By Jody Jacob on November 28, 2008
Three Olympic medalists will be flashing their Olympic “bling” and sharing their story at the 2009 Valley First UBC Okanagan Athletics Scholarship Breakfast in April. Drawing on the excitement that’s building in advance of the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, the UBC Okanagan annual Athletics Scholarship Breakfast will feature interactive talks with gold-medalists Ben Rutledge […]
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By Jody Jacob on November 26, 2008
Eight social work students at UBC Okanagan are striving to fulfill the Christmas wishes of homeless people in Kelowna this holiday season. Fourth-year social work student Ana Frias first discovered the Homeless Partners Christmas Wish List initiative while surfing the Internet. She thought it sounded like a great program, and with the support of her […]
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By Bud Mortenson on November 24, 2008
British Columbia’s advanced research capacity has been expanded by the new $31.5-million Charles E. Fipke Centre for Innovative Research, officially opened today at UBC Okanagan in Kelowna. Named for Charles Fipke, the Kelowna geologist who discovered North America’s first commercial diamond pipes in Canada’s North, the Fipke Centre is the first new academic building to […]
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By Bud Mortenson on November 21, 2008
Interior Savings has donated $15,000 to the UBC Okanagan Learning Exchange for a project that works with the community to end isolation for seniors by teaching them how to use the World Wide Web. Now in its second year, the initiative brings together students, seniors, community organizations and businesses with the common goal of enhancing […]
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By Bud Mortenson on November 14, 2008
The second issue of Lake: A Journal of Arts and Environment is hot off the press and the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies at UBC Okanagan is celebrating with a splash. On Friday, Nov. 21, at 7 p.m., the editors of Lake invite the community to Habitat (248 Leon Ave) to celebrate the arrival of Issue […]
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By Jody Jacob on November 6, 2008
New German cultural events webpage launched by UBC Okanagan’s Germanic Studies UBC Okanagan Germanic Studies, in the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, has launched a German Events webpage to promote campus-driven German events and celebrations to students, staff and the greater Okanagan community, which boasts a sizeable German population. According to the Central Okanagan […]
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By Jody Jacob on November 6, 2008
Mountain pine beetles are sweeping through British Columbia’s vast forests with highly destructive results, but their mass attacks don’t stop at the edge of town. Working in one of B.C.'s latest beetle battlegrounds -- the city of Kelowna -- biologist Bob Lalonde and mathematician Rebecca Tyson of the Centre for Species at Risk and Habitat Studies […]
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