by Senica Maltese | Mar 11, 2015 | Campus, Elections, News
Last Thursday, the UVSS Elections Office announced an all-Involve Board, effective May 1. This year’s student elections also yielded a two per cent increase in voter turnout, and a yes vote on all four referendum questions, including the much-debated issue of fossil...
by Senica Maltese | Mar 5, 2015 | Culture, Literature
The small, seaside town of Garopaba has a magnetic pull for the descendants of Gauderio, a knife-wielding “gaucho” that the town murdered, according to family lore. Melding poetic language with prophetic mystery and a heavy dose of mythic ambience, Daniel Galera’s...
by Senica Maltese | Feb 19, 2015 | Campus, News
The UVic Senate approved additions to the “Regulation Governing Administration of University Examinations,” which were drafted by the Registrar’s office at the request of the Senate Committee on Academic Standards (SCAS). Associate Dean, Academic and Student Relations...
by Senica Maltese | Feb 5, 2015 | Campus, News
ANNOUNCEMENTS The Board of Governors began their meeting by welcoming the new Chancellor, Shelagh Rogers, to her first official Board meeting in office. Michael Kennedy spoke briefly about the Campus Plan Update and the role that the Board intends to take in the...
by Senica Maltese | Feb 5, 2015 | Campus, News
At the Semi-Annual General Meeting (SAGM) on Feb. 5, the UVSS will put forward a motion to amend bylaw 4.9, which speaks to quorum requirements at general meetings. Currently, the bylaw states that “quorum for general meetings shall be six tenths of one per cent...