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A call to writers for Okanagan Short Story Contest submissions

A call to writers for Okanagan Short Story Contest submissions

By Patty Wellborn on January 14, 2021

Up and coming writers are encouraged to submit entries for the annual Okanagan Short Story Contest.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Arts, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies

It will be an unusual Christmas for many as virtual gatherings have become the norm this season.

UBCO experts offer tips to help make this Christmas worth remembering

By Patty Wellborn on December 22, 2020

While it’s true that Christmas 2020 will be unusual for most, a team of UBC Okanagan experts suggest it doesn’t have to be a holiday season to regret. The experts’ advice includes everything from online shopping tips and getting some exercise to curling up with a good book.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Health and Social Development, Faculty of Management, Health, Psychology, School of Health and Exercise Sciences

Popular fundraiser Art on the Line goes online for 2021

Popular fundraiser Art on the Line goes online for 2021

By Patty Wellborn on December 21, 2020

UBC Okanagan’s Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, in association with the Visual Arts Course Union, is not letting COVID-19 stop a popular annual tradition.

Posted in Media Advisory | Tagged Arts, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies

UBC Okanagan hosts virtual Nobel Night event

UBC Okanagan hosts virtual Nobel Night event

By Nathan Skolski on December 7, 2020

Planets, poverty, peace and powerful batteries. The science and activism behind all of these are tied together this year by the lasting legacy of Alfred Nobel’s annual recognition for game-changes.

Posted in Media Advisory | Tagged Computer Science, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, Faculty of Health and Social Development, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, Mathematics, Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic, Physics, Political Science, School of Engineering, School of Health and Exercise Sciences

Currently accepting students for the 2021 academic year, the newly structured BA is designed to be responsive to students’ needs and to focus on learning in areas that are important for industry when hiring graduates.

UBC Okanagan rethinks and relaunches its Bachelor of Arts program

By Nathan Skolski on November 24, 2020

In an era when there’s increasing emphasis on students to focus on science, technology, engineering and math—the STEM fields—UBC’s Okanagan campus is relaunching its Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree with an eye to making it even more relevant to today’s changing world.

Posted in Media Releases, Spotlight | Tagged Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

UBCO is hosting its inaugural Sharon Thesen Lecture with Vernon-based author John Lent.

UBCO presents inaugural Sharon Thesen Lecture

By Nathan Skolski on November 16, 2020

The creative writing program at UBCO is hosting its inaugural Sharon Thesen Lecture with Vernon-based author John Lent.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Arts, Creative Studies, Creative Writing, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies

Kim Senklip Harvey, is this fall’s writer in residence with the creative writing program at UBC Okanagan

UBCO fall 2020 writer in residence seeks community writing submissions

By Nathan Skolski on October 2, 2020

Kim Senklip Harvey, a director, playwright and actor, is this fall’s writer in residence with the creative writing program at UBC Okanagan.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Arts, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies

The mural represents a CTQ Consultants engineering project that helped protect fish habitat at Harrison Hot Springs.

UBCO urban-art project adds colour and vibrancy to city spaces

By Patty Wellborn on August 18, 2020

A UBC Okanagan visual arts instructor used a large concrete wall as a canvas, piles of scaffolding and gallons of paint to turn a summer art course into an urban beautification project.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Arts, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies

Rick Mercer will deliver the 2020 keynote address. Mercer was a 2010 UBC honorary degree recipient.

UBC Okanagan celebrates the class of 2020

By Patty Wellborn on June 15, 2020

UBC Okanagan’s Convocation of 2020 will go down in history as a unique event. Instead of students, parents and faculty joining together on campus, the celebrations will be held virtually.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged College of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, Faculty of Health and Social Development, Faculty of Management, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, School of Education, School of Engineering, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, School of Nursing

UBCO fine arts graduate Sara Spencer works on a video while creating her art instalment for the graduate student virtual exhibition.

UBC Okanagan students launch virtual exhibition

By Patty Wellborn on May 13, 2020

This year’s exhibition, titled Any Moment, was scheduled to open to the public in an on-campus reception in mid-April. However, as Visual Arts Professor Myron Campbell explains, the art will now be shared as a virtual exhibition.

Posted in Media Advisory | Tagged Arts, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies

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