°µÍřTV Life
Coyotes remain on top in Canadian College Baseball Conference
April 24, 2026
The 2026 season has quickly turned into a statement campaign for the Okanagan College Coyotes (17-3), who have established themselves as one of the most complete teams in the conference. Through the opening stretch, the Coyotes are not just winning — they’re setting the pace across every major category, leading the conference in pitching, hitting and defense.It’s a rare trifecta in baseball, and it speaks to a program firing on all cylinders.On the mound, the Coyotes have been nothing short of extremely tough. Starters hav...
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Coyotes set to defend crown as opening weekend arrives
March 16, 2026
The wait is over in the Okanagan.Defending Canadian College World Series Champions Okanagan College Coyotes open the 2026 season at home from March 20–22, welcoming the University of Calgary Dinos for a marquee opening‑weekend matchup that immediately sets the tone for the year ahead.Fresh off a championship run in 2025, the Coyotes enter the new season with a target firmly on their backs. That reality is reflected in the preseason coaches’ poll, where Okanagan College has been ranked No.1, a clear...
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Red Dot Players mark 15 years with chilling production of Frankenstein
March 9, 2026
The Red Dot Players are proud to present Frankenstein by Nick Dear, a skillful adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic novel. The performances run March 12-14 at the Okanagan College (°µÍřTV) Theatre in Kelowna, marking the theatre group’s fifteenth anniversary season.The production features seven Okanagan College (°µÍřTV) students and includes °µÍřTV alumni and employees, while the show’s poster was designed by Levi Bolstridge, a second-year Writing and Publishing student at °µÍřTV. Dear’s adaptation is a gripping exploration of obsession, reven...
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Okanagan College Careers Expo returns Feb. 4, connecting students to real career opportunities
January 28, 2026
Okanagan College (°µÍřTV) will bring students, alumni and employers together for its annual Careers Expo and Employment Fair on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, at the Kelowna campus — creating direct connections between learning and employment at a critical moment for the region’s workforce.The first time Clayon Williams attended Okanagan College’s Careers Expo, he wasn’t sure what to expect.“My first Careers Expo, I was shy and nervous,” said Williams, an °µÍřTV alumnus and graduate from the Communications, Culture and Journalism program. “T...
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Okanagan College recognizes grads at convocation and commencement ceremonies
October 16, 2025
Members of the media are invited to attend Fall Convocation and Commencement ceremonies at Okanagan College’s campus in Kelowna as 200 students will attend graduation ceremonies before joining the workforce. Kelowna:Saturday, Oct. 18, 202510:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.Centre for Learning Atrium, Okanagan College Kelowna Campus1000 K.L.O. Rd, Kelowna Who:Students from programs in Arts, Business, Health and Social Development, Science and Technology, Trades and Continuing Studies will be joined by friends, family...
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Red Dot Players roll back the years with toe-tapping Chautauqua 1925
October 8, 2025
Pack your curiosity and warm up your singalong voice: the Red Dot Players are inviting audiences to step back exactly a century for Chautauqua 1925, an old-time musical revue written and directed by retired Okanagan College Education Technology Coordinator, Mike Minions.Performances will light up the Okanagan College Theatre in Kelowna from October 23–26.Part history lesson, part front-porch jam session, Chautauqua 1925 recreates the magic of the travelling chautauquas that [4] criss-crossed North America in the earl...
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Unusually Good Food is coming home to the community
August 28, 2025
What started as a small idea in a classroom at Okanagan College (°µÍřTV) has grown into something truly unusually good. And now, the team of °µÍřTV students whose entrepreneurial start-up took off into a legitimate business is giving the enterprise back to the community that made it possible.The Enactus Okanagan College team is proud to announce that the Unusually Good Food Company is being licensed to Okanagan Beverage Co., the same team that helped the students bring their juice dreams to life from day one.“This is a full-circle moment, a...
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Therapist Assistant students flex their skills with first-ever student led clinic at °µÍřTV
June 23, 2025
Sometimes the best learning happens when things don’t go as planned and you’re forced to pivot, which is exactly what happened in the Therapist Assistant Diploma at °µÍřTV this semester. Faced with the challenge of securing clinical placements for students in the program, Dr. Brett Wade, a Physiotherapist and °µÍřTV instructor, didn’t miss a step. Drawing on an idea he had been considering for years, Wade launched the College’s first-ever student-led Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy clinic at the Kelowna campus. His goal wa...
