from the Western News Mark Workentin makes regular appearances in Maclean’s magazine as one of Western University’s most popular professors. Called “inspirational and contagious,” his teaching has been recognized with repeat University Students’ Council Awards of Excellence, the Marilyn Robinson Award and Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations Teaching Award. Workentin is receives a Pleva Teaching Award
His commitment, passion, vision and creativity have also impacted the broader Western community through nearly a decade of service on numerous Senate committees and subcommittees dedicated to academic planning and policy, including both subcommittees on program review.
Beyond the walls of Western, he was the national co-ordinator of Reactive Intermediates Student Exchange (RISE), an NSERC-funded summer exchange program for Canadian undergraduate students in Chemical Sciences.
