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a power engineer inspects large tanks in a big machine room with sunlight peeking through the window

Find your new career path as a power engineer

By Eric Zimmer

VIU’s next program intake is this fall

Bryan Lamprecht kneels in front of a patch of Hosackia pinnata flowers nestled in a field of grass.

Saving an endangered Nanaimo flower

By Rachel Stern

VIU Biology student studying rare flower only found in Nanaimo area

Halle Walle standing in front of her backyard bog and smiling at the camera

Re-creating a unique taste from ancient times

By Eric Zimmer

Halle Walle shares her story

Headshot of Zeke Critchlow

Computer Science student develops digital dashboard for BC music festival

Zeke Critchlow discovers a passion for programming at VIU

Victoria Koutstaal outside on a sunny day smiling at the camera.

Finding her path with a career in recreation

By Eric Zimmer

Victoria Koutstaal shares her story

Shannah holding a fish

Cooking up success

From Classroom to Career: Shannah Pogline

Brian Yin holds a microphone near a podium.

Life is more fun with purpose

From classroom to career: Brian Yin

Headshot of Dr. Cheryl Krasnick Warsh

Frances Kelsey’s battle against birth defect causing drug thalidomide profiled in new book

By Rachel Stern

VIU History Professor Dr. Cheryl Krasnick Warsh publishes biography on pioneering physician’s work

Lucas Gamp in a raft on a river with clients waving at the camera

Having a whale of a time as a raft guide

By Eric Zimmer

Lucas Gamp shares his story

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