UBC – Faculty of Land and Food Systems Announces The Oral Examination for the Degree of

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

(SOIL SCIENCE)

 

CLARA ROA-GARCIA

“Soil Properties and Land Use Affecting Soil Water Dynamics in Andisols and Inceptisols at Two Mid-Elevation Sites in the Colombian Andes”

Monday, August 20, 2018 at  12:30 pm
Room 207 – Anthropology and Sociology Building

Latecomers will not be admitted 

EXAMINING COMMITTEE  

Chair:

Dr Robert Turkington (Botany)

Supervisory Committee:

Dr. Sandra Brown, Research Co-Supervisor (Soil Science)

Dr. Maja Krzic, Research Co-Supervisor (Soil Science)

Dr. Les Lavkulich (Soil Science)

 

University Examiners:

Dr. Cindy Prescott (Forestry)

Dr. Mark Johnson (Resources, Environment, & Sustainability)

 

Everyone is welcome

We are excited to announce that applications are now open for two new student research awards. The Les Lavkulich Graduate Student Award in Soil Science (one award of $5000) and the Art Bomke Undergraduate Student Award (one award of $3000) will be awarded to students on the basis of academic achievement, research proposal, leadership/community service, financial need, and letters of recommendation. The application deadline is October 31, 2018. For the award guidelines and more information please see the student awards section of our website: http://www.prsss.ca/student-awards/

 

Thank you, 

Chantel Chizen

President – Pacific Regional Society of Soil Science

Please don’t forget to register for the fall semester.

Research students: Please register for the Thesis course and Seminar (if applicable) for BOTH terms ASAP and keep continuous registration throughout your program. If you have doubts, or problems registering, don’t hesitate to contact me. 

Professional students: register for courses – please check with your academic advisor (Azita for MFS, Gabi for MFRE, Chloe for MLWS).

Kind regards,

Lia 

Lia Maria Dragan

Graduate Programs Office

Faculty of Land and Food Systems The University of British Columbia

344-2357 Main Mall | Vancouver BC Canada V6T 1Z4

Phone 604.822.8373 | Fax 604.822.4400

Lia.maria@ubc.ca / lfs.gradapp@ubc.ca www.landfood.ubc.ca

 September Degree Granting (option of attending November Congregation ceremony):\ 

Friday, 17 August 2018

*Student Service Centre (SSC): Application closes for September degree granting

 

Friday, 24 August 2018 

Last day for final master’s theses and doctoral dissertations to be accepted by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for September 2018 degree granting. Must be approved and accepted by 4:00 pm 

Last day for students to complete all program requirements (including major papers) for non-thesis master’s degrees for September 2018 degree granting. 

*Applications to graduate that are not approved in September 2018 will be moved forward to November 2018; a new application is not required.

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November Application deadlines: only for students who do not already have a September 2018 application, please see above

Saturday, 18 August 2018

Student Service Centre (SSC): Application opens for November 2018 

Friday, 14 September 2018 

Student Service Centre (SSC): Application closes for November 2018 

Please contact me if you have any questions.  

With thanks

Kirsten

 

Kirsten Cameron
Academic Support Manager
Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies | Office of the Dean
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies 170-6371 Crescent Road | Vancouver BC | V6T1Z2 Canada
Phone 604 822 5025
kirsten.cameron@ubc.ca
https://www.grad.ubc.ca/

CTLT Summer Institute

August 20–24, 2018

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 

Get ready for the new school year with a week of free professional development workshops on teaching, learning and technology. The CTLT Summer Institute is designed to help participants enhance their understanding of sound teaching practices and how to implement them in their teaching.  

The Institute will kick off with a welcome session. There will be more than 20 events throughout the week on topics including open education, student wellbeing, learning analytics, inclusive teaching and more. 

To learn more and register, visit: institute.ctlt.ubc.ca 

Please find attached a full schedule of events for the Summer Institute. All UBC graduate students are invited to attend the Summer Institute 

Kind regards,

Mischa

 

 

Mischa Makortoff
Senior Events Program Assistant
Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
214-1961 East Mall  | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z1 Canada
Phone 604 822 0064
Mischa.makortoff@ubc.ca| @UBC_CTLT
http://www.ctlt.ubc.ca/