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WINDSOR FAMILY CREDIT UNION GIVES $500,000 TO CEI LEARNING
CENTRE CLASSROOM
The Windsor Family Credit Union (WFCU) has given
the University a generous $500,000
donation toward
the new Ed Lumley Centre for Engineering Innovation.
“We believe in the future of the University of Windsor
and the economic and educational benefits that it provides
to our community and beyond,” said WFCU’s president,
Martin Komsa. “This is a very significant contribution for
the credit union and one that we feel will have long lasting
positive effects.”
The new WFCU Learning Theatre seats 120 and is
outfitted with the latest in audio and visual technology. The
room has a semicircular shape with a “thrust” design that
brings the presenter into closer contact with the audience
in the centre of the room. Located near the main entrance
to the building, it is one of three larger classrooms in the
new facility that will also be used by various faculties for
conferences and other special events.
UWindsor president Alan Wildeman said the University
is truly grateful for the gift.
“In contributing to this new facility, WFCU continues its
tradition of supporting those things that make a difference
to our community,” he said. “Right from its conception, our
new building has been designed to be an exceptional centre
for education and innovation, and one that will contribute
to the future of our region and our country.”
UWindsor president Alan Wildeman accepts a $500,000 donation
from Martin Komsa, president of the Windsor Family Credit Union,
and Martin Gillis, chair of its board of directors.
Sociology professor Dr. Barry Adam, senior scientist
and director
of prevention research at the Ontario HIV
Treatment Network, received a community partner award
from the Ontario AIDS Network and will be
added to the organization’s honour roll.
“It’s great,” Dr. Adam said of receiving
the award. “I’ve been working with
community organizations for a long time. It’s
a fundamental part of my research, so to be
acknowledged like this is really nice.”
In addition, Adam was named a Queen
Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal recipient
in February.
A professor at UWindsor since 1976, Adam
has researched HIV and AIDS since it first
started appearing in the early 1980s. He was a
founding member of the AIDS Committee of Windsor in
1985 and had a long track record of community work before
turning it into a scholarly pursuit.
According to a letter written to nominate Adam for
the award, he was an early leader within the Ontario
HIV research community, forming community based
research partnerships based on what are now considered
fundamental principles of that style of research in Canada.
Results from his studies have contributed
to a number of new campaigns launched
by the Gay Men’s Sexual Health Alliance
and AIDS Committee of Toronto to renew
HIV prevention strategies and have been
presented at the Ontario HIV Treatment
Network, the Canadian Association for
HIV Research and international AIDS
conferences.
Throughout his career, Adam has
contributed to about $10 million worth of
HIV-funded research, and received funding
from Canadian Institutes for Health Research,
the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the
Ontario HIV Treatment Network and the Ontario Ministry
of Health and Long Term Care.
Dr. Barry Adam
PROF’S WORK WITH HIV AND AIDS EARNS RECOGNITION
