Destination UBC was UBC’s highest profile recruitment event last year, drawing 450 newly admitted students to UBC’s Vancouver campus and 228 to UBC’s Okanagan campus from almost every province and territory across Canada via a travel reimbursement program. This weekend-long event provided out-of-area students with opportunities to make friends, meet their professors, plan their programs, and get a feel for life on campus by staying in first-year residence.
Nearly 2200 local students and parents in Vancouver, and 350 in Kelowna, joined visiting students for a comprehensive Saturday program. All guests participated in an opening presentation, faculty sessions, and a variety of breakout sessions and campus tours.
Check out the video from last year’s event online!
This year, Destination UBC will run from May 8-10 at UBC’s Okanagan campus and May 22-24 on UBC’s Vancouver campus. Check out the updated travel reimbursement details online. Registration for travel will open on February 17, and registration for Saturday sessions (for local students) will open on March 15.
As you can imagine, this program takes two campuses worth of faculty, staff and current students to plan and execute – and SRA is looking forward to working with many of our colleagues in ES over the coming months to ensure that this year’s event is as successful as last year. Keep your eyes out for emails from your friendly SRA colleagues about how to be involved – and feel free to ask any of us if you have questions about the events!