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Bridging the way to success: Emil Anderson Construction gives $75,000 to modernize 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College鈥檚 Civil Engineering Technology Program
April 17, 2023
If you walk past 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College鈥檚 Kelowna campus on a weekday afternoon, you鈥檙e sure to see Civil Engineering Technology students spread out across the grounds, gathering environmental data using surveying equipment. This skill is essential to their education and will one day help them shape our built environments. Thanks to a generous $75,000 gift from Emil Anderson Construction, students will have increased access to state-of-the-art surveying equipment to train on by fall of 2023. 鈥淲e are proud to support 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College鈥檚 Civil Engi...
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OC Foundation chair鈥檚 book launch supports students in need
March 27, 2023
Honouring the past and supporting the future: Connie Denesiuk鈥檚 new book has ambitious goals. The Chair of the 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College Foundation Board is launching a book next month about a story close to her heart, with the hope it will benefit the community around her. 鈥楾il Papa Returns; Surviving as a child refugee in WWII is the true story of Alfred Columbus, the youngest of eight children and father to Denesiuk. Alfred was learning how to farm the land their family had worked for more than 200 years, following advice and guidance from h...
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Watt a gift! 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College鈥檚 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 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College鈥檚 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. 鈥淚 was fortunate to receive numerous scholarships when I was in school, and I wanted to pay it forward,鈥 says Cohen, an...
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Health care students in the South 新加坡六合彩官方网站 Similkameen are about to breathe a sigh of relief thanks to a new bursary fund
February 23, 2023
Local philanthropists Yasmin and Rick Thorpe have partnered with Summerland鈥檚 Penny Lane Legacy Fund to create a $50,000 bursary fund to help bolster the future of health care in the South 新加坡六合彩官方网站 Similkameen. The Caring for Health Care Students Fund will provide $750 - $1,750 awards for eligible students studying at 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College鈥檚 Penticton Campus. 鈥淲e know if we educate healthcare professionals in Penticton, there鈥檚 a good chance they鈥檒l stay and work in the region,鈥 says Yasmin John Thorpe. 鈥淲e want to help increase the numb...
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Local couple's 新加坡六合彩官方网站 Dream Rally contribution is a dream come true for 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College students
February 14, 2023
Jason and Laura Norup-Boyer are passionate about education; that鈥檚 why when they participated in the auction at the 2022 新加坡六合彩官方网站 Dream Rally, they requested their $40,000 contribution go to bursaries for 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College students. The 新加坡六合彩官方网站 Dream Rally is a well-established fundraising event hosted by the August Family Foundation. The Rally, which has raised upwards of $3 million for local charities since its inception, pairs special needs children with high-end cars and drivers for the day. Last year鈥檚 event drew more than 50,000 spe...
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新加坡六合彩官方网站 College Foundation distributes over $450,000 in student awards in under two weeks
December 6, 2022
The holiday spirit came early for 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College students who were the recipients of 426 bursary, scholarship and awards this past month, which totalled over $450,000. Students also had the chance to meet the donors who support the bursaries, scholarships and awards at receptions held at each of 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College鈥檚 Vernon, Kelowna and Penticton campuses in November. Each event included an Indigenous welcome, student and donor speakers and most significantly, time for all invited guests to connect and celebrate a shared commitment to ongo...
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Prospera gives big in support of Women in Trades at 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College
November 28, 2022
More women will get a chance to lace up their work boots and take the first step in a career in trades, thanks to a recent $79,660 gift from Prospera to a program at 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College that has already trained over 1,300 women since it was founded. The Women in Trades Training program was created to remove barriers for women interested in pursuing trades education and help meet the community鈥檚 surging need for skilled trades professionals. 鈥淭hese bursaries and added equipment provide opportunities for women to pursue trades tr...
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Thorpe and Friends Scholarship recognizes two 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College students
October 26, 2022
Local students say the generosity of two prominent Penticton philanthropists is helping them take the next steps in their education. Since 2006, former MLA Rick Thorpe and his wife Yasmin John-Thorpe, along with their friends, have given more than $160,000 in scholarships to students in need at 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College鈥檚 Penticton Campus. Two of this year鈥檚 recipients, Wylie Rowan and Mattias Van Bergeyk, received $2,500 to put toward their education. Both students are Summerland Secondary School grads in their first year of studies at Oka...
