Tuition Fee increase planned
February 19, 2004
The Malaspina University-College Board, as part of its budget planning process to develop a balanced budget for the 2004/05 fiscal year, is contemplating an increase in tuition fees in order to deal with a projected shortfall of $2.648-million. The proposed plan suggests tuition increases, as follows: Academic programs: from $102 per credit to $114 per credit (from $306 to $342 per course) -... Read more
Tier II Canada Research Chairs funded
February 17, 2004
Malaspina University-College has taken another leap forward to becoming a "world class centre" for research. The university-college will receive $200,000 per year for ten years to fund two Tier II Canada Research Chairs. The award comes from the Canada Research Chairs Secretariat, a federally funded organization committed to strengthening research capacity at Canadian universities. The award... Read more
Teach English overseas...an information session
February 17, 2004
A free information session will be held February 24 from 7 to 8 p.m. for people interested in teaching English overseas. Offered by Malaspina University-College's Centre for Continuing Studies, the session will provide details about a part-time or full-time Certificate Program for Teaching English as a Foreign Language. This non-credit certificate program prepares graduates to teach English... Read more
Let’s Make a Movie...a new course offering
February 17, 2004
Have you ever wanted to make a movie? Grab your director's cap because Malaspina University-College's Centre for Continuing Studies is offering a unique new course called Let's Make a Movie. The six session course, which begins March 6 on the Nanaimo campus, provides "a good introduction to the many facets of filmmaking in the digital age," says Carol Salez, instructor and award-winning short... Read more
Malaspina University-College has taken another leap forward to becoming a “world class centre” for research.
February 17, 2004
The university-college will receive $200,000 per year for ten years to fund two Tier II Canada Research Chairs. The award comes from the Canada Research Chairs Secretariat, a federally funded organization committed to strengthening research capacity at Canadian universities.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> The award will provide funding for... Read more
Festival of Trees Christmas Gift Boosts Library Campaign to $1.3 Million<br>Record return for Malaspina’s Christmas event
February 12, 2004
A $70,000 belated Christmas gift will be coming to Malaspina University-College’s library campaign from the Festival of Trees event at Beban Park community centre last November. It is the biggest financial success in the Festival’s nine year history. The proceeds will boost the Library campaign total to just over $1.3 million. “This is a tribute to all the volunteers who worked so hard, and to... Read more
After years of speculation, it’s now a proven fact – red is the colour of love
February 11, 2004
At least for sockeye salmon. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Sea-going sockeye salmon and their lake-resident form, kokanee, turn bright red at sexual maturity. Now a team of Canadian researchers, led by Dr. Chris Foote, a Professor in the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture at Malaspina University-College, have shown that the bright red... Read more
Free public lecture: Our current understanding of the Indus Valley civilization
February 8, 2004
Anthropologist Dr. Bryan Wells has made the Indus Valley in Pakistan the focus of his studies for years. On Tuesday, February 17 at 7 pm, Wells will deliver a lecture entitled "Our current understanding of the Indus Valley civilization" in building 355, room 211, at Malaspina University-College's Nanaimo campus. The lecture will be an overview of the Indus Valley civilization highlighting the... Read more
New Foundation Chair has Big Hopes for Anniversary Year<br>Pat Dennison to lead Malaspina University-College Foundation
February 3, 2004
2004 is the tenth anniversary year for the Malaspina University-College Foundation, and will be a big one for its new Chair, Pat Dennison. Dennison, a financial advisor at Investors Group, was inducted Chair at the Foundation’s first meeting of the year January 29. She takes over from Ron Forster, a business banker at Royal Bank Financial Group, who lead the Foundation through 2003. The... Read more
East Indian Community Supports Malaspina Library
February 1, 2004
The Punjabi and Sikh community of Nanaimo has come forward with a major gift of $5,000 in support of the New Library campaign at Malaspina University-College. Ross Fraser, Director of Community and Corporate Development, left, and Malaspina’s president Rich Johnston, right rear, thank representatives of the Vancouver Island East Indian Cultural and Religious Association, Kahla Singh Manhas,... Read more