Students
Lawren Richards
September 3, 2021
āI am a single mom to 17-year-old twins. We had been living in a 400-square-foot cabin about an hour from town when an opportunity came up that would allow me to purchase some land and build my own home closer to town and my kidsā school. I have always been interested in natural building but I donāt have a carpentry background so I enrolled in the Carpenter Foundation program in Salmon Arm. I was the only woman in the class and much older than my classmates, so I w...
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Ty Sideroff
September 3, 2021
āI have always been interested in our anatomy and exercising so I enrolled in ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās Kinesiology Diploma program. My first year was going really well, then COVID-19 hit. I was able to finish the first year in an online format. However, starting school in September completely online, I was struggling to stay engaged with my studies. Before COVID, many of our classes would be active and in the gym. I found it hard to stay present with everything online and not having the sa...
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Saige Girouard, Red River, MĆ©tis Nation
September 3, 2021
āIn my second year of studies I connected with a classmate over our shared curiosity to learn more about our Indigenous backgrounds. Iām MĆ©tis, but my family didnāt practice Indigenous customs. My classmate went on to be very successful in reconnecting with her culture. Watching her hit those milestones I knew that if she could do it, I could do it too. Iād say the tipping point for me was winning a bursary from ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē to attend the Indigenous Womenās Leadersh...
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Incoming ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē Salmon Arm student wins a $40,000 scholarship
August 31, 2021
Salmon Arm student Savannah Lamb has 40,000 reasons to be excited to begin her educational journey at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē this fall. Thanks to an external $40,000 scholarship from the Beedie Luminaries foundation, Lamb will begin the Associate of Arts program at the Collegeās Salmon Arm campus in the fall, worry-free. āWhen I found out about receiving this scholarship, I was so surprised and it took me a while to process it,ā says Lamb. āAfter it sunk in, I shared the news with my family, and we had the chance to celebrate together.ā...
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ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē Audio Engineering and Music Production grad finds her groove through music during the pandemic
August 18, 2021
It didnāt take a pandemic for Kailee McGuire to realize that she should follow her lifelong passion for music. With her heart set on writing and releasing original music, McGuire decided to shadow an Audio Engineering and Music Production (AEMP) class at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē to get a feel for what the program was all about. After connecting with Instructor Corey Bell and AEMP students, McGuire was hooked. She was inspired by the energy of the class and felt connected to the students, sharing the same passion for music and desire to ex...
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Meet Louise Trenholm, Automotive Collision and Refinishing student
August 5, 2021
Q: Why did you choose a career in Collision Repair? A: Iāve always had an interest in vehicles ever since I was a child. In high school, I hung out at the local Speedway in Penticton, making my love for vehicles grow even more. I wanted a career that worked on vehicles, so I decided to choose the Entry-Level Automotive Collision Repair Foundation program to help start my career as an Automotive Refinisher. Q: How did your training with ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē help prepare you for your c...
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Skogieās 50th anniversary adds shine to student experience
July 28, 2021
Skogieās car washes are celebrating 50 years of business by making the ride for ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē students a little easier. For every year the family-run business has been in operation, Skogieās is donating $1,000 to ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē ā for a total of $50,000 in honour of their half-century anniversary. āWe've hired a lot of ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē students over the years,ā says David Skoglund, who founded the company in 1971. āWe want to support young people and help them get ahead and we also wanted to give back to our community.ā The ...
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Edible garden project at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās Penticton campus to feed students, community members
June 29, 2021
A partnership between ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē's Penticton campus and the Medical Arts Research Group is helping to root out food insecurity amongst students and local families. An edible garden program is being established on the north end of the Penticton campus, with the aim to provide fresh vegetables to ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē students and food bank patrons in the community. Medical Arts Research Group donated the wood and fence material for the project. Raised garden beds were built in May by students in the Women in Trades Training program, and install...
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College's modern dental clinic gets a boost from 123Dentist
June 28, 2021
123Dentist, Canadaās largest majority dentist-owned network of dental practices, is giving $30,000 to support ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās state-of-the-art dental space located in the new $18.9-million Health Sciences Centre. The new clinic is a major upgrade for Certified Dental Assistant (CDA) students, who can now learn in private operatories comparable to todayās dental practices along with smart cameras and monitors for teaching and instruction. Ali Bozorgzad, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of 123Dentist, says his organizatio...
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ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē Advanced GIS grad dives deep into data to map shark population growth
June 18, 2021
When Sarah Gravel decided to sign up for geographic information systems (GIS) training, she was looking to broaden her skills in a way that would serve her Master of Marine Biology degree in a productive way. Now she is using those GIS mapping skills to understand the effects of climate change on sharks, rays and other fishes, along with developing models for population growth rates among those creatures. ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās Advanced GIS Certificate program teaches students to structure, manage and analyze data within a map. The ...
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ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē student follows in her fatherās footsteps as RV Service Technician
June 17, 2021
As an RV Service Technician instructor at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē, Victor Flint welcomes hundreds of new faces to the classroom each year, but none so familiar as his own daughter, Sharla, who is proudly following in his footsteps. Sharla will join nearly 300 students from various ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē Trades and Apprenticeship programs who will take an important step towards their career path at the virtual Commencement ceremony tonight (Thursday, June 17). Sharla recently completed the Recreation Vehicle Service Technician Foundation progra...
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The road to Harvard: ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē graduate continues her quest for knowledge
June 3, 2021
Dr. Guessy Wang is no stranger to the graduation stage having already secured a Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Dental Surgery. Wang will be adding a third degree to her name, graduating from ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, an impressive feat that has propelled her to Harvardās T.H. Chan School of Public Health where she will begin her search for a solution to help address dental obstacles within Canadaās northern population. Wang came to Canada from China as an international student. She atte...
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ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē Enactus wows on the national stage with pitch competition win and top-four team finish
May 21, 2021
ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē Enactus students won first place in the brand-new Intuit Sustainability Pitch Competition category at the Enactus Canada National Exposition, making them the first post-secondary team to win this award and marking them as the team to beat in years ahead. Enactus ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē was recognized as one of the top four teams in the country after an impressive finish at the national finals on the strength of three projects: FruitSnaps, CanSave and Rising. The winning pitch and an impressive second runner-up finish for the FruitSnaps...
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ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē grad honoured for contributions to inclusion, democracy and reconciliation
May 20, 2021
When Saige Girouard arrived at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē to have her photo taken during a grad experience event this week, she took home much more than a snapshot. She left with provincial recognition of her outstanding efforts to bring people together. Girouard, a Bachelor of Business Administration student, became the first ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē student to ever receive the Lieutenant Governorās Medal for Inclusion, Democracy and Reconciliation. The Lieutenant Governorās Medal has been a symbol of academic excellence since 1979. In 2019, eligibility for the...
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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 cr...
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Stewart family invests in health at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē
April 16, 2021
The Stewart family is donating $50,000 to support the education of health care professionals at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē. The gift will recognize Rosemary and Richard āDickā Stewart. Dick, a founder of Quailsā Gate Estate Winery and Kelowna City Councillor, passed away nearly one year ago at the age of 94. According to his son Ben Stewart, MLA for Kelowna West, the gift reflects his fatherās passion for education. āMy dad believed education creates opportunities for people to lead independent and fulfilling lives,ā says Ben. āHe saw educa...
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