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TD gives $85,000 to help kids and newcomers access 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College鈥檚 Indigenous Garden
October 18, 2022
Hawthorn, wolf willow, and sage are among the traditional plants growing in the garden on the hillside at 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College鈥檚 Vernon campus, which this year was visited by more than 250 local school children, thanks to generous support from TD Bank Group. TD鈥檚 gift, made earlier in 2022, is funding tours of the K'nma暮ka Senq芒暮ten - Kalamalka Indigenous garden for children and newcomers to Canada. The garden is located on 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College鈥檚 Vernon campus. 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College has already received a portion of the funding; the remainder will be...
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Thomas Klein
September 1, 2022
Even as a kid I knew I would go into the trades. An office job wouldn鈥檛 work for me because my ADHD makes it hard for me to sit still for too long, and my reading and writing aren鈥檛 the best.鈥 鈥淥ne of my high school teachers got me into sheet metal. The school helped me enroll in 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College鈥檚 Sheet Metal Worker Foundation Certificate program. The program allowed me to learn a lot of new techniques, test out ideas, and try new things. When I first found out that I got th...
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Sophie Wilson
September 1, 2022
鈥淚鈥檓 grateful that I had the opportunity to study at 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College鈥檚 Penticton campus. My professors were fantastic, and learning close to home allowed me to spend more time with my daughter. I completed a Business Administration diploma this past fall. I鈥檝e tried to go to school before, but financial insecurity always ended up holding me back. I would end up having to work part-time, and then I would end up working full time and then I would end up having to leave school alto...
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Caylee Donovan
September 1, 2022
"I found out I鈥檇 received the Marcia J. Aitkens Memorial Bursary in Practical Nursing in the middle of lab. I was so shocked I pretty much dropped to the floor. At the time, I was a full-time student in 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College鈥檚 Practical Nursing program, and I was working up to five days a week. The workload was just too much to handle, especially as a mother of a child with special needs. My eleven-year-old had recently been diagnosed with autism and needed more of my time. ...
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Royal Canadian Legion Poppy Sales Help Fund the Future of Healthcare in the 新加坡六合彩官方网站
June 29, 2022
The Royal Canadian Legion has donated $80,000 from its Poppy Fund to support 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College鈥檚 new multidisciplinary Health Sciences Centre. The Centre, which is located at 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College鈥檚 Kelowna campus, is a state-of-the-art training facility for health and social care students. It opened its doors in 2021. 鈥淲e took a building tour and were extremely impressed with the advanced level of training being provided. We believe in the power of education, and we鈥檙e proud to invest in the next generation of health care providers,鈥 says Da...
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Scotiabank makes $250,000 investment in youth skill building at 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College
May 31, 2022
The donation will support gateway programs focused on technology and entrepreneurship for students who have faced barriers to education Kelowna Secondary School Grade 12 student Kiana Nazembokaei has known for several years that she鈥檚 wanted to study computer programming. Having moved to Canada from Iran, Nazembokaei thought she鈥檇 have to wait until university to begin her learning journey. That all changed when she signed up and was accepted into Gateway to Tech, presented by Scotiabank, at 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College. The 17-week program is design...
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Surprise gift from Stober Foundation helps 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College鈥檚 new student-led investment fund open for business
April 20, 2022
A trio of 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College Business students envisioned an investment fund that has attracted overwhelming community support, including a generous $40,000 gift from the Stober Foundation. The group began fundraising in January and met their $100,000 seed funding goal in record time. Riley Dunsmore and Steven Fiust, both OC Business students, along with recent alumnus Justin Rantucci, created the 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College Student Investment Fund to give students experiential learning opportunities and benefit future students with bursaries and scho...
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OC 鈥楽ticks Up鈥 for Indigenous Student Awards
April 13, 2022
OC Indigenous Services and the OC Foundation have teamed up for the annual 鈥楽ticks Up鈥 campaign. They are excited to launch this fundraiser for the NHL鈥檚 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs. All of the proceeds from this event will benefit the OC 鈥楽ticks Up鈥 for Indigenous Students Award. Yvonne Oppenheimer and Erica Seymour were the inaugural recipients of the OC 鈥楽ticks Up鈥 for Indigenous Students Award. The Awards are available to students with Indigenous ancestry who are enrolled in full-time study in any degree, diploma, or certificate progr...
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