Mal-U student wins provincial Literacy BC award
July 17, 2007
Rav Bal, a student in Malaspina University-College’s Adult Basic Education (ABE) program, recently won the prestigious 2007 Provincial Learner Achievement Award for BC. The award, sponsored by The Co-operators, a national insurance company, recognizes the outstanding achievements of an adult learner in BC. Bal started at the Foundation level in both math and English at Malaspina in the fall of... Read more
Milner Gardens & Woodland brings art and photography to the garden
July 16, 2007
Milner Gardens & Woodland will be hosting its annual Art and Photography in the Garden event on July 21 and 22. This is an opportunity to come and mingle with local artists while they work in the beauty of this artist’s garden. Featured artists including Larry Aguilar, Christine Anne Houghton and Kristeen Verge will be working in a variety of expressive media from painting, photography,... Read more
International counsellors receive royal treatment at Malaspina
July 13, 2007
Twenty-seven post-secondary education counsellors from around the world visited Malaspina University-College last week and received a personal tour of the campus and royal treatment over a salmon barbecue. Their visit was organized by Marco Qaqish, Coordinator of International Marketing and Recruitment at Malaspina, who joined Malaspina in May. "The counsellors assist students from prestigous... Read more
Festival of Trees goes Russian
July 13, 2007
It may be July, but members of Malaspina University-College’s Festival of Trees Steering Committee are thinking about Christmas as they prepare for the 13th annual Festival of Trees. "Planning is in full swing even though the Festival takes place in November," said Jeet Manhas, who takes over as Festival Chair from George Hrabowych. "We like to get an early start on our planning because there’s... Read more
Malaspina grad shares recipe for success
July 12, 2007
Work hard and think positive – that’s Chris Lyderik’s recipe for success. He graduated from Malaspina University-College’s Applied Business Technology (ABT) program over a year ago, and now works for Lafarge, a top international company with 70,000-plus employees and connections in 72 countries around the world. “I couldn’t be happier,” said Lyderik, who lives in Cowichan with his wife and... Read more
Deep Bay Field Station takes shellfish research into the future
July 12, 2007
Malaspina University-College’s Deep Bay shellfish aquaculture research field station will set the pace for the future of aquaculture research facilities. The Centre for Shellfish Research (CSR) at Malaspina’s Nanaimo campus is building an off-campus research and training field site in Deep Bay, BC. This new site will include an upland seawater tank farm, laboratory, demonstration shellfish farm... Read more
Malaspina baking apprentice wins trip to Belcolade Chocolate Factory in Belgium
July 9, 2007
Baking apprentice Jenny Jones was born with natural talent - at least when it comes to making sugar and chocolate sculptures. How else do you explain the 20-year-old's performance at the prestigious EAT! Vancouver Cold Food competition where she won a gold medal for hand-dipped pralines (chocolates) and an all expenses paid trip to the Belcolade Chocolate Factory in Belgium? "We saw the... Read more
Adult Basic Education helps former aerobics instructor change careers
July 6, 2007
Shona Pickup knows the value of making positive change. This 36-year-old mother of two and former aerobics instructor had the courage to return to school after 13 years to upgrade her high school education and launch a major career change. Pickup recently completed Biology 12 with top marks through Malaspina University-College’s Adult Basic Education (ABE) program, and is now pursuing further... Read more
Powell River students learning valuable lessons
July 6, 2007
Powell River students are realizing they don’t need to leave home to start their university education. Professors and staff at Malaspina University-College’s Powell River campus want local students to see the many benefits that come with spending their first year in post-secondary education in their home community. “We offer several excellent university courses,” said Carol Sansburn, Malaspina’... Read more
Student-made chapbooks surpass expectations
June 28, 2007
Malaspina University-College, The Institute for Coastal Research (ICR) and the Gustafson Chair of Poetry have combined their efforts to produce two student-made chapbooks (small books of 48 pages or less) based on lectures by recent poetry chairs Robert Bringhurst and Don Domanski. The process of creating these chapbooks started with the Ralph and Betty Gustafson Trust, which was established at... Read more