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Student entrepreneur promotes diversity through dance 

Student entrepreneur promotes diversity through dance 

There’s something about dance that makes Anchal Dahiya’s heart soar. Through the years, the Western student has learned Bollywood, classical Indian and bhangra dancing, and has participated in cultural festivals, high schools and talent shows acros …

Artist explores landscapes closer to self

Be it as an architect, artist or graphic designer, Edgar Yanez Zapata finds himself focused on the relationship between art and urban space, or what he calls “laboratories for the arts.”

Mandate agreement stresses student success

Students take centre stage in the strategic mandate proposal, which Western delivered to Glen Murray, Ontario’s Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities today. The proposal is part of the minister’s review of the postsecondary education system that began with a discussion paper, Strengthening Ontario’s Centres of Creative, Innovation and Knowledge, released in late June.

Student follows an inspired path

Grace Nasri is intent on paving an independent path outside the physician footsteps of her parents – even if the end goal remains the same.

Class continues to open eyes to the world

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 four years ago. Western News asked three students from that class – Anne-Marie Dolinar, Kylie Erika Spadafora and Martha Elliott – to reflect on that trip.

WHAT I’VE LEARNED: Jie Li

Jie Li, or as her peers at university call her, ‘Sophia,’ graduated King’s University College as a Bachelor of Management and Organizational Studies (BMOS) student with a degree in Finance and Global Commerce.

Artist explores landscapes closer to self

Be it as an architect, artist or graphic designer, Edgar Yanez Zapata finds himself focused on the relationship between art and urban space, or what he calls “laboratories for the arts.”

Mandate agreement stresses student success

Students take centre stage in the strategic mandate proposal, which Western delivered to Glen Murray, Ontario’s Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities today. The proposal is part of the minister’s review of the postsecondary education system that began with a discussion paper, Strengthening Ontario’s Centres of Creative, Innovation and Knowledge, released in late June.

Student follows an inspired path

Grace Nasri is intent on paving an independent path outside the physician footsteps of her parents – even if the end goal remains the same.

Class continues to open eyes to the world

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 four years ago. Western News asked three students from that class – Anne-Marie Dolinar, Kylie Erika Spadafora and Martha Elliott – to reflect on that trip.

WHAT I’VE LEARNED: Jie Li

Jie Li, or as her peers at university call her, ‘Sophia,’ graduated King’s University College as a Bachelor of Management and Organizational Studies (BMOS) student with a degree in Finance and Global Commerce.