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Music Seeks Campus Performance Hall September 20, 2007 Vol. 43 No. 23 The University of Western Ontario’s newspaper of record www.westernnews.ca PM 41195534 GETTING ORGANIZED DEBATE WALKING THE TALK Can a business professor bring Ontario is about to vote on A Western surgeon spent two months something new to a union? Meet electoral reform. Two staff in Afghanistan tending to wounded the new head of Western’s faculty members go toe-to-toe over the Canadians and civilians. association. proposal. Page 9 Page 5 Page 7 Music seeks campus performance hall BY BO B KLANAC there’s a pressing need for a per- pus.” students in Toronto’s 1,000-seat positive reviews from partici- formance hall of around 1,000 Wood says although he’s been George Weston Recital Hall. pants and organizers on all fronts, A performance hall for The seats. active on the issue as a long-time “Everybody was just knocked except for the venue for their University of Western Ontario “I think there are three member of the London Arts Cen- out by this opportunity,” he says. free farewell performance. has been talked about for years options,” he says. “The renova- tre Committee and most recently “It was an eye opener as to what a “Even though at 1,500 people, it and Robert Wood wants to do tion of Alumni Hall, building a the City of London’s Creative Cit- wonderful space can do.” was the best attended concert of something about it. new hall contiguous to the exist- ies Committee, the trigger for As well, this past summer West- their tour, Alumni Hall was not Wood, Dean of Western’s Don ing music building or a new hall recent interest was a spring per- ern’s role as host campus to the Wright Faculty of Music, says built on another location on cam- formance by Western’s music National Youth Orchestra drew Continued on Page 15 WESTERN VOLUNTEERS Monthly profiles of contributions by faculty, staff and students Recent surveys show Western faculty, staff and students least one local community organization in 2006, above the porting local community organizations. are working hard to strengthen the local community national average for volunteering. Recent results from the National Survey of Student through volunteerism. n 58% of those who volunteer say they support two or Engagement show that 28 per cent of 787 first-year under- An on-campus survey of Western faculty and staff more groups as a volunteer. graduate respondents at Western participated in com- showed that: n 30% of those volunteering provide more than 11 hours munity service or volunteer work in 2006 and 58 per cent n 65% of 1,185 faculty and staff members who responded in support each month. of 699 fourth-year respondents at Western were active in to a survey report they provided volunteer support to at Many Western students are also actively engaged in sup- community or volunteer work. Clare Tattersall, Coordinator, Gradu- another. We all have times in ate Student Recruitment and Reten- tion, Faculty of Graduate Studies our life when we or the people we care about need help and Where do you volunteer? support. When my granny was I am a Big Sister with Big very ill and dying back in Ire- Sisters of London and I organize land there were volunteers that fundraising/awareness events would care for her in the hospital for the Women’s Rural Resource and at home when I was unable Centre. because of distance. By volun- teering here, I am returning that How many hours a month do you favour through assisting oth- volunteer? ers and ensuring that everyone About 10 to 20 depending on gets the care and support they the month. deserve and need. What or who inspires you to vol- Memorable volunteer unteer? moments … I find my volunteer work helps I was matched with my Little me to keep my perspective in Sister four years ago when she life. My Little Sister is a huge had just finished Grade 4. She inspiration to me. She has faced was having a lot of trouble at so many challenges and, yet, is school, getting bullied, failing just the most delightful, polite, classes, etc. Through many long sweet and amazing little (well talks, lots of love, encourage- not so little any more) girl. ment and support, but most of all her own determination, she won Why is giving back to the com- the award for “most improved munity important to you? student” at her Grade 8 gradua- I don’t so much see it as giv- tion this year. I have never been ing back to the community as it so proud! She was just so over- is participating and enhancing whelmingly excited and I just the community in which I live. Paul Mayne, Western News know that this will set her out on I want to live in a community The University of Western Ontario’s Clare Tattersall enjoys cutting up with Courtney, her Little Sister while the pair the right foot for starting high of active participants, where go bowling. Western Volunteers is a new monthly Western News feature that celebrates employees and students school. we look out