Province announces new Centre for Food, Wine and Tourism at OC
March 21, 2023
Students and B.C.’s food industry will benefit from the new Centre for Food, Wine and Tourism once it opens on the Okanagan College Kelowna campus, a centrally located school in the heart of wine country.The centre will focus on addressing the labour shortage in food and tourism, supporting homegrown education in culinary arts, local food and beverage production, and hospitality services.“The tourism and hospitality sectors are facing challenges in finding and keeping skilled workers, and Okanagan College is a leading provider of cu...
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Meet Elizabeth Cook
March 17, 2023
Q: What is your name? A: Elizabeth (Lizzy) Cook Q: What are your pronouns? A: She/Her/Hers Q: Where is your hometown and where are you located now? A: Hometown is Conifer, Colorado. Currently located in Denver, Colorado. Q: What did you take at OC? When did you graduate? A: Bachelor of Business Administration and graduated in 2016. Q: What got you interested in your program A: I wasn’t sure what I “wanted to do with my life,” and the business program seemed like it...
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Trades, tech and triumph: OC 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 Okanagan College’s 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 – Architectural CAD, Cabinetmaking, Culinary Arts, Electronics, Welding, Jr. Skills Gravity Vehicle, J...
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OC students ‘newcomer neighbour’ thrift store program captures design thinking accolades
March 16, 2023
Growing up in Victoria, Okanagan College 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 OC students Eric Worman and Nicole Benevides to place second in Royal Roads’ Design Thinking Challenge, a competition that offers teams of undergraduate business students an opportunity to contribute to a real-world challenge. This year’s event tackled the questio...
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Ready, Set, Grow! Okanagan College Foundation kicks off its Sunflower Childcare Centre Campaign with an inspiring event at the Vernon Campus
March 15, 2023
Enthusiastic young volunteers led games and activities at the launch of Okanagan College Foundation’s $1.25 million campaign in support of a new on-campus childcare centre, planned to open in the fall of 2024. Held on Mar. 1 at OC’s Vernon campus, the event drew 65 guests and celebrated the kickoff of the Sunflower Childcare Centre fundraising campaign. Donor and former College instructor Lloyd Davies spoke about his family’s decision to contribute $500,000 to the cause. "Time and again, I would have students missing class, ...
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Children polish oral health skills with Certified Dental Assistant student expertise
March 14, 2023
If children’s smiles are shining a bit brighter in Kelowna these days, it may be due to the influence of Okanagan College students. More than 700 children between Kindergarten and Grade 5 received free oral health education through February, as OC 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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New OC Art Club blends creative pursuits with friends
March 10, 2023
Do you dabble with drawings? Unwind with watercolours? Play with paint? Sketch out the world around you? Or are you just curious about creative expression and want to meet new people? A grassroots movement has started an Art Club at the Kelowna campus, giving OC students and staff a blank canvas to have fun. Thi Tuong An Huynh, Greta Friesen, Ryan Rubadeau and Hannah Knox are founding student members of the club, which is sponsored by Business professor Devin Rubadeau and Communi...
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OC signs MOU with the Public Universities of the State of Queretaro in Mexico
March 9, 2023
Okanagan College has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Public Universities of the State of Queretaro in Mexico, an agreement that further develops and diversifies the College’s international education partnerships. Okanagan College President Neil Fassina signed the MOU on behalf of OC while the Deputy Minister of Higher Education for the State of Queretaro as well as representatives from each of seven post-secondary institutions signed for Mexico in a ceremony on Thursday March 2 at Okanagan College. The MOU lays...
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Enactus OC braves cold in pursuit of fundraising goal
March 8, 2023
Enactus OC students in Salmon Arm walked the 5 km on Feb. 25, 2023 for the Coldest Night of the Year to raise money in support of the hungry, hurting and homeless. Here in the Shuswap, Enactus is fundraising for Shuswap Food Action Society, which is dedicated to seeing everyone having access to healthy, abundant and affordable local food now and in the future. Their projects strive to nourish our community in mind, body and spirit. Terry Kosowick, Business professor and Salmon Arm Enactus advisor, served up the Unusually Good Cider...
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Watt a gift! Okanagan College’s Electronics Engineering Technology Program gets an $80,000 boost from a local engineer
March 6, 2023
Yael Cohen, a Vernon-based communications engineer, recently donated $80,000 in state-of-the-art electronic equipment to Okanagan College’s Electronics Engineering Technology program. The gift included hundreds of electrical components that will be used by program instructors to build in-class electrical circuits and test demos and will be made available to students for use in their end-of-term capstone projects. “I was fortunate to receive numerous scholarships when I was in school, and I wanted to pay it forward,” says C...
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