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Student Profile: Vantage One Engineering Alumni Berti Argun

August 11, 2023

In this student profile interview, we spoke with Berti Argun, a recent UBC Alumni originally from Turkey who completed his first undergraduate year through the UBC Vantage One Program in 2018.

Engineering Change: A Woman's Commitment to Promote Diversity in Engineering through Co-op and Work Learn Opportunities

August 2, 2023

UBC Vantage College Alumni and UBC Engineering 5th-year student, Zahra Asadi, is dedicated to raising awareness about engineering as a great career choice for female students. In addition to challenging the societal norm of engineering being a male-dominated field, her story also details some...

Making An Impact: The Reason Tuugu Chose Engineering

June 21, 2023

UBC Vantage College Alumni and 2023 UBC Engineering graduate, Tuugu Ulziidelger, discusses why he chose to study Engineering, and details some highlights of his undergraduate experience at UBC.

Faculty Focus: Vantage One Instructors Awarded 2021/2022 Killam Teaching Prize

April 28, 2022

Congratulations to Vantage One program Instructors Juan Abelló, Fok-Shuen Leung, and Oluwakemi Ola on each being awarded the Killam Teaching Prize!

Faculty Focus: Vantage One Instructors Awarded 2020/2021 Killam Teaching Prize

May 5, 2021

Congratulations to Vantage One program Instructors Jennifer Gagnon, Katherine Lyon, and Gabriel Potvin on each being awarded the Killam Teaching Prize!

Meet Visal Saosuo: 2020 Vantage College Excellence Award Winner

February 3, 2021

Visal Saosuo is a Vantage One Engineering student and Excellence Award recipient. In this interview Visal details his aspirations of opening up his own research centre in his home country of Cambodia, as well as interest in pursuing Electrical Engineering and/or Computer Science....

Student stories

Meet Elisa Pan Huangi: 2020 Vantage College International Major Entrance Scholarship Winner

November 5, 2020

Elisa is a 2020 Vantage One Science program student and International Major Entrance Scholarship Winner. In this interview, Elisa, who is from Panama, details her experience receiving the award, her ambitions in exploring Engineering at UBC, and her passion for networking and building community...

Student stories

Meet Makafui Hortense Amouzouvi: 2020 Vantage College Excellence Award Winner

October 22, 2020

Makafui Hortense Amouzouvi is a 2020 Vantage One Science program student and Excellence Award Winner. Makafui, who is from Lome, Togo, details her experience receiving the award, her ambitions in the program and at UBC, and her passion for inspiring girls into pursing careers in STEM fields.

Student stories

We Asked Our Student Leaders: What’s On Your UBC Bucket List?

September 17, 2020

What's on your list of things to do during your time as a UBC student? We asked our Vantage student leaders. Some activities will have to wait until we're on campus, while other items can be crossed off the list from wherever you are!