UBC Okanagan – Call for nominations for this year's Principal's Staff Awards

May 5, 2025

The Principal's Staff Awards (formerly the Staff Awards of Excellence) celebrate the UBC Okanagan staff whose passion, innovation, and dedication have helped shape the campus community and move the campus forward.

There are seven categories of awards.

  • Enhancing the UBC experience (Individual)
  • Equity and inclusive excellence (Individual or Team)
  • Global citizenship (Individual)
  • Leadership (Individual)
  • Okanagan campus spirit (Team)
  • Sustainability (Individual)
  • Wellbeing (Individual or Team)

Nominations are open until June 13.

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  • Achievements & Appointments
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  • Jenna Usprech
    UBCV
    May 5, 2025 | Teaching in focus | Faculty & Staff

    Teaching in focus: Jenna Usprech

    Jenna is an assistant professor of teaching at the School of Biomedical Engineering. From cellular bioengineering labs to science communication and ethics courses, her diverse teaching portfolio reflects Jenna’s passion for lifelong learning. Find out what motivates her as an educator and who inspires her most.

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  • wellbeing SIF
    UBCV & UBCO
    April 28, 2025 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff

    Applications open for the UBC Wellbeing Strategic Initiative Fund

    As a faculty or staff member, you can apply for a UBC Wellbeing Strategic Initiative Fund before June 4. These funds are granted to departments and units in Vancouver and the Okanagan to support the university's commitment to the Okanagan Charter to become a health and wellbeing-promoting institution, as outlined in UBC's Wellbeing Strategic Framework.

  • Staff in focus graphic
    UBCV & UBCO
    April 28, 2025 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff

    Share a Staff in focus profile

    Staff in focus highlights the diverse roles, talents, and interests of our colleagues across the university.Whether you’ve been here for 10 months or 10 years, we’d love to hear about who you are, what you do, and what motivates you in and outside of work. What work achievement are you most proud of? What's the best thing about your work at UBC? Have you received great advice that you'd like to share with others? Tell us.

  • PhD and faculty collaboration
    UBCV
    April 28, 2025 | Announcement | Faculty

    Submit a proposal for the PhD Collab Pilot program

    Faculty members at UBC Vancouver are invited to submit a proposal for the PhD Collab Pilot program - an initiative that offers up to $100,000 in funding for PhD student and faculty teams who are working together to address complex questions or problems. Letters of intent for the 2025/26 PhD Collab pilot are due by 5:00 pm on June 13. 

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