Free workshops available to community members
May 9, 2008
Malaspina invites community members to visit the Nanaimo campus between now and the end of May, take some free workshops and learn new skills. “May Days is an annual event in which we offer a full month of professional development opportunities for staff, faculty and administrators, and if space permits, we open up some sessions to students and community members,” explained Nancy Randall,... Read more
Student wins iPod in IT contest
May 9, 2008
Jeanine Huppee, a student in Malaspina's Practical Nursing program, is the lucky winner of an iPod in a contest sponsored by the Information Systems department. Students and employees were invited to sign up for a new Emergency Messaging Service capable of delivering voice, SMS text and email messages. The new service is designed to improve efficiencies in the way the institution communicates... Read more
Students shine at Fire and Ice show
May 7, 2008
Students enrolled in Malaspina's chef training program at the Culinary Institute of Vancouver Island won the People's Choice Award for their chili at the 2008 Qualicum Fire and Ice Competition. The students and their mentor-instructor, Chef Michael Pelletier, headed from Malaspina's Nanaimo Campus to Qualicum Beach with 30 litres of chili, stoves, pots, pans, towels, tents, tables, sanitizers and... Read more
Culinary grad best in Canada
May 7, 2008
Brooke Winters, a graduate from the Culinary Arts Institute of Vancouver Island at Malaspina’s Nanaimo campus, won a gold medal as Canada’s top junior cook at the Knorr Junior Culinary Competition held in Montreal recently. Along with the gold medal, Winters received $2,000 and a trip to Erfurt, Germany to accompany Junior Culinary Team Canada in October 2008. Winters completed the Culinary... Read more
Math students put to the test at Malaspina
May 7, 2008
On May 2, math students from local high schools competed in Malaspina University College’s annual British Columbia Secondary School Mathematics Contest. 43 juniors (grades 8-10) and 36 seniors (grades 11-12) from ten different high schools attended (Aspengrove, Dover Bay, John Barsby, Kwalikum, Ladysmith, Malaspina International, Nanaimo Christian School, NDSS, Wellington and Woodlands).... Read more
Trades continue to grow at new Vancouver Island University
May 5, 2008
While visiting Malaspina University-College recently to announce the transition to Vancouver Island University (VIU), Premier Gordon Campbell was very clear about his government’s commitment to maintaining a strong trades and applied technology focus at the new institution. Despite Campbell’s reassurances, Malaspina staff have fielded numerous questions from community members who do not... Read more
Scholarship support motivates student to aim high
May 2, 2008
Watch out Donald Trump. Lisa Radetic has big plans for the future - plans that include becoming one of the world's most successful entrepreneurs and business leaders. Radetic, 21, is one of the rising stars in the Bachelor of Business Administration degree program (BBA) at Malaspina University-College - now Vancouver Island University - and she expects to accomplish all this and more before... Read more
Province contributes $50,000 to groundwater study
May 2, 2008
Nanaimo-Parksville MLA Ron Cantelon made a $50,000 contribution on behalf of the provincial government towards Malaspina University-College's multi-year study examining groundwater on Vancouver Island. The Vancouver Island Water Resource Vulnerability Mapping Project will analyze the susceptibility of water quality to hazards associated with human activity and land use, including rapid... Read more
Province to Establish Vancouver Island University
April 23, 2008
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release April 23, 2008 Office of the Premier Ministry of Advanced Education NANAIMO - Malaspina University-College will become a university, to be called Vancouver Island University (VIU), Premier Gordon Campbell and Advanced Education Minister Murray Coell announced today. “As the first-ever Vancouver Island university based outside the greater Victoria region,... Read more
Malaspina launches new business program in Cowichan
April 22, 2008
A new eight-month pilot program offering students a Certificate in Business Management will be launched exclusively at Malaspina University-College’s Cowichan campus in September 2008. “Malaspina's Faculty of Management has designed this dynamic, full-time program because of the high demand for business related programming in the Cowichan area,” said Maria Lauridsen, campus principal. “The new... Read more