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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION UPDATE
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Follow us on Twitter & YouTube
We are continuing to explore ways to build our alumni network so we've created a Twitter feed and a YouTube channel. The Twitter feed (@VIU_Alumni) will keep you up to date on Alumni Association news. The YouTube channel is what you make it. Check it out to see a couple of videos alumni have already posted and then, if you dare, add your own.
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 Invitation to VIU Alumni VIU's alumni have been invited to the next lecture in the Royal Society of Canada Governor General Lecture Series. Dr James Miller, Canada's Research Chair in Native-Newcomer Relations, will present a talk entitled: We are all Treaty People: New Models for a Shared Future. Reception to follow. The free lecture is at 7pm, February 8, in the Malaspina Theatre on VIU's Nanaimo Campus. For more information see the alumni website. To register for the lecture go to viu.ca/eventroyalsocietyofcanada. |
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 VIU Using New Fundraising Technology
VIU is the first university in Canada to use Mobio QR Codes to raise funds for VIU students. How does it work? Simply go to mobio.com, download the app, then scan in the QR code and make a donation in any amount. Confused? Challenge yourself and check out our Mobio QR Code Guide or call the alumni office: 250.740.6215.
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Alumni Create Micro-Finance Program to Help World's Poorest
Mike Boomer (BA in Global Studies '09) and his wife Amy Boomer (BSc in Nursing '07) are setting out to change the world one micro-loan at a time. They spent the past year in the Congo, lending money to support people in small business ventures to try and help break the vicious cycle of poverty endemic in the country.
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VIU's Aboriginal Gathering Place Goes Green
With the help of faculty and staff in VIU's Horticulture Program, Paradise Cityscapes, and a $25,000 donation from VIU's Students' Union, the roof of Shq'apthut, VIU's Aboriginal Gathering Place, is now home to a selection of plants and flowers. It's the second building on VIU's campuses to get a green roof - VIU's new Cowichan Campus had one installed in spring 2011. Green roofs are growing in popularity because they look great and are also good for the environment, acting as insulators and reducing energy consumption by naturally regulating inside temperatures. Full Story
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