June 14, 2024
(Photo source: Frank Neufeld)
More than 8,500 students will receive their degrees, diplomas and certificates during Western's spring convocation ceremonies. Western News celebrates the Class of 2024 by highlighting the inspiring journey's of our graduates.
Paul Hansen, BA'11, MA'13, MSL'17 (Submitted photo)
With a constant desire to learn post-retirement, Paul Hansen, 77, will graduate with his fourth Western degree on June 21. This will be his toughest one yet – a doctorate in law.
Janet Lee (Photo source: Christopher Kindratsky/Western Communications)
Driven by a passion for intensive care and the desire to provide a better future for her daughter, Janet Lee pursued Western's compressed 19-month BScN program to become an RN and found a renewed love for nursing.
One of Western Research Parks' three campuses – Discovery Park – with Western in the distance (Submitted photo)
Founded and led by Western graduates, PolyAnalytik plays a critical role in testing medical stents and advancing technologies across various industries. The company is one of 53 businesses sharing resources at Western Research Parks, an innovation hub where connections, collaboration and innovation are at the forefront.
The Impact Project
Explore how the Western community is collectively contributing to meaningful change in the world, today.
Ivy Osei, Chloe Grande and Sunil Gurmukh (Image source: Crystal Carter/Western Communications)
Never has a discussion of impact been more important. If you have an impact story, we would love to hear it. Whether it is something you are working on, or the efforts of a colleague, drop us a note. Together, we will make a difference by inspiring others.
Coming Up
June 17 to 23
Pollinator week
Members of the campus community are encouraged to participate in several initiatives, including a guided insect tour, scavenger hunt and photo contest. Unable to join? Email sustainability@uwo.ca to request a green tour to explore campus.
June 17 to 20
Creating together and caring for the Earth
Join colleagues in exploring what can happen when education is shaped by both human history and the history of the Earth. This series brings together two compelling events where people can come together to share ideas on teaching and create new things without harming nature.
Working at Western
(Photo source: Brittany Salter/Western Bookstore)
Celebrate your Western graduates
Know someone special who is graduating? Celebrate this milestone with a gift from The Bookstore.
Waste and recycling portal
The waste and recycling portal remains available to all students, staff and faculty. All waste requests should be sent through the portal.
Photo of the Week
This enthusiastic group of staff, faculty and retirees joined 480 volunteers across the region as part of the United Way Elgin Middlesex's annual Day of Caring. Western's volunteers cleaned and organized the craft room at the Boys and Girls Club of London. (Photo source: @UnitedWay Elgin Middlesex on X/Twitter)
Western in the News
Sarah Bassnett (Photo source: Faculty of Arts & Humanities)
Toronto Star
Church fire that consumed Group of Seven murals was ‘heart-wrenching’
Following the devastating fire at Toronto's historic St. Anne’s Anglican Church, art history professor Sarah Bassnett highlights the significance of the lost Group of Seven murals created as part of an early 20th-century movement to integrate paintings into architecture.
The Conversation
Sick of reboots? How ‘nostalgia bait’ profits off millennial and gen Z’s childhood memories
FIMS professor Selma Purac explores how contemporary entertainment leverages nostalgia to profit off millennial and gen Z's childhood memories.
Wall Street Journal
Canada union delays strike action by border agents
As Canadian Border Agents were poised to strike earlier this week, Ivey professor Fraser Johnson discusses the impacts that could have been felt by the auto sector and food retailers.
