Malaspina University-College board adopts balanced budget for 2000/2001
May 31, 2000
The Malaspina University-College Board has adopted a balanced operating budget of $60,015,767 for the 2000/2001 fiscal year, $2,406,512 higher than last year. The budget consists of the following: $36,914,839 from the Ministry of Advanced Education, Training and Technology for general operations and capital equipment - 61.5 % of the total budget; $7,546,711 expected from student tuition and... Read more
Malaspina to get $21 Million Campus Upgrade
May 18, 2000
NANAIMO - The south Nanaimo campus of Malaspina University-College will undergo a major redevelopment due to the approval of more than $21 million in provincial capital funding. Advanced Education Minister Graeme Bowbrick and Nanaimo MLA Dale Lovick made the announcement today at a groundbreaking ceremony at the university-college. "Malaspina University-College is the educational and cultural... Read more
Malaspina' s Top Model, Mrs Hambly, retires after 35 years
May 18, 2000
For 35 years Mrs. Hambly, now 91, has patiently allowed her hair to be shampooed, scissored, layered, curled and coloured by decades of Malaspina Hairdressing students, and she somehow managed to smile all the way to her retirement, last month. "Mrs. Hambly has been an absolute delight to work with and her positive approach to life has been an inspiration for our students and instructors," said... Read more
British police officer Dick Auger will be Malaspina University-College to talk about the restorative justice program in Thames Valley, England
January 20, 2000
The free public lecture will take place on Thursday, February 3, in room 203, building 355 (behind the library) and is sponsored by the Nanaimo RCMP and Malaspina’s criminology department. “Many crimes cause harm to individuals, their families and the wider community,” said criminology instructor John Anderson. “In the restorative justice program, used in Britain, offenders meet victims face-to-... Read more
Malaspina University-College pleads guilty to the release of a deleterious substance (sediment) into the Cat Stream Creek
January 16, 2000
Malaspina University-College pleaded guilty today in Provincial Court in Nanaimo to one charge under the federal Fisheries Act regarding the release of a deleterious substance (sediment) into the Cat Stream Creek. This resolves the charges brought by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) against Malaspina University-College arising from the construction of playing fields on the Malaspina campus. The... Read more
Barry Broadfoot Creates Endowment to Support Future Journalists
January 9, 2000
The Underwood typewriter he once used for his books and newspaper columns is going the way of the spotted owl, but Barry Broadfoot figures there'll always be a need for journalists, even in a world of word processors and web pages. So Broadfoot and his wife, Lori, have donated $20,000 to create an endowment fund for journalists at Malaspina University-College in Nanaimo. Matched by the... Read more
Hopper Endowment to benefit Library and Music
December 7, 1999
One of the Nanaimo business community’s most familiar names will now also be remembered through a new endowment fund at Malaspina University-College. Mrs Shirley Birrell, formerly Shirley Hopper, who, with her late husband Alec operated Hopper’s Jewelry store on Commercial Street for more than 40 years, has created the Alec and Shirley Hopper Endowment Fund. It will benefit Malaspina’s central... Read more
Malaspina predicts a $1.4-Million budget shortfall for 2000/2001
November 30, 1999
Malaspina University-College is anticipating a shortfall of $1.4-million for the 2000/2001 fiscal year, which starts April 1, 2000. "This time of year we start to identify the difference between budget expenditures for this fiscal year and next year’s, and present our best guess," said Edwin Deas, Malaspina’s Vice-President of Administration & Bursar. "Every year it costs more to operate."... Read more
Lecture Hall Dedication Marks Gustafson Legacy
October 19, 1999
A special moment for Canada was celebrated in Nanaimo October 19 when one of the nation’s most honoured poets was remembered with the first fruits of an endowment in his memory. Malaspina University-College dedicated lecture theatre in the Arts and Sciences building (355) to be The Ralph Gustafson Lecture Theatre. The dedication took place at the inaugural reading by Patricia Young, the first... Read more
Malaspina's White Sturgeon could spawn white gold for local industry
October 13, 1999
White sturgeon in captivity at Malaspina University-College could spawn a profitable future for the fisheries and aquaculture industry of B.C. "As far as we know, the only cultured white sturgeon females with eggs in Canada are here at Malaspina," says Bill Bennett, Research Associate in the University-College's Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture. "These fish will be the basis for sturgeon... Read more