VIU LIBRARY MEASURES SUCCESS OF REMOVING FINES ON OVERDUE ITEMS
November 14, 2013
A move to make the library user experience at Vancouver Island University (VIU) more friendly and less punitive has been hailed a success a year after library fines were eliminated. A team of staff and faculty at VIU began working in spring 2012 on an initiative to eliminate most late fines and extend more generous borrowing and renewal limits for books, journals, articles, CDs and videos. The... Read more
UNIQUE COMPUTER MAPPING PROJECT CONNECTS CANADIAN AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
November 8, 2013
What happens when you mix a Vancouver Island University Geography class with international students studying English as a second language? “Absolute magic,” according to VIU Geography professor Dr. Pam Shaw. Students in Shaw’s Geographic Communications class are unveiling a collaborative mapping project next week (Tuesday and Thursday) and they are excited to show the public what they have... Read more
VIU BAKING STUDENT WINS CHOCOLATE CHALLENGE
November 7, 2013
A decadent chocolate mousse dessert created by a Vancouver Island University Baking and Pastry Arts student won top prize in a competition focused solely on an ingredient that is near and dear to millions: chocolate. Miriam Popma almost didn’t enter the Gourmet Warehouse Cacao Barry Callebaut Chocolate Challenge because she thought she wouldn’t have enough time to create a recipe and test... Read more
LAST CHANCE TO ENTER FESTIVAL OF TREES DECORATING CHALLENGE
November 6, 2013
There’s still time to enter your group in the TD Community Tree Decorating Challenge, but you’d better get on it quickly. “Tree set up day for VIU’s Festival of Trees is Saturday, Nov. 16, so if your group is entering, you’ll need enough time to get organized, find a great theme and get all your decorations together,” says Jason Nelson, chair of the Festival of Trees. “We have more than 35... Read more
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