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Rock VIU gets students raring to go for fall semester

New students get acclimatized at Vancouver Island University welcome event on Thursday
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Jerson Marroquin, a third-year fisheries student at Vancouver Island University, gets dunked at the annual Rock VIU: Welcome 2 Campus event Thursday. (KARL YU/News Bulletin)

With the fall semester about to begin at Vancouver Island University, freshman students had the opportunity to get a feel for post-secondary school life on Thursday.

The university held its Rock VIU: Welcome 2 Campus kick-off event allowing new students to tour the Nanaimo campus, learn about services and meet other students and faculty.



Karl Yu

About the Author: Karl Yu

After interning at Vancouver Metro free daily newspaper, I joined Black Press in 2010.
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