Summer Jazz Academy flies again at Malaspina July 5 to 11
May 31, 2006
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Jazz lovers take note – the 19th annual <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Summer Jazz Academy will be held at Malaspina University-College's Nanaimo campus July 5 to 11. “It’s an intense, seven-day jazz event for people of all ages and levels of experience... Read more
Professional cooks/bakers in high demand
May 31, 2006
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Remember the old saying, “too many cooks in the kitchen?” Judging by the number of jobs available in restaurants, resorts and high-end hotels, this out-dated expression simply isn't true. In fact, there's a growing shortage of professionally trained cooks and bakers in kitchens across Canada and beyond,... Read more
Malaspina University-College to host 10 year Nursing Reunion
May 17, 2006
The graduates and faculty of Malaspina University-College’s Nursing program have a reason to celebrate – in fact they have 10 good reasons to celebrate. That’s because over the past decade more than 700 nurses have graduated from Malaspina and gone on to work all over the world, saving lives, promoting healthy living and helping people who are in pain or ill. Now Malaspina nursing graduates are... Read more
Promising student researchers shine on national stage
May 16, 2006
Malaspina University-College students continue to shine on the national stage. Skye Creba, Owen Stechishin and Derek van Pel are Malaspina’s first students to receive Canada Graduate Scholarships from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). “It’s the top award offered by the Canadian government for students entering graduate school,” said Dr. Chris Foote, ... Read more
Top-notch mathematicians
May 16, 2006
Sixty-eight of the most calculating local minds challenged their mathematical genus at the final round of the 2006 B.C. Colleges High School Math Contest at Malaspina University-College in Nanaimo earlier this month. On May 5 Grade 8 to 12 mid-island students from Dover Bay, John Barsby, Kwalikum, Ladysmith, Nanaimo Christian School, Wellington, Woodlands, the Malaspina International High School... Read more
Malaspina University-College recognized as an International Education expert
May 14, 2006
Several dozen faculty from around the world will be welcomed by Malaspina University-College this week to participate in an international conference on internationalizing the curriculum, for which Malaspina has taken a leadership role in Canada. The Internationalizing the Curriculum Academy is the first of its kind in Canada and will feature five days (May 14-19) of intense study on how faculty... Read more
Aboriginal education focus for new Malaspina University-College director
May 14, 2006
Sharon Hobenshield knows how alienating it can be for Aboriginal students to move away from their families and culture to get a post-secondary education. She’s done it herself. After high school the young and energetic aboriginal women moved away from her home in the Gitxsan First Nation, 30,000 square kilometers in northwestern British Columbia (close to Hazelton and Prince Rupert) to start... Read more
Malaspina celebrates 15 years of training teachers
May 9, 2006
Malaspina University-College has trained over 1,000 teachers since 1991, and now Education grads are invited back to celebrate. Reunion 2006 is the first gathering of Malaspina Education graduates in the department’s 15-year history. The weekend celebration takes place at the Nanaimo campus May 19 and 20. "It's a chance for Mal-U Education grads to reconnect, have fun and learn exciting and... Read more
New Alumni Club recruits members to help students
May 8, 2006
Malaspina alumni want to give back to the community. That’s why Nathan Thornton is leading the charge of an "exciting new initiative" called the Alumni 100 Club at Malaspina University-College. Working closely with the Malaspina Foundation, the new club will raise money for student scholarships, bursaries and awards. "This club has the potential to make a huge impact," said Thornton, assistant... Read more
Canadian Welding Bureau donates bender to Malaspina University-College
May 1, 2006
Metal testing just got faster for Malaspina University-College students and some Vancouver Island companies with the donation of a bender from the Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB). "It will cut down time and works really well for students as well," said Mark Gall, a Malaspina welding instructor. Up until last month, students and faculty have used two older benders. A bender is a machine used to... Read more