August 15 2014 | Vol. 1, Issue 36                                     Like us on Facebook  Follow us on Twitter  View our videos on YouTube
Things at King's Summer Edition

King's salutes the Class of 2014! Convocation is a very special day for the entire King's community. Re-capture the 2014 Convocation in this new video, A tale of two graduates.

 

A tale of two graduates. King's Convocation 2014
 

Cheers!

King's Communications Team

 
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Opt-out USC Health & Dental Plan

Student's registered full time for this upcoming September with equivalent coverage may choose to opt-out of the USC Health and Dental Plan. The deadline to apply for this refund is September 26th, 2014 and must be completed online at www.studentbenefits.ca

 

The fee amount for the Fall/Winter 2014-15 is $241.32. For more information please call 519-661-3722. 

 
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Off-campus BBQ 

All King's students living off-campus during the 2014/2015 school year are invited to a free BBQ on Sunday, August 24th, from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.

 

This is your opportunity to meet other off-campus students, members of the KUCSC Off-Campus Don Team ("OC Dons"), and Orientation Week sophs!
 

Please RSVP using your Western email to [email protected] by Wednesday, August 20th.
 

 
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Work study applications now available

King's has part-time job opportunities available to Canadian students attending King's full-time for this upcoming Fall/Winter term.

 

The Work Study Applications are now available!  For eligibility criteria and details on how to apply please visit our websiteIf you have any questions, please contact Student Financial Services.

 

Apply early as the program tends to fill up quickly. 

 
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Bursaries, Awards and Scholarships

Applications for King's bursaries, awards and scholarships are available on King's website starting August 1st. Please note that September 30th is the deadline for many scholarships, awards, and bursaries that require an application. This deadline date is a change from previous years. Please refer to the description on the website for the deadline date. Please review the website below. A search function provides an option to assist the process, or you can look at all the funding opportunities available.

 

Instructions for Completing Scholarship, Awards, or Bursary Applications

 

  • Please review the criteria carefully for the scholarship, award and/or bursary that you are wishing to be considered.
  • If an application and/or documentation is required, please review the checklist of documents required to be submitted.
  • Please ensure that the checklist is submitted along with the documents and the checklist is attached to the front of the documents being submitted. Please complete your name and student number on this checklist form. There is a space provided.
  • Please ensure that the application, letter, and all other documents in the checklist are submitted together to avoid documents being separated.
  • All applications, except for the International Study Award for Full-time or Part-time Students and the Lille/Nice Award, are submitted to Student Financial Services, Rm. 144, Wemple Building.
 
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New books by King's faculty

Goldman, Linda, 1946- (Thanatology, part-time, online only) 

Life and loss: a guide to help grieving children / Linda Goldman.

New York: Routledge, 2014. �2014.

BF723.G75G64 2014.

 

Malleson, Tom, author. (SJPS, full-time in January 2015)

After Occupy: economic democracy for the 21st century / Tom Malleson.

New York: Oxford University Press, [2014] �2014.

JC423.M296 2014.

 

Du Feu, Margaret, author.

Mental health and deafness / Margaret du Feu and Cathy Chovaz. (Psychology, full-time)

Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, [2014] �2014.

RC451.4.D4D83 2014.

 

Workplace wellness: issues and responses / edited by Rick Csiernik. (Social Work, full-time)

Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press Inc., 2014. �2014.

HD7658.W57 2014.

 

MacGregor, David.

Hegel and Marx after the fall of communism (2nd edition, not yet available) / David MacGregor. (Sociology, full-time)

Wales University of Wales Press, 2014.

JC233.H46.

 

The Narrative Practitioner. (not yet available) / Laura Ber�s (Social Work, full-time)

Palgrave Macmillan 2014.

 
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Upcoming Events 

 

First Generation Student Welcome Orientation 

August 20th, 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

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Are you a First Generation Student? Join us for an orientation to start your first year at King's! Click here for more details. 

 

Mature/Transfer Student Welcome Orientation 

August 20th, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.

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Are you a Mature or Transfer Student? Join us for an orientation to start your first year at King's! Click here for more details.  

 

International Bridging Week

August 26th-31st 

Orientation for international students new to King's.

 

Labour Day

September 1st 

 

Residence Move-in Day

September 1st 

Please review the Residence Move-in Checklist

 

Classes Begin

September 4th 

 

Daily Campus Tours

11 a.m. & 3 p.m.

Monday and Friday

Walk-ins welcomed, or book your own time here

 

 
Liturgy Schedule
 
Sunday Eucharist
"The Chapel" at Windermere on the Mount, 1486 Richmond Street

10:30 a.m.

  

 

Good2Talk

1-866-925-5454

 

24/7 Post-Secondary Student Helpline - free & confidential professional counselling service

 

 

Issues with your Western email?

 

Visit Western's Information Technology Services page for some tips on how to manage your account.

 

 
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