UBCO Life Newsletter

UBCO Life is a semi-monthly newsletter sent to continuing undergraduate students from mid-August to April. Content is driven by campus community members, sharing university news and key messages, while also promoting social and academic activities relevant to student life and success on UBC’s Okanagan campus.

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Upcoming newsletter dates:

The UBCO Life newsletter is released on the first and third Wednesday of each month throughout the regular academic year.

UBCO Life has concluded for the 2024/25 academic year. The next release will go live on August 20, 2025 with a submission deadline of August 15.

Submit

Submissions to UBCO Life can be sent via an online form.

Submissions must include:

  • All necessary information needed for UBCO Life editors to succinctly communicate your event or initiative
  • Dates/times/locations or other necessary logistical information
  • A URL linking to a webpage where readers can find more information or register (Note: email addresses will not be accepted)
  • Optional: a high-quality image (.jpg or .png) at 600 pixels wide, in landscape orientation. UBCO Life may add a suitable image if one is not provided and may choose to share your submission without an image if space does not permit.

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All registered continuing UBC Okanagan students are automatically added to the UBCO Life mailing list at the beginning of each term. Anyone else who wishes to receive the newsletter can manually subscribe here.

In order to ensure that the newsletter is valuable and timely, the following guidelines have been established for those interested in contributing content.

Guidelines

Disclaimer: UBCO Life reserves the right to exclude submissions determined to fall outside of the newsletter’s mandate.

  • Submissions are accepted from early August to early April
  • The newsletter will be distributed on the first and third Wednesday of each month.
  • The submission deadline for all content is the preceding Friday. Late submissions may be included in the next issue, at the editor’s discretion
  • If applicable, please include the link to where the content originally is natively hosted on an ok.ubc.ca website. Be sure to submit the accurate URL and ensure the referenced webpage is up-to-date
  • Newsletter content must follow the university’s writing style guidelines. The UBCO Life editorial team is responsible for taking the information you’ve submitted and crafting it for release to students while following university guidelines.
  • We are unable to include attachments (other than images) as part of the newsletter
  • We do not duplicate content across submissions to ensure that content is new for students with each release

Submission Criteria

Who can submit articles?

  • UBCO faculties and academic units
  • Registered student groups
  • UBC administrative units
  • Other groups with messaging relevant to the broad student audience, at the editor’s discretion

What kind of content is appropriate?

  • University-wide news/information; for example, executive announcements/messages (from the president, provost, etc.).
  • Notices regarding events, workshops, and services affecting undergraduate students
  • Event announcements (club meetings, service projects, fundraisers, social events) open to the entire student body
  • Promotion of student services and programs
  • Volunteer opportunities
  • Guest speakers
  • Research opportunities

What kind of content is not appropriate?

  • Lectures, seminars or symposia that are by invitation only
  • Appearances by faculty, staff, or students at other institutions outside UBC
  • Administrative or other meetings among a group of faculty, staff, or students that are closed to others
  • Third-party promotion of programs or services with no UBC affiliation
  • Announcements that include images for which permission has not been obtained (e.g. copyrighted images, images of individuals who have not signed a photo release form)
  • Content that is confusing, unclear, has spelling or grammatical errors, or fails to meet UBC quality standards

Image Formatting

  • Including an image can make your submission more engaging
  • Please submit images in a separate .jpg or .png file named with the same title as your submission and in RGB format
  • Images should be 600 pixels wide, in landscape orientation with a maximum height of 350 px. Online tools like Fotor.com can be used to crop photos
  • An image is not essential; however, we may choose to include an image if you have not done so
  • Images that are of poor quality will not be used
  • We are unable to use images for which permission has not been obtained (e.g. copyrighted images, images of individuals who have not signed a photo release form)