UBC Reports | Vol. 46 | No. 17 | Nov. 2, 2000

AGM celebrates UBC innovators

UBC is making great strides in its trek to become Canada's premier university, according to information reported to more than 400 students, staff and faculty at the third campus annual general meeting. The meeting was held last week at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.
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Educator, Ballard chair join UBC's Board of Governors

A former head of the B.C. Teachers' Federation (BCTF) and the leader of a local alternative energy company have joined UBC's Board of Governors, each for a three-year term.
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Professor helps veterans tell their stories

They discovered basements filled with bodies, saw buddies blown apart by landmines and other unspeakable events and they suffer in silence. But UBC Education Prof. Marvin Westwood is helping Canada's soldiers regain their lives by sharing their stories. He says it's time for this country to pay more than lip service to Remembrance Day.
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MBA program among top three

UBC's Master of Business Administration (MBA) program is in the top three of the nation's business schools according to Canadian Business magazine's first comprehensive MBA survey.
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Staff member has fun and helps others at same time

Organizers say Pat Rose is one of the true soldiers of UBC's United Way Campaign.
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Market takes stock of federal battle for power

With nearly two weeks since the federal election call, politicians working the campaign trail may want to keep an eye on UBC's Web-based Election Stock Market (UBC-ESM) for an indicator of how their party will fare when the votes are tallied on Nov. 27.
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