VIU CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK
October 25, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012 NANAIMO, BC – The public is invited to help Vancouver Island University celebrate International Education Week October 29 to November 2. Highlights include a Multicultural Festival, free concerts, lectures, performances, cultural displays, ethnic food and more at VIU’s Nanaimo campus. “VIU is part of a Canada-wide celebration of international... Read more
AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR MATTHEW HOOTON COMING TO VIU OCT. 29
October 25, 2012
Nanaimo, BC - Matthew Hooton, award-winning author of the novel Deloume Road, will read selections of his work at Vancouver Island University Oct. 29. Deloume Road, Hooton’s first novel, was awarded the inaugural Greene & Heaton Prize for the best novel of the Bath Spa University Masters in Creative Writing program in England. Hooton, who holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Creative Writing... Read more
VIU SOCCER ON CUSP OF ACHIEVING GOAL
October 25, 2012
By Greg Sakaki, Nanaimo News Bulletin October 24, 2012 The VIU Mariners know just how close they’ve come, now, to achieving a goal. Vancouver Island University’s men’s soccer team is getting ready to start play at the Pacific Western Athletic Association provincial championships this coming weekend (Oct. 27-28) in Squamish. [Read more](http://www.nanaimobulletin.com/sports/175651571.html) Read more
Workplace Accident Leads to Career Change
October 19, 2012
NANAIMO, BC - Randy Cooper worked as a carpenter until a workplace accident in June 2011 changed everything. “A saw kicked back and cut off most of my left thumb,” said Cooper. “Now I have difficulty operating power tools.” That’s why Cooper is launching a career change. Instead of working with wood, he’ll assist seniors. Cooper is one of 32 students enrolled in Vancouver Island University’s... Read more
VIU Theatre department presents fall show November 1 -10
October 19, 2012
NANAIMO, BC – The search for identity and purpose is the theme of Vancouver Island University Theatre department’s fall production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, running Nov. 1 – 10 in the Malaspina Theatre. A Tony and New York Drama Critic award-winning play directed by VIU theatre instructor Leon Potter, the story follows the two titular characters of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern,... Read more
Interactive Lo-fi & Wi-fi event Oct. 19
October 16, 2012
Everyone is welcome to a free interactive presentation called "Lo-fi & Wi-fi: Conjuring Creativity and Performance," Friday, Oct. 19 at Vancouver Island University, 10 am to 11:30 am in the Malaspina Theatre. It's the second event in the popular Arts and Humanities Colloquium series. "This presentation is a highly interactive exploration of how today's media technologies can shape our... Read more
Gustafson Poetry Chair Dennis Lee reads at VIU Oct. 18
October 16, 2012
Enjoy an evening of poetry at Vancouver Island University Thursday, Oct. 18 with award-winning Canadian poet Dennis Lee. Lee, the 2012 Gustafson Distinguished Poetry Chair, will read selections of his work during a free public lecture at VIU’s Nanaimo campus, 7:30 pm, Building 355, in the auditorium. A catered reception, and book-signing in the Royal Arbutus Room, Building 300 follows the... Read more
VIU In The News: Food Security on symposium menu
October 13, 2012
By Andrea Rondeau, Citizen October 19, 2012 Vancouver Island University is hosting a day-long symposium on the Cowichan Valley's food security and how it can be improved on Saturday, Oct. 20. "A hundred years ago, Vancouver Island produced 85 per cent of its own food. What will it take to get there again?" a press release for the event asks. Local food activists, farmers, food producers,... Read more
Heavy Metal Rocks mid-Island students for first time
October 12, 2012
Editor's note: The following news release was issued by WorkSafe BC, VIU, School Districts 68 and 69 and the Vancouver Island Construction Association. Nanaimo, B.C. — A group of students from the Nanaimo-Ladysmith and Parksville-Qualicum regions are the first high schoolers on Vancouver Island to take a work experience course in “heavy metal.” Twenty-five students from School District 68 and... Read more
VIU celebrates history with unveiling of commemorative plaque
October 11, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2012 NANAIMO, BC - Vancouver Island University’s (VIU) historic roots were celebrated today with the unveiling of a six-tonne granite rock engraved with a special plaque at Sid Clarke Gyro Park in Nanaimo. The park, at the corner of Machleary and Campbell streets, is the historic site where Jack Macready opened Nanaimo’s first vocational training... Read more