You realize we’re next, right? While the financial sector’s robber barons have taken the brunt of the Occupy Wall Street movement’s wrath, many of these protestors would be just as comfortable outside the gates of universities across the globe. To their eyes, we’re part of the problem as well.
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Exploring the motivations of ‘Mompreneurs’
As one of the fastest growing segments of the Canadian small-business landscape, you need only look within the household to find ‘mompreneurs’ taking charge of their newest careers.
Scholars’ programs off and running
The Student Success Centre welcomed the high-achieving students of its Scholar’s Electives program, Western Scholars and Western’s Initiative for Scholarly Excellence program to campus this fall.
RAG sends invite for new membership
What do professors do after they retire? Maintain Mexican villas? Call their investment advisers daily? Take their yachts around the world?
Coulter invited to link into Circle
The only way reconciliation is possible for Aboriginal peoples in Canada is if there is justice, says Faculty of Education professor Rebecca Coulter.
New day dawning downtown?
The University of Western Ontario has been given the green light to start preparing a comprehensive business plan for the use of London City Hall and other areas of the Civic Campus, following a motion approved this week during a special meeting of the London city council.
Winders: Silly ‘value’ question continues to distract
There is no widget. That’s always been the problem for critics of universities.
Zyss: Helping others make their mark on the world
This year, I had the privilege of being the group co-ordinator for a trip to the Philippines working with ‘Volunteer for the Visayans’ (VFV) for the month of May.
Foster: Thanks from libraries for Homecoming success
With the excitement of Western’s Homecoming 2011 still fresh in our hearts, I wish to take a moment to thank friends and donors of Western Libraries for making Libraries’ annual Homecoming celebration on Saturday, Oct. 1, an unforgettable experience.
Western, PSAC reach tentative agreement
The University of Western Ontario and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), representing approximately 40 Post Doctoral Associates (PDAs) at the university, have reached a tentative agreement on terms of their employment conditions.
Jamie Q: Comments anything but artful
I was a bit surprised at some of the comments made in the feature on Eric Simard (“Artist knows no other way,” May 12) specifically his comments about the art world being “so subjective,” and describing “the reality of painting for his instructors’ likes and dislikes.”
Campus Digest
Conference focuses on global health
Chakma puts positive spin on criticism
The fact that people in London are talking about The University of Western Ontario, even if it is criticism, is good news to president Amit Chakma.
Henschel: Project asks wrong questions about democracy
Laura Stephenson (associate professor and undergraduate chair at Western’s Department of Political Science) says: “Electoral reform is often talked about as a way of increasing the fairness of an election. To date we have not been able to understand exactly how election outcomes in Ontario might change if voters were casting their ballots under different rules” (“Political scientists ask Ontarians to cast three votes.” Sept. 19).
Winders: Celebrate the books that make us unique
The first book I loved was called The Pokey Little Puppy.
Pushing for a safer campus
Elgin Austen, Campus Community Police Services director, and his team continue to push for a safer campus.
Diverse skillset leading English to music success
Richie English says he is blessed with a lot of amazing performing opportunities. While some of The University of Western Ontario doctoral candidate’s success may be attributed to good luck, credit a lot to a good attitude and loads of talent.
Keeping mental health in mind
Western has increased its efforts to support mental health and increase services available on campus.
Fischer: Western Serves challenges ‘old story’ of town-gown relations
On Saturday, Sept. 24, more than 300 of Western’s students, staff and faculty will enter into the London community to help advance the mission of 32 non-profit community organizations.
University needs to dig deep to be global-ready
As a business student, Melyssa Kerr worried she wouldn’t be able “to do good” when she joined a working world focused on the bottom line. But an experience abroad showed her passion for community service did not have to be relegated to a weekend hobby.