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Sarah Hart and Sevilya Hendricks performing a song together at the Chinese Bridge Singing contest at UBC

VIU students win province-wide Chinese language contest

By Eric Zimmer
It’s the first time VIU students have done so at the event.
A student in a classroom watching an instructor fill a prescription bottle

New partnership brings pharmacy technician training to VIU

By Eric Zimmer
Access training for this high-demand field on the Island
Woman stares at a laptop screen, head in her hands

How we’ve learned to conquer stress

By Samantha Allan
Two student leaders share their strategies
man and woman smiling while sitting across from one another at a table by a window. textbooks are on the desk in front of them

Become a volunteer tutor at Vancouver Island University

By Eric Zimmer
Tutors are needed at both the Nanaimo and Cowichan campuses.
Headshot of Eliza Gardiner

How do songs develop character and progress plot in musical theatre?

Eliza Gardiner shares the inspiration behind her ballads
VIU's three totems outside Shq'apthut on the Nanaimo campus

VIU Light Up, exam support and holiday fun 🌲⛄

VIU Student Pulse News: December 7, 2022
Room for rent sign in a door

Keeping your room while away - and saving the rent

By Michael Witcomb, Off-Campus Housing Coordinator
A guide to subletting and assigning your housing
Angelina Jaeger stands in front of a vine covered wall.

Gaining a global research perspective

By Rachel Stern
Angelina Jaeger snags spot in prestigious summer research internship program
A wooden cutout of a house with four stacks of coins behind it.

How do government policies affect housing affordability?

Katarina Litva examines housing issues in Louisville, Kentucky