KPU News, Highlights & Stories

August 2022
KPU Farm manager donates kidney anonymously
July 2022
KPU students to get work experience boost
Using product design skills to protect female police
Kwantlen Polytechnic University names Dr. Diane Purvey provost and vice president academic
June 2022
KPU welcomes Ivy Chen as new Board of Governors chair
Gurkirat Singh Nijjar wins KPU’s 2022 Outstanding Young Alumni Award
KPU grad to showcase artwork inside emergency room
Statement regarding convocation on June 22
Tiana Sharifi receives the inaugural KPU Alumni Excellence Award
KPU honours prosecutor Winston Sayson with 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award
KPU announces first Community Impact Award winners
KPU Chancellor receives 2022 B.C. Reconciliation Award
KPU alumna receives TD Insurance Meloche Monnex Fellowship in Advancement
New Indigenous resource space at KPU Surrey library hosts contemporary apparel display
May 2022
KPU student’s hotel room design wins global scholarship contest
KPU brewing students win bronze at the 2022 Canadian Brewing Awards
Biodegradable functional materials the focus for second Sherman Jen Research Chair
April 2022
Opening doors and opening minds for Indigenous youth
Encouraging diversity secures Wilson School of Design student an international scholarship
ScotiaRISE grant opens up new dual credit opportunities at KPU
Scholarship for Indigenous students created in memory of KPU student Brian Nadjiwon
In-person exhibition showcases skills of final year KPU Fine Arts students
New funding for KPU research to help agriculture recover from climate change impacts
March 2022
KPU to host in-person exhibit opening for COVID in the House of Old, one of Canada’s first public commemorations of the pandemic
KPU joins Feed BC to support locally grown produce
KPU in next wave of zero emission vehicle training
KPU-SQA agreement allows students to gain a head start into KPU business, IT degrees
Nursing expands at KPU with more than 100 new seats added
KPU Instructor and IACP Director nominated for YWCA Women of Distinction Award
KPU Brewing and Pink Boots Society collaborate to honour retired dean on International Women’s Day
KPU alum wins prestigious Red Dot Award for design concept
February 2022
Wilson School of Design receives $25,000 endowment from Vestige, Amazon Canada
The Art of Collaboration: KPU History and Wilson School of Design visually display global connections
KPU instructor inducted into Canadian Academy of Nursing
Flexible pandemic response and commitment to inclusivity highlighted as KPU named top employer
KPU adds video game development, visual FX and animation programs
January 2022
KPU criminology instructor Galib Bhayani receives Meritorious Service Decoration
KPU brewing students release a series of 10 limited-edition student signature recipe beers
Up to 150 KPU business students to benefit from RBC Foundation donation
First Sherman Jen Research Chair appointed
TALK offers more than 30 events in Surrey, Richmond, Langley and online through to May
KDocsFF 2022 highlights “truth seekers” in festival’s tenth year
December 2021
Assessment and Testing Service donate over 18 boxes of warm clothing for local women’s society
KPU receives electron microscope from Ballard Power
New awards available to help KPU students study abroad
November 2021
KPU signs Scarborough Charter to fight structural racism
KPU supports project planting trees in Ethiopia to combat climate change
KPU students create archive remembering Canadian soldiers of the First World War
Giving young entrepreneurs something to YELL about
October 2021
KPU Brew alum and Dead Frog Brewery collaborate to launch beer for BC Craft Beer Month
Third Age Learning at Kwantlen returns with online and in-person courses
Balraj Mann receives KPU’s Distinguished Alumni Award
September 2021
KPU goes orange for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
KPU Indigenous Dialogue Series returns September 29
KPU Brewing wins four medals at brewing championship
KDocsFF Fall 2021 Series tackles Anti-Asian Hate and 9/11
KPU names Melville School of Business after $8-million donation from philanthropists
July 2021
KPU student's Mobile Warmth design wins award
KPU student named one of 100 future interior design grads to watch for after care home project
June 2021
Genomics and metabolomics research at KPU receive $3 million from NSERC and CFI

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