| 9:00 – 10:00 | Breakfast & Meet the Dean | MacMillan courtyard |
| 10:00 – 11:30 | No events scheduled | |
| 11:30 – 1:00pm | Choose Your Major | MacLeod 254 |
| 1:00 – 2:00 | BBQ Lunch | MacMillan courtyard |
| 2:00 – 2:30 | Make your way to the Pep Rally | |
| 2:30 – 3:30 | Pep Rally | Thunderbird arena |
| 3:30 – 5:30 | The Main Event | Main Mall |
Imagine Day Schedule: Transfer Students
Imagine Day Schedule: First Year Students
| 8:30am – 9:00 | Morning Meetings | Various locations around MacMillan |
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Breakfast & Meet the Dean | MacMillan courtyard |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Meet a Prof | Squad 33: ESB 1013
Squad 34: MCLD 228 Squad 35: ESB 1012 |
| 11:00 – 12:30pm | Campus Tour | |
| 12:30 – 1:30 | Lunch and Learn | MacMillan courtyard |
| 1:30 – 2:30 | Pep Rally – travel to Thunderbird arena and begin loading | |
| 2:30 – 3:30 | Pep Rally | Thunderbird Arena |
| 3:30 – 5:30 | The Main Event | Main Mall |
Interprofessional Mixer for 2013 – Sept 9
The College of Health Disciplines will host an event that will bring together all first year health and human service students at UBC.
The event will bring together over 1,000 first year students in the entry level and research programs
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This is a great learning opportunity for first year students, which will highlight the number and breadth of health and human service professions that are educated at UBC, as practitioners and as researchers.
Monday, September 9, 2013
5 to 7 pm
Life Sciences Centre, UBC
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UBC Ecojustice & Sustainability Education Program | September Info Sessions
This MEd in Curriculum Studies, with a focus on Ecojustice & Sustainability Education is offered in Vancouver, beginning January 2014. Because ecojustice addresses a diversity of possibilities for a green world, as well as a just world, the program welcomes applicants from across disciplines. The deadline for applications is September 30.
SEPTEMBER INFORMATION SESSIONS
Wednesday, September 11 & Wednesday, September 18
4:00 p.m.5:30 p.m.
VSB Education Centre | Room 111
1580 West Broadway (at Fir)
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Tagged ecojustice, education, MEd, sustainability
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Work Learn job opportunity – APBI Project Worker
The Applied Biology Program has a Project Worker position available to support various programming and events.
Check out the Work Learn APBI Project Worker posting here or log on to CareersOnline. Interest applicants must apply through CareersOnline (Job ID#: 801058) by August 30. Learn more about the UBC Work Learn (previously Work Learn/Work Study) Program here.
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Tagged apbi, jobs, project worker, work learn
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‘Corporations in Medicine’ event, hosted by UBC Students for Science Based Medicine Club – Sept 10
The UBC Students for Science Based Medicine club is hosting a night of presentations with the theme of “Corporations in Medicine” for interested students and the public. Our guest speaker, Dr. Stan Bardal (BA, BSc Pharm, MBA, PhD), amongst numerous other appointments, is a senior instructor with the Island Medical Program.
The Students for Science Based Medicine Club aims to allow UBC students to learn about Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAMs), and to create presentations in accessible language for the purpose of educating the public about the evidence for and against different CAMs. We are undergraduate, graduate, and medical students, united by common interests. We are hoping to recruit members from various backgrounds. Come out and see what we do! There will be opportunity to talk to the executive afterwards if you are interested in joining.
If your family and/or friends are interested in learning about the background of some CAMs, then please bring them out!
What: Navigating the World of Alternative Medicine, with guest speaker Dr. Stan Bardal. Discussed topics include: corporations in medicine, supplements, and fad diets (poster attached).
When: Tuesday Sept 10th 7pm. Doors open at 6:30pm.
Where: MSAC (W.12th and Heather). Also videoconferenced to University of Victoria, details TBA.
Cost: Free! And food and drink will be provided.
Please RSVP to sbm.ubc@gmail.com as soon as possible.
Imagine UBC Day – Tuesday, September 3rd
On Tuesday, September 3rd, we celebrate Back to School with a full day of Orientations activities. All undergraduate courses are replaced by Imagine UBC programs, with the exception of those classes that begin at, or after 5:00pm and meet only once per week.
- First year students: You should have received an email from Professor Toope and Caroline Wong with your personalized schedule and your MUG group. If you did not receive this email, or if you do not know which MUG group you belong to, please email: imagine.info@ubc.ca
- New to UBC transfer students: You should also have received a welcome email from Professor Toope and Caroline Wong with a link to the schedule for Transfer students. If you did not receive it, please click here for the direct link.
- Returning LFS students: You are all welcome to attend Imagine Day events, such as the BBQ hosted by your LFS|US and the “Choose Your Major” workshop. Full schedule can be found on the Orientations blog.
Have we missed anyone? The general website for Orientations 2013 is: http://blog.students.ubc.ca/orientations/
…and finally, remember that our Faculty colour is: BLACK!
See you all soon.
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Tagged first year, fourth year, imagine, imagine day, orientation, second year, third year
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Academic English Support Program – applications open now!
For UBC students who speak English as an additional language
AES offers free, one-on-one support to improve your academic English.
Do you need help improving your academic reading, writing, or note taking in class?
Do you want to speak English more clearly?
If you are a UBC undergraduate or graduate student who speaks English as an additional language, we can help. The UBC Academic English Support (AES) program offers free resources to improve your academic English skills.
The program starts September 3 and applications are now available on their website. For more information about this program, please contact UBC Continuing Studies. This a great resource if you wish to improve your English – and it’s free!
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Work Learn job opportunity – LFS Student Services Assistant
Are you mature, organized and self-sufficient? Would you like to learn what goes on behind-the-scenes in LFS Student Services? Apply to be our Program Assistant! This position will support various programming offered in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems, including but not limited to the LFS Tri-Mentoring Program, Career Nights, and recruitment events throughout the academic year.
Check out the Work Learn LFS Student Services Assistant posting here or log on to CareersOnline. Interested applicants must apply through CareersOnline (Job ID#: 800509) by August 30. Learn more about the UBC Work Learn (previously Work Learn/Work Study) Program here.
Pepsi Co. Touring Opportunity
Pepsi Co. is inviting 10 UBC LFS students who are going to 4th year (or in their last year of studies) to PepsiCo’s Company Tour in September 2013. They want to hire graduating students for next year and are willing to put them into their “Emerging Leaders” program. More information about the touring event and the “Emerging Leaders” program is in the pdf link below. If anyone is interested, please kindly send your Cover Letter and Resumes to LFSUS.president@landfood.ubc.ca
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Tagged 4th year, career development, leadership, pepsi
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