Masks and test kits available for UBCO community
Cloth masks, surgical masks and COVID-19 test kits are available for UBCO faculty, staff and students at no cost as long as supplies remain available. Masks and/or test kits can be picked up from the following locations: The Health, Safety and Environment office in LIB016 The Campus Security dispatch office in ADM104A Students can also […]
Campus Operations and Risk Management is Relocating
Effective Sept 28, 2022, the office of Campus Operations and Risk Management is relocating from the Campus Administration Building (ADM106). The team will operate remotely on a temporary basis, with no changes to service levels during this interim period. Campus Operations will relocate to the University House effective Oct 4, 2022, along with the Construction […]
Update on Plans for Campus Planning, Infrastructure Development and Campus Operations and Risk Management on the UBCO Campus
Over the last couple of years a great deal of important foundational work as been done for space/facilities planning as well as project services at UBCO. Much of the recent growth on campus is due to heavy lifting by many of these people — recognizing that not that long ago these teams didn’t even exist. […]
UBCO Gardening Club presents Learning Local Landscapes workshops
If you’ve been itching for a row to hoe, the new Gardening Club is an excellent opportunity to work on your green thumb. Taking root on campus this month, the new club has organized a series of four Learning Local Landscapes workshops — being held in August, September and October — hosted by community experts […]
Smoking gazebo changes
Recently, the following changes were made to the smoking gazebos outside the Library and Administration (ADM) buildings: June 25 and 26 The wooden gazebo outside ADM was removed. The gazebo had reached the end of its lifecycle. July 9 and 10 The steel gazebo near the Library building was moved to the location outside ADM. […]
New safety app launched
UBC Okanagan has a new tool to promote safety UBC Safe is a free mobile app for our entire community — students, faculty and staff. Download the app today on the App Store or the Google Play store.
Planned Power Outage – January 13th & 14th, 2016
Project Services has been tasked with replacing the emergency generator that services the following buildings: Science building Library Gymnasium Arts Building Central Heating Plant Creative and Critical Studies. The existing emergency generator is at end of life and provincial funding has been recently granted for replacement. The province requires project completion before March 31st, 2016. […]
Work order system unavailable Friday, December 11
Facilities Management is upgrading the Archibus online work order system, which will make the system unavailable for submitting work orders this Friday, December 11th. If you have a request for non-urgent work, Facilities Management recommends waiting until Monday to submit work requests via the regular online method. During the upgrading on Friday, if you have […]
Where did all the water go?
The pond in the central courtyard is empty. We chose not to refill after its last cleaning in August due to the drought conditions in the Okanagan.
CUSA 2015 (May 12 – 14th)
UBC Okanagan and Okanagan College are pleased to be co-hosting the CUSA 2015 Conference in Kelowna, BC for three days of connecting, learning, networking and professional development.