Malaspina launches Culinary Institute of Vancouver Island
October 31, 2007
Thinking about a career as a chef? With a growing shortage of professionally trained chefs throughout Canada and around the world, Malaspina University-College is expanding its renowned Culinary Arts program. Malaspina offers a one-year certificate program, but starting October 2008, a second year of study will be added for students who want a diploma. "This is great news for students like me... Read more
Einstein and relativity
October 31, 2007
Review - Einstein: His Life and Universeby Walter IsaacsonSimon & Schuster Audio, 2007Review by Bob Lane, M.A.Oct 30th 2007 (Metapsychology Volume 11, Issue 44) Isaacson's book is superb. Herrmann's reading of the book is perfect. Herrmann does not get between the author and the audience but presents an intelligent reading filled with sensitivity and power which allows the listener the... Read more
Acclaimed Canadian author comes to Malaspina
October 29, 2007
Multiple-award winning author Audrey Thomas will be reading from her latest book at Malaspina University-College on Oct. 29 as part of the ongoing Poets on Campus series. Thomas is the author of many highly acclaimed novels, including Intertidal Life and Coming Down From Wa, which were both nominated for the Governor General’s Award for fiction. She has also won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize an... Read more
Malaspina offers four new field schools overseas
October 25, 2007
If you love to travel, there are plenty of exciting opportunities through Malaspina University-College’s Study Abroad program. Students and community members can participate in four new field schools – for credit or general interest – including destinations to Spain, Cuba, Macedonia, and Belgium. “We're offering four new field schools next spring or summer,” said Audrey Hansen, Coordinator of... Read more
Accounting firm endowment to support Malaspina students
October 23, 2007
The connection between Malaspina University-College and the Nanaimo accounting firm of Johnston, Johnston and Associates got even stronger this week, with the creation of a new permanent endowment to support future accounting students. Doug Johnston, senior partner in the firm, created the fund with a gift of $7,500 to the Malaspina Foundation, which the Foundation will match. The fund will... Read more
Campus Principal for Cowichan Announced
October 22, 2007
Vice-President Academic, for Malaspina University-College, Dr. Leslie King, announced today that a new Campus Principal for Malaspina’s Cowichan Campus has been appointed. Maria Lauridsen, who has been acting in the position for the past 22 months, was the successful applicant in the selection process. "We conducted a Canada-wide search to ensure we had the best person for the job," said King... Read more
Malaspina Vice-President helps raise funds for kidney research
October 22, 2007
Oct. 18 was a strange day at Malaspina University-College because Patrick Ross, Vice President, Student Services, was arrested by a couple of cowboys and thrown in jail. Fortunately, things weren’t what they seemed. Ross was taking part in the Kidney Foundation of Canada’s RoundUp for Research, in which select members of the community are ‘arrested’ by a posse of volunteers and thrown in jail... Read more
North Island College signs teacher education agreement with Malaspina
October 22, 2007
North Island College (NIC) signed an agreement with Malaspina University-College on Oct. 15 that will see NIC students who have succesfully completed their first two years at NIC qualified to apply directly to the third year of Malaspina’s Bachelor of Education program. The Pathways for Teacher in Training agreement is a direct result of a comprehensive partnership between North Island College... Read more
Malaspina Theatre department's fall show opens November 1
October 19, 2007
Join modern-day character Constance Ledbelly in a hysterical, topsy-turvy adventure through Shakespeare’s universe in the Malaspina University-College theatre department’s fall production of Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) November 1 to 10. Canadian playwright Ann-Marie MacDonald, winner of the Governor General’s Award for Drama, weaves an irresistible tale that centres on Constance... Read more
Gustafson Trust poetry chair reads at Malaspina
October 18, 2007
This year’s Ralph Gustafson Chair of Poetry at Malaspina University-College has been awarded to famed Canadian poet Tom Wayman. Wayman will be reading on October 18 at Malaspina, entitled “Living with the ‘Post’ies: The Music of Poetry in a Discordant World.” The Ralph and Betty Gustafson Trust was established at Malaspina University-College in 1998 from the estate of the late Ralph Gustafson... Read more