A new set of scholarships will enable some of Canada’s most promising students
to pursue undergraduate and graduate studies at Cambridge University.
Initially, four scholarships — two undergraduate and two graduate — will be
awarded to students admitted to Cambridge for the fall of 1997.
Created by the Cambridge Canadian Trust, the scholarships will fully fund a
student at the university, including tuition fees, reasonable living expenses
and return travel from Canada to Cambridge once a year.
Applicants must be Canadian citizens or landed immigrants. Candidates will be
selected for their outstanding academic achievement, with significant
consideration given to extra-curricular achievement in areas such as community
service, arts, sports and music.
Scholarships are tenable for one to three years, depending on the program, and
are available for any approved course of study leading to a diploma, affiliated
degree or research degree.
Application deadline is Oct. 11, 1996. For more information, call the Canadian
Cambridge Scholarships Secretariat at (416) 413-4893 or toll-free at
1-800-977-8573. Applicants may also send a fax to (416) 413-4887 or pick-up
scholarship application materials at UBC’s Awards and Financial Aid Office,
Room 1036, Brock Hall, 1874 East Mall.
The UBC Library document delivery system was recognized at the Canadian
Association of University Business Officers (CAUBO) summer conference in
Whistler.
The delivery system won second prize in the association’s Quality and
Productivity Awards Program. The computer system allows people in other
libraries to easily locate and request delivery of UBC library books and
journal articles. The system has resulted in reduced paperwork and staff
mediation, reduced costs and efficient delivery times of one to three days.
For example, in 1993-94 the number of items delivered from UBC to Simon Fraser
University through traditional inter-library lending was 3,347. In 1994-95, the
number of deliveries through the new document delivery system rose to 6,958.
UBC’s unit costs for lending documents decreased from $11.67 in 1991 to $5.15
in 1994.
The delivery system was developed by UBC librarians Ruth Patrick, Heather
Keate, Brian Owen, Leonora Crema and David Winter. CAUBO represents more than
90 universities and colleges across Canada.
A new set of scholarships will enable some of Canada’s most promising students
to pursue undergraduate and graduate studies at Cambridge University.
Initially, four scholarships — two undergraduate and two graduate — will be
awarded to students admitted to Cambridge for the fall of 1997.
Created by the Cambridge Canadian Trust, the scholarships will fully fund a
student at the university, including tuition fees, reasonable living expenses
and return travel from Canada to Cambridge once a year.
Applicants must be Canadian citizens or landed immigrants. Candidates will be
selected for their outstanding academic achievement, with significant
consideration given to extra-curricular achievement in areas such as community
service, arts, sports and music.
Scholarships are tenable for one to three years, depending on the program, and
are available for any approved course of study leading to a diploma, affiliated
degree or research degree.
Application deadline is Oct. 11, 1996. For more information, call the Canadian
Cambridge Scholarships Secretariat at (416) 413-4893 or toll-free at
1-800-977-8573. Applicants may also send a fax to (416) 413-4887 or pick-up
scholarship application materials at UBC’s Awards and Financial Aid Office,
Room 1036, Brock Hall, 1874 East Mall.
Continuing Studies is redirecting resources and modifying programs in
response to emerging student needs and budget considerations.
New directions include an increase in certificate programs, the expansion of
distance education credit and non-credit courses and more international
studies.
Continuing Studies will continue to offer non-credit courses in public affairs,
history, literature and environmental field studies to reflect the university’s
commitment to the arts and sciences. Programs such as the Third Age Community
of Scholars and the Spring Program for Retired People will also return.
These initiatives have necessitated the reduction or elimination of non-credit
courses offered to the general public in science, studio arts and creative
writing.
For more information, or to receive a Continuing Studies course calendar,
please call 822-1444.
The Alma Mater Society is going off on a Tangent — a new
publication that promises extensive coverage of news, issues and events
affecting the university community.
The first issue of the bi-monthly, 48-page magazine is slated to appear on
campus Oct. 1.
“A magazine format allows us to delve more deeply than existing campus tabloids
and newsletters,” said editor-in-chief Fran Champagne.
“Tangent offers an alternative news source for people who want to know
more about UBC research, services and facilities.”
Also featured will be items of local and global interest such as human rights,
the theme chosen for the magazine’s inaugural issue, added Champagne, a Master
of Arts student in Education.
Regular departments will include arts, entertainment, mixed media, music,
science and the environment.
Tangent is a project of the New Initiatives Fund, established last year
with proceeds from UBC’s value-added agreement with Coca-Cola. Champagne hopes
to have the magazine available on-line by the new year.
