Okanagan College finesses finance once again at ICBC Competition

Okanagan College Media Release For the second year in a row, Okanagan College has been named one of the top three Finance teams in the country following its performance at the Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (ICBC) held at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario last weekend. Daniella...

Evening classes cancelled at Vernon campus due to severe weather

Weather update (last updated at 4:46 p.m.) VERNON - Evening classes have been cancelled at Okanagan College’s Vernon campus as a result of the heavy snowfall this afternoon, and in observance of the evening forecast of continued snowfall. Concern for student and staff safety prompted...

College’s mobile app connects students to services

Okanagan College Media Release Students at Okanagan College are making the most of technology and taking advantage of a new method of connecting with information and services with the release of the third version of Okanagan College’s mobile app, which is now available in both the Apple Store...

Erìn Moure named 2012-13 Writer-in-Residence

Acclaimed poet offers free critiques to local writers Erìn Moure What: Free critiques offered by UBC’s Writer-in- Residence Who: Poet Erìn Moure When: February 1  to 15 Where: Fine Arts Building, University of British Columbia Okanagan campus and other locations Award-winning Canadian...

Student-powered entrepreneurial non-profit rebranded Enactus Okanagan College

Okanagan College Media Release One of the biggest and most successful student-led community non-profits in the world is rebranding itself, resulting in a new name for SIFE Okanagan. SIFE, which stands for Students in Free Enterprise, has been operating internationally for almost 40 years and...

Diamond Schmitt to lead Kelowna Trades project

Okanagan College Media Release Okanagan College will be working with one of the nation’s most renowned architectural firms after selecting Diamond Schmitt Architects to lead the design of the $33-million Kelowna Trades facility expansion. Based in Toronto, Diamond Schmitt is a full-service...

New equipment for skills training in the Okanagan

(The following is a news release from the province of B.C.) KELOWNA - The government of B.C. is investing more than $867,000 in new skills training equipment at Okanagan College. The funding is part of a $17-million provincewide Skills and Training Plan investment to support public...

Write on -- the Okanagan Short Story contest closes soon

Friday January 4 is last day for budding authors to submit their works It is last call for the 15th Annual Okanagan Short Story Contest. What better way to celebrate the Yuletide season than to write something stirring and moving – that could also win a cash prize? All writers in the...

UBC volleyball player earns award for academic and athletic pursuits

Greg Poitras, Head Coach, Heat Men’s Volleyball; Jim Bell, Heat Men’s Volleyball team member; Robin Durrant, Capri Insurance; Chris Rigg, Capri Insurance. Student Jim Bell is recipient of Capri Insurance Athletics Entrance Scholarship For the second consecutive year, a student athlete in...

First-year engineers use skills to help not-for-profit organizations

(L-R) UBC engineering students Colin Yang, Carter Merwin, Navdeep Brar, with Ken Campbell of the Myra Canyon Trestle Restoration Society and engineering students Ryan Baines and Luc Cowan. Friendly student competition determines best fundraising ideas First-year students from the School of...

Everest researchers are featured guests for Athletics Breakfast

Team members of Everest 2012: UBC’s International Research Expedition, conduct one of their human health experiments at Mount Everest’s Pyramid Lab. UBC's Okanagan teams to benefit from April 5 fundraiser event Tickets are now available for the eighth annual Valley First/UBC Okanagan...

Centre for Learning designated Gold by Green Building Council

Okanagna College Media Release The first building in Kelowna built to LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold standards has now been certified by the Canada Green Building Council. Okanagan College’s Centre for Learning, a five-storey, 6,852-square-metre $28-million project,...

Viticulture program at Okanagan College a growing career

Okanagan College Media Release A member of Blasted Church Vineyards’ official “congregation” hopes to find a few converts when he makes a presentation on the Viticulture Certificate program Tuesday, Dec. 11 at Okanagan College’s Penticton campus. Morton Serbon, the vineyard manager at...

A mutt called Frances helps teach students at UBC's Okanagan campus

Ty Binfet and Frances Education professor incorporates therapy dog into curriculum and research A mutt named Frances from the streets of LA has found her calling as a teaching assistant. UBC education professor Ty Binfet rescued the female dog just over a year ago and put her through extensive...

Okanagan College students heading to Queen’s University for big business competition

Okanagan College Media Release Two teams from Okanagan College’s School of Business have made it into the final round of the prestigious Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (ICBC) to be held at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario Jan. 3 – 5, 2013. The Management Information Systems...

Students from Constable Neil Bruce have a way with robots

Okanagan College Media Release Four teams from Constable Neil Bruce dominated the 7th Annual Western Canada RoboCup Junior Games held at Okanagan College’s Kelowna campus on Friday. Two of the Constable Neil Bruce Middle School teams took first and second place in the primary category (age 13...

Rouse appointed Director of Wine, Food and Tourism at Okanagan College

Okanagan College Media Release Okanagan College is taking a major step forward in advancing its ties to the wine, culinary, tourism and hospitality industries with the appointment of Jonathan Rouse as Director of Wine, Food and Tourism at the College. Rouse, who is currently a faculty member...

Record number of teams enters RoboCup Junior Games 2012 at Okanagan College

Okanagan College Media Release Okanagan College will be playing host to 76 teams at this year’s 7th Annual Western Canada RoboCup Junior Games, which takes place Friday, Nov. 30 at the Kelowna campus. “This marks a record for this competition, with over 197 students from 22 schools in the...

Okanagan College Faculty Association takes global stand on educating girls

Okanagan College Media Release Two teenagers a world apart, but with one objective in mind, have inspired the Okanagan College Faculty Association (OCFA) to support international efforts to educate girls. At its November meeting, members of the OCFA condemned the recent Taliban shooting of...

Electrical students take learning to new heights

Okanagan College Media Release A group of first-year Electrical students from Okanagan College had the opportunity to go where few outside of BC Hydro ever get to venture – inside the walls of the Revelstoke Generating Station. The students were invited by BC Hydro to get a first-hand look at...