Articles tagged "Technologies"
Bridging the way to success: Emil Anderson Construction gives $75,000 to modernize ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās Civil Engineering Technology Program
April 17, 2023
If you walk past ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās Kelowna campus on a weekday afternoon, youāre sure to see Civil Engineering Technology students spread out across the grounds, gathering environmental data using surveying equipment. This skill is essential to their education and will one day help them shape our built environments. Thanks to a generous $75,000 gift from Emil Anderson Construction, students will have increased access to state-of-the-art surveying equipment to train on by fall of 2023. āWe are proud to support ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās Civil Engi...
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Trades, tech and triumph: ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē hosts 2023 Skills Canada BC Regionals
March 16, 2023
Sparks flew, culinary creations delighted, and electronic expertise was on display as more than 100 competitors converged at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās Kelowna campus for the 2023 SkillsBC Regional Trades and Technologies competition on Friday, Feb. 24. Skills Canada Regionals tests the skills and knowledge of junior and high school students, college trades students and apprentices across a wide array of trades and technology competitions ā Architectural CAD, Cabinetmaking, Culinary Arts, Electronics, Welding, Jr. Skills Gravity Vehicle, Jr. Skill...
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Watt a gift! ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās Electronics Engineering Technology Program gets an $80,000 boost from a local engineer
March 6, 2023
Yael Cohen, a Vernon-based communications engineer, recently donated $80,000 in state-of-the-art electronic equipment to ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās Electronics Engineering Technology program. The gift included hundreds of electrical components that will be used by program instructors to build in-class electrical circuits and test demos and will be made available to students for use in their end-of-term capstone projects. āI was fortunate to receive numerous scholarships when I was in school, and I wanted to pay it forward,ā says Cohen, an...
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Spaghetti Bridge Building Contest serves up fun and learning at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē
March 3, 2023
Friday marked a triumphant return for a popular pasta-themed community event at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē, as the 38th annual Spaghetti Bridge Building Competition brought loads of fun and friendly competition to a boil. More than 250 students from elementary through post-secondary converged on ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās Kelowna campus on Mar. 3, to see whose spaghetti bridge would reign supreme. In addition to furthering their knowledge of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), participants of the contest ā back for the first time since pre-pandemic ā also...
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ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē's Spaghetti Bridge Building Contest set to return for 38th year this spring
February 13, 2023
Spaghetti is back on the menu at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē this spring.A fixture on the spring calendar in the Okanagan for nearly four decades, the College's popular Spaghetti Bridge Building Contest will return this March for the first time since 2020.ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē will host the 38th annual contest on Friday, March 3 at the Kelowna campus. Organizers are putting the call out to teachers and students from elementary through post-secondary to participate.Students can enter the following competitions:Elementary School Students: Elementary School Demonstration (...
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Meet Emily Schatz, ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē Electronics Engineering alum
December 13, 2022
Q: What years did you attend ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē? A: 2015-2017 Q: How did you end up at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē? A: I chose ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē specifically for the technologist program. Q: How did you choose your program? A: I wanted to become an engineer. I had heard that a common problem engineers face is not understanding how to design products for the people who are building them. I wanted to gain hands-on experience so I could be a well-rounded design engineer. The ELEN at Okanagan Col...
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Meet Aaron Edis, Electronics Engineering alumnus
December 2, 2022
Q: Whatās your hometown? Where are you now? A: Burnaby and Kelowna. I now live in Salmon Arm, B.C. Q: What years did you attend ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē? A: 2008 to 2010 Q: How did you end up at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē? A: I was living in Kelowna at the time and I was interested in Electrical/Electronics, perhaps an engineering degree. I figured the college was the place to start since I could be a technologist after 2 years of school and then had the option to start working if I chose. That, and ...
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Meet Jedidiah Forrest, ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē Electronics Engineering alum
November 29, 2022
Q: What years did you attend ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē? A: 2014-2016 Q: How did you end up at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē? A: Engineering technology programs caught my eye. Needed a career path change. Q: How did you choose your program? A: I applied to all three engineering programs and Electronic Engineering Technology responded first. Q: What did you like most about the program? A: The immersion was incredible. Every day is a science whirlwind, and labs were fantastically engaging. The staff is made of ca...
