In the bleak days heading into winter, there’s still some colour in the Western community garden thanks to students in an interdisciplinary visual arts class. Where plants have died down, signs have popped up, quoting text from a reading assigned in A …
With energy demand pushed to the brink across the campus core, Western is planning construction of a new electric substation this spring – one Facilities Management officials say will ease the strain on the existing system.
Western News presents its 4th annual Newsmakers issue, a celebration of the campus spirit we have to offer at Western.
Jim Galbraith never had any doubts the judges would love the place.
Western has reached a tentative agreement with CUPE Local 2361, the union representing approximately 330 employees in Western’s Facilities Management and Thompson Arena. The group’s contract expired June 30, and the two sides held four days of negotiations. Details of the agreement will not be released until after it has been ratified by both the union members and the university’s Board of Governors.
Ivey Business School Dean Carol Stephenson will be the first to admit the power of dreaming can indeed be powerful. And the new $110-million Richard Ivey Building, officially opened Monday afternoon, is proof of that.
The Western community sees the beauty of its campus every day. Now, the university has two days to let the rest of the country see it as well.
Unless you were among 30 friends and family who gathered on a slightly breezy day in May, you probably don’t know why there’s a plaque on campus for Brenda MacEachern.
Last summer, Western set the bar high for dealing with high temperatures and even higher energy bills. Now, Facilities Management is looking to build on that success with a continued energy conservation push this summer.
Less than three months after releasing its universitywide sustainability strategy, Creating a Sustainable Western, Western joined The University of British Columbia as the only two Canadian universities profiled in The Princeton Review’s Guide to 322 Green Colleges: 2013 Edition.
Facilities Management officials are excited that university-wide energy conservation efforts this summer resulted in utility bill savings to the tune of $900,000.
Students in London Hall dialed back their energy consumption over the past two weeks to win Western’s Rez Powers Down conservation challenge.
Repairs to a broken condensate return line on Oxford Drive may continue through the weekend, according to Western’s Facilities Management.
With energy demand pushed to the brink across the campus core, Western is planning construction of a new electric substation this spring – one Facilities Management officials say will ease the strain on the existing system.
Western News presents its 4th annual Newsmakers issue, a celebration of the campus spirit we have to offer at Western.
Jim Galbraith never had any doubts the judges would love the place.
Western has reached a tentative agreement with CUPE Local 2361, the union representing approximately 330 employees in Western’s Facilities Management and Thompson Arena. The group’s contract expired June 30, and the two sides held four days of negotiations. Details of the agreement will not be released until after it has been ratified by both the union members and the university’s Board of Governors.
Ivey Business School Dean Carol Stephenson will be the first to admit the power of dreaming can indeed be powerful. And the new $110-million Richard Ivey Building, officially opened Monday afternoon, is proof of that.
The Western community sees the beauty of its campus every day. Now, the university has two days to let the rest of the country see it as well.
Unless you were among 30 friends and family who gathered on a slightly breezy day in May, you probably don’t know why there’s a plaque on campus for Brenda MacEachern.
Last summer, Western set the bar high for dealing with high temperatures and even higher energy bills. Now, Facilities Management is looking to build on that success with a continued energy conservation push this summer.
Less than three months after releasing its universitywide sustainability strategy, Creating a Sustainable Western, Western joined The University of British Columbia as the only two Canadian universities profiled in The Princeton Review’s Guide to 322 Green Colleges: 2013 Edition.
Facilities Management officials are excited that university-wide energy conservation efforts this summer resulted in utility bill savings to the tune of $900,000.
Students in London Hall dialed back their energy consumption over the past two weeks to win Western’s Rez Powers Down conservation challenge.
Repairs to a broken condensate return line on Oxford Drive may continue through the weekend, according to Western’s Facilities Management.