VIU STUDENTS’ SCULPTURES SHOWCASED AT PORT THEATRE
February 25, 2013
When Sarah Kalcsics, Marketing & Fundraising Manager at The Port Theatre, decided the theatre’s lobby needed a little pizazz she knew just who to call – VIU’s Visual Arts department. “We’re always interested in building community partnerships and I thought it would be great if we could somehow get the students involved in livening up the lobby,” says Kalcsics. She got in touch with Gregory... Read more
VIU AND BEAR SMART BC WORKING TO MINIMIZE CONFLICTS WITH BEARS IN PORT ALBERNI
February 25, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 25, 2013 PORT ALBERNI – In February and March, students from Vancouver Island University’s (VIU) Resource Management Officer Technology Program (RMOT) will be working with Bear Smart BC and the Conservation Officer Service to reduce conflict with bears in the Alberni Valley. The City of Port Alberni has made huge strides towards becoming an officially designated... Read more
VIU IN THE NEWS: MARINE STATION TO BE TOURIST DRAW
February 22, 2013
BY BRENDA GOUGH - Parksville-Qualicum News Published Feb. 19, 2013 DEEP BAY - It's a bit off the beaten path but once you visit the Deep Bay Marine Field Station, an off-campus research facility of Vancouver Island University's Centre for Shellfish Research you'll be pleasantly surprised at what is inside. Although the primary goal of the station overlooking Baynes Sound is research, the... Read more
VIU LAUNCHES NEW CENTRE FOR HEALTHY AGING
February 21, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, February 21, 2013 NANAIMO, BC – Vancouver Island University has launched a new Centre for Healthy Aging and Community-Engaged Scholarship that will benefit seniors. The Centre’s mandate is to promote excellence in healthy-aging research, education and practice. It has a special focus on seniors’ health care improvements, active and productive aging, and the... Read more
MBA STUDENTS TAKE TO THE STREETS COMPETING FOR MANN CUP TROPHY
February 19, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 Students in Vancouver Island University’s Master of Business Administration (MBA) program will be out at grocery retailers and other venues this Saturday (Feb. 23) raising funds for the Pacific Salmon Foundation and sharing information about Nanaimo Airport Commission’s environmental projects. It’s all part of the annual MBA Business Challenge... Read more
VIU IN THE NEWS - NANAIMO CHEF VIES FOR TOP PRIZE IN MAJOR CULINARY COMPETITION
February 19, 2013
By Spencer Anderson, Daily News Monday, February 18, 2013 A young Nanaimo chef is slaving away in the kitchen to prepare for a major international competition in Toronto later this month. Kellie Callender will be competing against six other top students from culinary schools across Canada for the 2013 S. Pellegrino Almost Famous Chef Canada Regional Competition Monday, Feb. 25. [Read more](... Read more
COMMUNITY PARTNERS CELEBRATE LEARNING AT VIU’S ABORIGINAL GATHERING PLACE
February 15, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, February 15, 2013 NANAIMO, BC – At a day-long event on VIU’s Nanaimo campus, VIU’s Elders, Community Partners and Community Cousins (Aboriginal Student Mentors), came together to support and encourage Aboriginal students who are enrolled in community Adult Basic Education (ABE) courses, hoping to one day pursue post-secondary education. The ‘Celebration of... Read more
NEW COLLABORATION WILL ASSIST COMMUNITY IN BUILDING A STRONG NANAIMO
February 15, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 14, 2013 Issued by the City of Nanaimo Nanaimo BC – The City of Nanaimo, the Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce, and Vancouver Island University are pleased to announce that they will be working together on exploring with the community, a new collaborative structure that will take the Chamber’s Successful Cities Committee and the City’s Progress Nanaimo Committee to a... Read more
STURGEON CLOSE TO HEART OF SEVEN-YEAR-OLD LADYSMITH BOY
February 14, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 Seven-year-old Alden Thom of Ladysmith was back at Vancouver Island University this week to watch students and technicians move Tyra, a 200-pound, seven-foot long sturgeon, into a new home inside VIU’s International Centre for Sturgeon Studies (ICSS). Thom is VIU’s youngest donor and has loved sturgeon ever since his parents can remember. Two... Read more
NEW HOME FOR VIU'S 200-POUND LIVING FOSSILS
February 13, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 NANAIMO, BC – It’s not every day that Vancouver Island University students get ‘up close and personal’ with a 200-pound Jurassic-era fish commonly referred to as a ‘living fossil.’ Today, aquaculture technicians and students moved three large white sturgeon into a new holding tank inside the International Centre for Sturgeon Studies (ICSS) at... Read more