Publishing Practicum
Practicum Students Share Insights into Placements
Practicum students at the University of Windsor find that with a proper work-life balance the work experience positively impacts their learning experience. UWindsor offers different experiential learning options for students, including placements, practicums, and co-ops. The Lance interviewed three students in different faculties about their experience in a placement to better gauge student’s perspectives of placements as a part of undergraduate requirements. Jennifer Pereira, a fourth-year forensic science student completed a practicum with the Chatham Police, in the Forensic Identification Unit. “I’ve loved that each day is different,” she began. “I’ve had the opportunity to visit a variety of different
UWindsor Editing & Publishing Practicum Gears Up for Poetry Book Launch on April 6
As part of UWindsor’s Editing & Publishing Practicum, a team of 22 students has been hard at work since September editing and marketing two poetry books: Terry Ann Carter’s First I Fold the Mountain: A Love Letter to Books and Christopher Lawrence Menard’s at the end, beginnings. A Memoir in Poems. Both books will be officially launched on April 6 during a poetry event at the KordaZone theater aptly entitled Beginnings: A Night of Poetry. A Rundown of the Editing & Publishing Practicum In the Editing Practicum (ENGL-4003) and Publishing Practicum (ENGL-4004) at UWindsor, students have a rare opportunity to
A Book Launch Under COVID-19? Virtually Moving!
by: Julienne Rousseau University of Windsor students in Marty Gervais’ Editing and Publishing Practicum courses have done something that’s virtually never been done before. They held a virtual book launch on Zoom. “Life would be boring without art,” said Dr. Joanna Luft, Head of Windsor’s English Department, setting the tone for the evening in her opening remarks. Indeed, this Zoom was like a first performance of a play. Although students have accommodated virtual learning, knowing how an audience was going to accept a virtual book launch was uncertain. No worries. Gervais’ students developed a framework for the launch that was