for and support one who make a difference in their community. INSIDE: Academe 20 | Access Western News 21 | Careers 22 | Classified 22 | Coming Events 23 | Commentary 4 | Student Services 21 10 SEPTEMBER 20, 2007 WESTERN NEWS HONORARY DEGREE NOMINATIONS e Honorary Degrees Committee of the Senate will meet in December to select candidates for honorary degrees to be awarded at Western’s 2008 Spring Convocation. To ensure that consideration is given to as many worthy candidates as possible, the Committee invites the submission of nominations from any member of the University Community. Nomination forms may be obtained from the University Secretariat, Room 290, Stevenson-Lawson Building, or from the following website: http://www.uwo.ca/univsec/senate/hondeg.pdf. Nominations should be submitted to the Secretary of the Senate prior to November 30th, 2007, for consideration by the Honorary Degrees Committee. 6JKPMKPIQHCRRN[KPIVQ)TCFWCVG5EJQQN! 0GGFOQTGGZVTCEWTTKEWNCTGZRGTKGPEG! 8QNWPVGGT 6JG.QPFQPCPF&KUVTKEV&KUVTGUU%GPVTGKUEWTTGPVN[ UGGMKPIPGY%CNN8QNWPVGGTU+H[QWCTGKPVGTGUVGFKP RTQXKFKPICYCTONKUVGPKPIGCTVQKPFKXKFWCNUKPVJG EQOOWPKV[YJQCTGHGGNKPIYQTTKGFQXGTYJGNOGF UCFQTUECTGFECNNWUPQYCV QTXKUKVQWTYGDUKVGYYYNQPFQPFKUVTGUUEGPVTGEQO Paul Mayne, Western News David Cechetto of The Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry has spearheaded the collection of more than 30 6JKUUGTXKEGKUHWPFGFKP computers for shipment this fall to The Kigali Health Institute in Rwanda. RCTVD[VJG7PKVGF9C[QH .QPFQPCPF/KFFNGUGZ CPFVJG%KV[QH.QPFQP Stronger Rwanda ties key Western initiative B Y PAUL MAYNE remediation, renewable energy, make the long journey to Rwanda Continuing its support of and conflict resolution,” says for use by the institute. Rwanda’s Kigali Health Institute, Hewitt. During their last visit to Continuing Studies a number of Western’s top admin- “Once the projects are iden- Rwanda, Hewitt and Davenport istrators, including President tified, we would be looking for witnessed first-hand the need for personal & professional development - post-degree programs - corporate training Paul Davenport, will travel to the support for partners in Canada basic instructional and research east-central African country later including the International equipment. this year. Development Research Centre, “Defining the priority areas for Explore culture, Ted Hewitt, Vice-President NSERC, SSHRC, and the Cana- meeting this need is more dif- history and politics (Research & International Rela- dian International Development ficult,” admits Hewitt, but adds in with Continuing tions), along with Davenport, Agency.” the case of the computers, it was deans Franco Berruti (Engineer- The university would also like a response to a specific request Studies at Western ing), David Wardlaw (Science) to expand the Western Heads East of the president of the Rwandan and Carol Herbert (Schulich) will project, now active in Kenya, to National University, who visited be in Rwanda to review the prog- Rwanda, to strengthen what has Western last spring. In the Footsteps of ress and build on existing initia- become a beneficial relationship Cechetto, who last year spear- the Impressionists tives in the area of health care. for Rwanda and its institutions as headed the collection and ship- Oct 1 - Nov 12 One such project is the Cana- well as to Western. ment of unused books and equip- dian International Development “First off, we are provided with ment to help nursing education in Agency (CIDA) — funded work an opportunity to use our con- Rwanda, along with his adminis- Politics 101: A Little Bit of Schulich School of Medicine siderable skills and resources to trative assistant Nicole MacLeod, of Everything & Dentistry professor David provide direct support to people is preparing to ship the comput- Oct 4 - Nov 8 Cechetto and School of Nursing and institutions that are in des- ers, which he expects to arrive professor Carol Iwasiw. perate need. This is tremendously later this year. The primary focus of the pro- gratifying for the folks who are “The campus community really Develop your writing gram is to educate nurses and involved from Western,” says helped us out once again,” says skills with Continuing build capacity at the KHI by Hewitt. Cechetto, who will also travel this Studies at Western implementing and developing “We are also sending our stu- fall to Rwanda. a curriculum that can be sus- dents to Rwanda to work along- While other institutions talk tained. side faculty from both Western about their global involvement, Humour Writing: While in Africa, the universi- and our partner institutions in Hewitt says this trip by so many Jest for Laughs ty’s expertise is also being sought the field. top administrators shows West- Sep 27 - Nov 1 directly by Rwandan President “This provides an outstanding ern’s commitment to truly mak- Paul Kagame and his senior gov- educational opportunity.” ing a difference in the world.
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