VIU GRADUATE PROGRAM HELPS FILL SHORTAGE OF QUALIFIED DISTANCE EDUCATION TEACHERS
March 14, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, March 14 NANAIMO, BC – A unique online learning and teaching program at Vancouver Island University is helping to fill a province-wide shortage of qualified distance education teachers. VIU launched the Online Learning and Teaching Diploma (OLTD) graduate program last September. “Our first cohort is in their second semester and we are recruiting students with a... Read more
VIU IN THE NEWS: MARINERS LOOKING TO STEP ONTO NATIONAL PODIUM
March 13, 2013
By Ben Ingram, Nanaimo Daily News Published: Monday, March 11, 2013 The Vancouver Island University Mariners men's basketball team is taking their shot at a national title one step at a time. VIU is taking part in the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association's national championship tournament in Sainte Anne de Bellevue, Que., March 14-16. The team's first target will be the Red Deer College... Read more
STUDENTS TOOT THEIR OWN HORNS AT VIU’S FIRST EVER TRUMPET FESTIVAL
March 12, 2013
Six VIU trumpet students tooted their own horns, both literally and figuratively, at VIU’s first ever Trumpet Festival, on February 17, 2013. They played their hearts out, each performing three different jazz tunes in a bid to impress the festival’s adjudicators, Claudio Fantinato, Michael Irving and Andrew Homzy, all accomplished jazz musicians and educators. Greg Bush, a trumpet player and... Read more
FOUR GENERATIONS OF VIU ALUMNI POOL SKILLS TO CREATE FIRST EVER ALUMNI MERCHANDISE
March 12, 2013
By pooling their collective skills, a group of VIU alumni spanning four generations, have created the first ever VIU Alumni merchandise. The T-shirts, which come in two different styles, were designed by Graphic Design alumna Sarita Mielke, who graduated in 2010, and Terence Fitzgerald, who graduated from the same program in 1992. Mielke and Fitzgerald then worked closely with Senini Graphics,... Read more
VIU Hosts Regional Trades and Technology Skills Canada Competition
March 11, 2013
High school students from around the region descended on VIU’s Nanaimo Campus on Friday, March 8, to try out their trades skills in regional [Skills Canada](http://www.skillscanada.bc.ca/) competitions. Every year Skills Canada runs events across the province with the goal of building awareness of trades careers and giving students the opportunity to show just how much they’ve learned in a... Read more
FREE PUBLIC LECTURE EXPLORES RENAISSANCE ART AND ANCIENT PHILOSOPHERS
March 11, 2013
Join Dr. John Lepage March 22 for a free public lecture where philosophy meets art. Dr. Lepage’s presentation Renaissance Art and the Ancient Philosophers: A Study in the Representation of Ideas, is sponsored by VIU’s Arts and Humanities Colloquium Series, and takes place Friday, March 22 from 10 to 11:30 am in the Malaspina Theatre (Building 310) at VIU’s Nanaimo campus. Dr. Lepage explores... Read more
VIU AWARDS TUITION-FREE SCHOLARSHIPS
March 8, 2013
NANAIMO, BC – A group of 13 Vancouver Island University students can breathe easier and focus on their post-secondary studies without financial worries. That’s because they received entrance scholarships to VIU worth approximately $3,500 each and renewable for up to five years. Nanaimo students Carly Breault (Nanaimo Christian School), Jenelle Lepage (Nanaimo District Secondary) and Scott... Read more
VIU’S CULINARY STUDENTS HAWK THEIR WARES TO RAISE FUNDS
March 7, 2013
Transport your taste buds to the streets of Asia, where talented chefs cook up dishes bursting with spice and flavor, from ‘kitchens’ attached to the backs of bicycles or street carts. VIU’s Culinary students will be preparing ‘street fare’ dishes from across the Asian continent at the South Asian Street Food and Hawker Stall Reception, being held in the upper cafeteria on Nanaimo’s campus from... Read more
CELEBRITY CHEF ROB FEENIE ANNOUNCES NEW VIU AWARD PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY CACTUS CLUB CAFE
March 7, 2013
Cactus Club Cafe’s renowned Executive Chef Rob Feenie wowed Vancouver Island University’s Culinary students on Thursday, March 7, when he visited the university’s Nanaimo campus to officially announce the “Cactus Club Cafe Culinary Award presented by Executive Chef Rob Feenie”. Cactus Club Cafe is partnering with VIU to establish a $1,000 annual educational award for VIU’s Culinary students for... Read more
POETS ON CAMPUS SERIES AT VIU MARCH 11
March 6, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 NANAIMO, BC – Vancouver poet Rhea Tregebov will read from her 7th book of poems, All Souls, and Toronto poet Sarah Pinder will read from her debut collection, Cutting Room, at a free Vancouver Island University Poets on Campus presentation Monday, March 11 at 5 pm in Building 365 (the log cabin) on VIU's Nanaimo campus. All Souls (Véhicule, 2012)... Read more