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Student Life
Students’ pitch perfect at competition
A business pitch by Western students Cyrus Nambakhsh and Hassan Ahmed from the Medical Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering programs was right on target at the TechAlliance ’60 second pitch’ competition.
Western boasts eight Vanier winners
Eight Western students have been named recipients of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, Canada’s most prestigious scholarship for doctoral students.
Five named to Junior Team Canada
Western students Beichen Gao, Soheil Milani, Aaron Joshua Pinto, Jonathan Vollett and Hattie Zhou are among 30 Canadian students named to Junior Team Canada.
Love for life drives incoming student
Jaxson Khan has always thought Canada was an incredible country where students could, and should, be engaged in its democracy.
Student has no ‘butts’ about quitting
For Sonja Fernandes, a text message from her boyfriend would, eventually, help her kick a smoking habit.
Graduate finds success on and off the field
Carl Shen calls track and field one of life’s fairest endeavours. The amount of effort you put in equals the amount of success you get out.
Student earns Top 20 Under Twenty nod
From coast to coast, Kelly Lovell’s passion for change is catching on and catching eyes. The Kitchener-Waterloo native, going into her second year at Western this fall, has been named one of Canada’s Top 20 Under Twenty.
Student fast tracks his future
Given his dedication to and extra-curricular involvement in the community, it’s a wonder Michael Sattin had the time to study over his past three years at Western.
Student throws video lifeline to others
Erin Cowan, a third-year Nursing student, recently shared her story of a battle with mental illness via a YouTube video in which she candidly explains the ups and downs associated with major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder.
Filmmaker stands ‘Alone’ atop festival
Gianni Bahadoorsingh, a first-year Arts and Humanities student, wrote and co-produced “All Alone_Together,” a short film that recently won the Best Relationship Drama award at the 2012 Ivey Film Festival, for its commentary on the pitfalls of social networking sites like Facebook.
Job-seeker evolving beyond the resume
Nevermind trying to spruce up that cover letter to get a potential employer’s attention. Just do what Dennis Mazajlo is doing.
Animal abuse message hits the road
Next time Rosy Zhao hops on London Transit, she might see a familiar image following her around.
Students’ pitch perfect at competition
A business pitch by Western students Cyrus Nambakhsh and Hassan Ahmed from the Medical Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering programs was right on target at the TechAlliance ’60 second pitch’ competition.
Western boasts eight Vanier winners
Eight Western students have been named recipients of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, Canada’s most prestigious scholarship for doctoral students.
Five named to Junior Team Canada
Western students Beichen Gao, Soheil Milani, Aaron Joshua Pinto, Jonathan Vollett and Hattie Zhou are among 30 Canadian students named to Junior Team Canada.
Love for life drives incoming student
Jaxson Khan has always thought Canada was an incredible country where students could, and should, be engaged in its democracy.
Student has no ‘butts’ about quitting
For Sonja Fernandes, a text message from her boyfriend would, eventually, help her kick a smoking habit.
Graduate finds success on and off the field
Carl Shen calls track and field one of life’s fairest endeavours. The amount of effort you put in equals the amount of success you get out.
Student earns Top 20 Under Twenty nod
From coast to coast, Kelly Lovell’s passion for change is catching on and catching eyes. The Kitchener-Waterloo native, going into her second year at Western this fall, has been named one of Canada’s Top 20 Under Twenty.
Student fast tracks his future
Given his dedication to and extra-curricular involvement in the community, it’s a wonder Michael Sattin had the time to study over his past three years at Western.
Student throws video lifeline to others
Erin Cowan, a third-year Nursing student, recently shared her story of a battle with mental illness via a YouTube video in which she candidly explains the ups and downs associated with major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder.
Filmmaker stands ‘Alone’ atop festival
Gianni Bahadoorsingh, a first-year Arts and Humanities student, wrote and co-produced “All Alone_Together,” a short film that recently won the Best Relationship Drama award at the 2012 Ivey Film Festival, for its commentary on the pitfalls of social networking sites like Facebook.
Job-seeker evolving beyond the resume
Nevermind trying to spruce up that cover letter to get a potential employer’s attention. Just do what Dennis Mazajlo is doing.
Animal abuse message hits the road
Next time Rosy Zhao hops on London Transit, she might see a familiar image following her around.