Tuum Est: UBC Student Alumni Council

In this episode, Student Alumni Council members Xya Parashar and Ruby Kramer chat with UBC Arts Undergraduate Society President Emma Martin-Rousselle. This episode aims to help UBC students understand "How To Be [Their] Own Personal Assistant" by interviewing a UBC Student Leader on how she manages all of her extracurricular activities with her busy course load. -- Music Credits: quartet Gordy Smu...

In this episode, Student Alumni Council members Romina Hajizadeh and Tanisha Kadia chat with UBC Student Senators Laia Shpeller, and Emmanuel Cantiller. This episode will help UBC students understand what Senate is, and how it serves them! -- Music Credits: quartet Gordy Smurf • Tenor Sax: Gordy Li • Keys: Quincy Mayes • Bass: Piyotr Kao • Drums: Seth Kitamura • Recording and Mixing: Steven Zhu Ch...

In this episode, Student Alumni Council member Xya Parashar chats with Scholar Lena Hart, and Program Manager Aida Mwanzia of the Beyond Tomorrow Scholars Program. The award is offered annually to Black Canadians and supports Scholars with funding up to $20,000/year entering an undergraduate degree. This Black History Month, learn about the program's initiatives and goals! If you have any ideas, s...

In today's episode, Student Alumni Council alum Will Oxtoby speaks with UBC alum, Louie Dinh. This episode will give listeners an idea of what it is like to enter into the field of technology, simplify the process for some, and inspire others. If you have any ideas, suggestions, or requests for future podcast episodes, please email them to ubc.sac@ubc.ca! -- Episode Recorded: March 8th 2023 Music...

In today's episode, Student Alumni Council member Zoe Wagner speaks with UBC Alum, Stefan Labbé, about his journey entering the photojournalism industry, and his work within it. Stefan completed his Bachelor of Arts in Geography, and Master's degree in Journalism from UBC. Reach out to Stefan on X (Twitter) @StefanLabbe If you have any ideas, suggestions, or requests for future podcast episodes, p...

In today's episode, Student Alumni Council members Jiayi Li and Will Oxtoby speak with Peter A. Allard School of Law Alum, Sabrina Spencer, about her journey entering the field of law. Sabrina completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Alberta in Economic and German Language and Literature. She went on to pursue a masters degree in Environmental Studies at York University, and finally...

In today's episode, Student Alumni Council member Will Oxtoby speaks with UBC's Interim President, Dr. Deborah Buszard, about her experiences in higher education, university leadership, and goals in her time leading the university. If you have any ideas or suggestions for future Student Skills episodes, please email them to ubc.sac@ubc.ca! Music Credits: Nouvelle Noel Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.co...

In today's episode, Student Alumni Council members Jiayi Li and Romina Hajizadeh speak with Kaitlin Wu from the CIRS Food Hub and Cody Rector from Agora Cafe, two places on campus with the mission of meeting students' food security needs. *Please note, the SAC does not speak for UBC or its plans for the future on this matter. We are a student-run group that aims to share knowledge of students and...

In today's episode, our host  Xya Parashar interviews UBC Sauder School of Business alum Cindy Hu (BComm '14) about her experiences with investing and growing wealth. Disclaimer: The Student Alumni Council and Cindy Hu are not providing advice on what to invest in nor is this meant to be professional financial advice. This episode is meant to give UBC students and other listeners some insight into...

In this episode, our host Romina talks about building up your non-academic experiences at university, getting a breadth of skills to help you on your career journey, and enriching your overall university experience! If you have any ideas or suggestions for future Student Skills episodes, please email them to ubc.sac@ubc.ca! Music Credits: Nouvelle Noel Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed unde...

In this episode, our host Will dives into some of his methods to network with students, alumni, and professionals successfully. Will talks about the value of good first impressions, beginning with sincere appreciation, and getting outside of one's comfort zone, all as key pieces to build a strong network. If you have any ideas or suggestions for future Student Skills episodes, please email them to...

In this episode, our hosts Elliott and Taarika interview a special guest, Dr. Maria Gallo about how to utilize alumni connections to enrich your degree. They discuss how to go about developing your network, how to initiate conversations with alumni, and her new book “The Alumni Way”.  She has offered our listeners a special discount code “DISCOUNT35" to be used with the publisher’s store: https://...

In this episode, our hosts Elliott, Amelia, and Sarv talk about student challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, coping with a constantly changing environment, and relevant resources to support UBC students during this time. We would like to acknowledge that UBC’s Vancouver Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Musqueam people. We would also like to...

In this episode, our hosts Elliott and Amelia chat about final exams. They've selected some exam horror stories from friends, SAC members, and UBC reddit as cautionary tales. They also talk about ways to avoid stressful situations and how to be prepared for all your final exams. We would like to acknowledge that UBC’s Vancouver Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral, unceded t...

In this episode, our hosts Olivia and Will chat with Santa J. Ono, the President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of British Columbia. Learn more about what both roles entail as well as the motivation that continuously drives Dr. Ono.  We would like to acknowledge that UBC’s Vancouver Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Musqueam people. We wou...

In this episode, our host Olivia interviews Rob Kim, a Career Strategist at the UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems. Tune in to hear the insights he has to share regarding networking and preparing for the career that comes after our degree.  We would like to acknowledge that UBC’s Vancouver Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Musqueam people. We w...

For our third episode, our hosts Will and Olivia discuss their preferred methods of productivity and organization. Olivia dives into how colour coding your work can help with memorization and organization. Will explains one of his favourite productivity hacks from a book called Mis En Place by Dan Charnas that includes techniques like squaring your to-do list with the calendar. We would like to ac...

For our second episode, our host Will interviews Cole Evans, the current President of UBC’s Alma Mater Society (AMS) to learn more about UBC’s student government and leadership. A note to listeners that this episode contains minor explicit language. We would like to acknowledge that UBC’s Vancouver Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Musqueam peopl...

For our first episode, our hosts Will and Olivia chat with Kieran Davey and Tiffany Lee - two important leaders of the Student Alumni Council (SAC). We would like to acknowledge that UBC’s Vancouver Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Musqueam people. We would also like to acknowledge that you are listening today from many places, near and far, and...

Welcome to Tuum Est, a podcast created by the University of British Columbia’s Student Alumni Council (SAC). Tuum Est is a podcast that aims to inspire and showcase members of the UBC community, including students, faculty, and alumni. A special thanks to K-OG for providing the music featured in this trailer.  The transcript for this episode is available here .