Page 4 The Retirees' Newsletter
The Retirees's Association ( Faculty, Librarian, Administrator), University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Vol X II , No. 4, December 2002
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DailyNews Gets New Editor
Brenda Rudiger, a seasoned communication specialist, recently joined PAC and has taken over responsibility for the DailyNews as well as other internal public relations activities. John Carrington, who has been editor since the beginning of the DailyNews, will now focus on external media relations geared at raising the university's profile locally and nationally.
Brenda is from Edmonton, Alberta where she was the public relations officer for the Department of Music at the University of Alberta and more recently, the communications manager for Metro Community College. Since relocating to Windsor, Brenda has worked with the Faculty of Law and the Great Lakes Institute on a number of projects.
$3.6-million Support For
Four New Canada Research Chairs
Four more University of Windsor professors were named Canada Research Chairs With the announcement will come additional research funding totaling $3.6 million.
The new Canada Research Chairs are:
Professor of Psychology, Dr. Lori Buchanan, Canada Research
Chair in Psycholinguistics
Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering,
Dr. Hoda ElMaraghy, Canada Research Chair in Manufacturing
Systems,
Professor of Earth Sciences/GLIER, Dr. David Fowle, Canada
Research Chair in Biogeochemistry, and
Professor of Biochemistry/GLIER, Dr. Robert Letcher, Canada
Research Chair in Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology.
Writer-in-Residence
Dumont Settled In
Marilyn Dumont, a Metis poet from Alberta, is enjoying her tenure
as the Canada Council Writer-in-Residence, since coming to the
University of Windsor last August.
According to Ms. Dumont, a very enjoyable part of her role is the
one-on-one coaching of writers from the university and the
community whom she meets. "I try to help writers develop
confidence about themselves and their work. In the writing
community there are people who were very supportive of me as a
writer," she says of her own early experiences. "The misconception
about writing that you must know what you want to write before you
start, short circuits the writing process."
She is also working on five short fiction stories, a challenge which
she describes as, "A whole different process than writing poetry, like
moving to a new place, you have to get grounded and figure out
what you want to do with the writing."
University Joins "Thanks Herb" Festivities
Herb Gray Days were celebrated in Windsor on November 20th and
21st. The festivities began on the 20th with a reception at the Capitol
Theatre. Immediately followed by A Community Celebration of Herb
Gray, dinner at the Ciociaro Club.
Herb Gray
Distinguished Lecture Series Created
University of Windsor President Ross Paul wrapped up two days of
celebrations and tributes to the Rt. Hon. Herb Gray by announcing the
creation of the Herb Gray Distinguished Lectures at the University of
Windsor. The lecture series to begin in the fall of 2003 will be organized
by the Department of Political Science and the Faculty of Law.
Dr. Paul said the lectures are designed to acknowledge the enormous
contribution of Mr. Gray to Canada, the city of Windsor, and the
university. Dr. Paul thanked Political Science Head Tom Najem,
Professor Lloyd Brown-John and others for their work in creating the
series.
President Speaks At Windsor Rotary
"Health, Education and the Environment: A 2020 Vision for
Windsor/Essex," was the topic of a speech delivered by President Ross
Paul to the Rotary Club early in December.
Health, Education and the Environment:
A 2020 Vision for Windsor/Essex
University of Windsor President Ross Paul invited the community to
share and get behind a vision for a unique medical school at the
University of Windsor that would be based on the core concept of
environmental health.
Dr. Paul outlined his vision at the Rotary Club of Windsor. Attending the
presentation were Mayor Michael Hurst, and members of the ad hoc
community committee, that proposed the medical education network
now taking shape in this community.
"With strong continuing links to its current parent, the University of
Western Ontario, we can establish a school that develops a reputation
for preparing physicians for rural and smaller centres; developing
specialties and expertise in environmental health issues, especially
those relevant to Windsor and Essex County; and developing strong
interdisciplinary research in the relationships between health and the
environment in close collaboration with physicians and faculty in
Southwestern Ontario and Detroit," President Paul said.
The president said that now is the time to act on a Vision for 2020. The
health care crisis to come with the aging of the baby boom generation
has not yet peaked and new and innovative solutions are being sought.
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