News Archive
Artist, class making town-and-gown connections
November 20, 2017
Penn Kemp, BA’66, CertEd’68, the first Poet Laureate of London and former Writer-in-Residence at Western, has worked with students enrolled in the Department of English and Writing Studies’ Community Engaged Learning (CEL) course, Canadian Literature, Creativity and the Local, for the past three years. The students have helped her curate and promote her work and have even partnered with her in writing and composing poetry.
Read the full articleKarakatsanis earns top engineering honour
November 20, 2017
Western Engineering alumna Catherine Karakatsanis, BESc ’83, MESc ’91, recently received the Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO) Gold Medal, recognizing her profound influence on the profession
Read the full articleBacking raises Voices among elite firms
November 20, 2017
Co-founded by Stephanie Ciccarelli, BMusA’06, Voices.com is the largest global online marketplace for audio and voiceover products.
Read the full articleAlumna fiddles while career burns bright
November 18, 2017
Don Wright Faculty of Music alumna Celina Di Cecca said her time at Western gave her the skills and the fortitude to pursue music full time. Her fiddling talents have the 32-year-old highly sought after as a live and studio performer. The Great Canadian Fiddle Show returns to Aeolian Hall next March.
Read the full articleRed Bull Air Racer reaches new heights
November 3, 2017
Pete McLeod, BA’07 (Economics), recently became the first Canadian to claim an overall podium in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship, taking third place at the season finale in October at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Read the full articleSights set on 2020 Summer Olympics
October 26, 2017
Joy Spear Chief-Morris, BA’17 (History, First Nations Studies), recently won the 2017 Tom Longboat Award, an honour that recognizes First Nations athletes for outstanding contributions to sport in Canada.
Read the full article'Once' star finds magic at Western
October 24, 2017
Don Wright Faculty of Music alumnus Jeff Hamacher, BMus’93, said Western “planted the seeds of understanding” in allowing his career to flourish as a classical musician and actor. He appears in the Grand Theatre’s production of the Tony Award-winning musical Once, which runs through Nov. 5.
Read the full articleLondon Inc. 20 Under 40 Class of '17
October 20, 2017
Eight Western alumni were named to the London Inc. 20 Under 40 list.
Read the full article2017 Alumni Award recipients
October 20, 2017
Western Alumni is thrilled to celebrate the incredible achievements of this year's distinguished recipients of the 2017 Alumni Awards of Merit.
Read the full articleBlazing the Windsor trail
October 19, 2017
In September 2008, 24 strangers came to Windsor as the first cohort at a brand new Schulich Medicine campus. As the charter class, they have blazed a trail for hundreds to follow.
Read the full articleReaching new heights in the hospitality and culinary industries
October 19, 2017
Erin Dunham, BA'06 (English & Writing Studies), CEO of The Other Bird group of restaurants, is reaching new heights in the hospitality and culinary industries
Read the full articleFootball tradition now a family affair
October 19, 2017
Bruce Lamb, HBA’85, and Tori Lamb, HBA’14, hang out with Gamble and Joey prior to a recent Mustangs football game. This season, the father-and-daughter alumni team took on the role of Mustang riders, circling the field each time Western scores. With the Mustangs posting a league-leading 323 points in just seven games, they have been busy.
Read the full articleWatsa named Huron’s first-ever chancellor
October 18, 2017
Canadian business icon Prem Watsa, MBA’74, LLD’12, has been named the first-ever Chancellor of Huron University College. The Chairman and CEO of Fairfax Financial Holding Ltd. was selected by Huron’s Board of Governors last month.
Read the full articleEntrepreneur inspires girls to pursue education
October 11, 2017
Roberta Lindal, BA’14, credits an early mentor for sparking her idea to create clothing that inspires girls to pursue their education, and help others who face incredible obstacles in their learning.
Read the full articleAlumnus named Family Physician of the Year
October 6, 2017
Dr. Michael Lee-Poy, MD’03, will be honoured next month in Montreal with a Family Physician of the Year Award from the College of Family Physicians of Canada. Lee-Poy is a doctor at Kitchener’s Centre for Family Medicine.
Read the full articleSix alumnae named Top Women in Tech
September 28, 2017
Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, HBA’92, founder of theBoardlist, has released her list of the top women in tech and Silicon Valley – with a little purple pride mixed in.
Read the full articleAlumna looks to end ‘isolation’ for others
September 21, 2017
An Anishinabe member of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation, Christy Bressette, BA’95 (Brescia), BEd’96, PhD’08, will co-chair Western's task force to implement its new Indigenous Strategic Plan.
Read the full articleDeveloping basketball talent in China
September 15, 2017
Ken Chu, BACS’96, LLD’07, Chairman and CEO of Mission Hills Group and his brother Tenniel Chu along with with NBA China CEO David Shoemaker, LLD’96, announced they will set up China’s first NBA Basketball School.
Read the full articleLegendary ‘Shoe’ a perfect fit for alumnus
September 15, 2017
Compared to the glitzy night clubs of the GTA, the Horseshoe Tavern can be off-putting to some people. David McPherson, BA’96, MA’98, freely admits this about his favourite haunt.
Read the full articleRemembering Craig Sandre, BA'16
September 8, 2017
Friends and family of Craig Sandre, BA'16, are hoping members of the Western community will join them in preserving the memory of the popular young student one kilometre at a time Sept. 9 to 10.
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