Marilyn Dumont reads from award winning poetry collection at Malaspina
November 5, 2007
Highly acclaimed Canadian author Marilyn Dumont will be reading at Malaspina University-College on Nov. 5 as part of the ongoing Poets on Campus series. Dumont will be reading at Malaspina from ‘that tongued belonging’, her newest collection of poetry, which recently won two McNally Robinson writing awards, including the Anskohk Aboriginal Literature Festival poetry book of the year and the... Read more
Mariners soccer nets several awards
November 2, 2007
The BCCAA soccer season has come to an end for 2007 and the Mariners garnered several awards.Mariner soccer had five of its players recognized as league All-Stars.Sarah Schermerhorn received 1st team honors while Jesse Winter, Heather Iverson, Kyle Phillips and Gillian Hardy were named to the second team.All-Stars are selected by the coaches in the league.The women's team placed fifth in the... Read more
First medals of season for Athletic department
November 2, 2007
By Brent Dunlop The Mariner Golf team has produced the first medals of the season for the Malaspina Athletic department.The team competed in five tournaments over the past two months resulting in a third place finish a second place finish overall for our top golfer, Kyle Hewitt.Kyle a third-year business student at Malaspina, was just two shots back of first place. The team also competed in the... Read more
Malaspina launches Culinary Institute of Vancouver Island
October 31, 2007
Thinking about a career as a chef? With a growing shortage of professionally trained chefs throughout Canada and around the world, Malaspina University-College is expanding its renowned Culinary Arts program. Malaspina offers a one-year certificate program, but starting October 2008, a second year of study will be added for students who want a diploma. "This is great news for students like me... Read more
Einstein and relativity
October 31, 2007
Review - Einstein: His Life and Universeby Walter IsaacsonSimon & Schuster Audio, 2007Review by Bob Lane, M.A.Oct 30th 2007 (Metapsychology Volume 11, Issue 44) Isaacson's book is superb. Herrmann's reading of the book is perfect. Herrmann does not get between the author and the audience but presents an intelligent reading filled with sensitivity and power which allows the listener the... Read more
Acclaimed Canadian author comes to Malaspina
October 29, 2007
Multiple-award winning author Audrey Thomas will be reading from her latest book at Malaspina University-College on Oct. 29 as part of the ongoing Poets on Campus series. Thomas is the author of many highly acclaimed novels, including Intertidal Life and Coming Down From Wa, which were both nominated for the Governor General’s Award for fiction. She has also won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize an... Read more
Malaspina offers four new field schools overseas
October 25, 2007
If you love to travel, there are plenty of exciting opportunities through Malaspina University-College’s Study Abroad program. Students and community members can participate in four new field schools – for credit or general interest – including destinations to Spain, Cuba, Macedonia, and Belgium. “We're offering four new field schools next spring or summer,” said Audrey Hansen, Coordinator of... Read more
Accounting firm endowment to support Malaspina students
October 23, 2007
The connection between Malaspina University-College and the Nanaimo accounting firm of Johnston, Johnston and Associates got even stronger this week, with the creation of a new permanent endowment to support future accounting students. Doug Johnston, senior partner in the firm, created the fund with a gift of $7,500 to the Malaspina Foundation, which the Foundation will match. The fund will... Read more
Campus Principal for Cowichan Announced
October 22, 2007
Vice-President Academic, for Malaspina University-College, Dr. Leslie King, announced today that a new Campus Principal for Malaspina’s Cowichan Campus has been appointed. Maria Lauridsen, who has been acting in the position for the past 22 months, was the successful applicant in the selection process. "We conducted a Canada-wide search to ensure we had the best person for the job," said King... Read more
Malaspina Vice-President helps raise funds for kidney research
October 22, 2007
Oct. 18 was a strange day at Malaspina University-College because Patrick Ross, Vice President, Student Services, was arrested by a couple of cowboys and thrown in jail. Fortunately, things weren’t what they seemed. Ross was taking part in the Kidney Foundation of Canada’s RoundUp for Research, in which select members of the community are ‘arrested’ by a posse of volunteers and thrown in jail... Read more