Future caregivers given boost by Central Okanagan Foundation
January 14, 2020
An organization that helps to inspire and facilitate a great deal of philanthropy in the Okanagan is supporting future caregivers by donating to the new Health Sciences Centre currently being built at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās Kelowna campus. The Central Okanagan Foundation is donating $28,000 from the Kelowna Home Support Society Fund towards the construction of the new Centre, which will educate Health Care Assistants, Nurses and Therapist Assistants, among other professions. Marliss Magas sat on the board of Kelowna Home Support Society that...
Read more...ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē 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. āYouth-led protests last fall and the fires in Australia and the Amazon have amplified conversations about climate change and human impacts on the environment,ā says Eric Corneau, Regional Dean South Okanagan Similkameen. āThe ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē Speaker Series will be exp...
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ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē students and staff coordinate exhibit, awareness activities for Sexual Assault Awareness Month
January 10, 2020
January is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē students and staff are hosting a number of activities and initiatives to continue to raise awareness, open dialogue, support survivors and help prevent sexual violence on campus and in the community. One of the projects, an exhibit called What Were You Wearing, brings to ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē a popular exhibit that has been recreated at post-secondary institutions across North America since it debuted in the U.S. seven years ago. From Jan. 13-15 at the Vernon campus and again in Kelowna from Jan...
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ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē Business students ready to bring their best at International case competition
January 8, 2020
Although it may be their first time competing together, a pair of business students and up-and-coming HR professionals at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē have their sights set on bringing home the hardware at a prestigious international case competition. The Collegeās School of Business will send three teams to compete in the 2020 Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (I.C.B.C.). at Queenās University next week. One of those teams is the HR duo of Madison Freisen and Alivia Leibbrand, coached by ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē Business Professor Roger Wheeler. āWeāre looking forw...
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ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē Culinary Arts debuts Indigenous-inspired feature menu for Dine Around
January 8, 2020
Infusions Restaurant at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē will once again be a canāt miss stop for anyone looking to sip, savour and save as part of Dine Around Thompson Okanagan this month. ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē Chefs-in-training and chef instructors have designed a menu that not only showcases Okanagan ingredients but also incorporates aspects of traditional Syilx-Okanagan culinary knowledge and practices. āThis year weāve added a selection of Indigenous fare, along with other daily features, to provide a culinary experience that is truly unique to the region,ā explains ...
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Meet Sally Nimmo
November 29, 2019
The opportunity to have some real-world experience has helped me to gain a lot of perspective on what we have been learning. Q: Where is your hometown? A: I grew up in a town called Bearsden which is a suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. Q: Why did you decide to move to Canada? A: I had just graduated from my university program and decided to spend a year in Canada travelling and working before finding a permanent job. However, I ended up starting a family and mo...
Read more...Demand for Certified Energy Advisors powers success for ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē alumnus
November 29, 2019
ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē Media Release For Brendon Gray, the Sustainable Construction Management Technology program at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē 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 ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē alumnus, he checked out w...
Read more...ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē Foundation launches Our Students, Your Health campaign
October 30, 2019
Fundraising campaign kicks off for Collegeās State-of-the-Art new Health Sciences Centre The ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē Foundation has launched its largest fundraising effort in Kelowna in more than five years, with a new campaign aimed at benefitting students and transforming the health of our communities for decades to come. Our Students, Your Health is a $5-million campaign to support the completion of the new $18.9-million Health Sciences Centre under construction at the Kelowna campus. College students, staff and community members gathered on...
Read more...Nursing program at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē and UBCO recognized for innovative curriculum
October 1, 2019
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at UBC Okanagan and ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē has received long-term accreditation from the British Columbia College of Nursing Professionals (BCCNP), which regulates nurse training in the province. The program has been approved for the next seven years with no terms or conditions. Thatās great news for current and future students, and for health care employers and patients, says Prof. Marie Tarrant, Director of the School of Nursing in the Faculty of Health and Social Development at UBC Okanagan. āReceiv...
Read more...ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās Salmon Arm campus flies SecwepemcuĢlĢecw flag permanently
September 24, 2019
ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē Media Release A SecwepemcuĢlĢecw flag has found a permanent home at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās Salmon Arm campus after a historic ceremony today. Representatives of the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council, Splatsin Indian Band, Neskonlith Indian Band, Little Shuswap Lake Indian Band and Adams Lake Indian Band and ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē gathered today for a flag raising ceremony recognizing the traditional unceded territories of the Secwepemc. āReconciliation is about action, not words. Todayās raising of the Secwepemc flag signals Okanagan ...
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