world’s a stage, as alumna has played many parts

All her world’s a stage, as alumna has played many parts

Offstage since day one, Anita Gaffney has played a role at the Stratford Festival for more than two decades. The Western grad and Stratford native started out selling ice cream to theatre-goers as a summer job. She’s also worked as a bookstore clerk, a waitress and...

A new way of learning

A new way of learning

Wendy Crocker, a curriculum and e-learning specialist in Western’s Teaching Support Centre, demonstrates a smart board to Cohen Dishke Hondzel, 3, and his mother Catharine, a research and curriculum development officer at Huron University College, in the new Western...

Student entrepreneurs: Why not build your own experience?

Student entrepreneurs: Why not build your own experience?

  A routine class assignment can turn into an entrepreneurial opportunity, just as it did for Bhavin Prajapati, a Health Information Science graduate student at Western. Together with some classmates, Prajapati tackled the 4x4, a Michigan public health document...

Health, wellness program targets grad students

Health, wellness program targets grad students

Graduate students may notice something different about their program handbooks and course syllabi this fall. A clause is now included to stress the importance of one’s health and wellness, alongside their academic performance while pursuing graduate studies at...

New program looks to ease university transitions

New program looks to ease university transitions

A program initially designed to aid first-year Health Sciences students may ease stress levels for students across all faculties as the program makes its campuswide debut this fall. Western 1010 is a universitywide pilot program designed to give all first-year...

Vanier celebrates the nation’s finest

Vanier celebrates the nation’s finest

Seven Western graduate students have been named among 166 nationwide recipients of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, each receiving $50,000 annually for up to three years. Vanier scholars are selected based on leadership skills and high standard of scholarly...

Stoop: Traffic flow not as smooth as sold

Stoop: Traffic flow not as smooth as sold

Construction projects changing face, flow of campus (Western News, Sept. 4) stated that “early traffic reports are positive, as commuters were finding their way into the (Springett parking) lot fairly smoothly.” I agree commuters are finding their way into the...

New site aids grad students in leap into work

New site aids grad students in leap into work

Often too busy at work in labs, lecture halls and libraries to plot their career paths, graduate students now have a unique set of online training resources to help them make the leap into the work world and to succeed in any career. Recognizing the unique experiences...

UWOSA chief sees opportunities to help members

UWOSA chief sees opportunities to help members

Don’t worry about Karen Foullong. She has plenty on her to-do list. Foullong is four months into her term as the University of Western Ontario Staff Association (UWOSA) president, representing almost 1,000 employees engaged in administrative and research support roles...

Winders: Pilot program looks to answer cries of a lost generation

Winders: Pilot program looks to answer cries of a lost generation

I was thrown in – sink or swim. And for the first few years, I sunk. Deep. I was a smart kid who found himself lost from the start. Away from home for the first time, confronting academic work I could no longer coast through and dealing with a new social universe...

Western centre celebrates a decade of care

Western centre celebrates a decade of care

“It is hard to pass over your children, to trust that someone else will take care of them the way you would,” one mother in the campus community wrote in a thank-you note to staff at Western’s YMCA Child Care. “I trust the care my daughters are getting. I know they’re...

Boland, et al: Embracing the power of Alternative Spring Break

Boland, et al: Embracing the power of Alternative Spring Break

Editor's note: If you are interested in Alternative Spring Break (ASB) as a faculty/staff team leader or participant, Organizers have scheduled an information session for 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17 in University Community Centre 147A to answer your questions....