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Pinnacle magazines on-line
Articles and photos from the third and
last in the University of Windsor Pinnacle
magazine series are now available on the
web at
The social justice edition of Pinnacle
was distributed this spring.
The three Pinnacle areas for research
and scholarship at the University of Windsor
– environment, automotive and social justice
– are set out in the University’s strategic
plan, To Greater Heights. The University
of Windsor has been a Canadian university
leader and continues to allocate resources
to strengthen its leadership in these areas.
The magazines focus on students,
alumni and faculty who are making a
difference through education programs,
research and community service.
Articles in this edition of Pinnacle show
the University’s contribution to the region’s
most vulnerable neighbourhoods, First
Nations and newcomers to Canada. Other
articles touch on the ongoing struggle to
end violence against women, the value
of media literacy, and contributions
to international issues being made by
students, faculty and alumni through
service and research.
The automotive issue, published in
2006, included a look at advancements in
automotive technology being developed
through research at the UWindsor, and
showed why a hands-on approach gives the
University’s engineering graduates a head
start in careers in the sector.
The first issue in the series, Pinnacle –
the environment, showed how University of
Windsor research and teaching are having
an impact on understanding and managing
air pollution, water contamination, industrial
waste, watersheds, invasive species,
recycling and many other issues.
Presidential Scholarship off to
$140k Start
The University of Windsor is honouring
Dr. Ross Paul, its fifth president and
vice-chancellor, by establishing the Dr. Ross
H. Paul Scholarship in Graduate Studies.
Board Chair Dave Cook announced the
scholarship at a gala dinner recognizing
Dr. Paul on June 13, at the Ambassador
Auditorium in the CAW Student Centre. He
finished his second five-year term officially
on June 30.
Donations toward this tribute will be
matched dollar for dollar by the Ontario
Trust for Student Support (OTSS).
Paul was president of the University
of Windsor from January 1998 to June
2008. He led UWindsor through a period of
growth and outstanding accomplishment.
Paul has also served higher education in
Ontario in many other capacities, including
his years as an active member and chair of
the Council of Ontario Universities.
At UWindsor, Paul will be remembered
for leading the institution’s first strategic
planning initiatives, and for introducing
greater accountability and openness into the
academic planning process.
His name will also be synonymous with
the introduction of medical education to
the Windsor region with the September
opening of the Schulich School of
Medicine & Dentistry – Windsor Campus
at the University as well as securing a
major provincial grant for the Centre for
Engineering Innovation.
At UWindsor, Paul spearheaded the
evolution of the learning-centred campus
through new faculty training, more flexibility
in learning options for students, and through
the architecture of new buildings and
renovations.
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LIST INCLUDES PLEDGES ALSO)
RECEPTION SPONSOR: ($5000+)
Pre-dinner reception was generously sponsored
by the University of Windsor Alumni Association
DONORS: Leadership Circle ($10,000+)
Jackman Foundation
Chancellor’s Circle ($5,000+)
E. & G. Odette Foundation
P. & L. Odette Foundation
Edward & Patricia Lumley
Ross Paul and Jane Brindley
President’s Circle ($2,500+)
Detroit International Bridge Company
Neil & Mary Gold
McTague Law Firm LLP
Patrick Palmer
Windsor Family Credit Union
Governors’ Circle ($1,000+)
AUTO21
Ranjana Bird
Jane Boyd
James & Jacqueline Frank
Amanda & Mitch Gellman
Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, LLP
Pioneer Construction Company
Michael & Doreen Solcz
Norman Webster
Ambassador ($500+)
Art Gallery of Windsor
Dave & Diane Broadfoot
John & Norma Brockenshire
Dave Cooke
Kevin Doyle
Martin & Dorit Girash
Steve Radin
Graham & Carol Reader
Bill & Rochelle Tepperman
Anne & Clare Winterbottom
William & Jean Wright
Janet Wright & Associates Inc.
WINE SPONSOR:
Viewpointe Winery
TABLE SPONSORS: Gold Sponsor ($2,500)
Higher-Edge
ORANO/ORION
KPMG LLP
Detroit International Bridge Company
