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Hall pass
The VIU Mariners captured PACWEST women’s basketball gold this past season and represented the Conference at the CCAA national championship tournament. One of their veteran leaders last year was Mackenzie Hall. She has now graduated from VIU and has started the next chapter of her life away from the Mariners…sort of. She is a PACWEST Best in Class and shares her story with Ryan Watters about how she grew up and matured spending four years in a Mariners uniform. Watch the interview on the PACWEST website.
Honouring a VIU alum
An upcoming inaugural charity golf tournament to honour the memory of VIU graduate and Nanaimo United soccer club staff member Reid Davidson is already seeing strong support. Read more from Nanaimo News Now.
Extreme heat research
VIU Masters of Community Planning student Megan Turcato is exploring opportunities to help mitigate the effects of extreme heat events on her community of Vernon, BC. Read more from Vernon Matters.
Alum joins Saskatchewan hockey team
VIU alum Jayden Villafane was announced as the new athletic therapist/equipment manager for Saskatchewan Jr. Hockey team, the Kindersley Jr. Clippers. Check out the story from West Central Online.
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