UBC This Week

The Association of Theological Schools (ATS) in the United States and Canada has voted to admit Saint Mark’s College at UBC to Associate Membership status. The vote took place during the 2010 Biennial of ATS in Montreal. 

John J. Stapleton, Principal pro tem of Saint Mark’s College, was at the 2010 Biennial of ATS in Montreal for the vote.  “Our status in ATS provides assurance about the quality of our degree programs to our current students, prospective students, alumni, faculty, governors, donors, and to employers. It also recognizes our commitment to continuous improvement in our programs in theological education. And of course, those students who wish to pursue doctoral programs in theology following the completion of a Master’s degree from Saint Mark’s College will find it easier to be admitted to PhD programs.”

ATS is an organization of more than 250 graduate schools that conduct post-secondary professional and academic degree programs to educate people for the practice of ministry, and for teaching and research in the theological disciplines.

Saint Mark’s College joins the rest of the Theological Consortium in Vancouver as a member of ATS, including the Vancouver School of Theology, Carey Theological College, and Regent College.

For more information, visit www.stmarkscollege.ca

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Wesbrook Place, the family housing initiative at UBC’s South campus, received two Gold Nugget  awards at a ceremony held in San Francisco on June 10.  It was awarded “Best Community Site Plan – 20 acres or more” and “Residential Attached Community of the Year” by Builder Magazine.

The Gold Nugget Awards recognize builders, developers, architects, and land planners in communities and projects in the 14 Western States of the United States and all international countries.

For more information, visit  www.goldnuggetawards.com

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UBC PhD candidate and research assistant Babak Shadgan was awarded the Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) D.J. Lovell Scholarship, the Society’s most prestigious scholarship. More than 360 graduate students from around the world whose research projects are in optics, photonics, imaging, optoelectronics, optical engineering and optical medicine competed for 26 scholarships at the 2010 SPIE World Congress in San Francisco in January.

For more information, visit http://spie.org/x1737.xml

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UBC’s School of Human Kinetics is looking to recruit participants for a study on the role of parenting in promoting adolescent health and physical activity.

Researchers are looking for parents of an inactive adolescent (aged 13-16) and their adolescent children to take part in this study, which will run through the summer and early fall.  Eligible parent and child participants will each complete two questionnaires on separate occasions.  In addition, the parent participant will attend a free parenting workshop and follow-up program.  A $30 honorarium will be granted and all costs associated with the workshop will be reimbursed. 

For more information, please contact Katie Morton (project coordinator) at 778.316.2619 or katiemorton84@gmail.com.

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