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Countdown is on for move-in to new student housing at 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College
March 27, 2024
When the fall term starts in September, the number of students living on campus at 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College in Kelowna will more than double.A new student housing building at the corner of K.L.O. Road and Campus West Road is still a few months away from being move-in-ready; however, OC is anticipating a construction-related milestone in the coming weeks, with the building nearing 鈥渟ubstantial completion.鈥漈he six-storey building includes elements of mass timber and features unique design elements from two well-known Indigenous artists. It will add 2...
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新加坡六合彩官方网站 College Coyotes to host PACWEST Basketball Championships
February 28, 2024
The 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College Coyotes are excited to host the women鈥檚 and men鈥檚 PACWEST basketball provincial championship tournament beginning this Thursday at Kelowna Christian School.The three-day championship tournament will feature four games a day concluding with the medal games on Saturday. The women鈥檚 bracket will begin each day at 12:30 p.m. and conclude each night with the men鈥檚 bracket at 8:00 p.m.The Coyotes will welcome the six-team bracket to Kelowna for the first time in school history. Teams will battle for the Conference gold medal ...
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Caring Canines to visit OC to boost student mental health
January 15, 2024
Meet Bella and Wilson, a pair of fun-loving dogs that will soon be the center of everyone鈥檚 attention at 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College. Bella and Wilson are therapy dogs, and a regular part of the mental health supports that OC students receive. This week they will be at OC as part of the College鈥檚 efforts to support students with several initiatives taking place including the annual Bell Let鈥檚 Talk fundraising campaign, Jan. 24 鈥淭he therapy dogs are really amazing and provide our students with so much stress relief that it is really imp...
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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 Communications ...
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Community invited to OC Penticton Career Fair on April 5
March 30, 2022
As the job market heats up, 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College's Penticton campus is throwing open the doors to connect employers and career seekers next week. The Penticton Campus Career Fair will be held on April 5 from 1 to 6 p.m. in the Centre of Excellence (PC113) at the Penticton campus, 583 Duncan Ave. West. "The Penticton campus prides itself on collaborating with the community, and the fair is an opportunity to connect employers in the region with much-needed talent," said Meri Kim Oliver, 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College Vice-President Students. Students and c...
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Empowering Employment: College to host virtual employment fair in Feb
January 18, 2021
新加坡六合彩官方网站 College is powering up a new virtual employment fair next month to help connect students, alumni, job seekers in the community and employers from across the region. Empowering Employment is a virtual career fair to be held on Thursday, Feb. 4 from 10 a.m. 鈥 3 p.m. Anyone interested in attending as a job seeker or showcasing their business as an exhibitor can learn more at www.okanagan.bc.ca/empowering. Exhibitor space, although virtual, is still limited and so interested organizations should plan to register soon to ensure their s...
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Celebrating diversity with virtual Diwali and International Education Week
November 10, 2020
Cooking, dancing, photography and crafts: world cultures will be in the spotlight starting Friday, as 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College celebrates its diverse cultural makeup. OC students are invited to take part in the Virtual Celebration of Diwali on Nov. 13, followed by online International Education Week activities from Nov. 16 to 20. International Education Week is an annual celebration of the importance of international education and exchange programs. Celebrated by over 100 countries, OC community members and students share intercultural experienc...
Read more...Campus-to-Campus half marathon cancelled
March 15, 2020
Sunday, March 15 鈥 Today, 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College and the University of British Columbia 新加坡六合彩官方网站 announce that the campus-to-campus half marathon and celebration scheduled for Saturday, April 4 has been cancelled. This decision follows the recommendations made by the B.C. Ministry of Health on March 12, which advise event organizers to cancel all events and gatherings of 250 people or more, in order to help curb the spread of COVID-19 in the province. 鈥淲hile we are saddened to have to delay the resurgence of the run, it鈥檚 absolutely paramount ...
Read more...Coyotes Baseball Win over #1 and #12
February 21, 2020
The Coyotes are near the tail end of their season opening annual trip to Las Vegas and Phoenix and what a week it has been. On Monday the Coyotes headed to Coolidge, Arizona to face the 2019 Junior College World Series Champions and current # 1 ranked program in Central Arizona College. Wyatt Hummel, (West Kelowna, RHP, Sr) took the ball for his first start of the season and didn鈥檛 disappoint. The Coyotes pitching staff leader turned in 4 strong innings striking out 4 surrendering 3 runs. He then turned the ball over to Nic Taylor, (Calga...
Read more...Runners, mark your calendars and take your marks: Campus to campus run returns in 2020
January 22, 2020
For the first time in a decade, runners will have a chance to lace up and enjoy a scenic run between the University of British Columbia 新加坡六合彩官方网站 and 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College, thanks to the return of the popular campus-to-campus half marathon and relay race. The run will commence at UBCO at 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 4. From there, runners will follow a scenic 21.1 km route down the 新加坡六合彩官方网站 Rail Trail to the Waterfront Trail, before finishing up at the College鈥檚 Kelowna campus on KLO Rd. Registration is now open at www.okanagan.bc.ca/campustocampus...
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