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Western rocketry team soars at New Mexico competition

Western rocketry team soars at New Mexico competition

The Western Engineering Rocketry Team blasted off to success during its first appearance at the Spaceport America Cup in New Mexico last month. The Spaceport America Cup (SA Cup) is an annual international rocket engineering competition that took place  …

University makes WISE investment in the future

University makes WISE investment in the future

When it comes to finding the next ‘big idea’ around sustainability, Western wanted to tap its greatest resource. “We have wonderful research expertise on campus, and we have expertise in the city, which we partner with as well,” said Silke Nebel, a Research...

Nursing thesis tops September downloads

Nursing thesis tops September downloads

According to the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Western’s Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository had 38,534 full-text downloads and 162 new submissions posted in September. The five most popular theses were: Barriers to Education in Homeless...

Bentham’s ‘Untitled’ gets a new life on campus

Bentham’s ‘Untitled’ gets a new life on campus

In 1979, the University Students’ Council (USC) commissioned Saskatchewan artist Douglas Bentham to create a sculpture in honour of Western’s 100th anniversary. Originally located on the Concrete Beach in front of the University Community Centre (UCC), the sculpture,...

Elite student kept in tune with industry

Elite student kept in tune with industry

While growing up in the Netherlands, Koen Tholhuijsen spent countless hours in his father’s workshop. “As an electrician, he had a lot of tools hanging around. As a kid, I was extremely good at breaking stuff,” said the 25-year old. “I would always try and fix things...

Advanced lessons in basic training

Advanced lessons in basic training

The dusty and sweaty trails of the Canadian Forces Base Borden, just north of Barrie, Ont., might just be the last place you’d expect to find business students. But for one week this past summer, close to 40 Ivey Business School students where put through their paces...

Student uses elite program to reclaim past

Student uses elite program to reclaim past

While discovering her own story, Shyra Barberstock has helped others reclaim theirs. Last month, the fourth-year First Nations Studies and Health/Environmental Geography student returned from the Indigenous Women in Community Leadership program at the Coady...

World’s Challenge Challenge deadline nears

World’s Challenge Challenge deadline nears

Western students are being asked to answer the challenge yet again. Sponsored by Western International, the second annual World’s Challenge Challenge brings together teams of three students to choose a problem that the world is facing, and present and innovative...

One class finds meaning half a world away

One class finds meaning half a world away

The Rwanda: Culture, Society and Reconstruction course in the Department of French Studies, taught by professor Henri Boyi, involves a five-week international service-learning experience in Rwanda. This course started five years ago. Western News asked three students...

Student’s passion for ‘We’ rewarded

Student’s passion for ‘We’ rewarded

Hard to believe Amilya Ladak is just getting started. Already known as a tireless volunteer and community activist in her hometown of North Vancouver, B.C., the 18-year-old first-year Western student takes her initial steps onto the national stage today when she is...

Student scratches out an idea for app

Student scratches out an idea for app

Tired of buying scratch lottery tickets, only to come up empty handed? Chris Lange is confident his latest app will give you the “best bang for your buck” next time you get lotto fever. The fourth-year Engineering student sees no need to waste money on lottery scratch...

Western student making a splash on sport’s biggest stage

Western student making a splash on sport’s biggest stage

When Gamal Assaad doesn’t have his head buried in his Mechanical Engineering books, you’re likely to find the second-year student in the pool. A rookie swimmer last year, Assaad quickly made a name for himself as a Mustang, capturing three Top 8 finishes at the CIS...

University makes WISE investment in the future

University makes WISE investment in the future

When it comes to finding the next ‘big idea’ around sustainability, Western wanted to tap its greatest resource. “We have wonderful research expertise on campus, and we have expertise in the city, which we partner with as well,” said Silke Nebel, a Research...

Nursing thesis tops September downloads

Nursing thesis tops September downloads

According to the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Western’s Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository had 38,534 full-text downloads and 162 new submissions posted in September. The five most popular theses were: Barriers to Education in Homeless...

Bentham’s ‘Untitled’ gets a new life on campus

Bentham’s ‘Untitled’ gets a new life on campus

In 1979, the University Students’ Council (USC) commissioned Saskatchewan artist Douglas Bentham to create a sculpture in honour of Western’s 100th anniversary. Originally located on the Concrete Beach in front of the University Community Centre (UCC), the sculpture,...

Elite student kept in tune with industry

Elite student kept in tune with industry

While growing up in the Netherlands, Koen Tholhuijsen spent countless hours in his father’s workshop. “As an electrician, he had a lot of tools hanging around. As a kid, I was extremely good at breaking stuff,” said the 25-year old. “I would always try and fix things...

Advanced lessons in basic training

Advanced lessons in basic training

The dusty and sweaty trails of the Canadian Forces Base Borden, just north of Barrie, Ont., might just be the last place you’d expect to find business students. But for one week this past summer, close to 40 Ivey Business School students where put through their paces...

Student uses elite program to reclaim past

Student uses elite program to reclaim past

While discovering her own story, Shyra Barberstock has helped others reclaim theirs. Last month, the fourth-year First Nations Studies and Health/Environmental Geography student returned from the Indigenous Women in Community Leadership program at the Coady...

World’s Challenge Challenge deadline nears

World’s Challenge Challenge deadline nears

Western students are being asked to answer the challenge yet again. Sponsored by Western International, the second annual World’s Challenge Challenge brings together teams of three students to choose a problem that the world is facing, and present and innovative...

One class finds meaning half a world away

One class finds meaning half a world away

The Rwanda: Culture, Society and Reconstruction course in the Department of French Studies, taught by professor Henri Boyi, involves a five-week international service-learning experience in Rwanda. This course started five years ago. Western News asked three students...

Student’s passion for ‘We’ rewarded

Student’s passion for ‘We’ rewarded

Hard to believe Amilya Ladak is just getting started. Already known as a tireless volunteer and community activist in her hometown of North Vancouver, B.C., the 18-year-old first-year Western student takes her initial steps onto the national stage today when she is...

Student scratches out an idea for app

Student scratches out an idea for app

Tired of buying scratch lottery tickets, only to come up empty handed? Chris Lange is confident his latest app will give you the “best bang for your buck” next time you get lotto fever. The fourth-year Engineering student sees no need to waste money on lottery scratch...

Western student making a splash on sport’s biggest stage

Western student making a splash on sport’s biggest stage

When Gamal Assaad doesn’t have his head buried in his Mechanical Engineering books, you’re likely to find the second-year student in the pool. A rookie swimmer last year, Assaad quickly made a name for himself as a Mustang, capturing three Top 8 finishes at the CIS...