Creating greater impact, building a strong and inclusive community, and further establishing a presence on the world stage are at the core of Western’s 2023-24 budget. The university’s Board of Governors approved $896.2 million in base or one-time …
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Weather siren testing today
Be advised that Western's severe weather siren is being tested throughout the afternoon of Friday, June 24. Should there be an actual weather event, you will be advised.
Board outlines university stance on rapid transit
Western's Board of Governors unanimously approved a pair of recommendations earlier today outlining the university's stance on how the City of London's rapid transit system would travel to - and possibly through - the university campus. "We want to work with this city...
New president to help alumni find their voices
When David Simmonds was searching for his voice, he found it as a student on Western's campus. And now, as he begins his term as President of the Alumni Association, he plans to use that voice to share the university's story and encourage alumni to engage with each...
‘Long journey’ peacefully ends in London
As Western professor Victoria Esses walked hand-in-hand down the street with 3-year-old Syrian refugee Bushra, it was difficult to imagine that same playful child hiding in fear as bombs exploded around her home just under a year ago.
New PMA president targets PDG process
With contract negotiations still two years out, newly elected Professional Management Association (PMA) President Melanie Molnar will instead focus her attention on improving a performance review process, she said, many of her members feel is falling short. "I've...
Western insights inform rural seniors development
A proposed $21-million retirement living project in rural Huron County has added a Western component to its focus on keeping seniors in their own community. Inspiring Living Seaforth, which looks to break ground in spring 2017, will consist of 20 units for palliative...
Craig to shout Huron story from the rooftops
Barry Craig looks for the same moment in others that was once sparked in him. “Nothing is more exciting than seeing that moment when an 18- or 19-year-old undergraduate student – you know the one who cruised through high school trying to get marks, but not being...
Debut novel no longer a ‘secret’ for alumna
For a long time, Laurie Elizabeth Flynn told very few people what she spent her mornings, evenings and weekends doing. “I was a secret writer,” she said with a laugh. “I didn’t think it was practical or a life path I could actually choose. I didn’t know what people...
In Memoriam: Colleague pays tribute to Allen Pearson
His many friends and colleagues were deeply saddened this week to learn that former Dean of Education Dr. Allen Pearson has died. Those who had seen him in recent months knew he was not well but his death earlier this week at his home here in London was nevertheless...
Commentary: Shoreline Clean Up comes to campus
Earth Day 2016 brought a new and exciting initiative to the Western community, a large, collaborative campus clean-up event that involved university staff, students and volunteers from across campus. For the first time at Western, a group of graduate students from the...
Letter: Ruling was not based on ‘assumptions’
Judge William Hoskins did not make “assumptions with respect to how a sexual assault survivor would behave after an assault.” Judges don’t make assumptions – they make decisions according to the law. (“Verdict did not acquit misconceptions,” Western News, May 13)...
Course rewrite ‘Frames’ experiences in new way
Rick Fehr felt it was important to put his students’ work into the public eye to continue the teaching and learning about representations of Indigenous Peoples. For the past few years, Fehr has watched several students in his class participate in events and protests...
Weather siren testing today
Be advised that Western's severe weather siren is being tested throughout the afternoon of Friday, June 24. Should there be an actual weather event, you will be advised.
Board outlines university stance on rapid transit
Western's Board of Governors unanimously approved a pair of recommendations earlier today outlining the university's stance on how the City of London's rapid transit system would travel to - and possibly through - the university campus. "We want to work with this city...
New president to help alumni find their voices
When David Simmonds was searching for his voice, he found it as a student on Western's campus. And now, as he begins his term as President of the Alumni Association, he plans to use that voice to share the university's story and encourage alumni to engage with each...
‘Long journey’ peacefully ends in London
As Western professor Victoria Esses walked hand-in-hand down the street with 3-year-old Syrian refugee Bushra, it was difficult to imagine that same playful child hiding in fear as bombs exploded around her home just under a year ago.
New PMA president targets PDG process
With contract negotiations still two years out, newly elected Professional Management Association (PMA) President Melanie Molnar will instead focus her attention on improving a performance review process, she said, many of her members feel is falling short. "I've...
Western insights inform rural seniors development
A proposed $21-million retirement living project in rural Huron County has added a Western component to its focus on keeping seniors in their own community. Inspiring Living Seaforth, which looks to break ground in spring 2017, will consist of 20 units for palliative...
Craig to shout Huron story from the rooftops
Barry Craig looks for the same moment in others that was once sparked in him. “Nothing is more exciting than seeing that moment when an 18- or 19-year-old undergraduate student – you know the one who cruised through high school trying to get marks, but not being...
Debut novel no longer a ‘secret’ for alumna
For a long time, Laurie Elizabeth Flynn told very few people what she spent her mornings, evenings and weekends doing. “I was a secret writer,” she said with a laugh. “I didn’t think it was practical or a life path I could actually choose. I didn’t know what people...
In Memoriam: Colleague pays tribute to Allen Pearson
His many friends and colleagues were deeply saddened this week to learn that former Dean of Education Dr. Allen Pearson has died. Those who had seen him in recent months knew he was not well but his death earlier this week at his home here in London was nevertheless...
Commentary: Shoreline Clean Up comes to campus
Earth Day 2016 brought a new and exciting initiative to the Western community, a large, collaborative campus clean-up event that involved university staff, students and volunteers from across campus. For the first time at Western, a group of graduate students from the...
Letter: Ruling was not based on ‘assumptions’
Judge William Hoskins did not make “assumptions with respect to how a sexual assault survivor would behave after an assault.” Judges don’t make assumptions – they make decisions according to the law. (“Verdict did not acquit misconceptions,” Western News, May 13)...
Course rewrite ‘Frames’ experiences in new way
Rick Fehr felt it was important to put his students’ work into the public eye to continue the teaching and learning about representations of Indigenous Peoples. For the past few years, Fehr has watched several students in his class participate in events and protests...