Drama professor Meaghen Quinn stars in the outdoor theatre event C-O-N-T-A-C-T.
UWindsor faculty, staff, and students are eligible for half-price admission to the outdoor theatre event C-O-N-T-A-C-T.
Nadeem Phillip and UWindsor drama professor Meaghen Quinn star in “Contact,” beginning a five-week run on the streets of downtown Windsor Aug. 19. Photo by Alyssa Horrobin.
A performance Friday by acting students will explores themes and relationships from Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot.
The campus community is invited to public performances this week showcasing the work of acting students.
Projects of the UWindsor chapter of Enactus took top honours in every category at the student organization’s Central Canada regional competition.
Projects of the UWindsor chapter of Enactus took top honours in every category at the student organization’s Central Canada regional competition.
Enactus Windsor students joined delegates from 68 universities and colleges at the organization’s national exposition.
The Enactus Windsor project Youthrive was named national champion in the 2017 Scotiabank Youth Empowerment Challenge.
A free public event Thursday will showcase participants in “Changing the Odds: Community Transformation through the Arts.”
Justin Caruana and Michael Tabet-Graham enact a scene as part of Changing the Odds, a six-week program providing theatre and arts skills to vulnerable youth.
A program aimed at local youths is a safe environment where participants can express themselves, explore their hopes and beliefs, and nurture their creativity, says a UWindsor student helping to lead its daily sessions on campus.
Changing the Odds: Community Transformation through the Arts provides vulnerable youth with six weeks of training in theatre and related skills, but it’s about more than the arts, says senior drama leader Ashley Baez Abreu.
Drama professor Meaghen Quinn received an Innovation Award for Service and Recruitment from Nancy Wright, dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
Graduating from the UWindsor drama program, combined with her professional experiences since, has given Meaghen Quinn (BFA Acting 2001) an ability to connect with prospective students—and their parents.
Now an instructor in the School of Dramatic Art, she loves being able to work with her colleagues and mentors to recruit new students.
“I had a positive experience when I was a student,” she says. “It's a privilege to be teaching here and in a position that allows me to promote the School of Dramatic Art.”
Changing the Odds: Community Transformation Through the Arts program has engaged 19 Windsor teens in experiences with a view to expanding their horizons through drama, music, dance and art.
An interdisciplinary arts program recently wrapped up a summer camp designed to provide individual attention and support to youth in challenging circumstances aged 14 to 17.
Participants in the Changing the Odds program will make a public presentation drawing on their experiences on Friday, August 15.
Participants in the Changing the Odds program will make a public presentation drawing on their experiences on Friday, August 15.
