Learn from top pastry chefs
September 5, 2008
Professional Bakers and Chefs take note – here’s your chance to learn new skills from two world renowned pastry chefs. Pastry chefs Thomas Haas and Pastry Chef En-Ming Hsu are offering a professional pastry seminar at Vancouver Island University September 19 from 10 am to 4 pm. “The seminar is aimed at working professionals in the pastry field, but if there's room, we will open the seminar to ... Read more
New Director joins VIU Foundation
September 5, 2008
Ms. Teresa Moore assumes the duties of Director of Development and Alumni at Vancouver Island University effective September 8. Moore will be replacing Roger Prior who retired earlier this year. Moore comes from the University of California Berkley , College of Engineering, where she worked for several years as the Executive Director, Marketing and Communications. She holds a BA from the... Read more
Review of Camus's last notebook
September 3, 2008
"For a generous psychology. We help a person more by giving him a favorable image of himself than by constantly reminding him of his shortcomings. Each individual normally strives to resemble his best image. Can be applied to teaching, to history, to philosophy, to politics. We are for instance the result of twenty centuries of Christian imagery. For two thousand years man has been offered a... Read more
VIU’s nautical training expands with new marine institute
September 3, 2008
Students looking for a career in the maritime sector will soon be able to complete their training in the Central Island, thanks to a new nautical training facility set to open its doors on September 11, 2008. The Western Maritime Institute (WMI), an extension of Maritime Education Associates, has joined with Vancouver Island University (VIU) to offer training in the new six acre facility in... Read more
Survey to disclose local perspective on Nanaimo’s business trends
September 2, 2008
Meyers Norris Penny LLP (MNP) Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors announced a joint initiative with the Vancouver Island University's (VIU) Faculty of Management. MNP and VIU have randomly selected 1,000 local business leaders to share their views on doing business in Nanaimo as part of the first Nanaimo Business Leaders’ Survey. The purpose of the anonymous survey is to determine how... Read more
Poets on Campus launches third season
August 29, 2008
Poets on Campus is an annual series of poetry readings at the Nanaimo campus of Vancouver Island University. Now in its third year, the series offers people an opportunity to be in touch with the living literary culture of our day, said Marilyn Bowering, a professor in the Creative Writing department, and the faculty contact for the series. "It’s inspirational for our students," she said. "For... Read more
Clemente Course Inspires Love of Learning
August 27, 2008
When Lisa Carstensen walked into the Clemente Course, a free Humanities class offered by Vancouver Island University (VIU), she hadn’t been a student for over 10 years. A mother of two teenage children, Carstensen was on disability and coping with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder when her Drug and Alcohol counselor told her about the program. Designed to help marginalized individuals develop... Read more
VIU Photo Contest Winners Announced
August 26, 2008
Close to 400 entries were received in the Vancouver Island University’s “A Point of VIU” Photo Contest. “The calibre of entries was exceptional," said VIU Executive Director of Public Relations Toni O’Keeffe. “We received spectacular images from all over the Island.” VIU ran the contest to raise the profile of their new name and to profile the beauty of Vancouver Island. “Making our final... Read more
Black Elk Speaks
August 19, 2008
Black Elk Speaks ends with this description of defeat: Our party wanted to go out and fight anyway, but Red Cloud made a speech to us something like this: "Brothers, this is a very hard winter. The women and children are starving and freezing. If this were summer, I would say to keep on fighting to the end. But we cannot do this. We must think of the women and children and that it is very... Read more
Carpool back to school: VIU encourages sustainability
August 13, 2008
With over 19,000 students, staff and faculty, the road to Vancouver Island University (VIU) gets busy in September: each day about 2,800 cars, mostly single-occupant vehicles, arrive at the Nanaimo campus. With this in mind, the institution is trying to decrease its footprint and reduce the impact it has on its neighbours. In fact, VIU’s Campus Sustainability Committee (CSC) wants to reduce the... Read more