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Collegeās 13th Annual Business Expo & Employment Fair powers up Tech Alley collaboration
January 17, 2020
Jobseekers, mark your calendars. ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās popular Business Expo & Employment Fair is back for its thirteenth year, once again connecting students and community members with a diverse array of employers from the Okanagan and across the country. The ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē School of Business and ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās Student, Graduate and Co-op Employment Centre is presenting the 13th Annual Business Expo & Employment Fair on Wednesday, Feb. 5. The event is held at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās Kelowna campus in the Centre for Learning (E building) A...
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New ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē grad proud of setting an example for her children
January 16, 2020
It was being a role model for her children that motivated Katie Reynders to return to school as a mature student. She wanted to show them itās never too late to follow your dreams. āThere were days I wanted to give up, but I knew I had two little people not only counting on me, but looking up to me,ā says Reynders. āI think itās really important that they got to see me go back to school while also raising them. As parents we constantly question if what we are doing is good for our kids and there was a lot of guilt when I wasnāt a...
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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 Soci...
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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 ...
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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 look...
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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 e...
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Students savour traditional flavours and practices on Indigenous Culinary Arts field trip
June 26, 2019
Salmon fillets roast on stakes over an open fire while roe bubbles up in a steaming pot of vegetable and fish soup nearby. These are signs of a finished and ready-to-eat meal, yet indicate the start of something special cooking here at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē. On a field trip to the Westbank First Nation in May, ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās Indigenous Culinary Arts class had the opportunity to learn about the traditional Okanagan-Syilx style of cooking in a hands-on experience, hosted by Elders Pamela and Grouse Barnes. The gastronomic outing contained a variety...
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Start the presses! Writing and Publishing Diploma returns to Vernon
May 6, 2019
Publishing isnāt dead ā just experiencing an explosive rebirth as storytelling undergoes a digital transformation. To meet the content needs of the coming generation, the Writing and Publishing Diploma program at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē returns to the Vernon campus starting in September. The program infuses the range of English, creative writing, editing and communications material with applied technical skills in graphic design, typography, coding and book publishing, producing students who can publish quality content in a range of medi...
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ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē student learns and leads as part of Launch-a-Preneur
March 8, 2019
The student has become a teacher in Shuswap Launch-a-Preneur. The Salmon Arm-based business competition has helped propel Laureen Shannon, a fourth-year Business student at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē, on a business development trajectory fuelled by community connections. "I love this program. Once youāre in a launch, youāre in it for life,ā Shannon explains. "We always follow up how they are doing, cross-promoting their business." She began her studies in Office Administration, which capped off with a six-week practicum working with the Sa...
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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. ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē officials, students, industry partners and community members gathered at the Penticton campus today to mark the opening of the Collegeās 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 theyāll soon ste...
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College opens new Trades Training Centre in Vernon
August 7, 2018
A class of Plumbing and Piping Foundation trades students were the first to step through the doors of the newly completed Trades Training Centre at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās Vernon campus at 7 a.m. this morning. A few hours later, they helped to officially open the space where they will hone their trade. Stephen Fuhr, Member of Parliament for Kelowna - Lake Country and The Hon. Melanie Mark, Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and Training joined ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē President Jim Hamilton and other College officials, donors, industr...
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