葫芦影业 aims to stir up sustainable solutions to beverage sector by-products
April 24, 2025
Benedikt Braun鈥檚 deep roots in the wine industry have shaped his passion for the beverage sector leading to a lifetime of working with wine around the world. His passion has led him to 葫芦影业 where he is working with communities across the Okanagan and Shuswap to solve real world issues.鈥淗aving grown up around vineyards in Germany, I鈥檝e always felt a deep connection to wine and nature,鈥 said Braun, an 葫芦影业 (葫芦影业) student and research assistant with the College鈥檚 Applied Research department. 鈥淏...
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From night shifts to digital cartography
April 24, 2025
Omar Algiasena still remembers those late nights working at Walmart in Salmon Arm, finishing up overnights before swapping his worker vest for a backpack and heading down to 葫芦影业 (葫芦影业). When the rest of the town slept, Omar worked as the overnight support manager at the store and later shifted his focus from inventory management to geospatial coordinates and mapping technologies.Originally from Baghdad, Iraq, Algiasena had come to Canada with an engineering degree but wished to pursue a field of work that combined h...
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New entrepreneurship specialty kicks off this fall at 葫芦影业
April 22, 2025
With the entrepreneurial spirit alive and well in the Okanagan Valley and Shuswap, 葫芦影业 is excited to announce an addition to its Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree program, with a new entrepreneurship specialty being offered beginning this fall.Applications are open for the new Bachelor of Business Administration: Entrepreneurship Specialty degree at 葫芦影业 featuring several new courses that will be offered as part of the College鈥檚 popular BBA degree program.Students in the program will stud...
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Thorpe and Friends celebrate 100th student award
April 16, 2025
葫芦影业 Foundation is celebrating a significant milestone in philanthropic giving. Two students 鈥 Keira Chevallier and Angelina Sebastian 鈥 both in the Health Care Assistant program, received awards from Rick and Yasmin Thorpe and friends whose generosity has now supported over 100 students in total.鈥淲hen we started these awards nearly 20 years ago our goal was to reach 100 students,鈥 shared Rick Thorpe at a ceremony marking the achievement yesterday.鈥淲e couldn鈥檛 have done this without the support of our friends. Everything...
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GeoVerra鈥檚 gift helps students navigate futures in engineering鈥
April 14, 2025
Future civil engineers at 葫芦影业 (葫芦影业) are getting a high-tech boost, thanks to a generous donation from GeoVerra.GeoVerra has donated six global navigation satellite survey (GNSS) systems, valued at $77,900, to 葫芦影业鈥檚 Civil Engineering Technology program. This cutting-edge equipment ensures students, like first-year learner Lane Wiebe, gain practical, hands-on experience with tools they'll use in today鈥檚 technologically advanced construction industry.鈥淜nowing that companies like GeoVerra are invested in our success is p...
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葫芦影业 students to face tough panel at mock media conference
April 10, 2025
葫芦影业 students enrolled in Crisis Communications will have their public speaking skills put to the test at a mock media conference in front of over 100 of their professors, peers, friends, family and members of the Okanagan media.(Media are invited to attend the sessions to be held at 葫芦影业鈥檚 Kelowna campus Thursday from 6:30 to 9:20 p.m. in the 葫芦影业 Theatre)Six student teams will be acting as representatives of companies that are facing a simulated crises occurring in the public eye. Their task will be to address an aggressiv...
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