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UBC students and staff cheer results of the student union #MoreLibrary yes vote referendum, which will help fund an expansion that will more than double the space of the campus library at UBC Okanagan.

UBC Okanagan students say yes to much larger, enhanced library

By Patty Wellborn on October 31, 2014

Students have voted to partner with their university to create a major new space on campus.

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Students Ardanna Semeschuk, who designed the Dig Your Neighbourhood Mission logo, Chelsea Robinson, who is writing a cookbook featuring neighbourhood recipes, and Jessica Dennis, who has designed a series of artworks about Mission, are among students whose works will comprise the Dig Your Neighbourhood Mission project.

Dig Your Neighbourhood Comes to the Mission

By Patty Wellborn on October 29, 2014

UBC student creative projects focus on Kelowna neighbourhood.

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UBC Okanagan receives $810,229 for research infrastructure projects

By Patty Wellborn on October 29, 2014

UBC Okanagan has received more $810,000 for nine projects, as part of more than $26.9 million towards 70 UBC research infrastructure initiatives from the BC Knowledge Development Fund in 2014.

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UBC’s Faculty of Management hosts Career Days Nov. 2 to 5

UBC’s Faculty of Management hosts Career Days Nov. 2 to 5

By Patty Wellborn on October 29, 2014

Four-day event provides opportunities to enhance job hunting skills.

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UBC, Kelowna, and Interior Health sign Healthy City Partnership

By Patty Wellborn on October 28, 2014

Integrative and holistic approach to health and urban sustainability underway.

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Nursing students Kelsey Rollerman (left) Danielle McDivitt, Chloe Pedersen, Katie Brown, and Kelsey Bowles are encouraging fellow students to take part in the campus-wide blood drive, November 3 to 6. It is recommended that first time donors call 1-888-2-DONATE to make sure they are eligible to donate blood, book online at www.blood.ca or download the GiveBlood App.

UBC’s nursing students encourage colleagues to donate blood

By Patty Wellborn on October 28, 2014

Campus blood drive encourages students to become lifelong donors.

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Krishna Kambhampati, representing Singapore/India, and Karlee Friesen, San Diego, California, were part of Global Fest 2013.

UBC’s Global Fest provides a window on our world

By Patty Wellborn on October 28, 2014

Call it a trip around the world in 80 minutes.

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Free lecture examines ecological issues and Aboriginal families

By Patty Wellborn on October 27, 2014

Scholar Norah Bowman will present her research in a free public informal lecture entitled Filial Love and ‘Families First’: Tsilhqot'in Resistance to Extractive (?)Gold Mining at Teztan Biny, at UBC’s Okanagan campus.

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School of Nursing students do a painful dressing change on a young Zambian boy at Lewanika General Hospital in Zambia during a 2012 practicum. There were no pain medications to give to their patient.

Global Gala supports UBC Okanagan Nursing School initiatives in Africa

By Patty Wellborn on October 27, 2014

Nov. 22 event is in aid of student nursing practica in Ghana and Zambia

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Cristina Caperchione has received a $199,780 grant from the Canadian Cancer Society to investigate novel approaches to increasing physical activity for survivors of breast cancer.

UBC professor receives grant to improve cancer survivors' health

By Allyssa Costerton-Grant on October 22, 2014

Canadian Cancer Society contributes $199,780 for Canada-wide research.

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