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Meet Bella Cotton, ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē Engineering student
September 20, 2022
Q: How did you end up at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē? A: I was debating between UVic, UBCO and ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē. I was accepted into all of these programs, and UVic with a scholarship, but a few teachers and UBCO students persuaded me into coming to ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē. They said that the teachers are great, the class sizes small, and itās cheaper! Q: How did you choose your program? A: I am doing the General Engineering Transfer Program that transfers to UBCO in second year. Iāve always loved math and physics and wante...
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Scotiabank makes $250,000 investment in youth skill building at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē
May 31, 2022
The donation will support gateway programs focused on technology and entrepreneurship for students who have faced barriers to education Kelowna Secondary School Grade 12 student Kiana Nazembokaei has known for several years that sheās wanted to study computer programming. Having moved to Canada from Iran, Nazembokaei thought sheād have to wait until university to begin her learning journey. That all changed when she signed up and was accepted into Gateway to Tech, presented by Scotiabank, at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē. The 17-week program is design...
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Explore study options at College info sessions
May 9, 2022
Labour markets ebb and flow, but education will always serve you. B.C.ās Labour Market Outlook indicates that, of the one million expected job openings between 2021-2031, approximately 77 per cent will require some level of post-secondary education or training. Thatās why ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē is hosting a series of information sessions this month, to encourage those who might be considering post-secondary education to explore their options now. āPeople of all ages are considering their options for a post-COVID world, and increasingly train...
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Community collaboration studies microplastics in Okanagan Lake
March 21, 2022
In what they hope will be a watershed moment for raising awareness of microplastics and their impact on both our local freshwater and downstream environments, several community partners and ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē (ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē) students have teamed up to determine if there are microplastics in Okanagan Lake and municipal wastewater. Kelowna residents Gregg Howald, Ryan Cope, and Jan Vozenilek all witnessed plastic pollutionās devastating global reach, and impact on the marine wildlife while at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. From their shared exper...
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Partners launch resilient housing solutions project at Kanaka Bar to assist with rebuild of fire-ravaged Lytton, B.C., region
January 13, 2022
Kanaka Bar Indian Band, SAIT, ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē, Foresight Canada and Seko Construction partner to harness innovation to provide options for the rebuild of the region Kanaka Bar, B.C. (Jan. 13, 2022) ā Patrick Michell, Chief of the Kanaka Bar Indian Band, announced today they have entered into an agreement with the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) on a pilot project focused on climate-resilient housing options for evacuees who lost their homes in the June 30, 2021 Lytton, B.C., wildfire. The project is expected to reveal sust...
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Award-winning Water Engineering Technology grad breaks barriers for women
January 6, 2022
An ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē studentās passion for protecting the environment not only earned her a prestigious award, but is also serving as an encouragement for other women. Meghan McCreight, who grew up in Coldstream, first started her ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē journey in Salmon Arm where she did the first year of her Associate of Science. There, one of her professors told her about the Water Engineering Technology (WET) program at the Kelowna campus. āMy family is very outdoorsy, skiers, campers, always kind of outside, and I grew up in nature,ā McCr...
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Animation Industry Night paints picture of ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē student success
May 14, 2021
Local animation studios had the opportunity to canvas the next generation of talent from ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās Animation Diploma program at the third-annual Industry Night, which showcased studentsā artwork, demo reels and professional portfolios. On May 13, ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē opened its doors ā albeit virtually ā for the popular art-and-network event which brought together industry partners, community, students, faculty, mentors and supporters in celebration of the programās 2021 graduating class and first-year students who have now crossed th...
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Meet Ashley Lubyk, Sustainable Building Technology Professor
March 19, 2021
Q: What is your education and background? A: I have a Master in Building Science from Ryerson University (Toronto), and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Calgary. In the 11 years between degrees, I worked in various capacities in the ENGO sector and ran a small natural building company, building straw bale houses and teaching hands-on workshops all across Western Canada. Q: What is your area of interest? A: Itās in working toward a future whereby human activity ...
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