Donor Mary Hatch gets some help with ribbon cutting from UWindsor president Robert Gordon, head librarian Pascal Calarco, and associate Karen Pillon.
An event Friday celebrated the addition to the Leddy Library of an interactive place for idea sharing and innovation.
UWindsor librarian Karen Pillon has contributed this image to the “Balance for Better” campaign.
Members of the UWindsor community have joined a social media campaign to recognize International Women’s Day.
The Windsor Public Library bookmobile will be outside the Leddy Library from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23.
The Windsor Public Library bookmobile will be outside the Leddy Library from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23.
The Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations will honour Karen Pillon and Dora Cavallo-Medved of the University of Windsor at its awards ceremony, October 21 in Toronto.
The Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations has conferred awards on two members of the UWindsor academy.
It's crunch time: Nursing student Fatima Ibrahim was happy for a cookie and coffee.
Librarians distributed free cookies, coffee and tea to patrons Monday during Student Appreciation Day.
The Leddy Library is offering guided tours of its facilities and resources Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week.
Contributors to the Annual Giving Program who make their donations by April 30 will be credited with a gift to its 2012 Plant a Seed: Here We Grow Again campaign, says chair Bruce Tucker.
“UWindsor employees and retirees who participate will receive an invitation to this spring’s donor recognition event,” Dr. Tucker says. “It is a tangible demonstration of the University’s appreciation of those faculty and staff members who go beyond their work efforts to support student success.”
A cookie tastes a little sweeter when it’s free, says Lindsay Thompson.
The second-year kinesiology major was one of hundreds of UWindsor students to enjoy a freebie from the Leddy Library on Tuesday.
Librarians distributed free cookies, coffee and tea as a goodwill gesture to students preparing for final examinations. Sales of decommissioned books helped to pay for the event.
“It’s awesome,” said second-year environmental science student Colette Drouillard. “It’s very nice for them to do this for us. Plus, I like free stuff!”
Participating in the University’s Annual Giving Program gives her a special feeling of accomplishment, says volunteer canvasser Karen Pillon.
“It’s fun to give knowing that we will benefit as employees,” she says. “The money we give isn’t going away; it will be spent where we spend most of our time.”
Building on the success of last year’s “Plant a Seed” campaign, this year’s theme is “Here We Grow Again.” A reception for volunteers Wednesday will help to launch the 2012 effort.
Sometimes it’s good to bend the rules, says Karen Pillon.
Head of the access service department at the Leddy Library, she will discuss that principle in her free public lecture “No student turned away: Using Kohlberg’s six stages of moral development to inform a customer service model,” at 11 a.m. Friday, April 27, in room 302, West Leddy.
