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Month: October 2015

Refusing to settle for business-as-usual

Refusing to settle for business-as-usual

Don’t tell Elizabeth Krische we have always done things a certain way around here. “I love change,” said a smiling Krische, Director of Procurement Services at Western. Almost everything the university purchases, from pencils to MRIs, is under her watchful eye. And...

Winders: How leave could have made it go away

Winders: How leave could have made it go away

He was certain I was missing the story – at least what he saw as the story. More than once, Stephen Goudge, author of the much-discussed Goudge Review of Presidential Compensation Practices, answered my questions succinctly and then punctuated his replies with five...

McMullin: Western students rock the world stage

McMullin: Western students rock the world stage

We know our students are excellent and now the world does, too. As reported in last week’s Western News (“Western students stand atop world in Undergraduate Awards,” Sept. 24), Western students did extremely well in this year’s global Undergraduate Awards competition,...

Doucette: Recognizing the ‘unique and essential role’ we play

Doucette: Recognizing the ‘unique and essential role’ we play

With Western’s librarians and archivists currently in negotiations for a new collective agreement, we look to the campus community for your support so we may continue our important work. Librarians and archivists play a unique and essential role in the university’s...

Bosman eyes a better way of doing business

Bosman eyes a better way of doing business

Justice is one of Jessica Bosman’s passions. As an active executive member of Western’s Amnesty International club, she helps raise awareness about current platforms and disputed cases, collects signatures for petitions and organizes host speakers. Bosman is the...

First sounds of the season

First sounds of the season

It was a full house last week at the Don Wright Faculty of Music as the Fridays @ 12:30 Series debuted in the brand-new von Kuster Hall. The audience was treated to three performances, including Chant du Ménestrel , op. 71, by pianist Marianna Chibotar-Rutkevich and...

Winders: How leave could have made it go away

Winders: How leave could have made it go away

He was certain I was missing the story – at least what he saw as the story. More than once, Stephen Goudge, author of the much-discussed Goudge Review of Presidential Compensation Practices, answered my questions succinctly and then punctuated his replies with five...

McMullin: Western students rock the world stage

McMullin: Western students rock the world stage

We know our students are excellent and now the world does, too. As reported in last week’s Western News (“Western students stand atop world in Undergraduate Awards,” Sept. 24), Western students did extremely well in this year’s global Undergraduate Awards competition,...

Doucette: Recognizing the ‘unique and essential role’ we play

Doucette: Recognizing the ‘unique and essential role’ we play

With Western’s librarians and archivists currently in negotiations for a new collective agreement, we look to the campus community for your support so we may continue our important work. Librarians and archivists play a unique and essential role in the university’s...

Bosman eyes a better way of doing business

Bosman eyes a better way of doing business

Justice is one of Jessica Bosman’s passions. As an active executive member of Western’s Amnesty International club, she helps raise awareness about current platforms and disputed cases, collects signatures for petitions and organizes host speakers. Bosman is the...

First sounds of the season

First sounds of the season

It was a full house last week at the Don Wright Faculty of Music as the Fridays @ 12:30 Series debuted in the brand-new von Kuster Hall. The audience was treated to three performances, including Chant du Ménestrel , op. 71, by pianist Marianna Chibotar-Rutkevich and...