Especially for UBC Alumni
Come Back to School this Summer with
UBC Continuing Studies
Our summer institutes allow you to have that “UBC experience” for one week or more in May, June, July or August. Come back to UBC Point Grey or take a program at UBC Robson Square and spend your summer learning something new.
One-to Four-Week 2011 Summer Institutes included:
- Arts and Humanities (Ageless Pursuits)
- Career Success
- Coaching Trends and Practices
- Culinary Arts
- English as an Additional Language: Advanced Pronunciation
- IT Report Services
- Language Immersion and Translation
- LEED®: Building Green
- Multimedia and Web Design
- Social Media
- Sustainabiliy Leadership
- Understanding Wine
- Web Programming
- Workplace Wellness
- Writing (Professional and Creative)
2011 Special Offers for UBC Alumni
As our way of saying thank you for taking one of our summer institutes, UBC Continuing Studies organizes special offers and free events available exclusively to UBC Alumni*. 2011 Summer Institute special offers for UBC Alumni include:
Join Richard Mackie, BC historian and author, in a reading of some of his non-fiction works. Hear how he uncovers, salvages and interprets BC’s forest industry and the stories from its past. Two of Richard’s books, Trading Beyond the Mountains (1997) and Island Timber (2000), won the Lieutenant-Governor's Prize, and Island Timber was short-listed for the Haig-Brown Prize in 2001. His most recent book, Mountain Timber (2009), was on the BC Bestseller list for 32 weeks.
Valid for one year; issued in August 2011.
Use this gift voucher towards your next UBC Continuing Studies course or program.
As well you can attend any of the other Continuing Studies Summer Institute Events, which are also open to non-alumni enrolled in summer institutes.
*For the purposes of these offers, "UBC Alumni" are defined as those who have completed a UBC undergraduate or graduate degree. If you wish to be eligible for the offers, register for the summer institute of your choice. At the time of registration, you will be asked the year of your UBC graduation and the degree you received.
Activities for Kids
Consider a UBC kids day camp in aquatics, engineering & science, at the botanical gardens or farm while you are enrolled in a Summer Institute.
Accommodation
If you are coming from outside Vancouver, comfortable and affordable places to stay are available on the UBC Point Grey campus. Visit the UBC Conferences and Accommodation and the Green College websites for details.
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