KIN hosts the 2017/18 Mentorship Program Wrap-up
On March 26, the School of Kinesiology held its annual Mentorship Program Wrap-up event in the Liu Institute for Global Issues. Each year, the event formally wraps the year’s program, recognizes mentor and mentee contributions, and gives participants an opportunity to reconnect one final time before the program concludes. This year, 24 attendees listened to […]
School of Kinesiology Recognizes Student Leadership Contribution to the Community in 2017/18
photo (L-R): 2017/18 KUS Executive Team & Director, School of Kinesiology: Juancho Ramirez, Leena Yamaguchi, Max Geise, Patrick (skeleton), Andrew Au, Koji Aiken, Dr. Robert Boushel photo credit: Charlie Gunn On March 12, 2018 the School of Kinesiology hosted its 9th annual Student Leadership Recognition Evening, in the elaborate Ponderosa Ballroom. This event recognized the […]
Lab Crawl introduces Kinners to Spinal Research
The first Lab Crawl for the 2017/18 Winter term took place on Friday, November 3rd at the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre and hosted 18 KIN students across all year levels.
Eric Dorflinger, Peer Advisor
Expected graduating year: 2019
Degree: BKIN
Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii
Kinesiology Mentorship Program Launches for 2017/18
On October 24th, the Kinesiology Mentorship Program celebrated 9 years of mentorship, and hosted its annual kick-off event celebration at Cecil Green Park House, sponsored by AlumniUBC.
Tristan Mascarenhas, Peer Advisor
Expected graduating year: 2019
Degree: BKIN Interdisciplinary Stream
Hometown: Vancouver, British Columbia
Vancouver Summer Program Recap
The Vancouver Summer Program in Kinesiology welcomed the biggest cohort to date this summer, with 89 visiting International Students across three programs, Sport and Exercise Performance, Coaching Science, and Clinical Kinesiology.
Participate in the OMiCS Pilot Study August 2017
A Q&A with Anne Lasinsky, PhD student in the School of Kinesiology, who studies child and adolescent heath and will be joining the OMiCS Study this fall.
Mehrdad Amini, BKin
Expected graduating year: 2019
Degree: Kinesiology (interdisciplinary stream)
Hometown: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Chris Forgaard, PhD Candidate, receives Franklin Henry Young Scientist Award
Award recipients are selected on criteria of scholarly contributions to date and the quality of thesis-related research.