Okanagan College celebrates exceptional students at Awards Night in Vernon

Okanagan College Media Release Vernon students in programs from the arts and sciences to trades, business, and health were honoured at Okanagan College’s Vernon campus Thursday night. A total of 63 scholarships and bursaries were handed out to 41 students totaling $45,750 in 2012. “Each...

Centre for Heart, Lung and Vascular Health opens at UBC

Research facility is the first centre of excellence in Okanagan for health-care study A new centre for research into the causes, consequences and treatments of heart, lung and blood vessel diseases has opened at UBC’s Okanagan campus. The Centre for Heart, Lung and Vascular Health, which...

UBC researchers create alphabet for endangered language in Ghana

Written language may improve access to education, health care, and government Robyn Giffen and Vida Yakong with the new Nabit alphabet Fourth-year UBC undergraduate student Robyn Giffen has teamed up with PhD candidate Vida Yakong to create a writing system for the language of Nabit, an oral...

University Theatre launches as performing arts venue

Neil Cadger, head of Creative Studies, and student Kevin Jesuino in University Theatre, UBC’s new performing arts space. UBC’s Okanagan campus locale to host live theatre and entertainment events It may be that all the world’s a stage, but students at UBC’s Okanagan campus finally have...

Kelowna lawyer Paul Mitchell honoured by UBC as volunteer leader

UBC alumni awards also honour student physician studying in Okanagan Paul Mitchell, UBC distinguished UBC alumnus and recipient of the Blythe Eagles Volunteer Leadership Award. UBC’s global alumni community includes thousands of accomplished people whose collective contributions are making...

Water expert sounds alarm over Western Canada's diminishing snowpack

Okanagan College Media Release Canadians should expect the unexpected when it comes to the changing winter climate, warns the UN Water for Life Decade Chair, Bob Sandford. “We are entering a period in which water is going to do things we haven’t seen it do before,” said Sandford, who will...

Experts from RV Capital of the World land at Okanagan College

Okanagan College Media Release Manufacturing experts from Elkhart, Indiana – known as the RV Capital of the World – spent three days at Okanagan College providing the latest techniques to dozens of technicians from around the province. “Eighty per cent of the RVs are built in Elkhart, and...

Info night shines spotlight on aviation training and careers

Okanagan College Media Release Students with an interest in aviation have a new opportunity to turn their passion into a profession. Okanagan College is offering an information session on two of its upcoming programs - Aircraft Maintenance Engineer Structures and Maintenance (AME-S and AME-M)...

Water expert sounds alarm over Western Canada’s diminishing snowpack

Okanagan College Media Release Canadians should expect the unexpected when it comes to the changing winter climate, warns the UN Water for Life Decade Chair, Bob Sandford. “We are entering a period in which water is going to do things we haven’t seen it do before,” said Sandford, who will...

UBC students pick fruit for food bank

UBCO Food Rescue Club members Tim Krupa, Andrew Mortenson, Liam Fitzpatrick and Shaman McLean The UBCO Food Rescue Club is a small group hoping to make a meaningful impact A dedicated group of UBC students are committing their free time this fall to salvage and deliver fresh, local produce to...

Experts from RV Capital of the World land at Okanagan College

Okanagan College Media Release Manufacturing experts from Elkhart, Indiana – known as the RV Capital of the World – spent three days at Okanagan College providing the latest techniques to dozens of technicians from around the province. “Eighty per cent of the RVs are built in Elkhart, and...

UBC officially opens laboratory for trace element analysis and research

Dedication of the new Fipke Laboratory for Trace Element Research at UBC took place this week. Unveiling the plaque naming the new facility were, from left, Cynthia Mathieson, dean of the Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, Deborah Buszard, principal and deputy vice chancellor,...

Venture Okanagan Investors Forum ups the ante with $5,000 cash prize

Okanagan College Media Release The next round of Venture Okanagan’s Investors Forum at Okanagan College will offer a huge incentive for local entrepreneurs with big ideas – a $5,000 cash prize. The event, which takes place on Nov. 7 at the Kelowna campus of the College, offers six...

Okanagan College professor receives national research grant to examine innovation in rural agriculture

Okanagan College Media Release The agriculture industry in the Okanagan has a far greater positive impact on the regional economy than anyone realizes, according to a professor with Okanagan College’s School of Business who has just received a national grant to conduct further...

UBC library improvements increase access to study resources

A view of the UBC library's new single service desk. $1.4-million renovation enhances teaching and research UBC’s Okanagan campus library has received a $1.4-million makeover to better meet the diverse needs of an expanded campus community and the general public. Student seating has...

Okanagan College professor receives national research grant to examine innovation in rural agriculture

Okanagan College Media Release The agriculture industry in the Okanagan has a far greater positive impact on the regional economy than anyone realizes, according to a professor with Okanagan College’s School of Business who has just received a national grant to conduct further...

Okanagan College students benefit from 30-foot donation

Okanagan College Media Release One of the biggest RV rigs cruising North America today will be helping Okanagan College students get their careers on the road, thanks to a donation from a Calgary man with a College connection. Ron Lee took in Okanagan College’s popular RV Owners Lifestyle...

Seminar presentations part of 2012 Okanagan College Career Fair

Okanagan College Media Release Exhibitors are already signing up tp provide public seminars as part of this year's Career Fair taking place at Okanagan College's Kelowna campus Sunday, Nov. 4. “We’ve decided to offer exhibitors a chance to conduct their own seminars,” said coordinator...

Aircraft maintenance engineering student lands international scholarship

Okanagan College Media Release An Okanagan College student has become the first student outside of the United States to receive a scholarship from the International Cessna 170 Association. Ben Peters, 19, received the $1,000 U.S. scholarship just as he completed his Aircraft Maintenance...

Sixteen Okanagan College students receive Ike Barber Scholarships

Okanagan College Media Release Sixteen Okanagan College students are collectively $80,000 richer, thanks to receiving Ike Barber Transfer Scholarships. The $5,000 scholarships are awarded annually to undergraduate students who have completed two years at a public post-secondary institution in...