Publications

Alumni publications – in print and online – keep you informed about UVic news, people, and research along with all of the latest alumni events and activities.

All of our publications are available free of charge. Just make sure we have your current mailing address and e-mail information. You can easily customize the types and formats of correspondence you wish to receive by completing our Mail and e-mail preference form.

Our publications are coordinated by Mike McNeney.

Torch magazine

The UVic Torch Alumni Magazine provides an ongoing link between the university and its graduates. The magazine reports on campus news, trends, and issues. It explores the latest advances in UVic-led research. And it provides news from alumni and the UVic Alumni Association.

The magazine is published in April and October and distributed to approximately 60,000 alumni and friends of the university. It is available in print (on FSC-certified paper stock) and online.

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News

Alumni Talks – with eight topics ranging from poetry to business start-ups and Olympic rowing – will be featured at Homecoming 2012. Registration is now open for these fun, informative presentations by and for alumni. Make plans now to attend and check out the reunions, pub night, Vikes Retro Party and all the other great events that will be part of UVic’s 50th Anniversary Festival on Sept. 28 and 29.

The UVic Alumni Association – on behalf of alumni everywhere – congratulates the Class of 2012. More than 3,300 degrees, diplomas and certificates were granted during spring convocation ceremonies. Five honorary degrees were conferred, and, among many great stories of outstanding graduates, a PhD recipient from Uganda plans to continue her work on behalf of HIV/AIDS affected children. All of the convocation ceremonies are available online.

After losing both legs, Bob the Barber of Enderby, BC, is seeing his regulars again thanks to adaptive technology designed at UVic’s CanAssist.

Events

We have alumni events coming up in Vancouver, the Silicon Valley and Asia:

June 21: Lower Mainland Alumni Taste-and-Tour Pub Night. Go behind the scenes at the Yaletown Brewing Company with brew master Iain Hill, BSc '94. Registration is closed for this event and the tours are full, but drop-in guests are welcome for appetizers, networking and a beverage.

June 28: Silicon Valley Canada Day Reception. Alumni Relations director Terry Cockerline, UVic Co-op and Career Services, and alumni from nine Canadian universities will be joined by Cassie Doyle, BA ’76, Consul General of Canada in San Francisco, for this seventh annual Canada Day celebration.

Canada Day Celebrations for alumni in Asia are in the works for Hong Kong, Beijing, Tokyo and Shanghai.

Research

VIDEO: The advanced STEHM microscope, with the potential to see the electrons that hold atoms together, has now been installed on campus. There’s nothing else like it.

Master’s student Lara Puetz is blogging from way out in the Pacific where researchers are on an expedition supporting the NEPTUNE Canada cabled network, part of UVic’s Ocean Networks Canada Observatory. In this post she describes her study of the peculiar nature of the tubeworms that thrive near hydrothermal vents. You can also follow the expedition’s live video feed from the ocean floor.

Benefits and Services

The Royal BC Museum, an Alumni Card partner, is featuring Dinosaurs – Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries this summer. Alumni Card holders receive 10 per cent discounts on daily admission rates or individual and family memberships.

Keep in touch! Send an update for the Keeping in Touch section of the UVic Torch Alumni Magazine.

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@UVic e-news is a monthly newsletter presented by the UVic Alumni Relations office and the UVic Division of External Relations for alumni and friends of the university. We thank you for your continued interest in and support of the University of Victoria and the UVic Alumni Association.