The Okanagan Sikh Temple and Cultural Society gives boost to health care students
December 22, 2021
A $25,000 gift from the Okanagan Sikh Temple and Cultural Society will empower health care students as they pursue their education at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē. The Sikh Community began collecting donations from their congregation to support the College's $5-million Our Students, Your Health campaign and was able to raise the funds in six months. Amarjit Singh Lalli, President of the Okanagan Gurduara, says their community believes in the importance of acquiring knowledge and passing it on to future generations, which made it easy to get behind th...
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Silver screen smitten with ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē alumni making Hallmark movie debuts
December 16, 2021
āTis the season for warming up by the fire, sipping hot chocolate and spotting an ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē alumnus starring in your favourite, cheesy Christmas movie. A literal Jack of all trades, Harrison Coe doubles as a journeyman electrician at Capra Electric in Vernon and also as a professional actor. Coe has appeared in television shows such as The X-Files, Millennium, Stargate, the Outer Limits and also starred in a film with Sylvester Stallone called Eye See You. He made his Hallmark movie debut this year, starring in Fixing Up Christmas....
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Dec. 6 Candlelight Vigils return to ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās Vernon and Salmon Arm campuses
December 2, 2021
Candlelight is returning to ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās campuses, as a symbolic commitment to end violence against women. Communities in the Okanagan and Shuswap are marking the 32nd anniversary of the Ćcole Polytechnique Massacre, in addition to the ongoing cases of missing women from the region, with a Candlelight Vigil on Dec. 6 co-hosted by a network of organizations and volunteers. āThe SAFE Society has been partnering with ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē and students for over a decade to offer the Dec. 6 event, as an important way to remember and honour wo...
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New Chair, Vice Chair for College Board
November 30, 2021
ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās Board of Governors has a new Chair and Vice Chair. Juliette Cunningham, who has served as Vice Chair since November 2019, has been elected Chair. She succeeds Gloria Morgan whose two-year term has now completed. āIt has been very inspiring working alongside Gloria and I am deeply honoured to be succeeding her in the role,ā said Cunningham. āGloria is an incredible champion for her community and for the College. Iām proud of the work weāve accomplished at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē, and with a new strategic plan to be finalized e...
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ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē graduate soars toward gold in Aero Skills tournament
November 30, 2021
An ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē graduate is flying high after winning gold at the 2021 Aero Skills Tournament in Kelowna. Desarae Craig currently works at KF Aerospace as a structures technician, but before she got there, she was an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer ā Structures (AME-S) student at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē. Since graduating in October 2020, her work at KF has included converting old passenger planes into cargo planes, using everything that was taught during her program. āAll the skills I learned have helped me so far,ā Craig says. āEveryth...
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ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē professors win back-to-back North American Case Conference award
November 23, 2021
Business Professors Dr. Kyleen Myrah, Kerry Rempel and Stacey Fenwick continue to put ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē on the map when it comes to case research and writing. Myrah, Rempel and Fenwick took home the bronze from the recent North American Case Conference, hosted by the North American Case Research Association (NACRA) virtually Oct. 14 to 16. NACRA is an organization made up of case writers, researchers and teachers from all over the world. It holds an annual North American conference and publishes a top-level peer-reviewed journal of educa...
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ECE department celebrates National Child Day
November 19, 2021
Education is a powerful tool to advocate for those who can't advocate for themselves, which was why Early Childhood Education (ECE) students spent National Child Day talking to peers about the difficulties children face in Canada and around the world. National Child Day is officially observed on Nov. 20, but ECE Instructor Rebecca Ayotte said she and her students wanted to do something this week to bring awareness not just in the ECE department, but throughout the College as well. The class set up presentations in the CFL Atrium in Kelowna...
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International Education Week highlights diversity at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē
November 19, 2021
ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē translated its diverse student population into a learning opportunity during International Education Week (IEW) as students and staff celebrated cultures and encouraged each other to experience what other countries had to offer. On Tuesday, Nov. 16, the Kelowna campus held language lessons at the Centre for Learning atrium, where student volunteers set up booths that others can visit to learn a bit more about various languages and cultures. Languages represented included Spanish, Punjabi, Hindi, Japanese, Chinese, Ko...
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New year brings new career by starting studies in January
November 15, 2021
The coming year brings new career training opportunities for Shaylyn Douglas. Douglas will be returning to the classroom in January with her sights set on training to advance her career in health care at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē. In addition to beginning the Practical Nursing Diploma program at the Penticton campus, Douglas received a financial boost to aid her studies when she won the $5,000 ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē Tuition Giveaway Contest. āI wasnāt sure what career path I wanted to pursue until I had the opportunity to interact with patients in the physicianās ...
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New funding connects people to tourism careers in the Okanagan
November 15, 2021
The Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction has announced a program that will provide skills training to as many as 30 eligible British Columbians to prepare them for jobs in the hospitality industry in the Okanagan and Shuswap regions. āGraduates of this skills-training project will be qualified for a variety of jobs in the hospitality and tourism sectors,ā said Nicholas Simons, Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction. āThe training participants receive will prepare them for exciting careers and give them an oppo...
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