April 26, 2021 - 2:30pm
A bi-weekly roundup of VIU students and employees in the news.
News Stories
Top Performing article for the last two weeks:
- Nanaimo News Bulletin: City of Nanaimo, Vancouver Island University Formalize Relationship with Memorandum of Understanding. Reach: 190,000. Also picked up by Municipal Information Network, Nation Talk, Education News Canada and Academica.
Other stories:
- Powell River Peak: Power River firefighter continues adding to skill set. Story about volunteer firefighter Karrah McKone, who attended VIU’s heavy equipment operator program.
- Nanaimo News Bulletin: Vancouver Island University holds first Anti-Racism Arts Festival. Story was picked up by the Vancouver Island Free Daily and Monday Magazine.
- Portal Magazine, VIU’s nationally distributed literary magazine: Portfolio Reading Series with author Juanessa Prince, Bernice Friesenand writer Claire Gordon.
- Nation Talk: Stewardship Training Moves Online During COVID-19, training a partnership between Coastal First Nations and VIU.
- Nanaimo News Bulletin: Nanaimo singer and recent VIU grad releases EP about becoming an adult.
- St Albert Today: St Albert Pastry Team Competes on the Food Network Canada (featuring alum Brittany Allen – stay tuned for a VIU alum of the month story on her!).
- VIU Blog: Infusing Love Into Academica: Falon Crosby.
- VIU Blog: Getting out of the Fog.
- VIU Blog: What Educational Delivery Modes Will Be Available This Fall?
- VIU Alum of the Month: Amy Pye – read from her new children’s book via Facebook live on April 24.
- VIU News Release: VIU Faculty Take Popular Extreme Science Show Online. Picked up by Oceanside News, CTV News, Shaw TV (videos running throughout month of May) and Education News Canada.
Top-performing Broadcast Story
- A VIU news release about the virtual edition of Extreme Science was picked up by CTV News at 5 (about 28 minutes in) with an estimated reach of 984,000.
VIU Student Pulse
- Wednesday, April 21 Edition: 72% open rate
- Most-clicked link: What types of educational delivery modes are available this fall?
Social Media
- Top Tweet: A post about our last Media Highlights report received more than 3,000 engagements.
- Top Facebook post: A post about VIU alum Amy Pye’s live reading of her latest children’s book reached more than 3,600 people.
- Top Instagram post: An image of spring flowers on VIU’s Nanaimo campus reached more than 4,200 people.
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