Three Western graduates are among the recipients of this year’s Governor General’s Academic Medals. For more than 140 years, the awards have recognized outstanding students across Canada and has become one of the most prestigious recognitions that a st …
If students are the best ambassadors for a postsecondary institution, then Western’s 2012-13 graduating class have continued that tradition.
When the call came, Alice Munro, LLD’76, was nowhere to be found.
Western alumna and former writer-in-residence Alice Munro, DLitt’76, has been named the winner of 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature, becoming the first Canadian woman to take the award since its launch in 1901. Munro, 82, is only the 13th woman given the award.
Kapil Lakhotia has advocated for the Forest City for more than a decade. And not just because of his job description.
Jack Fairs, legendary Western squash coach, sits with his wife, Peg, at a dedication ceremony held in his honour at the Western Student Recreation Centre Wednesday. The centre's squash courts were named after Fairs, who led the men's teams to dozens of Ontario...
Legendary Western Mustangs squash coach Jack Fairs will add one more item to his lengthy list of accomplishments when the university holds a special ceremony to name its squash courts in his honour.
Video games have come a long way since Nintendo first dominated the market in the 1980s. Three decades later, Rob McCallum has plans to go a long way to document the Nintendo saga, all the while hunting for its classic games.
From London, Ontario to London, England, Jannah Wigle has transitioned a Bachelor of Health Sciences degree from Western to a position with U.K.-based Options Consultancy Services, a maternal and newborn health program in six African countries, including Malawi.
Joseph Stinziano’s curiosity gave him a head start.
Western alumni Jack and Sharon Cowin have already benefitted from the lessons they learned both on and off the fields of play. Now, the former Mustangs hope their $4-million gift will help Western students, and varsity student-athletes, learn those same lessons.
Forbes has ranked Margaret Chan, BA’73, MD’77, DSc’99, World Health Organization (WHO) director-general, as the world’s 33rd most powerful woman on the magazine’s World’s 100 Most Powerful Women list.
Today’s graduates must build global communities in which everyone, regardless of gender, origin or economic status, can make a full contribution, said leading lawyer and women’s rights advocate Cherie Blair.
If students are the best ambassadors for a postsecondary institution, then Western’s 2012-13 graduating class have continued that tradition.
When the call came, Alice Munro, LLD’76, was nowhere to be found.
Western alumna and former writer-in-residence Alice Munro, DLitt’76, has been named the winner of 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature, becoming the first Canadian woman to take the award since its launch in 1901. Munro, 82, is only the 13th woman given the award.
Kapil Lakhotia has advocated for the Forest City for more than a decade. And not just because of his job description.
Jack Fairs, legendary Western squash coach, sits with his wife, Peg, at a dedication ceremony held in his honour at the Western Student Recreation Centre Wednesday. The centre's squash courts were named after Fairs, who led the men's teams to dozens of Ontario...
Legendary Western Mustangs squash coach Jack Fairs will add one more item to his lengthy list of accomplishments when the university holds a special ceremony to name its squash courts in his honour.
Video games have come a long way since Nintendo first dominated the market in the 1980s. Three decades later, Rob McCallum has plans to go a long way to document the Nintendo saga, all the while hunting for its classic games.
From London, Ontario to London, England, Jannah Wigle has transitioned a Bachelor of Health Sciences degree from Western to a position with U.K.-based Options Consultancy Services, a maternal and newborn health program in six African countries, including Malawi.
Joseph Stinziano’s curiosity gave him a head start.
Western alumni Jack and Sharon Cowin have already benefitted from the lessons they learned both on and off the fields of play. Now, the former Mustangs hope their $4-million gift will help Western students, and varsity student-athletes, learn those same lessons.
Forbes has ranked Margaret Chan, BA’73, MD’77, DSc’99, World Health Organization (WHO) director-general, as the world’s 33rd most powerful woman on the magazine’s World’s 100 Most Powerful Women list.
Today’s graduates must build global communities in which everyone, regardless of gender, origin or economic status, can make a full contribution, said leading lawyer and women’s rights advocate Cherie Blair.