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Three students walk by the Health and Science Centre

VIU Student Pulse News: March 20, 2024

What's going on at VIU 🍏
Four students in a gym holding volleyballs

Creating a safe place to play and learn

Child and Youth Care students participate in community program

Group photo near the Health and Science Centre

Welcome to VIU's Spring Semester! 📚

VIU Student Pulse: January 11, 2023
Mike de Vries portrait photo wearing an electrical vest

Going viral with TikTok “body hacks”

Electrical student Mike de Vries has found his niche in short videos
Nadia Linning standing in the woods and smiling at the camera by Eric Zimmer

An award-winning work co-op with the BC Wildfire Service

VIU Tourism Management student Nadia Linning shares her experience
Aerial view of VIU's Nanaimo campus by Samantha Allan

What you need to know about VIU’s Accessibility Services

Your top questions answered
Head and shoulders of Sarah with a painting of ships behind her by Reprinted with permission from the Pacific Salmon Foundation blog

Meet the next generation of people for salmon at VIU

Sarah McKeller and Joe Clark share their stories
Sarah Hart and Sevilya Hendricks performing a song together at the Chinese Bridge Singing contest at UBC by Eric Zimmer

VIU students win province-wide Chinese language contest

It’s the first time VIU students have done so at the event.
A student in a classroom watching an instructor fill a prescription bottle by Eric Zimmer

New partnership brings pharmacy technician training to VIU

Access training for this high-demand field on the Island
Woman stares at a laptop screen, head in her hands by Samantha Allan

How we’ve learned to conquer stress

Two student leaders share their strategies
man and woman smiling while sitting across from one another at a table by a window. textbooks are on the desk in front of them by Eric Zimmer

Become a volunteer tutor at Vancouver Island University

Tutors are needed at both the Nanaimo and Cowichan campuses.