Safe, supported and valued are three words Rayan Zeineddine uses to describe how he feels in his current job as Housing Admissions Coordinator with VIU Residences.
Rayan grew up in Lebanon. After high school, he pursued a degree in medical laboratory technology. He was good at chemistry and biology, so his first thought was to go into medicine.
Valentina Chichiniova remembers being fascinated by the concept of the human psyche when she was introduced to it for the first time in a high school philosophy class.
“I wanted to learn more about what makes us human and informs our behaviour and struggles,” she recalls.
Jiayi Li can still vividly recall the step-by-step process of securing his dream job in Nanaimo.
All VIU Master of Business Administration students are required to do an internship to complete the program. After some research, Jiayi. successfully pitched his skill-set to IWC Excavation.
Taryn Walker graduated from Vancouver Island University in 2021 with a Bachelor of Hospitality Management. After working in various positions in the hospitality and tourism industries, she is now VIU’s Alumni Relations Coordinator.
This blog series shares the stories of VIU alumni to help inspire the next generation of learners. In this blog, Taryn tells me more about her career path and what skills she has acquired over the years that have come in handy in other positions.
The Spring Semester is ramping up at Vancouver Island University.
Are you wondering if you should take your education to the next level and add a graduate certificate, diploma or degree to your undergraduate degree? Graduate programs can be useful in situations such as moving into leadership roles or careers that require expertise in a specific field of study. To give you an idea of what grad school is like, four alumni from different VIU graduate programs share their stories.
Two Vancouver Island University (VIU) Mariners alumni have returned as apprentice coaches after being selected as participants in the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) National Female Apprentice Coach Program (FACP).
Completing school and job hunting during a global pandemic didn’t slow Sandipan Debnath (Master of Business Administration ’21) down one bit. He’s now a Business Development Representative at Wrapbook, a US-based tech startup that is digitizing the entertainment payroll industry. Originally from Bangladesh, Debnath is now based out of Toronto at his current position. He shares more about his career path and how VIU’s MBA program prepared him for work in a global company.
A campus community mural project first envisioned in 2019 will officially be unveiled at Vancouver Island University (VIU) as part of the kickoff to this year’s annual, multi-day event known as WorldVIU Days.