Campus Life
New Salmon Arm diploma option maps ties between information and geography
Okanagan College Media Release A new two-year Environmental Studies diploma option at Okanagan College’s Salmon Arm campus is focused on a growing area of...
Nominations open for 2016 OCAA Alumni Awards
Okanagan College Media Release The Okanagan College Alumni Association (OCAA) is now accepting nominations for the 2016 Distinguished Alumni Award and Young...
Arts education promotes an open mind, critical thinking, and global perspective
Okanagan College Media Release Adopted from a Haitian orphanage as a baby, 21-year-old Kelowna resident Aaron Gregory’s personal history has instilled in him...
Provincial funding spurs program for Health Care Assistants in Princeton
With funding from the Province’s Ministry of Advanced Education, Okanagan College will offer a new Health Care Assistant program in Princeton this year,...
Girls recognize kindness in schools more than boys, UBC study shows
John-Tyler Binfet works with a student at a local elementary school. Girls between the ages of 9 and 13 perceive kindness in school more than boys, research...
Pastry Arts students provide extra incentive for a race to the finish line
Okanagan College has come up with a few sweet and savoury reasons for runners to register for the 14th annual Half Marathon, 10 K and Relay Race, which will...
Immigrant entrepreneurs more confident about their future than those born in Canada
Carlos Teixeira Immigrant entrepreneurs are more optimistic about doing business in Kelowna than those born in Canada, a UBC study shows. The study,...
Accounting students add up awards
UBC Faculty of Management students Cat Bootle, Michael Bitcon and Brad Curtiss won $2,000 and the first-place title at the CPABC Case Competition. Delivering...
'Heartbreaking' story wins 2016 Okanagan Short Story Contest
Award-winning writers Dania Tomlinson, left, and Bronwyn Berg at the 2016 Okanagan Short Story Contest ceremony. Creative writing that tugged the heartstrings...
UBC Okanagan enters formula racing
For the first time ever, students at UBC’s Okanagan campus are building a race car and getting ready to go after the checkered flag in the Formula Society of...
Why is there public resistance to vaccination?
Okanagan College Media Release To vaccinate or not to vaccinate? This is a question loaded with contention in a public debate that has come to be mainstream in...
Voyager RV gives back, sees bright future for technicians in B.C.
Okanagan College Media Release The Okanagan’s largest dealer of “homes away from home” has made a major donation towards the new home for learning...
The taxman is knocking; College students answer the call for help
Okanagan College Media Release A group of Okanagan College business students are volunteering to help take the stress out of filing for tax season by offering a...
Pedals to the masses online: bike parts firm built by OC students and alumni
Okanagan College Media Release Trevor Tuck, Dylan Decker, Colton Cheney and Shelby Miller may well be the picture of the next generation of entrepreneurs. With...
Manipulators less convincing online than in person, UBC research shows
Michael Woodworth If you have to negotiate business with a narcissist or psychopath, you’re better off doing it on Facebook, research from UBC’s Okanagan...
Spaghetti Bridge contest comes to a dramatic finish
Okanagan College Media Release The 33rd annual Okanagan College Spaghetti Bridge Building Heavyweight competition came to a surprising finish after a series of...
Gift enhances medical training for UBC students
A portable ultrasound machine in use during an anatomy lecture presented at UBC Okanagan and video conferenced to medical students in Vancouver, Prince George...
UBC thesis winner advances to western regionals
Miriam Grant, left, congratulates UBC Okanagan 3MT winner Mike Unrau. The Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies will have a seat at the table when UBC...
Engineering Professor named UBC Okanagan’s Researcher of the Year
Mina Hoorfar working in her lab. The mark of a good professor is one who is up to their elbows in research projects, has a strong group of post-grad students...
Enactus Okanagan College off to Nationals after Regional victories
Okanagan College Media Release Okanagan College’s Enactus team has returned from the Enactus Canada Regional Exposition for Western Canada in Calgary with two...