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August 2022
Aug 18 KPU gives students new research opportunities
Aug 17 Firefighters’ fundraiser makes return to KPU Tech
Aug 11 KPU Farm manager donates kidney anonymously
July 2022
Jul 29 KPU students to get work experience boost
Jul 20 Using product design skills to protect female police
Jul 04 Kwantlen Polytechnic University names Dr. Diane Purvey provost and vice president academic
June 2022
Jun 29 KPU welcomes Ivy Chen as new Board of Governors chair
Jun 24 Gurkirat Singh Nijjar wins KPU’s 2022 Outstanding Young Alumni Award
Jun 23 KPU grad to showcase artwork inside emergency room
Jun 23 Statement regarding convocation on June 22
Jun 22 Tiana Sharifi receives the inaugural KPU Alumni Excellence Award
Jun 21 KPU honours prosecutor Winston Sayson with 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award
Jun 20 KPU announces first Community Impact Award winners
Jun 17 KPU Chancellor receives 2022 B.C. Reconciliation Award
Jun 16 KPU alumna receives TD Insurance Meloche Monnex Fellowship in Advancement
Jun 13 New Indigenous resource space at KPU Surrey library hosts contemporary apparel display
May 2022
May 20 KPU student’s hotel room design wins global scholarship contest
May 17 KPU brewing students win bronze at the 2022 Canadian Brewing Awards
May 17 Biodegradable functional materials the focus for second Sherman Jen Research Chair
April 2022
Apr 28 Opening doors and opening minds for Indigenous youth
Apr 26 Encouraging diversity secures Wilson School of Design student an international scholarship
Apr 07 ScotiaRISE grant opens up new dual credit opportunities at KPU
Apr 06 Scholarship for Indigenous students created in memory of KPU student Brian Nadjiwon
Apr 06 In-person exhibition showcases skills of final year KPU Fine Arts students
Apr 05 New funding for KPU research to help agriculture recover from climate change impacts
March 2022
Mar 30 KPU to host in-person exhibit opening for COVID in the House of Old, one of Canada’s first public commemorations of the pandemic
Mar 16 KPU joins Feed BC to support locally grown produce
Mar 15 KPU in next wave of zero emission vehicle training
Mar 10 KPU-SQA agreement allows students to gain a head start into KPU business, IT degrees
Mar 09 Nursing expands at KPU with more than 100 new seats added
Mar 07 KPU Instructor and IACP Director nominated for YWCA Women of Distinction Award
Mar 03 KPU Brewing and Pink Boots Society collaborate to honour retired dean on International Women’s Day
Mar 03 KPU alum wins prestigious Red Dot Award for design concept
February 2022
Feb 28 Wilson School of Design receives $25,000 endowment from Vestige, Amazon Canada
Feb 16 The Art of Collaboration: KPU History and Wilson School of Design visually display global connections
Feb 16 KPU instructor inducted into Canadian Academy of Nursing
Feb 08 Flexible pandemic response and commitment to inclusivity highlighted as KPU named top employer
Feb 07 KPU adds video game development, visual FX and animation programs
January 2022
Jan 31 KPU criminology instructor Galib Bhayani receives Meritorious Service Decoration
Jan 27 KPU brewing students release a series of 10 limited-edition student signature recipe beers
Jan 27 Up to 150 KPU business students to benefit from RBC Foundation donation
Jan 21 First Sherman Jen Research Chair appointed
Jan 13 TALK offers more than 30 events in Surrey, Richmond, Langley and online through to May
Jan 05 KDocsFF 2022 highlights “truth seekers” in festival’s tenth year
December 2021
Dec 23 Assessment and Testing Service donate over 18 boxes of warm clothing for local women’s society
Dec 09 KPU receives electron microscope from Ballard Power
Dec 01 New awards available to help KPU students study abroad
November 2021
Nov 18 KPU signs Scarborough Charter to fight structural racism
Nov 12 KPU supports project planting trees in Ethiopia to combat climate change
Nov 10 KPU students create archive remembering Canadian soldiers of the First World War
Nov 10 Giving young entrepreneurs something to YELL about
October 2021
Oct 07 KPU Brew alum and Dead Frog Brewery collaborate to launch beer for BC Craft Beer Month
Oct 05 Third Age Learning at Kwantlen returns with online and in-person courses
Oct 04 Balraj Mann receives KPU’s Distinguished Alumni Award
September 2021
Sep 29 KPU goes orange for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Sep 27 KPU Indigenous Dialogue Series returns September 29
Sep 14 KPU Brewing wins four medals at brewing championship
Sep 09 KDocsFF Fall 2021 Series tackles Anti-Asian Hate and 9/11
Sep 08 KPU names Melville School of Business after $8-million donation from philanthropists
July 2021
Jul 30 KPU student's Mobile Warmth design wins award

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