When Elizabeth Xue, BMSc’24, was seven years old, her school principal in Singapore handed her a box of thermometers and masks. There had been an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease at her school, and as one of the class prefects, she was tasked wit …
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More than 60 Indigenous students will be celebrated at the event, including four medical students sharing a special bond.
Western is bringing campus icons to the doors and screens of the fall Class of 2020 – from personalized gift boxes to images of the places, people and things that have become symbols of their alma mater.
Two longstanding groups charged with overseeing Convocation – the Convocation Board and Honorary Degrees Committee – will work together to propose improvements to the process surrounding the biannual event.
Life-saving and game-changing innovators, award-winning artists and international sporting champions stand among seven distinguished individuals to receive honorary degrees when Western hosts its 314th Convocation this fall.
Megan MacKay had no desire to wait until after graduation to make her mark.
Dawn McIntosh, now a Don Wright Faculty of Music alumna, graduated Monday on the Dean’s list after taking courses part-time for 15 years while her sons were in high school and university.
After spending much of the past year testing innovative ways to keep her hair in check during workouts on the water, Nicole Baranowski is forgoing the casual-chic look during Convocation.