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Applicants sought for college’s Board of Governors

Thursday, March 18th, 2010 | 10:05 am

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Interest is being sought from individuals who may want to serve on the Okanagan College Board of Governors. There are two anticipated vacancies that will open in July 2010.

The Board oversees the affairs of the College, sets the standards of…

UBC Okanagan researcher of the year honours shared by Evans and Murch

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 | 4:22 pm

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Anthropology researcher Michael Evans and biochemistry researcher Susan Murch have been honoured as co-recipients of the 2009-2010 UBC Okanagan Researcher of the Year award.

“I am proud to say that we could not pick only one recipient for the award —…

Copyright workshop at UBC Okanagan Mar. 17 for all visual and media artists

Thursday, March 11th, 2010 | 12:02 pm

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Artists in the Okanagan are invited to attend a free workshop at UBC Okanagan on Copyright for Visual and Media Artists, on Wednesday, Mar. 17 from 12 to 2 p.m.

Facilitated by lawyer Martha Rains, the workshop will address “What is…

UBC Okanagan creates new Master of Management degree

Thursday, March 11th, 2010 | 11:46 am

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A new one-year Master of Management degree will be offered starting this fall at UBC Okanagan.

Modeled on the very successful Early Career Master’s (ECM) program offered by the Robert H. Lee Graduate School at the Sauder School of Business at…

Okanagan’s Poet Laureate launches ninth book in Vernon

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 | 12:28 pm

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The Okanagan’s Poet Laureate and Regional Dean of Okanagan College, John Lent, will launch his latest book, Cantilevered Songs, in the Lecture Theatre at the Vernon Campus of Okanagan College at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 26.

“I wanted to launch…

S4S wins near sweep in Student’s Union election

Friday, February 19th, 2010 | 2:35 pm

S4S/S4U have won all but one seat in the UBCSUO General Elections, according to unofficial results posted by the elections office.

Landry successful despite not being on slate

Friday, February 19th, 2010 | 2:24 pm

“I focused on myself and the issues that are important to engineers, rather than having a broadly distributed focus on the whole slate,” she told the Phoenix.

Sustainability in the wine industry focus at UBC Okanagan Feb. 25

Friday, February 19th, 2010 | 2:17 pm

Event: Public evening of education and wine-tasting Topic: Sustainability in the Wine Industry Date: Thursday, Feb. 25 Time: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Location: Fipke Centre atrium at UBC Okanagan

The public is invited to attend UBC Okanagan’s next “Faculty Focus” session…

UBC Okanagan adds new post-degree programs for B.C.’s teachers

Friday, February 19th, 2010 | 1:27 pm

UBCO media release

Two new post-degree professional programs are being launched by UBC Okanagan’s Faculty of Education to help B.C. teachers acquire new skills for the classroom and keep up with changes in education in British Columbia.

“The new programs expand professional…

College and University call for entries in Okanagan math competition

Friday, February 19th, 2010 | 1:26 pm

Okanagan college media release

It will be up to students to decide how they approach the preliminary round of the British Columbia Secondary School Mathematics Contest (BCSSMC) – organizer Clint Lee has just one rule that applies to everyone – no…