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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 of students hang out in the Centre for Health and Science

VIU Student Pulse News: November 8, 2023

Tips for a productive study break and what VIU's budget deficit means for your programs and classes
Michael Quinn portrait by Mike Quinn, VIU Provost and Vice-President Academic

What VIU's budget deficit means for your programs and classes

VIU’s Provost and Vice-President Academic addresses this question
Picture of a VIU Nanaimo campus parking lot and sidewalk that have been cleared of snow

Preventing slips and falls this winter

Tips from VIU Health and Safety Services
Two women dressed as witches paddle on Westwood Lake

VIU Student Pulse News: October 25, 2023

Ready for Halloween? 👻
Amy and her dog

Finding her fit in Canada’s far north

From Classroom to Career: Amy Badgley
Two people look at a laptop screen in the library by Becky Duarte

Building a better study session

Tips to help you get things done
Lizzy Schafers, Jasmine Janes and Emma Peterson give the thumbs up sign while taking a selfie. by Rachel Stern

Surveying plants in remote BC parks

Emma Peterson and Lizzy Schafers share their research experience
Picture of a compass rose on a globe

Gaining real-world experiences in the publishing world

Students aim to answer some of humanity’s fundamental questions in journal
Anna Shynkarenko wearing a hat, half-hidden behind a bush and looking at the camera by Eric Zimmer

Researching the effects of war on urban landscapes in Ukraine

Anna Shynkarenko came to VIU on a Mitacs internship