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CAMPUS
NEWS
The number of Ontario high school students who
ranked the University of Windsor as one of their
top three choices
rose 14.8 per cent over 2012—well
above the provincial rate of 2.5 per cent. This growth was
seen across a broad range of degree programs and from all
regions of Ontario.
This growth in applications is expected to result in 200
more first-year students on campus this fall.
Dave Bussiere, assistant vice-president, Admissions
& Records, attributes the recruitment success to strong
academic programming and a coordinated marketing
plan. “Our application growth is one of the strongest in
the province because we have done a better job of letting
high school students and their parents know what we are
doing.” These efforts include a doubling of the number
of high schools visited in the last two years, a redesigned
University of Windsor
Viewbook
, a recruitment advertising
campaign in southwestern Ontario, a substantial increase
in presence at the Ontario Universities Fair, and a fall open
house attended by more than 2,000 high school students
and parents.
The Faculty of Engineering experienced the largest
increase in applications—more than 30 per cent over 2012.
The Odette School of Business saw overall applications
rise by 20 per cent—twice the provincial rate for business
programs. Human Kinetics, drama, nursing, social work,
political science and psychology also posted double-digit
increases in applications. Science programs jumped nine
per cent over 2012, which was itself a record year.
Bussiere says that, “With the opening of the Lumley
Centre for Engineering Innovation, the expansion of the
Odette Business building, the expansion to Windsor’s
downtown, I expect that we will see interest in UWindsor
increase at a faster rate over the next couple of years.”
UWINDSOR POST STRONG GROWTH IN APPLICATIONS
The UWindsor fall open house, held on November 9, 2012, drew more than 2,000 high school students and their parents to campus.
