INTERNATIONAL FIELD SCHOOLS PROVIDE LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCES FOR VIU STUDENTS
April 25, 2013
Katie Schneider and Courtney Brown will soon be far away from the comforts of home, immersed in the culture of Ghana, Africa. The Vancouver Island University students from Nanaimo, BC are participating in two international field schools – Brown with VIU’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing program and Schneider with Tourism Management and Recreation. They are among 190 students participating in VIU... Read more
STUDENT ART AND DESIGN CELEBRATED IN YEAR END SHOW
April 25, 2013
For the past year students in VIU’s Department of Art & Design have been organizing events, such as the popular ‘Zombie Walk’, to raise funds for their annual end-of-year student show *Progressions*. This year’s show, which had a successful launch on April 23, will run until May 11 in a number of different venues on the Nanaimo campus: the work of the Visual Arts students can be seen in the... Read more
VIU IN THE NEWS - NANAIMO HAS MANY ELEMENTS OF A SUCCESSFUL CITY
April 24, 2013
Guest Column in Nanaimo News Bulletin Thursday, April 25, 2013 By David Witty, VIU Provost and VP Academic There continue to be a number of national and international initiatives focusing upon the well-being of urban citizens and urban environments. Recently, Canadian Gov. Gen. David Johnston has promoted Smart and Caring Communities. Healthy communities has been a topic on local, national and... Read more
STUDENT REFUGEE GIVES BACK TO COMMUNITY HE CALLS HOME
April 23, 2013
Education changes the world – just ask Vancouver Island University student Aden Ahmed. Ahmed spent 18 years in Kenya’s Dadaab complex, a sprawling site made up of three overcrowded refugee camps that are home to almost half a million African people. Three years ago, he arrived in Nanaimo as a sponsored refugee student thanks to VIU’s World University Service of Canada (WUSC) local committee, a... Read more
VIU IN THE NEWS - MARINERS NAMED BEST IN BC
April 20, 2013
By Josh Aldrich, Nanaimo Daily News April 23, 2013 The Vancouver Island University Mariners received two more honours this weekend as they were named team of the year by Basketball B.C. and Matt Kuzminski received a coaching excellence award. The Mariners surprised many by winning the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association national championship as a Pacific Western Athletic Association wild... Read more
ELDERCOLLEGE EXPANDS COURSE OFFERINGS FOR LIFE-LONG LEARNERS
April 19, 2013
Life-long learners in the Parksville-Qualicum and Nanaimo regions can take advantage of a new venture launched by Vancouver Island University’s ElderCollege program. After much planning and a great deal of anticipation, the first ever ElderCollege spring semester is underway. “Our spring program of short courses is being offered on an experimental basis to help the VIU ElderCollege Board of... Read more
FARM-TO-PLATE RESTAURANT OFFERS NEW DINING EXPERIENCE WITH PURPOSE
April 19, 2013
A new culinary partnership has emerged – the first of its kind in British Columbia. Vancouver Island University’s Culinary Arts program is expanding to Providence Farm in North Cowichan, offering food lovers a culinary experience with a social purpose. The Culinary Institute of Vancouver Island, run by VIU, is a well-respected cooking school that annually graduates apprenticing chefs who, in... Read more
STUDENTS CELEBRATED IN VIU’S ABORIGINAL RECOGNITION CEREMONY
April 18, 2013
On April 8, 2013, family, friends, faculty, staff and VIU’s Elders gathered in VIU’s Malaspina Theatre on the Nanaimo campus to celebrate some of the more than 200 Aboriginal students who will be graduating or completing degree, diploma and certificate programs in June 2013. They were taking part in VIU’s annual Aboriginal Recognition Ceremony which has been happening on the Nanaimo campus for... Read more
VIU’S VISUAL ARTS DEPARTMENT ORGANIZES ART & CULTURE TOUR TO SPAIN, PORTUGAL AND MOROCCO
April 17, 2013
In May 2014 the Visual Arts Program at Vancouver Island University is offering an exciting art and cultural tour of Portugal, Spain and Morocco, open to both the public and VIU students. An information session about the tour will be held on Thursday, April 25, at 4:30pm on VIU’s Nanaimo campus. The tour will include visits to Lisbon, Seville, Gibraltar, Granada, Madrid and Marrakesh taking in... Read more
VIU in the News - Donors Required for Whale Skeleton Exhibit at Deep Bay Marine Field Station
April 17, 2013
By Darrell Bellaart, Nanaimo Daily News April 17, 2013 Donors are needed to help turn a grey whale skeleton into an educational exhibit at VIU's Deep Bay Marine Field Station. Three years ago a dead whale washed up on a Sooke beach. Sightseers started removing parts off the whale - a disrespectful act, in the eyes of the Scia'new First Nation people, and possibly a health hazard, since the... Read more