News Archive
$7-million gift from John Wood, HBA ’64
October 17, 2018
$7-million gift creates John F. Wood Centre for Innovation in Business Learning
Read the full articleGovernor General honours for alumni
October 9, 2018
For more than 125 years, the Governor General’s Academic Gold Medals have recognized the outstanding scholastic achievements of students in Canada. The prestigious medal is based solely on academic criteria. Three Western graduates are among recipients of the honour this year.
Read the full articleContinuing a lifetime mission of compassion
September 26, 2018
The challenges faced by newcomers are close to home for Saara Bhanji, BA’07, MSc’16, as her mother came to Canada as a refugee with her family from Uganda during the time of Idi Amin.
Read the full articleSkier dives feet first into world competition
September 26, 2018
Champion skier Becky Moynes Meyer, MPT’17, has seemingly had a leg up – or, rather, barefoot up – on the competition from the start.
Read the full articleAlumnus is CBC's newest Dragon
September 20, 2018
Cinema mogul Vincenzo Guzzo, BA'91 (Economics) joins the new season of CBC's Dragons' Den.
Read the full articleAn affinity partnership in action
September 19, 2018
Through generous contributions made by TD Insurance, Western University’s Department of Alumni Relations recently added two new full-time positions to their staff roster.
Read the full articlePutting big ideas into small batches
September 17, 2018
After briefly working in finance, Geoff Dillon, BSc’10, educated himself in the art of distilling. That dedication to the craft has paid off as Dillon’s Small Batch Distillers has been making waves in the Canadian craft spirits industry.
Read the full articleBringing stories to life on Broadway
September 17, 2018
Astrid Van Wieren, BA’88, is bringing to life on Broadway one of the most authentically Canadian stories ever told. In doing so, she hopes to introduce the world to the power of empathy and humanity toward each other.
Read the full articleNew book serves up financial recipes
September 17, 2018
Gordon Stein, BESc.’84, author of Cashflow Cookbook, answers questions on his ‘bookishness’ and writing.
Read the full articleCarrying the weight of the future
September 4, 2018
Danielle Holdsworth, BA’02, BEd’03, is a competitive world-class weightlifter and paddle boarder - and schoolteacher/librarian.
Read the full articleAlumnus embracing pop culture career revival
July 23, 2018
Paul Soles, BA’53, provided the voice of both Hermey, the elf who wants to be a dentist, in the 1964 stop-motion classic ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,’ as well as the original voice of Spider-Man in the 1967 cartoon series of the same name.
Read the full articleAlumnus keeps hockey headshots in sights
July 23, 2018
It was more than 20 years ago, but memories of that night in the London Ice House continue to fuel Ken Bocking’s, MD'75, fight to rid hockey of headshots and the debilitating trauma they cause.
Read the full articleAlumni get AHead of the curve with simulations startup
July 19, 2018
Alumni get AHead of the curve with simulations startup
Read the full articleAlumni named Order of Canada recipients
July 11, 2018
Five Western alumni were named among 105 new appointments to the Order of Canada, Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, recently announced. The new member list includes 3 Companions, 20 Officers and 82 Members.
Read the full articleWestern mourns death of former Chancellor
July 9, 2018
Western is mourning the passing of former Chancellor Grant Reuber, BA’50, LLD’85, who served the university in multiple capacities, including as head of Economics and Sociology, the first dean of the Faculty of Social Science, as Provost & Vice-President (Academic), and eventually, as Chancellor. He died July 7 at the age of 90.
Read the full articleAlumni earn Top Immigrant honours
July 6, 2018
Western alumni Kundan Joshi, BESc’04 (Software Engineering), founder and CEO of TheAppLabb, and Dr. Boluwaji Ogunyemi, BSc’08 (Medical Sciences & Sociology), a dermatologist, have been named among the 10th annual RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrants,
Read the full articleMaking a digital mark on a global scale
July 4, 2018
Kundan Joshi, BESc’04, immigrated with his family from Mumbai to Canada in 2000, moving here to pursue his software engineering degree here at Western. As a new undergraduate, Joshi quickly embraced the student experience, eager to explore and succeed in his new country.
Read the full articleAlumni named among Ford cabinet
June 29, 2018
Western alumni Christine Elliott, LLB’78, Rod Phillips, BA’88 (Political Science & English), and Monte McNaughton, Ivey Executive Education 2010, were named today among members of the new Progressive Conservative cabinet of recently elected Ontario Premier Doug Ford.
Read the full articleAlumni named Top 40 Under 40
June 28, 2018
Western congratulates six of its alumni for being named to Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 for 2018.
Read the full articleProgram, community help new grad find new hope
June 11, 2018
Lisa Pierce credits a community who rallied to her side to leading to her Convocation from King’s University College this month.
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