On June 25, Classical Studies student Melanie Benard unearthed a tile with a human footprint that was accidentally – or perhaps even mischievously – pressed into the freshly made object mo …
Month: June 2015
Krische named among Canadian Emerging Leaders
Elizabeth Krische, Western’s Director of Procurement Services, recently received the 2015 Emerging Leaders Award from the Canadian Association of University Business Officers (CAUBO). The award celebrates those who “promote excellence, collaboration, leadership and...
Garland appointed new Health Sciences dean
Western alumna Jayne Garland arrives to head the growing faculty from the University of British Columbia (UBC), where she currently serves as professor and head of the Department of Physical Therapy.
Time for staff and faculty to get their game on
Better start stretching now, registration is now open for the second session of the Western Staff & Faculty Fall Games 2015, the intramural-style, multi-sport league available to all staff and faculty on campus. Now in its second year, the league features seven...
Rez Powers Down earns more accolades
Honours continue to roll in for a bright idea that is fueling sustainability in Western residences. Last week, Western was awarded a 2015 Quality and Productivity Award, presented by the Canadian Association of University Business Officers, for the university’s Rez...
Sharma: Throwing shade on campus ground
I read with great interest the article “Western branches out with tropical flora” (Western News, June 3). My daughter will be attending Western this fall and, last week, we were at the Summer Academic Orientation. During our campus tour, I did see a palm tree at the...
Task force to be charged with Board review
Western’s Board of Governors took its first step toward promised self-reflection as members voted Thursday to strike a task force charged with a governance review of the university governing body in the wake of a turbulent spring. The task force will be comprised of...
Board ratifies operating engineers agreement
Today, Western’s Board of Governors approved a new five-year contract with International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE), which represents 13 operating engineers engaged primarily in Western’s main power and remote stations. The members of Local 772 had ratified...
Guggenheim Prize honours Laidler’s influence
As one of Canada’s foremost monetary scholars, David Laidler warrants a biography of some heft, a tale of rare intellect and impeccable timing that would unfold a ‘Zelig’-like journey through 20th Century economic thought.
University earns unprecedented economic honour
Western’s commitment to economic engagement earned an unprecedented honour today, as the institution was named among the Class of 2015 Innovation & Economic Prosperity Universities by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) in Washington, D.C....
Generation Next: Young scholar embraces new opportunities
Looking back, Kyra Moura knows it was a change for the better. After almost a decade of competing nationally and internationally as a synchronized swimmer, Moura could no longer make it to practice, after her program relocated to the Toronto Pan Am Games Sports Centre...
Generation Next: Incoming scholar prepares for ‘giant’ steps
He may boast marks in the high 90s, volunteer at a pair of local hospitals, coach youth soccer, work as an athletic therapist’s assistant at his high school and run his own math tutoring business. But, believe us, Dane Sisinni really does have time to breathe. The...
Research floats revolutionary idea on rowing
Brock Laschowski sums up his graduate career with a simple programming note. “When I explain to people what I did for my masters, I typically referred to it as a MythBusters episode,” said the Kinesiology graduate. Like the popular a Discovery Channel show, Laschowski...
Krische named among Canadian Emerging Leaders
Elizabeth Krische, Western’s Director of Procurement Services, recently received the 2015 Emerging Leaders Award from the Canadian Association of University Business Officers (CAUBO). The award celebrates those who “promote excellence, collaboration, leadership and...
Garland appointed new Health Sciences dean
Western alumna Jayne Garland arrives to head the growing faculty from the University of British Columbia (UBC), where she currently serves as professor and head of the Department of Physical Therapy.
Time for staff and faculty to get their game on
Better start stretching now, registration is now open for the second session of the Western Staff & Faculty Fall Games 2015, the intramural-style, multi-sport league available to all staff and faculty on campus. Now in its second year, the league features seven...
Rez Powers Down earns more accolades
Honours continue to roll in for a bright idea that is fueling sustainability in Western residences. Last week, Western was awarded a 2015 Quality and Productivity Award, presented by the Canadian Association of University Business Officers, for the university’s Rez...
Sharma: Throwing shade on campus ground
I read with great interest the article “Western branches out with tropical flora” (Western News, June 3). My daughter will be attending Western this fall and, last week, we were at the Summer Academic Orientation. During our campus tour, I did see a palm tree at the...
Task force to be charged with Board review
Western’s Board of Governors took its first step toward promised self-reflection as members voted Thursday to strike a task force charged with a governance review of the university governing body in the wake of a turbulent spring. The task force will be comprised of...
Board ratifies operating engineers agreement
Today, Western’s Board of Governors approved a new five-year contract with International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE), which represents 13 operating engineers engaged primarily in Western’s main power and remote stations. The members of Local 772 had ratified...
Guggenheim Prize honours Laidler’s influence
As one of Canada’s foremost monetary scholars, David Laidler warrants a biography of some heft, a tale of rare intellect and impeccable timing that would unfold a ‘Zelig’-like journey through 20th Century economic thought.
University earns unprecedented economic honour
Western’s commitment to economic engagement earned an unprecedented honour today, as the institution was named among the Class of 2015 Innovation & Economic Prosperity Universities by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) in Washington, D.C....
Generation Next: Young scholar embraces new opportunities
Looking back, Kyra Moura knows it was a change for the better. After almost a decade of competing nationally and internationally as a synchronized swimmer, Moura could no longer make it to practice, after her program relocated to the Toronto Pan Am Games Sports Centre...
Generation Next: Incoming scholar prepares for ‘giant’ steps
He may boast marks in the high 90s, volunteer at a pair of local hospitals, coach youth soccer, work as an athletic therapist’s assistant at his high school and run his own math tutoring business. But, believe us, Dane Sisinni really does have time to breathe. The...
Research floats revolutionary idea on rowing
Brock Laschowski sums up his graduate career with a simple programming note. “When I explain to people what I did for my masters, I typically referred to it as a MythBusters episode,” said the Kinesiology graduate. Like the popular a Discovery Channel show, Laschowski...