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Western grad David Simmonds receives Harry Jerome leadership award

Western grad David Simmonds receives Harry Jerome leadership award

When David Simmonds was a young boy, his family attended the Harry Jerome Awards Gala in Toronto. The event, organized by the Black Business and Professional Association (BBPA), celebrates excellence within the Black community.  As each awardee was hon …

Western takes to the community ice

From Geography and Dentistry to Audiology, the Research Park and even members of the Mustangs rowing team, Western paints the London Speed Skating Club purple.

Flag lowered in student’s memory

Flag lowered in student’s memory

The Western community is mourning the death of Patrick James Drummond, a second-year Political Science student, who died Dec. 27. A memorial service was held on Jan. 3.

Dyczok: Cutting through Ukraine information and disinformation

Ruslana, a Ukrainian pop star-turned-activist, sat facing Wolf Blitzer in CNN’s Situation Room. She had spent three months in Kiev’s Independence Square, Maidan Nezalezhnosti, singing and making speeches in support of Ukraine’s right to democracy and free speech. In the middle of the night on Dec. 10, when riot police attacked the unarmed protesters, her voice could be heard from the stage and live streaming on television, calling out: “Wake up, anyone who can hear me, come out and help.”

Dyczok: Struggling to inform the world

‘Excuse me, who are you and why are you here?’ Ukrainian Public Radio correspondent Andriy Kulykov asked a group of heavily armed men in unmarked uniforms near a military base in Perevalne, Crimea. He received no response.

Teaching Fellows Program looks to spark classroom innovation

The creation of a massive online course for Health Science students, helping students develop information literacy and an online dissection simulation for hands-on virtual training will be the focus of the newly created Teaching Fellows Program at Western.

Student gives Children’s Aid the royal treatment

After her first year of university, Jacqueline Wojciechowski needed a breather. She wasn’t burned out by academics; the 21-year-old just wanted some time off – an opportunity to “collect” herself.

Countdown on for student-built Rocket

For some Western students, the savings couldn’t come at a better time. With the holiday season around the corner, students will have more money in their pockets, thanks to The London Rocket, a new, more affordable means of travelling home.

Campus Digest: Dean, alumnae named among influential women

Richard Ivey School of Business Dean Carol Stephenson, along with five Western alumnae, have been named among Canada’s most influential women, according to Women of Influence Magazine in the Canadian publication’s 2nd annual Top 25 Women of Influence list, released in its Winter 2012 issue.

Western takes to the community ice

From Geography and Dentistry to Audiology, the Research Park and even members of the Mustangs rowing team, Western paints the London Speed Skating Club purple.

Flag lowered in student’s memory

Flag lowered in student’s memory

The Western community is mourning the death of Patrick James Drummond, a second-year Political Science student, who died Dec. 27. A memorial service was held on Jan. 3.

Dyczok: Cutting through Ukraine information and disinformation

Ruslana, a Ukrainian pop star-turned-activist, sat facing Wolf Blitzer in CNN’s Situation Room. She had spent three months in Kiev’s Independence Square, Maidan Nezalezhnosti, singing and making speeches in support of Ukraine’s right to democracy and free speech. In the middle of the night on Dec. 10, when riot police attacked the unarmed protesters, her voice could be heard from the stage and live streaming on television, calling out: “Wake up, anyone who can hear me, come out and help.”

Dyczok: Struggling to inform the world

‘Excuse me, who are you and why are you here?’ Ukrainian Public Radio correspondent Andriy Kulykov asked a group of heavily armed men in unmarked uniforms near a military base in Perevalne, Crimea. He received no response.

Teaching Fellows Program looks to spark classroom innovation

The creation of a massive online course for Health Science students, helping students develop information literacy and an online dissection simulation for hands-on virtual training will be the focus of the newly created Teaching Fellows Program at Western.

Student gives Children’s Aid the royal treatment

After her first year of university, Jacqueline Wojciechowski needed a breather. She wasn’t burned out by academics; the 21-year-old just wanted some time off – an opportunity to “collect” herself.

Countdown on for student-built Rocket

For some Western students, the savings couldn’t come at a better time. With the holiday season around the corner, students will have more money in their pockets, thanks to The London Rocket, a new, more affordable means of travelling home.

Campus Digest: Dean, alumnae named among influential women

Richard Ivey School of Business Dean Carol Stephenson, along with five Western alumnae, have been named among Canada’s most influential women, according to Women of Influence Magazine in the Canadian publication’s 2nd annual Top 25 Women of Influence list, released in its Winter 2012 issue.