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ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē business students ready to showcase their skills at international business competition
January 11, 2024
Nine ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē School of Business students are preparing to compete at the 2024 Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (I.C.B.C). Hosted at Queenās University in Kingston from January 12 to 14, the three-day event is Canadaās largest and longest-standing undergraduate case competition. Finance duo Manmeet Dhaliwal and Jonathan Van Dam, coached by faculty members Graham Moir and Mike Hazen, are among the group of ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē students who will test their business ideas against peers from other post-secondary institutions. ā...
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ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē welcomes more than 550 international students at fall orientation
September 13, 2023
Last week, ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē welcomed more than 550 students from 70 countries at fall orientation events held at its four campuses. ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē is excited to welcome the largest numbers of international students to the College this semester, with many students from India, the Philippines, Japan, Mexico, Jamaica, Brazil, China, Nigeria and Zimbabwe. This year, International Education saw its biggest volunteer groups, including 42 volunteers from 19 different countries. "International students bring with them rich experiences and perspe...
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ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē students follow their passion to careers in tourism
June 2, 2023
Ema Culberson, having taken a year off after completing high school to work at Silver Star Mountain Resort, was torn between going to school and enjoying another ski season. āI was a āliftyā at Silver Star, and I loved that experience,ā Culberson said. āThatās what made me curious about other opportunities that might be possible in the future, working in the same industry but branching out into areas that seemed just as much fun, like events-planning. A lot of people I know that work in tourism get to travel for w...
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ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē hosts You at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē Event to showcase programs and services
May 11, 2023
Kelowna - With summer approaching and many people making their college or university plans for the fall, ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē is opening up its doors to the community to help answer questions about post-secondary pathways. ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē is inviting prospective students, parents, applicants, admitted students and anyone interested in learning more about life at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē to attend the You at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē event on May 24 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at the Kelowna campus. The event will be an opportunity to explore the campus and learn about the range of ...
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Enactus ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē makes massive impact at Canadian Nationals
May 10, 2023
Enactus ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās innovative social enterprise the Unusually Good Food Company placed second out of over 70 college and university teams in Canada at the Enactus Canada Nationals last week in Montreal, while the group was also honoured with several team and individual awards. President MacKenna Lenarcic, who has now completed her Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from the School of Business at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē, was named the HSBC Women Entrepreneurial Leader of the Year, receiving a $5,000 award to go towards her educatio...
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Unusually Good Food Company back to Canadian Nationals
May 1, 2023
A year after winning the Canadian nationals and placing in the top four at the Enactus World Cup, ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē students are back on the national stage this week, presenting aggressive expansion plans for their social enterprise the Unusually Good Food Company to top Canadian business leaders. Enactus ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē will compete against students from other Canadian business schools this week at the Enactus Canada Nationals in Montreal, presenting an update on Unusually Good Food, the business that has taken off, producing apple juice, apple...
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ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē Arts and Foundational ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē hosts community showcase
April 27, 2023
From the written word to graphic design artistry and more, ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās Arts and Foundational ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē (AFP) is opening its doors for a unique community showcase next week. The AFP Community Showcase event is happening on May 2, 2023, from 6-9 p.m. in the Centre for Learning Atrium (E building) at the Kelowna Campus. The event is free and all are welcome. The AFP Community Showcase aims to celebrate exceptional work from students, instructors, and faculty in Adult Upgrading, Adult Special Education, Arts, and English Lan...
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ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē students represent Spain and the UK in Model NATO delegation
April 26, 2023
A delegation of ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē students recently returned from a cross-Canada adventure where they took part in a unique exercise, to represent Spain and the United Kingdom in the Carleton Model NATO, participating in the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) and the Military Committee (MC). Student representative Dandara Peraro de Sousa reflected on the experience, āModel NATO was a great learning experience, I met incredible students from ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē and universities in Canada, and now I understand better how NATO works and it...
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Enactus ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās Unusually Good Food Co. expands to 19 cities
April 14, 2023
Student entrepreneurs from ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē (ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē) are taking their fight against food waste and food insecurity to more businesses throughout Western Canada, as their social enterprise the Unusually Good Food Co. is expanding. With the goal of donating one-million servings of apple chips to children, the Unusually Good Food Co. has formed a partnership with Loblaw Companies Limited, expanding to 19 cities in Western Canada with its line of apple juice. āThis is so exciting for our social enterprise to be able to partner with such a...
Read more...Election for Education Council
April 6, 2023
Election for Education Council Education Council elections for regional seats for Faculty or Vocational Instructors are being held from April 17 to April 21. Two candidates will be declared elected by acclamation: Tim Walters (Shuswap Revelstoke) and Leanne Mallory (North Okanagan). Elections will be held for the following seats: Central Okanagan Brian Penfound Kathryn Truant Youry Khmelevsky South Okanagan Similkameen Sydney Acton Collin Wallace New this Year: Elections will be online through ElectionBudd...
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Same studies, but worlds apart: ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē student enriched by study abroad
April 4, 2023
For one ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē student, studying abroad turned into an opportunity to learn new ways of preserving old traditions in one of the most fast-paced countries in the world. Jillian Seronik, a fourth-year Bachelor of Business Administration student from Kelowna, travelled to Nisshin, Japan, last term as part of ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās mobility program. She had always wanted to do post-secondary studies abroad but her dream of international studies was put on hold by the COVID-19 pandemic. Still, she signed up for mobility updates ...
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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, J...
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ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē students ānewcomer neighbourā thrift store program captures design thinking accolades
March 16, 2023
Growing up in Victoria, ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē student Kimberly Cornell remembers spending time at Royal Roads University, hanging out on the university grounds after school waiting for her mom to finish work. Now in post-secondary school herself, she joined forces with fellow ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē students Eric Worman and Nicole Benevides to place second in Royal Roadsā Design Thinking Challenge, a competition that offers teams of undergraduate business students an opportunity to contribute to a real-world challenge. This yearās event tackled the questio...
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Children polish oral health skills with Certified Dental Assistant student expertise
March 14, 2023
If childrenās smiles are shining a bit brighter in Kelowna these days, it may be due to the influence of ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē students. More than 700 children between Kindergarten and Grade 5 received free oral health education through February, as ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē Certified Dental Assistant students shared what they have learned through a special community outreach program at elementary schools in Kelowna. "The highlight of these oral health presentations to the children and families is the great sense of purpose and meaning the CDA students feel ...
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Plasma donor drive campaign boosts ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē nursing student with $3,000 bursary
February 22, 2023
ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē nursing student Taylor Hubick learned a valuable lesson this year: persistence with plasma donation pays off. Hubick is the recipient of the Canadian Blood Services bursary of $3,000 for her studies in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program, for recruiting 23 plasma donors between May and October last year. Hubick says she originally got recruited to donate by a friend who was studying on Vancouver Island. āShe pulled out of the challenge because she was going travelling, and thatās when I realized I s...
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College students mentoring high school peers for Sustainable Development Challenge
February 17, 2023
Itās students helping students tackle the biggest issues of our time. ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē (ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē) students have joined forces with youth leaders in Grades 8 to 12 in the Central Okanagan to provide mentorship on projects that will impact the United Nationsā 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The high school teams are preparing for a local Sustainable Development Challenge event, inspired by the UN initiative, and are able to bounce their ideas and projects off ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē students prior to the challenge finale later this month. VIDEO: ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē ...
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