BPK Kickoff

Kickoff

BPK Kickoff will open your eyes to some of the many great opportunities available to BPK students! Stop by if you are interested in learning more about SFU Recreation, SFU Physio, BPK labs or if you’d like to make some new friends!

After registration, we will make our way to the BPK courtyard together and have some food at the Welcome Back BBQ. Food is by donation (two toonies for Terry Fox!). There will also be a bingo game here which will get you familiar with some of the professors in BPK and the winner will get a prize!

After that we will play some icebreaker games so that you can meet some of your fellow students and friends that you will be spending the next 4-5 years of your life with! Next we will move on to the the tours.

Please see below for a full breakdown of the schedule:

Thursday, September 15, 2016
12:00 – 12:30 – Registration at the BPK Conference Room (K9624) + Migration to BBQ
12:30 – 12:40 – Opening Speaker (Darleen)
12:40 – 12:50 – Move to the big field
12:50 – 1:10 – Icebreakers
1:10 – 1:15 Commute to Lorne Davies Building for SFU Physiotherapy and SFU Rec presentations
1:15 – 1:35 Presentation 1
1:35 – 1:40 Rotate Groups
1:40- 2:00 Presentation 2
2:00– 2:10 Commute to the KIN Building for lab tours (CV Lab & Neuromuscular Mechanics)
2:10 – 2:30 Lab tour 1
2:30 – 2:35 Rotate Groups
2:35 – 2:55 Lab tour 2
2:55 – 3:15: Swag Bags & Wrap Up

BPK 101

 

BPK 101

Hey BPKers!

BPK 101 is being held on Friday September 9th and is open to all first year and transfer BPK students! This is a great way get yourself oriented with the Burnaby Mountain campus, learn about some of the career options available to you, make some friends, get free BPK swag, and more!

The two speakers are:

Brent Flodin (Teaching Assistant) – Brent has lots of great tips to share with you about BPK and will be a great resource in your first year.
Diana Bedoya (Lecturer) – Diana teaches classes such as BPK 140, 110, and 326. Diana has a passion for health and wellness and hopes that you will too.

The schedule is as follows:
2:15-2:30 pm: Registration (BPK Seminar Room, K9264)
2:30-2:35 pm: Migrate for Scavenger Hunt
2:35-3:25 pm: Scavenger Hunt
3:25-3:30 pm: Migrate for Career Development Workshop
3:30-4:00 pm: Career Development Workshop (AQ 3149)
4:00-4:05 pm: Migrate for Speaker Series (AQ 3149)
4:05-4:30 pm: Speaker Series
4:30 pm: Wrap-up + Swag Bags

We hope to see you there!

 

Bouldering – Nov. 19

What’s bouldering? It’s a type of rock climbing that involves shorter ascents which, due to their length, don’t require a rope – just a crash pad at the bottom. It’s fun, and we’re going! You can go too!

Check out the Facebook event and let us know if you plan on coming. We’ve got a pretty good group discount going on as they’re giving us the night-climbing rate before their night-climbing hours actually begin, and they’re throwing in rentals for free!

Welcome Back Barbecue

Next Thursday, (September 13th) from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm, we’d like to invite you to come celebrate being a part of BPK at the Welcome Back Barbecue. It’s in the courtyard downstairs between kin and physics. If you’re at the intersection by the 142 lab on the 8000 level, turn right and head out the double doors at the end of the hallway.

With a minimum donation of $3.00 you can get yourself a tasty lunch (beef or veggie burger, drink, snacks) and support the Terry Fox Foundation at the same time. Since Terry was an undergraduate in Kinesiology before he began his Marathon of Hope, supporting his legacy has always been important to the department.

Please fill out the web form so that enough food is purchased for the event. It’s a short survey, promise, I just filled it out. It asks if you’d like a beef burger or a veggie burger. That’s it.

While you’re there, consider signing up for Team BPK for SFU’s annual Terry Fox Run. BPK has had the biggest team the last couple of years and we’d like it to stay that way.

Kin Games 2013

You may have seen this mentioned in the BPK Facebook group, but in case you didn’t, the Kin Games is a Canada-wide student-run Kinesiology conference that’s going on its 13th year. This year they’re being hosted at the University of Calgary on March 22-24, 2013.

Each year, over 600 students from over 24 Universities across Canada attend for friendly competition in sports and academics, and for the chance to socialize with Kines students from all over the country. Due to the large number of schools interested, and limited accommodations, they can only accept the first 26 schools interested. This year, teams will be composed of 24 students each.

The Kin Games Planning Committe at U of C provides attendees with food, accommodation logistics, and party and sports bookings. The attendees just have to pay for transportation, accommodations, and the registration fee, which is isn’t available yet on the Kin Games website but hopefully will be shortly.

If you would be interested in attending, let us know! The sooner a full roster of people commit, the better SFU’s chances of sending a team.

Science Frosh 2012

Some of you may have been involved with Science Frosh in the past. I’d tell you how much fun it is, but I actually haven’t so that would sort of make me a liar. But I know people who have, and they said it was a lot of fun!

They are still looking for volunteers to help out, either as a frosh leader or in some other capacity, so if that sounds like something you’d be interested in then sign up using ye olde web survey!

You should join us at the pub. Yes, YOU.

Hey, guys! Finished your exams? Not finished, but want a break from studying? Don’t even have exams because you’re smarter than I am and took the summer off? If you answered yes to one or more of these, you should probably come to the Highland on Friday, around noon, and join us for a pint.

Lookin’ at you, everyone writing 305!

The Whale screening / fundraiser

Some time ago we were approached by a student of BPK and dance, Jana Jacques, who’s been working with another student, Meredith Page, on a research study investigating the exercise and fitness habits of dancers. They’ve been asked to present at an international conference (held this year in Singapore) and are attempting to raise money to help out with their travel. It’s a pretty impressive educational opportunity for a couple of our fellow undergraduates.

They’ve created a Facebook event for their fundraiser which will include a screening of the Whale, baked goodies, and a raffle/auction. It’s on Sunday, August 5th, at the Anza Club. Doors at 5, screening starts at 6!

Operation: Delicious Wings – Successful

Well, we went to Wings, and it was pretty tasty. We had room for 20 people, and somehow had exactly 20 show up, so that worked out pretty nicely. As promised, the BPKSA bought everyone who showed up a pound of wings, though we were totally awful at figuring out which order was whose. They all sort of look the same, you know? In any case, it was a good time, and big thanks to Wings for accommodating such a large group on a busy night.

At this week’s meeting, we (and that’s the royal we, since I had to miss it) decided next up will be a Chief hike. We’re tentatively aiming for Sunday July 15th, but we’ll see what kind of timetable works for people and go from there.

Our meeting next week (Monday, July 2nd) will be in AQ 5037, instead of the usual AQ 5038. This will also be the case on July 9th. I guess there’s a midterm or an intersession exam scheduled in there or something like that. Hope to see you there!

Now, enjoy a couple photos from Sunday night. If I had a real camera these would look more impressive, but I don’t, so deal with it. On a related note, if you have a sweet camera you should totally come to all our events!