More than a dozen events鈥攊ncluding talks, awards, athletic events and musical entertainment鈥� highlight the 番茄社区鈥檚 annual Alumni Week, Feb. 1鈥�7, a community celebration that focuses on the economic, social and cultural impact of our graduates locally and around the world.
Technology innovator Stewart Butterfield, co-founder and CEO of Slack, is the Gustsavson School of Business 2018 Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year (DEYA).
番茄社区 alumnus Stewart Butterfield, co-founder and CEO of Slack, is the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business 2018 Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year. In Butterfield鈥檚 two decades working on the web, he has established himself as a top designer, entrepreneur, and technologist.
More than a dozen events鈥攊ncluding talks, awards, shows and entertainment鈥攈ighlight the 番茄社区鈥檚 annual Alumni Week, Feb. 1-7, a community celebration focusing on the vital impact of graduates locally and around the world.
Kristina Frolova graduates this November with a degree in civil engineering, the same degree as her parents, uncles, aunts and grandmother. "Civil engineering must be in my genes," says the international student who came to Canada from Russia when she was 18. "I think it's embedded in me in some way."
Show your pride in UVic and celebrate the economic, social and cultural impact of UVic grads in communities all over the world during Alumni Week, Feb. 1-7. Many events and activities are open to all faculty, staff and students as well as alumni.
Two new order-in-council appointees have joined UVic's Board of Governors: Merle Alexander and Kasari Govender.
Hundreds of UVic students and their families will gather on campus this month to celebrate reaching an academic milestone. A total of 1,396 degrees, certificates and diplomas will be conferred.
Stephanie Korolyk is working at her dream job as the executive director of the Laskeek Bay Conservation Society on Haida Gwaii, after completing a degree in biology.
In 2011, Vikes announced that a track runner from St. Albert, Alberta, had committed to run for the cross country and track program at UVic. Little did they know then that it would be the start of one of the most prolific athletic careers in UVic history and bring a key contributor to student life to campus.
Brandon Poole spent his twenties as a carpenter and electrician, hitchhiking across Canada, living on a sailboat. And the classes he did take鈥攑hilosophy, photo journalism鈥攄idn't lead to any specific path. It wasn't until he decided to shoot a series of photos in downtown Vancouver's back alleys that he had his academic epiphany.
What if you could experience the beauty of Sidney Spit without leaving your home? Geography PhD student Robert Newell has applied cutting-edge technology to develop a virtual reality experience that takes visitors on a tour of the park, over land and underwater, using visualization tools.
One could say that humanities graduate student Ildara Enr铆quez was born for her role as a linguistics researcher. Growing up on the Iberian Peninsula in the northwest region of Spain, Enriquez spoke her native language of Galician at home. At school, she conversed in Spanish.Both were official languages, but as a teenager, Enr铆quez made a decision.
For new kinesiology graduate Dale Kirk, connecting hockey and academics made sense as he was considering post-secondary education. The co-op program became an essential part of Kirk's academic career.
Alana Green, BCom '17, Ch'nook Scholar valedictorian and positive-minded change-maker, takes her role as public servant very much to heart. Green, a member of the Cree community of Duncan's First Nation in northern Alberta, began the BCom program with previous career experience and currently works for the Canadian Coast Guard.
Cheyenne Smith is determined to do her part to improve the health of Canada鈥檚 Indigenous populations, especially HIV/AIDS rates, after she graduates this month with an undergraduate degree in anthropology and a minor in French.
