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Month: June 2016

Jiang, Donoghue earn Top Immigrant honours

Jiang, Donoghue earn Top Immigrant honours

Electrical and Computer Engineering professor Jin Jiang and Room author Emma Donoghue, LLD'13, were named among the 8th annual RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrants, along with several other artists, academics, entrepreneurs and champions of worthy causes. Presented by...

Senate, research reports rolled out

Senate, research reports rolled out

As university Senate heads into its summer break, the Western community can look forward to transitioning from ‘fact-finding’ to ‘action-taking’ after more than a year of governing body introspection. Officially, four committees were addressing issues that arose from...

Senate hears about Homecoming plan

Senate hears about Homecoming plan

The time has come for “decisive action” regarding a particularly notorious street party that has marred official Homecoming celebrations and frustrated university and city officials in recent years, two top university officials told Senate Friday afternoon. “Whatever...

Inspired to serve: From medicine to military

Inspired to serve: From medicine to military

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Dr. Michael Gutman, MD’88, stared in shock and disbelief as he watched the terrorist attacks unravel on live television. In...

Determined learners never done studying

Determined learners never done studying

Eleven learners from a variety of educational institutions and agencies received Adult Learner Awards from the London Council for Adult Education on May 12. Three Western students were among the recipients. A fourth Western student received the SAGE (Students Aged...

3M Award celebrates three decades of excellence

3M Award celebrates three decades of excellence

Visual Arts professor emerita Madeline Lennon didn’t set out to change lives; she looked to inspire them. “I always knew I wanted to teach,” Lennon said. “When I started, I thought, ‘Gee, I’m really enjoying this so I’m going to do what I want to do and it’s not like...

Zecevic named GSA fellow

Zecevic named GSA fellow

Health Studies professor Aleksandra Zecevic has been named among the newest cohort of international fellows for the Gerontological Society of America (GSA), the nation’s largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging.

Frempong tapped for Youth Caucus

Frempong tapped for Youth Caucus

Nursing student Akuah Frempong has been named among 50 of Canada’s top youth leaders who will attend the annual National Youth Ambassador Caucus, organized by Global Vision. “I’m extremely excited and honored to be chosen; I’m particularly excited to be collaborating...

Western staffers unite for a Day of Caring

Western staffers unite for a Day of Caring

There was definitely ‘no horsing’ around as more than a dozen Western staff members took part in the annual United Way Day of Caring on June 2, an event which brings together teams of workplace volunteers to complete meaningful, hands-on projects at United Way-funded...

University to honour ‘lucky’ Jameson

University to honour ‘lucky’ Jameson

Retired in 2009, former Executive Assistant to the President and Provost Dalin Jameson will be presented with the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service as part of the university’s 307th Convocation.

Chakma: Attack serves as a reminder work remains

Chakma: Attack serves as a reminder work remains

Condemning the downtown London attack on Western student Mohammad Sharifi in the “strongest possible terms,” Western President Amit Chakma called on the university community to continue working toward a more inclusive institution and, in turn, society. “This is an...

Senate, research reports rolled out

Senate, research reports rolled out

As university Senate heads into its summer break, the Western community can look forward to transitioning from ‘fact-finding’ to ‘action-taking’ after more than a year of governing body introspection. Officially, four committees were addressing issues that arose from...

Senate hears about Homecoming plan

Senate hears about Homecoming plan

The time has come for “decisive action” regarding a particularly notorious street party that has marred official Homecoming celebrations and frustrated university and city officials in recent years, two top university officials told Senate Friday afternoon. “Whatever...

Inspired to serve: From medicine to military

Inspired to serve: From medicine to military

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Dr. Michael Gutman, MD’88, stared in shock and disbelief as he watched the terrorist attacks unravel on live television. In...

Determined learners never done studying

Determined learners never done studying

Eleven learners from a variety of educational institutions and agencies received Adult Learner Awards from the London Council for Adult Education on May 12. Three Western students were among the recipients. A fourth Western student received the SAGE (Students Aged...

3M Award celebrates three decades of excellence

3M Award celebrates three decades of excellence

Visual Arts professor emerita Madeline Lennon didn’t set out to change lives; she looked to inspire them. “I always knew I wanted to teach,” Lennon said. “When I started, I thought, ‘Gee, I’m really enjoying this so I’m going to do what I want to do and it’s not like...

Zecevic named GSA fellow

Zecevic named GSA fellow

Health Studies professor Aleksandra Zecevic has been named among the newest cohort of international fellows for the Gerontological Society of America (GSA), the nation’s largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging.

Frempong tapped for Youth Caucus

Frempong tapped for Youth Caucus

Nursing student Akuah Frempong has been named among 50 of Canada’s top youth leaders who will attend the annual National Youth Ambassador Caucus, organized by Global Vision. “I’m extremely excited and honored to be chosen; I’m particularly excited to be collaborating...

Western staffers unite for a Day of Caring

Western staffers unite for a Day of Caring

There was definitely ‘no horsing’ around as more than a dozen Western staff members took part in the annual United Way Day of Caring on June 2, an event which brings together teams of workplace volunteers to complete meaningful, hands-on projects at United Way-funded...

University to honour ‘lucky’ Jameson

University to honour ‘lucky’ Jameson

Retired in 2009, former Executive Assistant to the President and Provost Dalin Jameson will be presented with the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service as part of the university’s 307th Convocation.

Chakma: Attack serves as a reminder work remains

Chakma: Attack serves as a reminder work remains

Condemning the downtown London attack on Western student Mohammad Sharifi in the “strongest possible terms,” Western President Amit Chakma called on the university community to continue working toward a more inclusive institution and, in turn, society. “This is an...