A new transit exchange at Vancouver Island University is ready for the busy fall semester.
Buses switch over to the new transit exchange on Fourth Street at the Nanaimo campus Sept. 7.
The transit exchange, part of VIU’s award-winning Campus Master...
Sunday, August 29, 2010 | full story …
Mike Brown is the new Chair of the Vancouver Island University Board of Governors effective September 1.
Brown, a Nanaimo resident for 15 years, has served the Board for the past two and a half years. He completed a two-year term as the Board’s Vice-Chair...
Sunday, August 29, 2010 | full story …
New VIU employees, and many long-term colleagues, got a chance to learn more about their university at the Getting to Know VIU Information Fair Thursday. Representatives from 40 VIU departments shared their expertise and demonstrated the broad scope of resources for...
Sunday, August 22, 2010 | full story …
Vancouver Island University’s Deep Bay Field Station goes beyond promoting sustainability for the shellfish aquaculture industry. The field station, with its distinctive clamshell shape, is also providing a model for green design and integrated regional...
Sunday, August 08, 2010 | full story …
Four Vancouver Island University science students are among Canada’s most promising student researchers.
Kyle Duncan, Megan Willis, Zach Yim and Dane Letourneau received prestigious Undergraduate Summer Research Awards from the Natural Sciences and...
Friday, August 06, 2010 | full story …
Vancouver Island University students raised a record amount of money for the Child Development Centre (CDC) during the recent Silly Boat Regatta in Nanaimo.
Student volunteers from VIU’s Master of Business Administration (MBA) program raised $12,700, far...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 | full story …
Vancouver Island University (VIU) has received international recognition for developing a Nanaimo Campus Master Plan and taking an innovative approach to integrated planning in consultation with a wide variety of stakeholders.
The Society of College and...
Friday, July 23, 2010 | full story …
Aboriginal children from Port Hardy, Nanaimo, Chemainus and Comox are getting a taste of university life this week.
Vancouver Island University is hosting its first summer camp for Aboriginal children in partnership with Snuneymuxw First Nation, TD Bank and...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 | full story …
Vancouver Island University students and graduates will step up their efforts this fall to educate others about the science of climate change.
That’s because the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada has awarded the Awareness of Climate...
Sunday, July 18, 2010 | full story …
Vancouver Island University baking student Kristina Dyrblom, 26, placed fifth in Canada in the national post-secondary Skills Canada competition held recently in Waterloo, Ontario.
“The national competition was tough, intense and exciting,” said Dyrblom....
Sunday, July 18, 2010 | full story …