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Open House Bids Farewell to Dean of Science
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University staff and faculty members found themselves under one roof to wish one of their own good luck on her future endeavors. Effective at the end of September, Dr. Marlys Koschinsky stepped down as the Dean of Science as her second and final term came to its conclusion at the University of Windsor. As a result, an open house was held at Katzman Lounge Sept. 29 where colleagues bid her safe journey towards her new position as a scientific and executive director at the Robarts Research Institute located in London. “It just kind of seemed to marry all of my passions for administration and also for research,” Koschinsky said. Koschinsky leaves a legacy of being the university’s first female dean within the Faculty of Science. But she also leaves a series of contributions towards the development and expansion of various
programs within the school. Having never lived in southwestern Ontario prior to Windsor, one of the things Koschinsky will come to miss is the community and the warm embrace it provided her.
“Windsor I think sometimes can be a little down on itself, but this is a wonderful community full of very, very special people,” Koschinsky said. “I became much more embedded in this community than I had previously in the Kingston community.” The open house in Katzman Lounge spanned for two hours. While the rainy weather was making for a troublesome commune within campus, it didn’t prevent numerous faculty members from arriving to give her a proper farewell. “She really supported its research mission and had some great things in that area, but she’s also created a sense of community in the faculty that goes broader than the faculty group you’re seeing here today,” said Vice-Provost
Former Dean of Science Dr. Marlys Koschinsky speaks with faculty and staff members, as part of her farewell open house at Katzman Lounge Sept. 29. [Photo by // Hani Yassine] and Dean of Students Clayton Smith.
is, and that’s a legacy she leaves behind.
students and educators which will tran-
“I think that’s a huge piece of who she
She leaves a community of scholars,
scend her time.”
UWindsor Public Affairs Director Launches New Book
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and detaches herself from her internet
Students and faculty alike wandering
With the book, Ammoscato hopes to
about the Campus Bookstore may want
illuminate society’s current reliance on
to keep an eye out for work written by
technology and how people have al-
one of UWindsor’s own faculty mem-
lowed themselves to be less cautious of
bers.
the information they digest from the in-
On Sept. 30, the newly open Welcome Centre hosted a book launch of ‘Dear Internet; it’s Me, Avery’. The book is a fiction piece written by Jennifer Ammoscato, who works at the university as the director of public affairs and communication. Being the first book of a five-part
addiction.”
ternet. The first book took three years to write according to Ammoscato. While she initially had a demographic set towards women who are currently experiencing or have experienced hardships, she believes the book will strike a chord with both men and women, and within
series, the story revolves around how a
a variety of age groups.
woman aims to cope with her personal
“I wanted a book that would resonate
and marital issues, all while combating a resonating internet addiction.
with anybody who’s been in a really difficult situation, particularly women
“I think predominately society today
who’ve gone through rough times like
that rather than going out we just like
divorce,” Ammoscato said. “I think
to look at our phones or look on our
there’s some things that will resonate on
iPad and that’s who Avery is,” Ammos-
a human level that are somewhat not
cato said. “The whole point of it is how
really restricted by age. We can have re-
Avery begins to deal with that through
lationship challenges early on from our
her own instincts and own experiences,
lives.”
Jennifer Ammoscato launched her new book ‘Dear Internet; it’s Me, Avery’ at the Welcome Centre Sept. 30. [Photo by // Hani Yassine]