Enrolment up by more than 1,000

Oct 3, 1996

UBC’s total enrolment for the 1996/97 academic year has increased
by more than 1,000 students over the previous academic year. An
enrolment summary released by the Registrar’s Office reports 31,812
students enrolled in UBC this year, compared with 30,695 a year
earlier. The number of graduate students registering dropped by
144 to 6,106, while undergraduates rose by 1,354 to 22,332. The
number of international students decreased by two to 2,204.

  • Contact: Stephen Forgacs, Public Affairs Office, 604.822.2048

Ethics of physician-assisted suicide discussed

An ethics professor from Oregon, the first U.S. state to legalize
physician-assisted suicide, will deliver the John F. McCreary Lecture,
Tuesday, Oct. 15, at 12:30 p.m. in Woodward IRC lecture hall 4.
Virginia Tilden is a nursing professor and associate director of
the Centre for Ethics in Health Care at Oregon Health Sciences University.
Although its implementation has been blocked by legal challenges,
physician-assisted suicide remains a divisive issue among health
care professionals in Oregon, Tilden says. The lecture is free and
open to the public.

  • Contact: Gavin Wilson, Public Affairs Office, 604.822.2130

Speaker looks at international nursing

Internationally recognized health educator Verna Huffman Splane
will speak on changes in international nursing, the political, economic
and social developments affecting the field, as well as opportunities
for Canadian nurses in international nursing, at the School of Nursing’s
annual Marion Woodward Lecture, Thursday, Oct. 24, at 8 p.m. The
lecture will be held in Woodward IRC lecture hall 6 and is free
of charge.

  • Contact: Joanne Ricci, Senior Instructor, School of Nursing,
    604.822.7506

Services for students improved via Internet

Applying to UBC has never been easier, or faster. More than 600
students who applied for admission to UBC for the 1996/97 school
year did so electronically using a World Wide Web application form.
Students can also now use the Student Services Web site to change
their address, inquire on an award or other financial aid or review
their courses and grades. In the near future, students will be able
to access the Internet to register in their courses, order transcripts
or change their personal identity number.

  • Contact: Stephen Forgacs, Public Affairs Office, 604.822.2048

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