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Making connections through peer-assisted learning

Making connections through peer-assisted learning

Bringing students together to help each other learn and grow is the philosophy behind Western’s Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) Centre.  A drop-in space where students can receive free, one-to-one, course-specific assistance from trained, upper-year st …

Writers-in-Residence push community’s creativity forward

Writers-in-Residence push community’s creativity forward

As an actor, Tanis Rideout was used to rejection. It came with the professional territory, and to some degree, it was expected and accepted. But the charm of acting eventually wore off for the Canadian author, who trained, performed and even had a talent agent in...

New centre ready to open doors to support students

New centre ready to open doors to support students

Students, consider it an opportunity to have a private conversation in what should feel as comfortable as a friend’s living room. Western’s new Peer Support Centre, under the purview of the University Students’ Council (USC), opens later this month. As of Sept. 29, it...

Relationships are a two-way street for ASB participants

Relationships are a two-way street for ASB participants

If you’re reading this, Melissa Ostrowski wants you to know, now is your chance. Alternative Spring Break (ASB) has been a Western tradition for more than a decade, seeing thousands of students, staff and faculty roll up their sleeves and engage in community-oriented...

Formula racers wrap with another Top 10 finish

Formula racers wrap with another Top 10 finish

The Western Formula Racing Team earned a sixth-place finish, out of 75 teams, in the Formula Student Germany Competition, held at the Hockenheimring race track last month. Western was ranked as the top team from Canada, and the second-best team from North America. The...

Journal of Legal Studies, SGPS partner on special issue

Journal of Legal Studies, SGPS partner on special issue

As the Western Journal of Legal Studies approaches 30,000 downloads, the journal's editorial board has collaborated with Western’s School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies to produce its latest special issue, Law: Helping Hand or Iron Fist. The issue is a...

Mustangs win big in home opener against York

Mustangs win big in home opener against York

A touchdown pass from Will Finch to receiver Harry McMaster only 49 seconds into the game got the Western Mustangs started and they never looked back, cruising to a 74-10 win over the York...

Huron comes together over a single read

Huron comes together over a single read

A new program looks to get every member of one Western affiliate’s community all on the same page. This fall, the Huron University College Library will launch Huron 1 Read, a common reading program to connect incoming students across all disciplines. The inaugural...

Moura, Sisinni among 50 Schulich Leader winners

Moura, Sisinni among 50 Schulich Leader winners

Western-bound students Kyra Moura and Dane Sisinni were officially named today as two of 50 recipients of the Schulich Leader Scholarships, who all head off to universities across Canada this fall to pursue undergraduate studies in science, technology, engineering or...

Winder named Yale’s sixth Roe Cloud Fellow

Winder named Yale’s sixth Roe Cloud Fellow

Sociology PhD student Natahnee Nuay Winder considers her next opportunity a chance to continue the work started by a renowned Native American educator more than 75 years ago.

PhD student writing new circuit solutions

PhD student writing new circuit solutions

Mechanical and Material Engineering PhD student Tengyuan Zhang hopes his latest project will not only make classroom experiences more fun for students, but also instil in them the kind of scientific spark he found and continues to enjoy.

Legacy donation keeps band marching on

Legacy donation keeps band marching on

Elizabeth Jewlal calls the Western Mustang Band a “hidden treasure” of extra-curricular activities on campus. And now, thanks to the Alumni Association, the school spirit embodied by that group will be able to march on. The Western Mustang Band, the oldest...

Writers-in-Residence push community’s creativity forward

Writers-in-Residence push community’s creativity forward

As an actor, Tanis Rideout was used to rejection. It came with the professional territory, and to some degree, it was expected and accepted. But the charm of acting eventually wore off for the Canadian author, who trained, performed and even had a talent agent in...

New centre ready to open doors to support students

New centre ready to open doors to support students

Students, consider it an opportunity to have a private conversation in what should feel as comfortable as a friend’s living room. Western’s new Peer Support Centre, under the purview of the University Students’ Council (USC), opens later this month. As of Sept. 29, it...

Relationships are a two-way street for ASB participants

Relationships are a two-way street for ASB participants

If you’re reading this, Melissa Ostrowski wants you to know, now is your chance. Alternative Spring Break (ASB) has been a Western tradition for more than a decade, seeing thousands of students, staff and faculty roll up their sleeves and engage in community-oriented...

Formula racers wrap with another Top 10 finish

Formula racers wrap with another Top 10 finish

The Western Formula Racing Team earned a sixth-place finish, out of 75 teams, in the Formula Student Germany Competition, held at the Hockenheimring race track last month. Western was ranked as the top team from Canada, and the second-best team from North America. The...

Journal of Legal Studies, SGPS partner on special issue

Journal of Legal Studies, SGPS partner on special issue

As the Western Journal of Legal Studies approaches 30,000 downloads, the journal's editorial board has collaborated with Western’s School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies to produce its latest special issue, Law: Helping Hand or Iron Fist. The issue is a...

Mustangs win big in home opener against York

Mustangs win big in home opener against York

A touchdown pass from Will Finch to receiver Harry McMaster only 49 seconds into the game got the Western Mustangs started and they never looked back, cruising to a 74-10 win over the York...

Huron comes together over a single read

Huron comes together over a single read

A new program looks to get every member of one Western affiliate’s community all on the same page. This fall, the Huron University College Library will launch Huron 1 Read, a common reading program to connect incoming students across all disciplines. The inaugural...

Moura, Sisinni among 50 Schulich Leader winners

Moura, Sisinni among 50 Schulich Leader winners

Western-bound students Kyra Moura and Dane Sisinni were officially named today as two of 50 recipients of the Schulich Leader Scholarships, who all head off to universities across Canada this fall to pursue undergraduate studies in science, technology, engineering or...

Winder named Yale’s sixth Roe Cloud Fellow

Winder named Yale’s sixth Roe Cloud Fellow

Sociology PhD student Natahnee Nuay Winder considers her next opportunity a chance to continue the work started by a renowned Native American educator more than 75 years ago.

PhD student writing new circuit solutions

PhD student writing new circuit solutions

Mechanical and Material Engineering PhD student Tengyuan Zhang hopes his latest project will not only make classroom experiences more fun for students, but also instil in them the kind of scientific spark he found and continues to enjoy.

Legacy donation keeps band marching on

Legacy donation keeps band marching on

Elizabeth Jewlal calls the Western Mustang Band a “hidden treasure” of extra-curricular activities on campus. And now, thanks to the Alumni Association, the school spirit embodied by that group will be able to march on. The Western Mustang Band, the oldest...