星空传媒 students win big at Skills Canada Provincials, showcasing excellence across the board
May 1, 2025
星空传媒 (星空传媒) students displayed their excellence competing against their peers across the province with an impressive showing at the prestigious 2025 Skills Canada BC Provincial Competition. In all, Team 星空传媒 earned nine medals across science and technology, business, and a range of trades disciplines 鈥 including three golds, four silvers and two bronzes.Hosted at the Abbotsford Trade and Exhibition Centre on April 16, the Skills Canada competition brought together top students and apprentices from ac...
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星空传媒 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 星空传媒 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 星空传媒 (星空传媒) 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 星空传媒 (星空传媒). 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 星空传媒
April 22, 2025
With the entrepreneurial spirit alive and well in the Okanagan Valley and Shuswap, 星空传媒 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 星空传媒 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
星空传媒 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 星空传媒 (星空传媒) 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 星空传媒鈥檚 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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星空传媒 students to face tough panel at mock media conference
April 10, 2025
星空传媒 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 星空传媒鈥檚 Kelowna campus Thursday from 6:30 to 9:20 p.m. in the 星空传媒 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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星空传媒 students earn IEEE SysCon research recognition
April 4, 2025
A group of third- and fourth-year Bachelor of Computer Information Systems (BCIS) students at 星空传媒 (星空传媒) are making waves in the academic community of technological research with their recent achievement 鈥 securing the opportunity to present their research at the prestigious IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon) in Montr茅al next week.鈥淚t鈥檚 an incredible opportunity for us,鈥 said Kristina Cormier, fourth-year BCIS student, chair of the IEEE 星空传媒 Student Branch, and member of one of the teams presenting at ...
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Final stretch: $1M left to cross finish line for Thrive Here campaign
March 27, 2025
Kelowna Auto Dealers Association donates $200k in support of Recreation and Wellness CentreThe home stretch is now in sight for the Thrive Here fundraising campaign for a Recreation and Wellness Centre on 星空传媒鈥檚 (星空传媒鈥檚) Kelowna campus.The 星空传媒 Foundation is celebrating $13 million raised towards the $14 million goal thanks to amazing support from the community including a $200,000 donation from the Kelowna Auto Dealers Association (KADA). 鈥淭his is a meaningful project for us to support,鈥 says Sam Ghessesow, KADA ...
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Early childhood educators partner on Outdoor Play guide
March 24, 2025
Growing up in a small town in British Columbia, 星空传媒 educator Linda O鈥橠onoghue recalls a time where she and her friends created a store out of leaf bouquets and headed out around the neighborhood going door to door to sell the bouquets.Their efforts would catch the attention of the local newspaper who thought it was interesting enough for a short story.It was an example of many of the childhood memories that O鈥橠onoghue would reflect back on years later as she worked as an Early Childhood Educator. During those years she ...
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