With a new campus and expanded local programming, UNBC’s Board of Governors will be meeting in Terrace next week and holding a public reception to celebrate the new campus’s official opening.

The reception will take place on Friday, September 14, from 7-9pm at the Terrace campus. Members of the Board will join the President, senior officers of the University, and faculty and staff from the Terrace campus. All are welcome.

The Board meeting itself will be held in the Chinook Room of the Best Western hotel, beginning at 8am on Saturday, September 15. Items on the agenda will include an update on enrolment projections, campus planning and potential future expansion, the Charles Jago Northern Sport Centre opening and the expansion of university athletics, and the implementation of UNBC’s academic vision.

“UNBC’s growth in Terrace is definitely one of the University’s success stories and it speaks to the opportunities we have to expand our profile and offerings throughout the North,” says UNBC President Don Cozzetto. “I would encourage local residents to take the opportunity to meet with us and members of our Board. Share with us your ideas for how to make UNBC more relevant to the needs and aspirations of the Northwest region.”

UNBC’s new Terrace campus is located at 4837 Keith Avenue. It more than doubles UNBC’s space in Terrace and is enabling the expansion of academic programming in such areas as Nursing, Education, Social Work, First Nations Studies, and an Aboriginal Teacher Education.

The Board of Governors is one of two governing bodies at UNBC. The other is the Senate. While the Board is responsible for personnel and the administrative functioning of the University, the Senate oversees the quality of the academic offerings.

Contact:
Rob van Adrichem, Director of Media and Public Relations, UNBC – 250.960.5622