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Minister for Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport Lana Popham (front row second from left), Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Future Skills Selina Robinson (front row third from left) and Okanagan College President Dr. Neil Fassina (front row right) were on hand for the announcement for a new food, wine and tourism centre for the college. (Photo/Gaary Barnes)

Province cooks up new centre for tourism, culinary arts at Okanagan College

The province is providing OC with $44.8 million for the centre

 

Okanagan College President Dr. Neil Fassina. (Contributed)

Okanagan College set to meet future demand for skilled workers

‘We have an opportunity to reframe what it means to go to college’

 

A child-led ping pong game played during the Sunflower Childcare Centre Campaign Launch event on March 1 for the OC Foundation. (Contributed)

Sunflower Campaign springs into focus for Okanagan College childcare centre

New on-campus childcare centre, planned to open in 2024

 

Ishadiah Flores, Okanagan College electronics engineering technology student, works on equipment in class. (OC image)

Okanagan College gets a jolt in electronic donation

Alumnus Yael Cohen donating $80,000 to the school’s electronics engineering technology program

Ishadiah Flores, Okanagan College electronics engineering technology student, works on equipment in class. (OC image)
Students build their structure during the 38th annual Spaghetti Bridge Building Competition at Okanagan College on March 3. (Photo/OC)

Okanagan College spaghetti bridge champion more than a decade in the making

Rouzbeh Rouzbehani first attempted to travel from Iran for the competition 12 years ago

Students build their structure during the 38th annual Spaghetti Bridge Building Competition at Okanagan College on March 3. (Photo/OC)
Okanagan College’s Taylor Hubick received a $3,000 bursary from the Canadian Blood Services. (Black Press file photo)

Okanagan College student recruits plasma donors to earn $3K bursary

Taylor Hubick had 23 people donor plasma in a six-month span

Okanagan College’s Taylor Hubick received a $3,000 bursary from the Canadian Blood Services. (Black Press file photo)
The dormitory to be built at the Salmon Arm campus of Okanagan College will sit in the northeast corner of the parcel, adjacent to the lawn bowling facility. (Google Maps image)

Student housing at Salmon Arm’s Okanagan College takes step forward

Council to vote on height variance for 49-unit, 60-bed project

The dormitory to be built at the Salmon Arm campus of Okanagan College will sit in the northeast corner of the parcel, adjacent to the lawn bowling facility. (Google Maps image)
Okanagan College Coyotes announced roster ahead of 2023 CCBC season. (Submitted)

Okanagan College announces roster ahead of baseball season

Okanagan College begins the CCBC season on March 24

Okanagan College Coyotes announced roster ahead of 2023 CCBC season. (Submitted)
After a nearly 40-year career in the heavy-duty equipment industry, Vernon resident Keith Schmaltz furthered his education with Okanagan College’s Continuing Studies department. (Submitted photo)

Vernon man proves it’s never too late to go back to college

After a 40-year career, Keith Schmaltz furthered his education with Okanagan College’s Continuing Studies department

After a nearly 40-year career in the heavy-duty equipment industry, Vernon resident Keith Schmaltz furthered his education with Okanagan College’s Continuing Studies department. (Submitted photo)
Okanagan College’s servers were hacked in January. (Black Press file photo)

Okanagan College ‘did not entertain conversations’ about paying ransom

College calling the hacking a ‘double extortion attack’

Okanagan College’s servers were hacked in January. (Black Press file photo)
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Vice Society threatens data leak with blurred photo of Okanagan College

The college faced a cyberattack on Jan. 9

(Black Press file photo)
Students from the Okanagan College School of Business returned from a successful outing at the Queen’s University Inter-Collegiate Business Competition. (Okanagan College/Submitted)

Okanagan College students in the black at Canada’s oldest business school competition

Business school students took part in Queen’s University Inter-Collegiate Business Competition

Students from the Okanagan College School of Business returned from a successful outing at the Queen’s University Inter-Collegiate Business Competition. (Okanagan College/Submitted)
Okanagan College is trying to determine whether any personal information has been compromised. (Black Press file photo)

Okanagan College students to have free access to credit monitoring following cyberattack

Okanagan College faced a cyberattack Jan. 9

Okanagan College is trying to determine whether any personal information has been compromised. (Black Press file photo)
Ruth Wigman. (Okanagan College/Submitted)

Top Chef contestant infuses her way into Okanagan College kitchen

Ruth Wigman has appeared on two Food Network shows

Ruth Wigman. (Okanagan College/Submitted)
IT Services is working to restore internet access to on-campus labs, libraries, and learning commons as quickly as possible. (Photo/contributed)

Okanagan College continues to recover from cyberattack

The college’s IT Services team interrupted a cybersecurity incident on Jan. 9

IT Services is working to restore internet access to on-campus labs, libraries, and learning commons as quickly as possible. (Photo/contributed)
Okanagan College is trying to determine whether any personal information has been compromised. (Black Press file photo)

Okanagan College caught in cyberattack

IT Services team interrupted a cybersecurity incident Jan. 9

Okanagan College is trying to determine whether any personal information has been compromised. (Black Press file photo)
Kelowna campus, left to right: Aaron Gregory, award donor; Devin Rubadeau, chair, Business Administration program, Okanagan College; Annika Kirk, Okanagan College student, featured speaker and award recipient. (Submitted)

Almost $500,000 in awards handed out to Okanagan College students last month

Kelowna, Penticton and Vernon students all benefited

Kelowna campus, left to right: Aaron Gregory, award donor; Devin Rubadeau, chair, Business Administration program, Okanagan College; Annika Kirk, Okanagan College student, featured speaker and award recipient. (Submitted)
Okanagan College students represented Canada at the 2022 Enactus World Cup in Puerto Rico. They finished in the top four of the competition, which wrapped up Nov. 2. (Submitted photo)

Okanagan College business students reach top 4 in global competition

The students’ food waste-saving projects almost came out on top at the Enactus World Cup

Okanagan College students represented Canada at the 2022 Enactus World Cup in Puerto Rico. They finished in the top four of the competition, which wrapped up Nov. 2. (Submitted photo)
The Okanagan College Students’ Union held a student solidarity walk-out on Nov. 2, 2022 (Brittany Webster - Capital News)

‘Enough is enough’: students’ union hosts walk out at Okanagan College

The physical walk-out took place in Kelowna and was streamed to Penticton, Salmon Arm

The Okanagan College Students’ Union held a student solidarity walk-out on Nov. 2, 2022 (Brittany Webster - Capital News)
Annika Kirk, Ayden Clark, James Plaxton, Rebekah Dingwall, Elizabeth Hirschkorn, Jackson Price, Dr.Kyleen Myrah (faculty advisor), Devin Rubadaeu (faculty advisor), Jon Philip Talastas, Maya Samaddar, Mandi Kohout, Mackenna Lenarcic, Danielle Walker, celebrate the Enactus OC National Exhibition win. (Submitted photo)

Enactus Okanagan students off to Puerto Rico for global competition

The students’ Unusually Good Food Co. project earned them national accolades

Annika Kirk, Ayden Clark, James Plaxton, Rebekah Dingwall, Elizabeth Hirschkorn, Jackson Price, Dr.Kyleen Myrah (faculty advisor), Devin Rubadaeu (faculty advisor), Jon Philip Talastas, Maya Samaddar, Mandi Kohout, Mackenna Lenarcic, Danielle Walker, celebrate the Enactus OC National Exhibition win. (Submitted photo)