UBC helps build national student hiring hall

Dec 10, 1998

Who gives a hoot about hiring university students? Faculty and
student volunteers at UBC and the universities of Alberta and Western
Ontario, that’s who. Together they have created CareerOwl, an electronic
hiring hall for students and alumni. The service allows registrants
to make a direct connection with employers across Canada. More than
4000 students at more than 73 Canadian universities, colleges and
technical schools have signed up for the service.

  • Contact: Deanna McLeod, Western Research Network on Education
    and Training, 604.822.5708

Disabled access growing at UBC gardens

A portion of the UBC Botanical Garden is now accessible to wheelchair
users thanks to recent trail improvements. Parts of the trail system
in the David Lam Asian Garden have been leveled out and the bark
mulch surface replaced with a hard surface that retains the natural
beauty of the garden, says garden director Bruce Macdonald. The
improvements are part of a campus-wide plan to create full access
for people with disabilities by the year 2010.

  • Contact: Tom Wheeler, Garden Supervisor, UBC Botanical
    Garden, 604.822.6293

UBC varsity hockey vies for Valor Cup

UBC’s men’s hockey team will join three other Canadian universities
in the Valor Cup, which celebrates its inaugural season this year
in Vancouver from Dec. 27 through Dec. 31. UBC games take place
at 7 p.m. in the Pacific Coliseum: Dec. 27 (vs. McGill), Dec. 28
(vs. Saskatchewan), and Dec. 29 (vs. Toronto). The consolation and
Valor Cup finals take place Dec. 31 at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Tickets
are $8 (students and seniors), $12 (general admission), and $16
(reserved). Call Ticketmaster at 280-4444.

  • Contact: Duane Lennie, Valor Cup media co-ordinator,
    (604) 669-9407

UBC receives $2 million to renovate classrooms

Fifteen UBC projects designed to upgrade classrooms and labs by
the end of March will receive nearly $2 million in funding from
the Ministry of Advanced Education, Training and Technology. Fifty
per cent of the projects are classroom upgrades, 30 per cent are
lab upgrades and 20 per cent are upgrades to administrative facilities.
Improvements to 15 per cent of all classrooms and lab facilities
by the fall of 1999 is one of the goals set by the university in
the recently released vision document, Trek 2000.

  • Contact: Suzanne Poohkay, Campus Planning and Development,
    604.822.0486

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