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Off-site book storage on temporary hold

Off-site book storage on temporary hold

The long-term relocation of some materials at The D.B. Weldon Library to a storage and retrieval facility is on hold, following concerns from faculty members, President Alan Shepard told members of the Board of Governors Thursday. About 45,000 Weldon ma …

University to honour ‘lucky’ Jameson

University to honour ‘lucky’ Jameson

Retired in 2009, former Executive Assistant to the President and Provost Dalin Jameson will be presented with the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service as part of the university’s 307th Convocation.

Chakma: Attack serves as a reminder work remains

Chakma: Attack serves as a reminder work remains

Condemning the downtown London attack on Western student Mohammad Sharifi in the “strongest possible terms,” Western President Amit Chakma called on the university community to continue working toward a more inclusive institution and, in turn, society. “This is an...

Senate gives university budget nod

Senate gives university budget nod

Western will be spending $732.4 million in 2016-17 on infrastructure and utilities, scholarships and research initiatives, and creating a pedestrian-friendly and safe campus, among other initiatives. At the April 8 meeting, Western Senate voted in favour of advising...

Senate wrestles with student assessment timing

Senate wrestles with student assessment timing

A minor tweak to language defining when undergraduate students would receive a benchmark of their course progress set off an energized debate about academic freedom and course feedback during the university Senate meeting on March 11. In the end, Senate tabled a...

Report calls for more transparent graduate funding

Report calls for more transparent graduate funding

A sub-committee organized to examine the university’s graduate funding model, in light of criticism last year, found a number of misconceptions as to how those dollars flow, and charged faculties and programs with helping explain the complex model more evenly to...

Task force findings say budget model adds up

Task force findings say budget model adds up

A task force organized to examine the university’s budget model, in light of criticism last year, returned findings in support of the current model, while acknowledging its reasoning and methodologies could be better communicated to the larger university community....

Admissions pilot project eyes ‘hidden talent’

Admissions pilot project eyes ‘hidden talent’

Senators supported a Western pilot project to ease grade standards for a select cohort of incoming Arts & Humanities students in an effort to help the hard-hit faculty. “Given the enrolment pressures on the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, and the precipitous...

Senate debates validity of process that led to critical report

Senate debates validity of process that led to critical report

University Senate ducked discussion of an interim report’s findings into the governing body’s way of doing business and, instead, focused on what some Senators perceived as a lack of participation that comprised the report’s findings. Led by two deans, Senators...

Senators quiz Board rep on Gouge Report findings

Senators quiz Board rep on Gouge Report findings

Western’s Board of Governors is not playing semantics with the university community in its response to the Goudge Report and remains committed to implementing its findings, assured Matthew Wilson, one of two Board representatives on university Senate. “The words used...

Apologies, task force talk dominate Senate

Apologies, task force talk dominate Senate

The first signs of the future for the university Senate had a lot to do with signs from the past. Prompted by a question from Senator Kelly Olson, Janice Deakin, Western Provost and Vice-President (Academic), apologized to faculty for campus security seizing protest...

Senators: Time to renew collegial self-governance

Senators: Time to renew collegial self-governance

In his memorandum to the campus community (President releases consultation report, July 22), President Amit Chakma provides an overview of the key themes that have emerged during his 100-day ‘listening tour’ of the campus. We count ourselves among those who share what...

University to honour ‘lucky’ Jameson

University to honour ‘lucky’ Jameson

Retired in 2009, former Executive Assistant to the President and Provost Dalin Jameson will be presented with the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service as part of the university’s 307th Convocation.

Chakma: Attack serves as a reminder work remains

Chakma: Attack serves as a reminder work remains

Condemning the downtown London attack on Western student Mohammad Sharifi in the “strongest possible terms,” Western President Amit Chakma called on the university community to continue working toward a more inclusive institution and, in turn, society. “This is an...

Senate gives university budget nod

Senate gives university budget nod

Western will be spending $732.4 million in 2016-17 on infrastructure and utilities, scholarships and research initiatives, and creating a pedestrian-friendly and safe campus, among other initiatives. At the April 8 meeting, Western Senate voted in favour of advising...

Senate wrestles with student assessment timing

Senate wrestles with student assessment timing

A minor tweak to language defining when undergraduate students would receive a benchmark of their course progress set off an energized debate about academic freedom and course feedback during the university Senate meeting on March 11. In the end, Senate tabled a...

Report calls for more transparent graduate funding

Report calls for more transparent graduate funding

A sub-committee organized to examine the university’s graduate funding model, in light of criticism last year, found a number of misconceptions as to how those dollars flow, and charged faculties and programs with helping explain the complex model more evenly to...

Task force findings say budget model adds up

Task force findings say budget model adds up

A task force organized to examine the university’s budget model, in light of criticism last year, returned findings in support of the current model, while acknowledging its reasoning and methodologies could be better communicated to the larger university community....

Admissions pilot project eyes ‘hidden talent’

Admissions pilot project eyes ‘hidden talent’

Senators supported a Western pilot project to ease grade standards for a select cohort of incoming Arts & Humanities students in an effort to help the hard-hit faculty. “Given the enrolment pressures on the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, and the precipitous...

Senate debates validity of process that led to critical report

Senate debates validity of process that led to critical report

University Senate ducked discussion of an interim report’s findings into the governing body’s way of doing business and, instead, focused on what some Senators perceived as a lack of participation that comprised the report’s findings. Led by two deans, Senators...

Senators quiz Board rep on Gouge Report findings

Senators quiz Board rep on Gouge Report findings

Western’s Board of Governors is not playing semantics with the university community in its response to the Goudge Report and remains committed to implementing its findings, assured Matthew Wilson, one of two Board representatives on university Senate. “The words used...

Apologies, task force talk dominate Senate

Apologies, task force talk dominate Senate

The first signs of the future for the university Senate had a lot to do with signs from the past. Prompted by a question from Senator Kelly Olson, Janice Deakin, Western Provost and Vice-President (Academic), apologized to faculty for campus security seizing protest...

Senators: Time to renew collegial self-governance

Senators: Time to renew collegial self-governance

In his memorandum to the campus community (President releases consultation report, July 22), President Amit Chakma provides an overview of the key themes that have emerged during his 100-day ‘listening tour’ of the campus. We count ourselves among those who share what...