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Spirits, storytelling and cultural memory come to life in West Moon, presented by °µÍřTV’s Red Dot Players
May 29, 2025
What happens when the dead won't stay quiet — and when they're hilarious, heartfelt and have opinions about everything from resettlement to the weather? You get West Moon, the Red Dot Players’ latest production, where the dearly departed gather in a seaside Newfoundland graveyard for one night each year to mourn, remember and… gossip.Directed by DeAnna MacArthur—herself a born-and-raised Newfoundlander — this poignant and poetic play by Newfoundland writer Al Pittman opens June 5 at the Okanagan College Theatre on the Kelowna c...
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Coyotes Win CCWS Championship
May 26, 2025
The Okanagan College Coyotes completed a four game sweep to win the 2025 Canadian College World Series in Lethbridge, AB over the May Long Weekend. This is the Coyotes 4th tournament win in the last six championships (2018,2021,2022,2025). The Coyotes headed into the tournament as the # 2 seed after finishing the regular season with a 19-12 recordThe Coyotes clean sweep of the weekend started with a 15-5 victory to open the tournament over the # 7 seed Edmonton Collegiate Hawks. The eight team double elimination fo...
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°µÍřTV Cultivates lands at KF Centre for Excellence
May 9, 2025
Okanagan College’s tastiest event series, °µÍřTV Cultivates, returns to Kelowna on May 28.The event highlights a flavoursome combination of sampling and learning with a tasting and experience festival featuring local food and beverage providers, followed by an industry panel discussing topics impacting the food, beverage and tourism sectors of the region.Hosted in the KF Centre for Excellence, one of Canada’s most inspiring aviation settings, attendees won’t have to look far to experience the focus of the evening - the intersection betw...
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Belonging through sport
March 11, 2025
Having grown up in small-town Manitoba, Ryan Powers knew everyone. So, at 17 years old, he remembers how daunting it felt to move out of the comforts of his hometown to Kelowna, where he really didn’t know anyone, to attend Okanagan College (°µÍřTV).Powers recalls that what made the transition easier was knowing he would be joining the °µÍřTV Coyotes baseball team.“At my first practice I met 50 of my best friends,” recalls Powers, who has been playing on the Coyotes baseball team for three years while pursuing a bachelor of business adminis...
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°µÍřTV students push their limits at the IEEEXtreme challenge
December 1, 2024
When it comes to testing their knowledge limits, Okanagan College (°µÍřTV) students are a willing bunch! Mental dedication and endurance were on full display as students participated in the IEEEXtreme Programming Competition this past fall—a grueling 24-hour, worldwide computer coding event. Sixteen °µÍřTV students in the Computer Information Systems (CIS) and Engineering programs from the Vernon and Kelowna campuses took on the challenge this year. The event, organized by the Okanagan College IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electron...
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Local playwright hits the right notes featuring 1950s Kelowna in original musical
October 21, 2024
Travel back in time to 1958, where rock and roll is causing trouble in Southeast Kelowna! Michael Minions, recently retired as Okanagan College’s Education Technology Coordinator. Minions found an unconventional way to stay active in retirement – writing a musical inspired by popular music from the 1950s with plenty of references to Kelowna’s early days. The play is titled Society for the Prevention of Rock and Roll and is proudly presented by Okanagan College’s Red Dot players. “The idea for Society for the Prev...
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Honouring Tradition: Rhea Dupuis Reflects on Okanagan College's 15th Annual Youth Exhibition Powwow
September 20, 2024
A celebration of culture, resilience, and community that continues to inspire future generations.Since joining Okanagan College as Director of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation two years ago, Rhea Dupuis has been a dedicated advocate for strengthening ties between the College and Indigenous communities. A member of the Penticton Indian Band, Dupuis plays a key role in promoting access to education for Indigenous learners while supporting the College’s commitment to Truth and Reconciliation.One of the events that holds particul...
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Welcome students: Excitement is high at Okanagan College
September 5, 2024
A message from Okanagan College President, Dr. Neil Fassina:I can’t help but to feel excited this week.At each of our campuses in Salmon Arm, Vernon, Kelowna and Penticton, students are back – several thousand returning to complete their programs – and more than 3,500 beginning something new.To each one, I extend a sincere welcome and say, with enthusiasm: Congratulations!Today, the demand by employers for college-educated graduates is at an all-time high. More than 50 per cent of jobs now and for the next decade will require learni...
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