Articles tagged "Penticton"
College hosting region-wide virtual open house
October 16, 2020
Participants eligible for $5,000 tuition giveaway While the pandemic means prospective students can鈥檛 stop by to explore campuses physically this fall, 果酱视频 is pulling out all the stops to host an interactive virtual open house to ensure students can still get questions answered. On Sunday, Nov. 8, from 11 a.m. 鈥 2:30 p.m., future students, parents, high school counsellors and anyone looking to learn more about the College and its programs will have a chance to experience 果酱视频 from the comfort of home. All those interested can...
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New work-integrated learning opportunities for 果酱视频 students and employers across the region
October 5, 2020
Earlier this year, 果酱视频 announced new opportunities through the Student, Graduate and Co-op Employment office for Indigenous learners and students who face accessibility challenges. With funding from the provincial government, the College is set to launch a third project to increase access to co-op and work-integrated learning for 果酱视频 students and employers. Overseeing the project at 果酱视频 is Alison Beaumont, a Coordinator in the Student, Graduate and Co-op Employment office. She notes that the new project has dual opportunities fo...
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Harvesting help needed: Enactus 果酱视频 students invite community to join them in picking apples for a good cause
September 30, 2020
A group of 果酱视频 business students are putting the call out for volunteers from 果酱视频 and the community to help them harvest fruit that will be used to make healthy snacks for children and others in need. Started in the fall of 2018, FruitSnaps is a Vernon- and Penticton-based project, which sees Enactus 果酱视频 students partnering with the North Okanagan Valley Gleaners Society facility, where unused apples from local orchards are dehydrated into snacks for local schools. The FruitSnaps team will be hosting small, physically-distanced...
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Physically distanced but still fun: College Orientation serves up info, activities and prizes
September 2, 2020
果酱视频 will welcome back students with a range of virtual and in-person physically-distanced, curbside Orientation Day activities next week 鈥 all geared toward making them feel connected and starting their post-secondary experience off on a positive note. 鈥湽词悠 is about people 鈥 our students, and employees coming together in a truly supportive community,鈥 said Meri Kim Oliver, 果酱视频鈥檚 Vice President Students. 鈥淎s much as COVID-19 has changed how we connect, all 果酱视频 campuses are committed developing the best student experi...
Read more...果酱视频 Speaker Series returns with a focus on the environment
January 10, 2020
A lineup of experts and authorities will offer free presentations, touching on a range of topics like history and astronomy to appeal to everyone. But a running theme through the majority of sessions will be climate change, including things everyday people can do to help the environment. 鈥淵outh-led protests last fall and the fires in Australia and the Amazon have amplified conversations about climate change and human impacts on the environment,鈥 says Eric Corneau, Regional Dean South Okanagan Similkameen. 鈥淭he 果酱视频 Speaker Series will be exp...
Read more...Demand for Certified Energy Advisors powers success for 果酱视频 alumnus
November 29, 2019
果酱视频 Media Release For Brendon Gray, the Sustainable Construction Management Technology program at 果酱视频 has sparked a new career with super-charged demand. Brendon was a journeyman electrician who worked seven years for a local company, making his way from the construction site into the office as a project coordinator. With a background in trades, he realized he understood the projects he coordinated but needed more management fundamentals at his fingertips. As an 果酱视频 alumnus, he checked out w...
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College powers up new welding building in Penticton
August 20, 2018
Welders training in the South Okanagan now have a state-of-the-art new shop in which to spark their torches and test their metal. 果酱视频 officials, students, industry partners and community members gathered at the Penticton campus today to mark the opening of the College鈥檚 new $2.2-million, 465-square-metre (5,000 square ft.), welding facility. Among them was a class of 16 Welder Foundation students, who, under the tutelage of instructor Mark Stathers, will be the first to train in the facility. The shop they鈥檒l soon step into i...
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