By Bud Mortenson on November 21, 2006
A film about a spirited 28-year-old man living with multiple disabilities and fuelled by dreams of independence will be screened for students and the public at UBC Okanagan next Monday, Nov. 27. The film is presented by UBC Okanagan's Disability Resource Centre as part of its campus and community outreach activities to observe the Dec. […]
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By Bud Mortenson on November 15, 2006
International students a long way from home had a chance to spend some quality time with families in the Vernon area earlier this fall as part of the first-ever UBC Okanagan Rotary homestay program. The UBC Okanagan program is modeled on a similar collaboration now in its 51st year between UBC's Vancouver campus and Penticton […]
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By Bud Mortenson on November 15, 2006
The first-ever Remembrance Day service held at UBC Okanagan last Wednesday was a collaboration between students, faculty, staff and the community. Four students -- Jody Rud, Karen Ryan, Aubri Reid and Krystal Smith -- were involved in the project from the earliest moments, as they had been developing a Remembrance Day community service learning experience […]
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By Bud Mortenson on November 9, 2006
Experience enriched their lives as students and as global citizens Before heading off to study in Argentina, UBC Okanagan students Lindsay Wojtula and Jenica Frisque attended a presentation about the Cruzada Patagonica Foundation, hosted by Dana Reiter, UBC Okanagan International Advisor. Dana connected the students with the organization and this is their story: When someone […]
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By Bud Mortenson on November 2, 2006
Rick Clapton once believed driver training helped improve safety for motorists, but those views have taken a sharp U-turn.
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By Bud Mortenson on November 2, 2006
The UBC Okanagan performance (theatre) program has just been selected to participate in North America¹s largest-ever theatre collaboration -- the 365 DAYS/ 365 PLAYS project, a world-premiere play cycle written by Pulitzer prize-winner Suzan-Lori Parks. UBC Okanagan students enrolled in the theatre studio classes taught by professors Virginie Magnat and Neil Cadger next spring will […]
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By Bud Mortenson on November 1, 2006
Art student Pudy Tong stood on the train station platform in Mundsburg, Germany – in the same place he stood each morning on his way to the university – and realized something had changed. The familiar female voice of the station announcer was gone. In its place, a young boy’s voice heralded the next arriving […]
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