Amanda Wu and Dawson Li planned to spend their summer working with London non-profit organizations to create meaningful volunteer experiences for high school students.
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Grad thrives in concert of art and science
Carolyn Tran has found balance in the beauty of science and music.
Music/business degrees hit high notes, open doors
The first class to graduate with Bachelor of Music (Honors)/Honors Business Administration dual degrees is first class in every respect.
‘Learning to fall’ fuels grad’s performance
Dean Kernaghan’s portfolio opens with a quote: “You don’t have time to work fast.” Not only has he heard these words often from his mentor in the Engineering student shop, these are words he tries to live by.
Grad looks to star in world beyond the court
Julia Curran got a late start – but she more than made up for lost time.
Grad builds a career, new opportunities at Western
Perhaps it comes as no surprise where Javier Gomez Ospina is today, since his father is a civil engineer and his mother is an architect. Construction is in his blood.
Innovative grad finds supportive home at Western
Shirin Ahmed, MBA’20, has a vision for using business to make things better.
Western helps grad rise to new challenges
Western opened horizons Elliot Kimelman never expected to see, including viewing business through the eyes of a Dragon.
Western helps cement grad’s family tradition
While business runs in the family for Riley Love, he took a slightly more circuitous route to fall in with the family tradition.
Passion for the past leads grad to future
While Sanghu (Justin) Kim was busy digging up the past, he was looking forward to the future.
Grad proud of part upholding legacy
The stakes are high when you head a dynasty. But leading a program that holds the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) all-time record for the most consecutive championships in any sport, David Mill has excelled.
Grad finds volunteering, advocacy ‘life-changing’
For his first two months at Western, Wesam AbdElhamid Mohamed was content to be ‘just’ a master’s student in Engineering. Then something happened.
Western moves up in QS World University Rankings
Western researchers were top in Canada for research output for the second year in a row, according to the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University 2021 rankings released June 10.
New office elevates Indigenous presence across campus
Western efforts to bring Indigenous voices to the leadership table and an Indigenous presence to all levels of work, study and research across campus will have a permanent advocate in the Office of Indigenous Initiatives.
Moot career puts law grad at centre stage
Perhaps we should has guessed that the boy who liked to act ended up as the grad who can control the courtroom like a stage.
Student exchange kickstarted grad’s passion
For someone with only a tepid appreciation of learning the language in high school, Kylie Patton has embraced the language in university.
Research becomes medium for grad’s creativity
Alex Levit, MD/PhD’20, sees the entire scientific process as a creative endeavour – from coming up with the research question, to finding ways to answer it, to writing about the findings in a meaningful way.
Grad cultivates entrepreneurial spirit at Western
Rhys Wickens, BSc’20, likes to venture into the unknown. He left his hometown of Calgary to come to Western; he took a year off school for an internship; he’s looking into becoming an entrepreneur.
Easy to become an enemy when speaking truth
Ibsen’s play, ‘An Enemy of the People?,’ is a telling example of how revisiting classic literature can offer timely, prescient and compelling insights of enduring value.
Dean’s List grad advises ‘get out there, take risks’
Reanne Mundadan of Mississauga embraced the challenge of Western’s highly competitive Medical Sciences program in her first year. But she needed more.