Presented in collaboration with UBC Alumni Affairs and UBC Botanical Garden
Tue, Jul 10, 6:30-8:30pm, UBC Botanical Garden. FREE. Limited enrolment.

Join us for a tour of the UBC Botanical Garden and a visual presentation on Pacific Northwest Gardens by students, graduates and instructors of the UBC Certificate in Garden Design. With a world class facility spanning 78 acres, the UBC Botanical Garden is a place of beauty and wonder, and an educational resource that brings research, education and community together. The UBC Certificate in Garden Design (offered by UBC Continuing Studies in collaboration with UBC Landscape Architecture and the Botanical Garden) is a unique program that provides comprehensive and innovative instruction in the design of residential gardens in the Pacific Northwest.

Registration opening soon.

Thu, Jul 19, 6-7:30pm, Plaza Level, UBC Robson Square. FREE. Limited enrolment.

Are you curious how your Emotional Intelligence (EQ) influences how you feel throughout the day? A few straightforward insights and practices can give you more experiences of feeling positive, happier, less stressed.  Join Maureen Hannah, MBA, in this interactive workshop to introduce you to EQ and offer a range of practical examples to enhance your interactions with others at work and at home. Find out more about yourself, what triggers your emotions, and how you can choose ways to respond that support you and others.

Register now.

Summer institute participants will be entitled to receive a FREE UBC Community Borrower Card (a $40 value). This card gives you access to one of Canada’s largest research libraries and allows you to borrow books in person from any of the UBC Point Grey Campus libraries as well as the libraries at UBC Robson Square and UBC Okanagan.

To obtain your UBC Library card, go to either the Koerner or UBC Robson Square library with one piece of government issued picture ID, proof of address and a copy of your receipt showing registration in a UBC Continuing Studies summer institute.

These cards will be valid May 1-Aug 31, 2012.

Some limits on types of material and number of items borrowed apply. Remote access to many electronic resources such as article indexes and full-text databases is restricted for community borrowers by the library’s licensing agreement with its vendors. However, many electronic resources are available to all if accessed within the library. For complete details on UBC library policy for community borrowers, please click here.

For access to the library catalogue and information regarding the UBC library and library services, view the UBC library website.

Save 10% on regular-priced general (non-course) books, sportswear and giftware at our Point Grey Campus or Robson Square Stores. Exceptions apply to medical books (Class 8000), coursebooks, magazines, UBC diploma frames or special orders. Valid until Aug 31, 2012. Coupon code to provide to store cashier will be distributed in class.