The Science Students’ Council is a proud supporter of the Ronald McDonald House of Southwestern Ontario. The Ronald McDonald House provides a home for out-of-town families of seriously ill or injured children who are in London receiving medical treatment for their child.

The Ronald McDonald House is currently in need of weekend volunteers for the following shifts: Saturdays and Sundays from 9am-1pm, 1-4pm, 4-6pm, and 6-9pm

In addition, they are looking to recruit volunteers interested in hosting Saturday movie nights this summer. Movies will run from 6:30pm to approximately 8:30pm. Volunteers are required to supervise families watching the movies and to serve popcorn, etc.

Lastly, a unique opportunity for science students – The Ronald McDonald House is looking for 1-2 volunteers to host “Science Hour” for children staying at the house during the summer. The day and time is flexible with your schedule, but would need to be consistent each week.

All volunteers require a Police Check and TB test, if you have had one done in the last year – a copy of that is just fine. All volunteers are required to complete a volunteer interview and one time orientation session.

The Ronald McDonald House of Southwestern Ontario is located at 740 Baseline Road East (behind Victoria Hospital) and is accessible via the 6 Richmond LTC route

Applications can be found here

Email [email protected] for more information!

Billy Silverstein and the Science Students’ Council are proud to announce the 2013 information session on ITR. There will be both faculty and students there to answer your questions. Whether you are a first year or a third year we have you covered! There will also be free food in the form of Wave Platters. So come out learn about ITR and save some money on food!

Date: March 20th 2013 

Location: The Wave 

Time: 5:30pm to 7:30pm 

FREE FOOD! 

On Friday March 22nd, the Science Students’ Council is pleased to invite you to spend a classy evening with the Faculty of Science at this year’s Wet/Dry Formal, Candy Land at The Wave. This year promises to be bigger and louder than ever before. We have thrown out the tables and brought in the party in order to celebrate Science at Western. Doors open at 9:30 PM with hors d’oeuvres and photos, mingling, and dancing to follow with music provided by our very own Spencer Bai
rd. Dress code is formal, bright colour accents are encouraged. This is an all ages event with a cash bar and ice LUGE bar for those 19+ with valid photo ID. We hope you will join us for this grand celebration.

And yes, there will be plenty of candy.

And yes, we said there will be an ice luge.

Get your ticket ($20… so cheap!!) ASAP in one of three ways:
a) At our council office (NS 108)
b) By visiting Western Connections
c) Online at scienceformal2013.com

Don’t miss out on the biggest event of the year. Students of all faculties are welcome!

It is our pleasure to present a very unique event from Western’s Doctors Without Borders Chapter and the SSC. Dr. Chil-Yong Kang – a Professor at Western who has developed the first and only preventative HIV vaccine to be approved clinical human trials – is speaking for the first time to the student body and community of Western.

Due to the rain today the SSC has decided to move the second day of Lab Coat Tie Dye to Tuesday, October 23, 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm, between Nat Sci and MSA. The cost is $2 and all proceeds go to the Be Positive campaign, which is for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope to see everyone out there getting their lab coats tie dyed, while supporting a great cause!!

Tickets for Bill Nye The Science Guy went on sale this morning at 9AM online and at Western Connections in the basement of UCC.

Nearly 800 tickets were sold online in the first 20 minutes that the sales site went live. All remaining tickets were sold out by 1:00 pm at Western Connections.

Bill Nye has been one of the fastest selling events ever hosted at Western. The demand students and the Western community across campus has shown is unprecedented and November 20th will surely mark one of the most exciting events of the year.

We look forward to seeing you at Alumni hall! Doors open at 6:15 pm.

General admission begins tomorrow, Monday October 15th at 9 AM EST.

Tickets can either be purchased online at http://westernbillnye.ca/ or at Western Connections in the basement of the UCC. This website will update at 9 AM with a banner that links to the ticket sales site.

Tickets are $20 for students with UWO student cards and $30 for anybody else (all +HST).

Make sure to buy your ticket as early as possible so you don’t miss this once in a lifetime event!

Pre-sale tickets for Bill Nye the Science Guy sold out this morning. Sorry to those who were unable to get pre-sale tickets.

General admission begins next Monday, October 15th. Tickets can either be purchased online at http://westernbillnye.ca/ (not yet live) or at Western Connections in the basement of the UCC.

Tickets are $20 for students with UWO student cards and $30 for anybody else (all +HST). Make sure to buy your ticket as early as possible so you don’t miss this once in a lifetime event!

Thanks to everyone who waited in line for pre-sale tickets today.

Science Students’ Council will be offering two different merch items this year for Homecoming.

1. Trisci drinking glasses! These are limited edition and there are very few left. These can be added to your collection for only $4.
2. Homecoming #purpleswag sunglasses will also be sold for $5.

You can get this great merch in the Science Students’ Council office (Nat Sci 108) from 9:30 am – 3:00 pm.