VIU INVITES COMMUNITY TO JOINT CELEBRATION AT PARKSVILLE-QUALICUM CENTRE
October 31, 2013
Nov. 6 celebration marks ElderCollege’s 20th anniversary and formal launch of VIU’s Centre for Healthy Aging PARKSVILLE, BC – One of Oceanside resident Sandra Walker’s greatest joys is sharing her love of learning and literature with seniors at Vancouver Island University’s ElderCollege, whether it’s the trials and tribulations of Jane Austen or the poetic talents of T.S. Eliot. Walker is VIU’... Read more
VIU STUDENTS FROM 81 COUNTRIES INVITE ALL TO INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK
October 31, 2013
A non-stop flight around the globe might be the best way to illustrate the spectrum of cultures and countries represented by international students attending Vancouver Island University. In celebration of International Education Week at VIU Nov. 12 through 15, the public is invited to activities at the Nanaimo campus ranging from a storytelling night with live music, discussions and lectures,... Read more
VIU’S ‘TAMING OF THE SHREW’ A COMICAL, RETRO-FUTURISIC ADAPTATION
October 25, 2013
Head backstage with Vancouver Island University’s Theatre students as they prepare for their upcoming production of Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew, and you’ll get a healthy dose of debate over the play’s controversial ending, along with a visual feast of set décor and costumes from another era. “It’s steampunk meets commedia dell’arte in our adaptation of Shakespeare’s most outrageous comedy... Read more
VIU Tourism Grad Awarded One-Year Internship in Kenya
October 22, 2013
Kenya’s Campi ya Kanzi has hosted celebrity guests like Naomi Watts and Edward Norton, who have travelled there on vacation to enjoy beautiful views of Mount Kilimanjaro and a luxury-filled safari experience across vast acres of East African wild land. While the views and wildlife are equally exciting for VIU graduate Katie Schneider, her attraction to this luxury safari camp is more about the... Read more
PUBLIC INVITED TO LEARN ABOUT INDIGENOUS RESEARCH OCT. 24
October 22, 2013
The public is invited to a series of free speaking events at Vancouver Island University about Aboriginal research. The first lecture in the series entitled Respectful Research: Its Meaning in Practice takes place Thursday, Oct. 24, from 7-9 pm, in VIU’s Library Boardroom (5TH floor), Nanaimo campus. Dr. Lewis Williams, a Maori scholar-researcher, educator and social innovator, originally from... Read more
TWO VIU STUDENTS WIN SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDY ABROAD INTERNSHIPS
October 21, 2013
Two Vancouver Island University students have a deeper passion for their chosen fields of study after receiving scholarships to support their international internships in Bulgaria and Ecuador. Brent Whitford, a fourth year Anthropology student, and Megan Kingwill, in her fourth year of a Global Studies major and Anthropology minor at VIU, each received a $6,000 Premier’s International... Read more
TAKE THE TREE DECORATING CHALLENGE IN 2013 FESTIVAL OF TREES
October 18, 2013
Imagine the magical moment when the twinkle lights go on, decorations sparkle, and the crowd applauds as your team’s Christmas tree is illuminated for the first time in VIU’s 19th Annual Festival of Trees. “We’re inviting community groups, organizations and businesses throughout Nanaimo to enter the TD Community Tree Decorating Challenge this year,” says Jason Nelson, chair of the Festival of... Read more
GO! ISLAND PREVIEWS VIU OPEN HOUSE
October 17, 2013
Go! Island host Kait Burgan took a tour at VIU’s Nanaimo campus this week to provide some highlights to expect in VIU’s Open House on Friday, Oct. 18 from 1 to 6 p.m. Take a sneak peak with Kait at Fisheries and Aquaculture’s touch tank, see how a Chemistry experiment goes off with a big bang, head behind-the-scenes with Theatre students at Malaspina Theatre as they prep for their upcoming... Read more
FREE PUBLIC LECTURE ON LEADING POWELL RIVER TO PROSPERITY
October 16, 2013
Residents are invited to an evening of stimulating thought and discussion as Vancouver Island University’s (VIU) Powell River campus hosts two visiting scholars from VIU’s World Leisure Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Leisure Management. Dr. Nicole Vaugeois, a VIU Tourism professor and BC’s regional Innovation Chair in Tourism and Sustainable Rural Development, and Dr. Katherine King,... Read more
DISCOVER TRADES DURING VIU OPEN HOUSE OCT. 18
October 16, 2013
Interested in learning more about a lucrative career in Trades? Vancouver Island University is hosting a “Discover Trades” event at the Nanaimo campus as part of the University’s campus wide Open House on Friday, Oct. 18. “Parents, teachers, students and anyone else in the community interested in Trades and technical training programs and job opportunities are invited to attend two panel... Read more