UBCO recognizes top students at 2023 graduation ceremonies
Gold, silver medals awarded for academic accomplishments, and steps towards inclusion
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Undergraduate Student Profile – Solomon Thiessen (BASc, Electrical ’23)
Solomon Thiessen received the 2023 EGBC Certificate in Engineering presented to the graduating student with the highest standing in the School of Engineering and was awarded a Governor-General’s Silver Medal.
Two School of Engineering students receive prestigious scholarships
Each year, the Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) awards scholarships to 72 outstanding SPIE Student Members based on their potential contribution to optics and photonics, or a related discipline.
UBCO celebrates the graduates of 2023
More than 2,300 students will receive degrees on June 8 and 9
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School of Engineering Convocation 2023 – Celebration of Excellence
397 graduates will cross the stage on June 9 as part of the UBC Okanagan Applied Science convocation with 262 undergraduate and 135 graduate degrees being conferred.
UBC Okanagan experts ready to talk about floods, wildfires
Professors talk about safety, packing for an evacuation and when to be concerned
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Stober Foundation Engineering Undergraduate Studies Scholar – Ciana Dawydiuk-Clozza
Entering her third year as a Stober Foundation Engineering Undergraduate Scholar, Dawydiuk-Clozza says the support from the scholarship is a game-changer.
Stober Foundation Engineering Graduate Studies Scholar – Alexis Guidi
Like a lot of students entering engineering, Alexis Guidi had an affinity for math and physics. “I loved math and physics, but I thought engineering was just building stuff with a dash of math,” says Guidi. What she came to realize was that engineering took her passion for math and physics to another level by applying those principles to solve real-world problems.
Reimagining education through innovative approaches
WHEN DR. PEYMAN YOUSEFI REFLECTS on what’s shaped his academic […]
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Strong finish inspires Solar Decathlon team to take it to the next level
A second-place finish at an international competition is motivating a team made up of students from UBCO and TRU to learn from their success to date and start preparing for next year’s competition.