Malaspina cook training grad Iain Rennie wins Employee of the Year Award
July 12, 2000
At a recent "Night of the Stars" awards ceremony held at the Ocean Point Resort Hotel & Spa in Victoria, Iain Rennie, an Executive Sous Chef at The Empress Hotel in Victoria was named Employee of the Year for Vancouver Island's hospitality industry. Rennie won the honour over a field comprised of Vancouver Island's best hospitality employees nominated by the Executive Food Services of B.C.... Read more
Malaspina Field Studies Course Explores Tropical Belize
July 10, 2000
Malaspina University-College is offering a two-week international field course in Belize, Central America that will introduce curious students and travellers to the ecosystems and cultures, past and present, of the tropics and Caribbean. The course will run from January 13 to 28, 2001 and is designed for continuing education students who have a keen interest in exploring and learning about... Read more
Malaspina Biology student, Andrew Cameron, studies Belize water quality
July 4, 2000
The chance to live, work and study in a developing country was something Andrew Cameron never dreamed possible when he enrolled in the Bachelor of Science degree program at Malaspina University-College, four years ago. Cameron worked on the Belize River Water Quality Assessment project under the supervision of Dr. Matthew Hoch, Malaspina's biology department chair. "It was a great experience,"... Read more
Malaspina University-College board adopts balanced budget for 2000/2001
May 31, 2000
The Malaspina University-College Board has adopted a balanced operating budget of $60,015,767 for the 2000/2001 fiscal year, $2,406,512 higher than last year. The budget consists of the following: $36,914,839 from the Ministry of Advanced Education, Training and Technology for general operations and capital equipment - 61.5 % of the total budget; $7,546,711 expected from student tuition and... Read more
Malaspina to get $21 Million Campus Upgrade
May 18, 2000
NANAIMO - The south Nanaimo campus of Malaspina University-College will undergo a major redevelopment due to the approval of more than $21 million in provincial capital funding. Advanced Education Minister Graeme Bowbrick and Nanaimo MLA Dale Lovick made the announcement today at a groundbreaking ceremony at the university-college. "Malaspina University-College is the educational and cultural... Read more
Malaspina' s Top Model, Mrs Hambly, retires after 35 years
May 18, 2000
For 35 years Mrs. Hambly, now 91, has patiently allowed her hair to be shampooed, scissored, layered, curled and coloured by decades of Malaspina Hairdressing students, and she somehow managed to smile all the way to her retirement, last month. "Mrs. Hambly has been an absolute delight to work with and her positive approach to life has been an inspiration for our students and instructors," said... Read more
British police officer Dick Auger will be Malaspina University-College to talk about the restorative justice program in Thames Valley, England
January 20, 2000
The free public lecture will take place on Thursday, February 3, in room 203, building 355 (behind the library) and is sponsored by the Nanaimo RCMP and Malaspina’s criminology department. “Many crimes cause harm to individuals, their families and the wider community,” said criminology instructor John Anderson. “In the restorative justice program, used in Britain, offenders meet victims face-to-... Read more
Malaspina University-College pleads guilty to the release of a deleterious substance (sediment) into the Cat Stream Creek
January 16, 2000
Malaspina University-College pleaded guilty today in Provincial Court in Nanaimo to one charge under the federal Fisheries Act regarding the release of a deleterious substance (sediment) into the Cat Stream Creek. This resolves the charges brought by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) against Malaspina University-College arising from the construction of playing fields on the Malaspina campus. The... Read more
Barry Broadfoot Creates Endowment to Support Future Journalists
January 9, 2000
The Underwood typewriter he once used for his books and newspaper columns is going the way of the spotted owl, but Barry Broadfoot figures there'll always be a need for journalists, even in a world of word processors and web pages. So Broadfoot and his wife, Lori, have donated $20,000 to create an endowment fund for journalists at Malaspina University-College in Nanaimo. Matched by the... Read more
Hopper Endowment to benefit Library and Music
December 7, 1999
One of the Nanaimo business community’s most familiar names will now also be remembered through a new endowment fund at Malaspina University-College. Mrs Shirley Birrell, formerly Shirley Hopper, who, with her late husband Alec operated Hopper’s Jewelry store on Commercial Street for more than 40 years, has created the Alec and Shirley Hopper Endowment Fund. It will benefit Malaspina’s central... Read more