UBC Okanagan focus of $40 million investment for library expansion and infrastructure upgrades
A joint federal-provincial and university investment totalling $40.65-million was announced today at UBC’s Okanagan campus to establish a new Teaching and Learning Centre and fund various sustainability and infrastructure upgrades. Kelowna-Lake Country MP Stephen Fuhr, on behalf of the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, and Norm Letnick, Minister of Agriculture […]
New Finance Operations and Strategies website coming soon
The new Finance Operations and Strategies website (finance.ok.ubc.ca) is estimated to go-live on Wednesday, October 5, 2016. The new website will combine the old Payment & Procurement Services and Finance websites into one website. Our goal is to increase customer service by having one source that combines all finance/research resources for the campus community to access. The website […]
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.