Harvesting help needed: Enactus 做厙TV students invite community to join them in picking apples for a good cause
September 30, 2020
A group of Okanagan College business students are putting the call out for volunteers from 做厙TV and the community to help them harvest fruit that will be used to make healthy snacks for children and others in need. Started in the fall of 2018, FruitSnaps is a Vernon- and Penticton-based project, which sees Enactus 做厙TV students partnering with the North Okanagan Valley Gleaners Society facility, where unused apples from local orchards are dehydrated into snacks for local schools. The FruitSnaps team will be hosting small, physically-d...
Read more...
Meet Danielle Walker
September 29, 2020
Danielle Walker graduated with distinction from Okanagan College with a Business Administration Diploma in Accounting. She is currently working toward her Business Administration Degree and adjusting to life as a student during a pandemic. Walker was recently announced as an honouree on the Kelowna Chamber of Commerces BDO Top 40 Under 40 list. We caught up with her to see what shes been up to. Q: What was your best memory during your time at 做厙TV? A: I am the p...
Read more...
做厙TVs 12th Annual Youth Exhibition Powwow goes virtual this year
September 29, 2020
When the pandemic struck, organizers of the popular Youth Exhibition Powwow at Okanagan College in Kelowna knew they would have to adapt. Each year, for the past 11 years, the event has drawn crowds of hundreds sometimes more than a thousand to 做厙TVs courtyard for a day of celebrating, learning about and engaging with Indigenous knowledge and culture. Over the course of a fun-filled day, dancers and accompanying drummers from across the B.C. interior perform in a variety of dance categories including grass, fancy, chicken, jing...
Read more...
Education support only a click away with 做厙TV Support online booking system
September 28, 2020
Okanagan College has launched a new online system for students to book appointments with student support services from the comfort and safety of home. Okanagan College is committed to enhancing student access to services during COVID-19 and this new online booking system will help learners connect with people who can help, says Meri Kim Oliver, Okanagan College Vice-President Students. 做厙TV Support is available at https://okanagan.bc.ca/support, allowing students to book appointments with: Education Advisors Indigenous...
Read more...
New members of 做厙TV Board
September 28, 2020
Two new area residents have been appointed to Okanagan Colleges Board of Governors. Andrea Alexander, a Councillor with the Westbank First Nation, and JoAnn Fowler, an Enderby resident who is a mentor for new social workers with the Ministry of Children and Family Development, have been appointed for one-year terms to the Board. Im looking forward to working with Andrea and JoAnn, who bring a tremendous depth of experience working with and serving communities in the region, notes Gloria Morgan, the Chair of the Board of Govern...
Read more...
North Okanagan Talent Hackathon Looks for Out-of-the-box Thinkers
September 25, 2020
做厙TV students, employees and alumni: check out this opportunity to collaborate, demonstrate your skills and connect with other business and technology minds in the community as part of the North Okanagan Hackathon. Okanagan College is a sponsor of this event and encourages 做厙TV students to take advantage of this unique virtual networking opportunity! The following media release is shared on behalf of Accelerate Okanagan: On October 29th, 2020, the Accelerate Okanagan team will be hosting the first North Okanagan Hackathon virtually fr...
Read more...
New 做厙TV business program creates more real-world learning for budding entrepreneurs
September 24, 2020
Okanagan Colleges School of Business is launching a new program that will teach entrepreneurship and business in a way most business owners would say is key to learning by doing. The Experiential Entrepreneurship program will offer an entrepreneurship specialty to the Colleges Bachelor of Business Administration degree. Modelled after a long-running and highly successful program at the Colleges partner school in Finland, JAMK University of Applied Sciences, the Experiential Entrepreneurship program will see business students ...
Read more...
Okanagan College joins Mohawk and other institutions across Canada to form Canadian Colleges for a Resilient Recovery
September 24, 2020
Eight colleges, institutions, CEGEPs to support new climate-resistant economy Okanagan College is joining forces with a group of colleges, institutions, polytechnics and CEGEPs from across Canada to educate a post-pandemic workforce to support a new climate-focused economic recovery. The group of eight climate-action leading institutions from all regions of the country have launched an initiative called Canadian Colleges for a Resilient Recovery. The group will champion projects across Canada to support a recovery that delivers go...
Read more...
Popular Wellness Wednesdays expands online offerings to all Okanagan College students this fall
September 22, 2020
Okanagan College recognizes that this academic year, taking time for student mental health is more important than ever. Thats why a popular wellness resource for students is expanding its offerings for students at all campuses. Wellness Wednesday online workshops are happening once a month this fall semester, with a special focus on strategies to help students cope during the COVID-19 pandemic. The initiative is part of the Flourish Wellness Project, which started at the Penticton campus three years ago, and is expanding this ye...
Read more...
做厙TV alumnus attempts World Record, doubles fundraising goal
September 15, 2020
While debilitating chafing sunk 做厙TV alumnus Nick Pelletiers hopes of breaking the Guinness World Record for fastest swim of Lake Okanagan from Vernon to Penticton, it didnt stop him from more than doubling his fundraising goal. In addition to the swim being a personal challenge, Pelletier was also raising funds to help support BrainTrust Canadas Youth Concussion Clinic which provides youth aged five to 25 years old who struggle with concussions and cannot afford any services or resources to support their recovery. This cause is...
Read more...