| Of Interest |
May 13th, 2005
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Awards, accolades and upcoming events of
interest compiled by the
Department of Communications
& Public Affairs at The University of
Western Ontario.
EVENTS
Head for a Cure
A total of 14
medical students from Western's Schulich School of Medicine
will be shaving their heads (and/or cutting off 8 inches to
create a wig) to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society.
The money raised through the campaign will be put towards
paediatric cancer research and into programs that support
children with cancer, such as Camp Trillium. Last year, the
medical students were able to raise about $15,000.
On
Monday, May 16 at noon, Dr. Francis Chan (Associate Dean of
Admissions and Student Affairs) and Paul Martin (incoming
Hippocratic Council president) are among those who will have
their heads shaved. A Miss Canada candidate will be at the
event to speak about her experiences with cancer. The
fundraiser takes place in the Medical Sciences Building, Room
146.
For more information, please contact Alison
Liversage, Media Relations
Officer, at (519) 661-2111 ext.
81136 or alison.liversage@fmd.uwo.ca; or
Julie Johnstone
at jjohnstone2007@meds.uwo.ca
Schulich Medicine
Graduates New Docs
The first class of MDs from
Western's Schulich School of Medicine will
celebrate
graduation and move on to residency training on Friday, May 20
at 9:30 a.m. in Alumni Hall. Media wishing to attend,
please contact
Alison Liversage, Media Relations Officer,
at (519) 661-2111 ext. 81136
or
alison.liversage@fmd.uwo.ca.
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
Nursing Health Care System in Rwanda
Professor
David Cechetto has received a financial boost of just under $1
million to improve nursing educations and the ailing
health care system
in Rwanda.
The anatomy and cell
biology professor received the money from Canadian
International Development Agency (CIDA). The project will
help increase
the capacity of the Kigali Health Institute
to develop and deliver
relevant and current educational
programming, particularly in areas
related to HIV/AIDS and
mental health and trauma.
Cechetto can be reached at
(519) 661-4166 or (519) 630-5424 (cell).
Goldman Sachs
Global Leaders
Two Western students are among 20
students from across North America to
receive the Goldman
Sachs Global Leaders Program Award.
To win the award,
Tiffany Vogel and Pamela Chen had to distinguish
themselves as leaders in their community or school; have
high academic
standing with have a minimum GPA of 3.4/4.0
or be in the top 10% of
their class; and be full-time
students in the second year of a
university undergraduate
degree program.
The program, conducted at top-ranked
universities in 17 countries by the
Institute of
International Education, seeks to train and develop
tomorrow's educators, policy makers, business leaders,
research
scientists, social entrepreneurs, and other
professionals and to create
an international network
through which they can share ideas, work
collaboratively.
The Goldman Sachs Foundation is a global philanthropic
organization
funded by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
For more information, please contact Christine
Roulston, Communications
& Public Affairs, at (519)
661-2111 ext. 85165 or croulst@uwo.ca or
visit:
www.iie.org/Template.cfm?&Template=/programs/global_leaders/
Top Engineering Award
Slobodan Simonovic,
Western engineering professor, has been recognized
for his
outstanding contributions to the development and practice of
hydrotechnical engineering in Canada. In June, he will
receive the
Camille A. Dagenais Award from the Canadian
Association of Civil
Engineers It is the highest CSCE
award given to a civil engineer for
contribution and
practice of hydrotechnical engineering. Simonovic can
be
reached at (519) 474-4880 or ssimonovic@eng.uwo.ca.
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For more information on any item,
please contact Christine Roulston,
Communications &
Public Affairs, at (519) 661-2111 ext. 85165 or
croulst@uwo.ca.
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