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Western to bestow honorary degrees on 14 outstanding leaders

Western to bestow honorary degrees on 14 outstanding leaders

Western is conferring honorary degrees on 14 eminent individuals during spring convocation, celebrating and honouring their contributions across a wide range of endeavours. Convocation ceremonies, taking place at Alumni Hall throughout June, feature ad …

Mustangs put oars in water for celebration

Mustangs put oars in water for celebration

Peter McClelland’s career as a Mustangs rower still makes waves in his life. “Does rowing teach grit and determination or do people with grit and determination choose rowing? Maybe a little bit of both,” said McClelland, BA’07, MA’09. “But grit and determination are...

DAN gets Senate OK

DAN gets Senate OK

University Senators wrestled with what’s in a name before approving the rebranding of the Department of Management and Organizational Studies to the DAN Department of Management and Organizational Studies, at their regular meeting last Friday. If approved by the Board...

UCC, WSSB back to normal after evacuation

UCC, WSSB back to normal after evacuation

Police deemed no threat from a device discovered in the University Community Centre (UCC) earlier this afternoon. Both the UCC and Western Student Services Building (WSSB) are being re-occupying currently.

Partnership eyes preservation of Canadian heritage

Partnership eyes preservation of Canadian heritage

Western University and Library and Archives Canada (LAC) announced a partnership earlier this week that will see LAC working closely with researchers and students from the Faculty of Media and Information Studies as well as Western Libraries, one of the largest research library systems in Canada.

UWOFA celebrates Ratcliffe’s lasting legacy of unity

UWOFA celebrates Ratcliffe’s lasting legacy of unity

Shortly after her arrival as a tenured professor in the late 1990s, Marjorie Ratcliffe took up the cause to unionize Western’s faculty. It was at that time the late Allan Heinicke, a Math professor and former Chair and President of the University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA), told her she was making a big mistake.

Smith: Not just the students who get stressed out

Smith: Not just the students who get stressed out

8:45 a.m. Fifteen minutes until go time. More than 1,100 exams and score sheets are neatly stacked and patiently waiting in 10 different classrooms to be distributed by an army of proctors. Large swarms of second-year genetics students anxiously migrate to their...

Flood warning issued for Medway, Talbot parking lots

Flood warning issued for Medway, Talbot parking lots

With Environment Canada advising that London may experience total rainfall amounts of 40-70mm between today and tomorrow, there is potential for flooding, including the Medway Parking Lot (located behind Elgin Hall) and Talbot Parking Lot (located across from Talbot...

Western marks Mental Health Week

Western marks Mental Health Week

Western’s Alumni Hall will glow green this week, part of the Canadian Mental Health Association’s initiative to Shine Green for Mental Health Week. While other universities, including McMaster, Toronto and Lakehead, are also taking part, Western is the only...

Mustangs put oars in water for celebration

Mustangs put oars in water for celebration

Peter McClelland’s career as a Mustangs rower still makes waves in his life. “Does rowing teach grit and determination or do people with grit and determination choose rowing? Maybe a little bit of both,” said McClelland, BA’07, MA’09. “But grit and determination are...

DAN gets Senate OK

DAN gets Senate OK

University Senators wrestled with what’s in a name before approving the rebranding of the Department of Management and Organizational Studies to the DAN Department of Management and Organizational Studies, at their regular meeting last Friday. If approved by the Board...

UCC, WSSB back to normal after evacuation

UCC, WSSB back to normal after evacuation

Police deemed no threat from a device discovered in the University Community Centre (UCC) earlier this afternoon. Both the UCC and Western Student Services Building (WSSB) are being re-occupying currently.

Partnership eyes preservation of Canadian heritage

Partnership eyes preservation of Canadian heritage

Western University and Library and Archives Canada (LAC) announced a partnership earlier this week that will see LAC working closely with researchers and students from the Faculty of Media and Information Studies as well as Western Libraries, one of the largest research library systems in Canada.

UWOFA celebrates Ratcliffe’s lasting legacy of unity

UWOFA celebrates Ratcliffe’s lasting legacy of unity

Shortly after her arrival as a tenured professor in the late 1990s, Marjorie Ratcliffe took up the cause to unionize Western’s faculty. It was at that time the late Allan Heinicke, a Math professor and former Chair and President of the University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA), told her she was making a big mistake.

Smith: Not just the students who get stressed out

Smith: Not just the students who get stressed out

8:45 a.m. Fifteen minutes until go time. More than 1,100 exams and score sheets are neatly stacked and patiently waiting in 10 different classrooms to be distributed by an army of proctors. Large swarms of second-year genetics students anxiously migrate to their...

Flood warning issued for Medway, Talbot parking lots

Flood warning issued for Medway, Talbot parking lots

With Environment Canada advising that London may experience total rainfall amounts of 40-70mm between today and tomorrow, there is potential for flooding, including the Medway Parking Lot (located behind Elgin Hall) and Talbot Parking Lot (located across from Talbot...

Western marks Mental Health Week

Western marks Mental Health Week

Western’s Alumni Hall will glow green this week, part of the Canadian Mental Health Association’s initiative to Shine Green for Mental Health Week. While other universities, including McMaster, Toronto and Lakehead, are also taking part, Western is the only...