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The UVic Alumni Association and UVic Alumni Services will present the first annual Alumni Week Feb. 2–9 with a series of special events and prize giveaways.
“More than 1,400 UVic alumni work on campus, which is about one-third of all staff and faculty,” says Alumni Services Program Manager Linda Nicoll. “Alumni play a huge role at UVic, and part of the reason for Alumni Week is to honour the great work that alumni do here.”
A package detailing Alumni Week events will go out this month to all alumni who work on campus. Among the highlights are a grand prize of two nights provided by the Aerie Resort, including breakfast, a three-course dinner and spa treatments.
Alumni who sign-up or update their profile on the UVic Online Community (olcnetwork.net/uvic) will be eligible to win the grand prize or subsidiary prizes that include a Toshiba Satellite A200 laptop computer from the UVic Computer Store, an Alumni Week sponsor.
Other events include a hosted breakfast for alumni on campus on Feb. 4 at the University Club and a career planning and networking workshop for young alumni on Feb. 6, led by the A-Channel’s Jason Pires (BA ’96).
Other Alumni Week campus sponsors include Vikes Recreation and the UVic Bookstore. On Feb. 2, from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., a pre-game reception will be held at the bookstore prior to the Vikes basketball games with the University of Alberta. Writing Prof. Lorna Jackson (MA ’93), will be signing her recent book, Cold-cocked: On Hockey (Biblioasis).
The first 50 purchasers of the bookstore’s limited edition UVic Alumni sweatshirts will receive two free tickets to the women’s and men’s games. The same night, the Vikes will honour the Victoria College basketball team of 1957-58, which won a Canadian championship.
Visit alumni.uvic.ca for more Alumni Week details, events, prize draws and special offers.
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