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ITS adds three popular – and powerful – site licenses
Western Information Technology Services (ITS) recently added three popular – and powerful – site licenses to Western’s collection of software packages commonly available to the university community. Included in that mix are: Microsoft Campus Agreement, primarily...
Bentham’s ‘Untitled’ gets a new life on campus
In 1979, the University Students’ Council (USC) commissioned Saskatchewan artist Douglas Bentham to create a sculpture in honour of Western’s 100th anniversary. Originally located on the Concrete Beach in front of the University Community Centre (UCC), the sculpture,...
Elite student kept in tune with industry
While growing up in the Netherlands, Koen Tholhuijsen spent countless hours in his father’s workshop. “As an electrician, he had a lot of tools hanging around. As a kid, I was extremely good at breaking stuff,” said the 25-year old. “I would always try and fix things...
Western Serves heads into the community
UWOFA president aims to keep association’s profile high
When Alison Hearn stepped up to the plate that is the University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA), things were a bit hectic. “I assumed the position early because Jeff Tennant, the previous president, stepped down to become the chief negotiator. That was...
Advanced lessons in basic training
The dusty and sweaty trails of the Canadian Forces Base Borden, just north of Barrie, Ont., might just be the last place you’d expect to find business students. But for one week this past summer, close to 40 Ivey Business School students where put through their paces...
DuHasky mixes up ingredients for success
Over at Ontario Hall, everything is new. Including Andrew DuHasky. When Western’s newest student residence first opened to some 600 students last year, DuHasky was among the first to experience its state-of-the-art marché-style dining hall. And he’s loved every minute...
Student uses elite program to reclaim past
While discovering her own story, Shyra Barberstock has helped others reclaim theirs. Last month, the fourth-year First Nations Studies and Health/Environmental Geography student returned from the Indigenous Women in Community Leadership program at the Coady...
Cook: Rereading rekindles past for alumnus
It was the best grade I ever received on a university essay – 92 on a research paper about Henry David Thoreau’s Walden in American Literature class. I was impressed when I got it during the third year of my BA in English Language and Literature at Western; I guess I...
Winders: Kenney puts employer ‘freeloading’ on job training in the spotlight
Last week, Jason Kenney said what many have been thinking. “I stand up in front of business audiences and say: You guys have been, to some extent, freeloading on the public training system,” the Employment Minister told the Canada 2020 Conference in Ottawa. “We need...
‘Cool’ idea may help dialysis patients
By Paul Mayne A simple step developed by a Western researcher may alleviate the potential damage to multiple organs often associated with dialysis, an important treatment for countless patients with kidney disease. Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry Professor...
Community program offers fun, eyes sustainable benefits
Be it golf, swimming, skating, basketball, soccer or dance, London’s Child and Youth Network wants children to get active – and they’re willing pay for it. ACT-i-Pass, offered to all Grade 5 students in London, allows for free access to indoor and outdoor sporting...