ELDERCOLLEGE EXPANDS COURSE OFFERINGS FOR LIFE-LONG LEARNERS
April 19, 2013
Life-long learners in the Parksville-Qualicum and Nanaimo regions can take advantage of a new venture launched by Vancouver Island University’s ElderCollege program. After much planning and a great deal of anticipation, the first ever ElderCollege spring semester is underway. “Our spring program of short courses is being offered on an experimental basis to help the VIU ElderCollege Board of... Read more
FARM-TO-PLATE RESTAURANT OFFERS NEW DINING EXPERIENCE WITH PURPOSE
April 19, 2013
A new culinary partnership has emerged – the first of its kind in British Columbia. Vancouver Island University’s Culinary Arts program is expanding to Providence Farm in North Cowichan, offering food lovers a culinary experience with a social purpose. The Culinary Institute of Vancouver Island, run by VIU, is a well-respected cooking school that annually graduates apprenticing chefs who, in... Read more
STUDENTS CELEBRATED IN VIU’S ABORIGINAL RECOGNITION CEREMONY
April 18, 2013
On April 8, 2013, family, friends, faculty, staff and VIU’s Elders gathered in VIU’s Malaspina Theatre on the Nanaimo campus to celebrate some of the more than 200 Aboriginal students who will be graduating or completing degree, diploma and certificate programs in June 2013. They were taking part in VIU’s annual Aboriginal Recognition Ceremony which has been happening on the Nanaimo campus for... Read more
VIU’S VISUAL ARTS DEPARTMENT ORGANIZES ART & CULTURE TOUR TO SPAIN, PORTUGAL AND MOROCCO
April 17, 2013
In May 2014 the Visual Arts Program at Vancouver Island University is offering an exciting art and cultural tour of Portugal, Spain and Morocco, open to both the public and VIU students. An information session about the tour will be held on Thursday, April 25, at 4:30pm on VIU’s Nanaimo campus. The tour will include visits to Lisbon, Seville, Gibraltar, Granada, Madrid and Marrakesh taking in... Read more
VIU in the News - Donors Required for Whale Skeleton Exhibit at Deep Bay Marine Field Station
April 17, 2013
By Darrell Bellaart, Nanaimo Daily News April 17, 2013 Donors are needed to help turn a grey whale skeleton into an educational exhibit at VIU's Deep Bay Marine Field Station. Three years ago a dead whale washed up on a Sooke beach. Sightseers started removing parts off the whale - a disrespectful act, in the eyes of the Scia'new First Nation people, and possibly a health hazard, since the... Read more
STUDENTS PASSIONATE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION HOST PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM APRIL 27
April 17, 2013
Vancouver Island University students are passionate about educating others about climate change. The students, all members of a nationally funded university public outreach initiative called Awareness of Climate Change through Education and Research (ACER), invite the public to the fourth annual climate change symposium at VIU’s Nanaimo campus on Saturday, April 27. The symposium called “... Read more
School District Seeks More Student Teachers Trained at VIU
April 16, 2013
Student teachers at Vancouver Island University are in demand. VIU Education faculty member Dr. John Phipps recently received a call from Breanne Stoudt, Human Resources Advisor for School District # 63 (Saanich), asking for more VIU practicum students in Saanich schools. “I was told that VIU student teachers are well trained, prepared for classroom assignments and seem to understand how to plan... Read more
VIU Hosts Delegation of Norwegian University Presidents
April 16, 2013
A delegation of educators from Norway, including 10 university presidents, visited VIU’s Nanaimo campus today. The visit was part of a week-long tour the Norwegian delegation is making of Canadian post-secondary institutions to gain insight into educational and university affairs in Canada, as well as build partnerships with institutions, such as VIU, that have similar programs. The delegation... Read more
Pieter de Reuver Foundation Helps Local VIU Students Achieve their Educational Dreams
April 12, 2013
When philanthropist Pieter de Reuver retired for the fourth time in 2005 (at age 73) he decided to devote some of his considerable energy to giving back to the Oceanside community where he’s lived since 1989. To do that, he established the Pieter de Reuver Foundation, put the word out and started accepting funding applications from local organizations. “That first year we received applications... Read more
VIU Student's 'Pear'-fect Recipe Earns her a Spot in National Culinary Competition
April 11, 2013
For the past few months VIU Culinary student Allegra Jimenez has been eating, sleeping and breathing pears, all in a bid to create a pear-focused recipe and earn a spot in the finals of the Northwest Pear Bureau Recipe competition. Every year the Northwest Pear Bureau challenges culinary students to create a recipe using pears. A panel of judges chooses the top five recipes and those students are... Read more