Volume 11 | Issue 15 | November 27, 2023 | |
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Celebrating Our Student Award Winners | |
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Did you know each year, $2 million in financial aid is granted to students from King’s?! Over $300,000 was awarded to 146 students as part of this year’s Student Awards Ceremony, held November 26, 2023. Congratulations to all our student award winners, we are so proud of your academic accomplishments!
"These awards have allowed me to be the person I aspired to be; to find time to be a good person to myself and others as well. Receiving these awards has alleviated financial stress, and I’ve been able to work less and spend more time taking care of myself and my relationships with others. It gives opportunities to students to be the person that’s best for themselves." Maili Walker, fourth-year Honors Double Major in Psychology and Child & Youth Studies.
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Hannah Foster – Second-year Social Justice and Peace Studies (SJPS) student
Shyness in high school and facing the challenges of the pandemic during her time at Fanshawe College limited her involvement in extracurriculars. At King's, Hannah wanted to get involved in our community as much as possible.
Hannah is now a Soph, the Vice President of Fundraising for the SJPS Club, the Vice President of Events for the Pride Project, and President of Developing Communities Everywhere (DCE) at King’s Club.
Hannah joined the Pride Project because being a member of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community “is often frightening but also the most beautiful and accepting community I have ever been a part of.” She became a Soph “to be the person that someone can come to if they are struggling.”
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King’s student-athletes named All-Canadians for 2023 football season
Three King’s student-athletes, members of the Western Mustangs football team, were named All-Canadians for 2023 at the annual Vanier Cup All-Canadian Awards banquet. Congratulations to Erik Andersen, Savaughn Magnaye-Jones, and Lourenz Bowers-Kane on achieving this recognition for their hard work and dedication!
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CPRS Hamilton: London Premiere
November 28, 2023
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Andy & Helen Spriet Learning Commons in the Student Life Centre
Learn how to harness the potential of AI in communications, marketing and public relations. You're invited to the first-ever Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS) event in London, co-sponsored by King’s Communications and Media Relations Department. Join Dr. Alexandre Sévigny, PhD, APR, McMaster University, for AI and PR on Nov. 28 at King’s. It's your gateway to innovation, professional growth, and a competitive edge. RSVP today.
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Town Hall: Creating Safer Spaces
November 29, 2023
Noon - 1 p.m.
King Student Life Centre Room 214
This Town Hall will focus on communicating with each other respectfully, even when you disagree. In this safer space, we will attempt to navigate brave conversations. Refreshments, cheese and crackers provided. Hosted by the Office of EDID.
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Drop-In Tours
December 2
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
266 Epworth Avenue, London, ON
Know anyone interested in coming to King's? This weekend is the perfect opportunity for them to experience our vibrant campus and check out our residence buildings. Join us for a drop-in tour and discover why King's is the place to be!
When you arrive on campus, park in P1, the lot on the north side of Epworth, near the residences. Please enter through the front entrance of Wemple Hall (just east of the parking lot); you'll find Enrolment Services straight ahead on the main floor. Once you get to the office, your tour guide will be there to greet you.
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King's Chamber Choir Christmas Concert
December 2, 2023
3 p.m.
The Chapel at Windermere on the Mount
Get into the Christmas spirit this weekend with the
award-winning King's University College Chamber Choir at their annual Christmas concert! “Welcome, Yule!” is a musical feast of festive and reflective songs of the Christmas season. Admission is by freewill donation, with proceeds going to the Health & Homelessness Fund For Change.
Get your tickets online or call 519-518-0250. (Leave your name, email, and number of seats.)
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Important Academic Dates
- December 8, 2023 - Fall/Winter term classes end
- December 9, 2023 - Study Day
- December 10, 2023 - First day of exams
- December 22, 2023 - Last day of exams
- January 8, 2024 - Classes resume
December Exam Schedule
More Academic Dates
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Blue phones installed on campus
Members of our community can now contact King's Security using the blue phones on campus. The tall blue towers with the blue lights are located:
- On the walkway leading from parking lot #2 to the east wing of Wemple Hall
- At the edge of parking lot #3, on the walkway between the South Annex and the library
Push the button to be directly connected to Campus Security.
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King's wants your feedback!
Complete your Student Questionnaires on Courses and Teaching for a chance to win one of 10 $250 Book Store at Western gift cards! Each questionnaire completed during the three-week end of course feedback period will count as one entry into the draw. The survey is open until December 9, 2023.
For more information, visit feedback.uwo.ca.
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Step into Christmas
The Step Into Christmas program supports the needs of the St. Joe’s Café community with donations of shoeboxes filled with new waterproof gloves, hats, wool socks, toiletries, chocolates and/or small treats or fun items. Items can be dropped off at Mary’s Altar at the Chapel at Windermere on the Mount by December 3, 2023, or at the right rear of the Christ the King Chapel in Wemple Hall by December 4, 2023.
There will be a need for volunteers to wrap gifts on December 6, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. in Vitali Lounge. Cookies and hot chocolate provided. Contact Annette for more info or to volunteer.
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Supporting St. Joe's Cafe
St. Joe’s Café is a long-time friend of the King’s community and they need our support more than ever. To address the needs of the growing food-insecure community in London, the Café has opened their doors seven days a week. They have asked King’s to fill eight positions on Saturdays from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. If you are able to volunteer for one or more Saturdays between now and January 27, 2024, please sign up at volunteersignup.org/R7873. (Just follow the instructions on the page. It only takes a few seconds.) Volunteer with friends or your department. To drop off baked goods or sign up to play music, please email Annette.
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Invitation to Catholic students’ conference at King’s
You're invited to take part in the Canadian Catholic Students’ Association Central Region Conference being hosted at King's January 19-21, 2024. Through service and dialogue we'll learn to give witness to our faith on campus and in our local communities. It's a chance to connect with other Catholic students from Ontario and Quebec and promises to be a great time of faith, fun, and fellowship. Keynote speaker is Dr. Leonard DeLorenzo from the University of Notre Dame. See details and register.
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Join us for Sunday Eucharist
Masses are offered in The Chapel at Windermere on the Mount (WOTM) on Sundays at 10 a.m. and at 5 p.m. followed by the community meal in the parish hall. Weekday Masses will be on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at WOTM and noon mass on Thursdays and Fridays at King's Christ the King Chapel.
For regular updates, follow us @kingscampusmin on Linktree, X and Instagram, KUC.Campus.Ministry on Facebook, King's Campus Ministry on YouTube and visit the Campus Ministry website.
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