VIU Culinary Arts Student Shows Off Her Eggcentric Side
April 21, 2016
Cooking video earns VIU student a trip to Ontario for a national conference For Vancouver Island University (VIU) student Janet Kerr, putting all her eggs in a basket has paid off. For a video she made about cooking her family’s preferred weekend-morning breakfast, she has won a chef’s jacket, $250 and an all-expenses-paid trip to the Canadian Culinary Federation’s national conference, happening... Read more
Sticky Notes Focus Of VIU Marketing Team's Fundraising Efforts
April 7, 2016
VIU marketing class raises more than $3,000 for charity With stacks of yellow sticky notepads in hand, 56 Vancouver Island University (VIU) students from Professional Selling (Marketing 362) descended on the Nanaimo campus with one goal – to use the tools they were given in the course to raise money for charity. After forming five teams they spent time developing a marketing strategy and plan... Read more
VIU Engineering Students Test Skills To Bridge Tram Crossing
April 4, 2016
Public invited to vote for best bridge designed by VIU engineering students First year engineering students at Vancouver Island University (VIU) are building model bridges with popsicle sticks to test their design skills – and they want members of the public to help choose a winner. In a friendly competition sponsored by Herold Engineering Inc. and HeliJet International and supported by the... Read more
VIU and St. Thomas University Agreement Creates Opportunities for Aboriginal Students
February 25, 2016
St. Thomas University partners with VIU on student and faculty exchanges Keyaira Gruben saw the opportunity and seized it. The St. Thomas University (STU) student who grew up in the small province of New Brunswick found herself leaving her school, family and friends to attend Vancouver Island University (VIU). The opportunity came about thanks to the signing of a Student and Faculty Exchange... Read more
2016 VIU Create Conference Puts Spotlight On Undergraduate Research
February 11, 2016
VIU student research will be on display at the 2016 VIU Create Conference Students descend on the cafeteria from all corners of campus to participate – and the posters, displays, presentations and performances they bring with them always wow the crowds. The 2016 Vancouver Island University (VIU) Create Conference offers an incredible opportunity to showcase and celebrate the major projects and... Read more
TLA and Chevron Award Scholarships to VIU Heavy Equipment Operator Students
January 25, 2016
Two $5,000 scholarships funded by the Truck Loggers Association (TLA) and Chevron have been awarded to students in the Heavy Equipment Operator program at Vancouver Island University (VIU). BC’s Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson presented the awards to VIU students Shane Wiersma, from Duncan, and Linden Feniak, from Sechelt at the Minister of Forests... Read more
VIU Graduates Shine at Biology Career Night
January 18, 2016
Darcy Good is in medical school at UBC, Sandie Dekker is a hematologist, and Morgan Attwell works for the Nanaimo Science and Sustainability Society, a non-profit that introduces the wonders of the natural world to children. They are just three of eight Vancouver Island University (VIU) biology graduates who took to the stage at Malaspina Theatre on Jan. 6 to share stories of what work has been... Read more
VIU MBA Students Place Best in West at Canada's MBA Games
January 13, 2016
Students in Vancouver Island University’s Master of Business Administration (MBA) program took fourth place in Canada’s MBA Games, held in Toronto Jan. 2-4, earning the best result for university MBA programs in western Canada. VIU’s 32 MBA students competing alongside more than 700 students from 20 Canadian universities also took first place in the “Spirit” competition, with the best result in... Read more
VIU Graphic Design Student Designs New Nanaimo Arts Council Logo
November 2, 2015
A bright, colourful new logo for the Nanaimo Arts Council (NAC) has been designed by a student in Vancouver Island University’s (VIU) Graphic Design program. Bee Macadam, now a second year student working toward her Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Graphic Design, worked on the logo in her Design Process class in the spring term of 2015. “It was a really great experience for us because... Read more
VIU MBA Students Take First Place in First BC MBA Games
October 23, 2015
Students in Vancouver Island University’s (VIU) MBA Society took first place in the inaugural BC MBA Games in Nanaimo on the Oct. 16-18 weekend. Students in VIU’s Masters of Business Administration (MBA) programs competed against MBA teams from Thompson Rivers University (second place winner), University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University and University of Victoria. More than 100... Read more