UWindsor Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Congratulations to Alice Zacharias, a Gold Lead Medallion recipient and 2025 Ron W. Ianni Memorial Scholarship in Music Performance recipient from FAHSS / SoCA.

"SoCA made me realize the value in community, especially in the creative arts. Enriching others is to enrich our own lives."

Alice's UWindsor journey has been shaped by performance, leadership, teaching, and community. She was winner of the Ianni Scholarship competition two years in a row, recipient of the H. Whorlow Bull Scholarship in Choral Conducting and the Arlene Janzen Memorial Scholarship, concertmaster for the Windsor Symphony Community Orchestra from 2024 to 2026, a Choral Scholar for the Windsor Essex Youth Choir, a Lab Assistant for the University of Windsor String Lab, a board member for 4th Wall Music, and Co-President of the Creative Arts Student Society.

Swipe through a few moments from Alice's UWindsor experience, from performance and student leadership to the creative communities that helped shape this milestone.

Congratulations, Alice! 🎼

Congratulations to the FAHSS Class of 2026. 🎉

Today is a celebration of every class, conversation, performance, placement, research project, late night, first draft, final presentation, and community connection that helped bring our graduates to this moment.

To our FAHSS graduates, and to the families, friends, faculty, staff, and communities who supported them: thank you for being part of this milestone.

We are so proud to celebrate you.

From campus radio at CJAM to a legendary broadcasting career heard across North America, Joe Bowen's journey is a powerful reminder of where a FAHSS education can lead.

We're proud to celebrate Joe Bowen (BA '73) as he returns to UWindsor to receive an honorary degree at Spring Convocation. Congratulations, Joe!

📣 Welcome, Dr. Barbara Crow! 📣

We’re pleased to announce Dr. Barbara Crow as the next provost and vice-president, academic at the University of Windsor, effective July 1, 2026.

An accomplished leader and researcher, Dr. Crow brings extensive senior academic leadership experience and a strong commitment to student success, research excellence, and community engagement.

In this role, she will provide leadership across key areas of the University, including teaching and learning, research, student experience, strategic enrolment management, international development, library sciences, and academic support services that serve students, faculty, and staff.

🔗 Learn more about this exciting appointment: https://brnw.ch/21x2Ffn

The Price of Freedom brings local history to the stage through a collaboration between UWindsor and Arts Collective Theatre.

Written by Windsor-based author and filmmaker Carlos Anthony, the play tells the story of freedom seeker John Anderson and a legal fight over freedom and justice.

The production includes UWindsor students, alumni, and community members, and will be performed for school groups throughout the month.

🔗 Read more: https://brnw.ch/21x2oqX

Dr. Jyotika Virdi's new book, Indian Art Cinema and its Cultural Elites, revisits India's art cinema movement through the lens of class.

The book examines films, filmmakers, and institutions from the mid-1950s to the 1990s, asking how art cinema helped shape cultural authority and class identity in post-independence India.

Read more: https://brnw.ch/21x2k2q

For the first time since 2019, Windsor Roller Derby is returning to home track competition, and members of the University of Windsor community are gearing up to hit the track. 🛼

Founded in 2010, the league returns to Windsor-Essex on June 6 at Tecumseh Arena after several years of road-only competition. Among the athletes and organizers are UWindsor students, staff, and alumni helping bring the excitement back home.

Read more about the return of Windsor Roller Derby and the Lancer connections behind it:

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Students, staff and alumni gear up for home-track return of Windsor Roller Derby UWindsor alumnae Veronica Van Winckle aka Big V, Adele Dollar aka Delirious and Sandra Caradonna aka Diana Boss block an opposing skater in a 2025 roller derby game in Guelph, On. (SKYLAR SAWYER/University of Windsor) By Kate Hargreaves For the first time since 2019, residents of Windsor-Essex will....

Third-year Communication, Media and Film student Adrian Yonan helped bring digital communications skills into municipal public service during a year-long internship with the Town of Tecumseh.

Adrian worked on social media, graphic design, video, photography, promotional campaigns, policy writing, and election communications, gaining hands-on experience in how municipalities build trust and share information with residents.

The placement also helped create a future pathway: the Town has included funding in its 2026 budget to support a communications internship for UWindsor students each year.

Read the story:

How one UWindsor student helped shape a town’s digital future Third-year communication, media and film student Adrian Yonan gained valuable hands-on experience during his internship with the Town of Tecumseh. (ANGELA KHARBOUTLI/ University of Windsor) By Lindsay Charlton  From social media posts to public memos, how municipalities communicate with residents i...

The journey to becoming an artist is rarely straightforward. That is what makes it meaningful.

UWindsor’s graduating visual arts students are showcasing that journey through Kaleidoscope, their final undergraduate exhibition featuring 18 artists working across a range of styles and media.

From early uncertainty to refined creative voices, this exhibition captures years of growth, experimentation, and persistence coming together at a pivotal moment.

Kaleidoscope celebrates what these students have accomplished while looking ahead to where their creative paths may lead next.

Learn more about the exhibition and the stories behind the work:
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A kaleidoscope of paths: UWindsor visual arts graduates open their final undergraduate exhibition Drea Madore puts the finishing touches on the entrance wall, featuring artwork by Joe Ishaq, which introduces visitors to the Kaleidoscope thesis exhibition at the SoCA Gallery. (VICTOR ROMAO/University of Windsor) By Victor Romao The creative path is rarely linear, often shaped by trial, error and....

Creative work does not stop at the classroom. 💃

More than 50 University of Windsor students and alumni are part of Windsor Light Music Theatre’s upcoming production of Frozen, contributing on stage and behind the scenes.

From performance to choreography, music direction to production design, this work reflects the depth of talent developed through the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

These are the experiences that carry forward into the community, shaping local arts and culture in meaningful ways.
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UWindsor talent fills the cast and crew of Windsor Light’s Frozen The cast of Windsor Light Music Theatre's production of Disney's Frozen rehearse for the upcoming show — their 149th major musical. (Photo submitted by Lucas Revenberg) By Lucas Revenberg, student guest writer The University of Windsor is well represented in Windsor Light Music Theatre’s 149th ...