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BUSINESS STUDENTS WIN
HUMPHREY AWARD
The 2007 Robert J. Humphrey Awards, sponsored by the Toronto
Chapter Annual Humphrey-Ianni-Landry Memorial Golf Tournament,
went to fourth-year BComm student Anubhav (Sunny) Malhotra and
fourth-year business co-op student Rachel Warnock.
A native of India, Malhotra volunteered with the Mother Theresa
Foundation, tutoring young orphans on the use of computers and
helping them read and write English. He is a member of the Big
Brother and Big Sister Organization, mentoring children who do not
have a male role model, the Italian Club, the International Students
Association, and the Punjabic Students Association.
Warnock is an active and important contributor to the campus
community. She has served the Commerce Society in a number of
capacities and is its chief auditing officer. For the past three years, she
has served as Business representative on the University of Windsor
Students’ Alliance and volunteers for the Students-Orienting-Students
Program. As a member of the Faculty Council for the Business Program,
she was chosen to represent students on the Faculty Appointment
Committee, to help with the selection process of hiring new
professors and promoting current faculty. She was the 2004 recipient
of the Alumni Association’s Bill Eansor Award.
Taking students under her wing –
Dr. Lana Lee receives the
Excellence in Mentoring Award
Professor Dr. Lana Lee, chemistry and biochemistry, donned her
magician’s hat and cape to show her audience the magic of science,
as she accepted the 2007 Excellence in Mentoring Award at the Alumni
Association Annual General Meeting & Awards Presentations Night.
Although Dr. Lee’s central role is teaching graduate and
undergraduate courses in the Faculty of Science, she is also a
marvelous mentor in the science community. She regularly reaches
out to high schools, putting on her magic shows to demonstrate the
awesome power of science. Dr. Lee works with students as they
pursue careers as medical professionals and constantly helps to
network her graduates.
One of her former students wrote: “I would not be a physician
today without her guidance and belief in my abilities. Her faith in
me was – and is – endearing… more than a professor or an
advisor… a friend.”
“That’s what mentors do,” said Pat Palmer BComm ’70, founder
of this award. “They show others that they can soar!”
ONLINE COMMUNITY VERSION 3.0
– SEPTEMBER DEBUT
In February, the Alumni Association’s popular Online Community
(OLC) launched Version 2.0. The new version of the OLC still offers
a place to meet mentors, a directory to find fellow grads and an open
forum for hot topics, but now reflects the new UWindsor brand. In
addition, users can post pictures, blog and create groups.
The OLC has provided a place for UWindsor graduates to
network online since 1999. In the nine years since, social networking
sites have boomed.
“I think the most-used feature is the e-mail forwarding function,”
says Trevor Dinham, alumni officer, communications & marketing.
“Graduates are able to get a
e-mail
address that simply redirects to any e-mail account they choose.”
That way, if a person’s e-mail changes, they don’t have to change
their address, they can just change it in the system and all mail will
be redirected to the new account.
Windsor’s OLC is growing daily and is now connected to 11 other
universities in Canada. With a membership of nearly 80,000, the
OLC can be a great resource for students and alumni alike.
