Celebrating Teaching Excellence: Announcing the 2024/25 recipients of UBC Okanagan Teaching Awards
We are pleased to announce the 2024/25 recipients of the Killam Teaching Prize and the Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence and Innovation:
Staff profile: Meet Carlos Diaz Molina
Meet Carlos Diaz Molina Role: Workday Student Go-Live Support Coordinator Carlos Diaz Molina joined the Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic in November 2024, bringing his previous experience as a Workday Support Specialist with the School of Engineering to support the software implementation campus-wide. Carlos supported members of UBC Okanagan’s campus community for a […]
Recognizing the 2024/25 Outstanding Instructors
At UBC Okanagan, we are committed to recognizing and celebrating the outstanding contributions of our educators, and it is with great pleasure that we announce the recipients of the 2024/25 Outstanding Instructor awards.
Staff profile: Meet Sara Minchenko
Sara Minchenko has been a member of UBC Okanagan’s campus community for a number of years. Prior to joining the Office of the Provost in 2023 as Administrative Assistant, Sara earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 2012 as well as previously held roles with Campus Housing.
Staff profile: Meet Kristen Brooke
Kristen Brooke joined UBC in November 2020, bringing experience from the local government and non-profit sectors to the world of academia as Communications Coordinator for the Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic.
Announcing the 2024 Aspire-2040 Learning Transformations (ALT-2040) Fund projects
This year, we are pleased to announce eight outstanding new projects being funded by the Aspire-2040 Learning Transformations (ALT-2040) Fund that will directly impact teaching and learning at UBC Okanagan.
Staff profile: Meet Michelle Tinling
Michelle Tinling joined the Office of the Provost in August 2024 on secondment from the UBC Okanagan Library to support the implementation of Workday Student at UBC Okanagan.
Staff profile: Meet Raina Reddecliff
Raina Reddecliff has been with UBC Okanagan since 2007 and has worked in the Provost and DVC offices supporting communications and internationalization.
2023 Micro-credential funding opportunities
The Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills is currently accepting applications to fund micro-credential proposals under two micro-credential initiatives: the Stackable Micro-Credentials Initiative and the Micro-Credential Shared Curriculum Initiative
Staff profile: Meet Janine Wood
Janine Wood joined the Office of the Provost in 2019 as Executive Administrator to the Provost before moving to her role of Project Manager, Strategic Projects in 2023.