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Computers can do a lot but they can’t replace the expertise of an experienced human being. That’s just one lesson that high school students learned during the Skilled Trades Expo at the Robbert Hartog Midland Campus on May 15 and 16. Rob Davidson, co-ordinator of the Marine Engine Mechanic program showed a group of students [...]
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Four hundred secondary school students are busy trying out trades May 15 and 16 as part of a major skilled trades expo at the Robbert Hartog Midland Campus of Georgian College. Each student gains introductory, hands-on experience in two trades during the interactive workshops. The event is aimed at encouraging high school students to pursue [...]
Continue →Start your engines – the 28th annual Georgian College Auto Show pulls into the Barrie Campus from Friday, May 31 through Sunday, June 2. “We are very excited about this year’s auto show,” says Shawn Hagen, Media Relations for the student-run 2013 Auto Show Committee. “This annual event has grown, building on our existing reputation [...]
Continue →Although Georgian has been promoting the use of reusable coffee mugs, thousands of disposable coffee cups are still used each day at the Barrie Campus alone. Most of these cups end as waste or contaminating the recycling and mixed paper streams. To address this issue, a pilot study has been implemented using two coffee cup [...]
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The hard work is over and now it’s show time. Art made by more than 100 top students in Georgian College’s School of Design and Visual Art (SDVA) programs is on exhibit until May 15. Members of the public can view the 2013 SDVA Scholarship Show in the Campus Gallery in the Helen and Arch [...]
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Commercial kitchens are hot, busy places to work in. Georgian College Culinary Management students Edena Pettit, Amanda Adams and Nick Dewar know that first-hand, and they are doing something about it. As part of their Entrepreneurship and Small Business course they created a premium-quality line of breathable chef’s clothing that will make life more comfortable for [...]
Continue →Georgian College has been named one of Canada’s Greenest Employers for 2013 – the fourth consecutive year that the college has won the award. The announcement was made during Earth Day activities by Environmental students and faculty at the Hodge Research Area, a wetland owned by Georgian College that forms part of the world-renowned Minesing [...]
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PowerStream charges unique electric vehicle research at Georgian College PowerStream and Georgian College are collaborating to better understand electric vehicles and their charging demands. A unique applied research initiative will be conducted by means of a charging station, complemented by solar power, at the college’s Barrie Campus. The station will be the first of its [...]
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Seven students in Georgian’s Fine Arts program were announced as winners of a commission to have their work featured in a seniors’ community development to be constructed in downtown Barrie. The winning students and the finalists will see their designs featured within the Harmony Village Lake Simcoe Presentation Gallery, being built by City Core Developments, when [...]
Continue →Georgian College will host free information sessions for the public on how to fund your postsecondary education. The learning begins before you enter the classroom – come find out about your financing options. These Smart Student sessions will provide information on such important topics as: The cost of being a student Funding your education and [...]
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Georgian College teamed up with Therapeutic Paws of Canada in a pilot program aimed at reducing the stress and anxiety students can feel during the busy end-of-year exam period. Students were invited to drop by a classroom at the Barrie Campus today to enjoy the unconditional love of a therapy dog. Robyn Glassier works in [...]
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Armed with a degree, Julie Snache was feeling restless and unsatisfied with her career. She traded in her full-time job in Waterloo for the opportunity to pursue Georgian’s new graduate certificate in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management. Now, in the final stretch of the program, Snache is about to launch her own business – OrigiNative [...]
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Have you ever thought about teaching? Each year, Georgian College hires hundreds of talented professionals who commit two to six hours per week with students, sharing rich field experience and knowledge. Who teaches at Georgian? Georgian’s extensive programming is made possible by the support of individuals with rich workforce experience and the will to share [...]
Continue →Robert Wiggins uses the skills he learned as a Georgian College student on the job every day. But those skills also helped him save a life while he was watching a Barrie Colts game on a recent day off. Read all about how this Georgian College alumnus, a 28-year-old paramedic employed by the County of [...]
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A colourful hand-painted mural brightens the walls of the Community Education Partnership Centre (CEPC) at the Orillia Campus of Georgian College. The Youth Art Wall, unveiled in a ceremony on Tuesday, April 9, is just one of many community-based partnerships that have taken place this spring through the centre. The CEPC was created earlier this [...]
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The Georgian Grizzlies held their 43rd Annual Varsity Awards Banquet on April 4 at Barrie Campus. It was a great celebration of tremendous accomplishments made by Georgian student athletes during the 2012-2013 OCAA season. The big winner of the night was golfer Colton Kalkanis, who took home the Cloutier Cup as Georgian’s Male Athlete of [...]
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More than 50 enthusiastic volunteers collected hundreds of pounds of garbage and recyclables from around the Barrie Campus as part of annual Earth Day celebrations April 4. GEEP was also busy collecting used electronic equipment for recycling. Coffee drinkers also learned that they will soon be able to participate in a pilot project at the [...]
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The end of the academic year is fast approaching and Georgian College’s Owen Sound Campus is piloting a program with St. John Ambulance to reduce the stress and anxiety students can feel during the busy exam period. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 15 to 19, students can drop by the Students’ Administrative Council [...]
Continue →Second-year student Sara Shafiyan had to learn a new language for her co-op placement this semester – a new web programming language, that is. The Web Animation and Design student is working at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, modernizing the web content management system for the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES). Along with [...]
Continue →On March 18, a group of third-year Hotel and Resort Administration students at Georgian College hosted a Night on the Town, a fashion show to raise funds for Camp Bucko, a camp for kids who have suffered from serious burn injuries. It was a great success, raising close to $1,200 for the charity. Camp Bucko [...]
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Love, communication and unconditional acceptance are a few keys to peace and respect, Holocaust survivor Eva Olsson shared during a talk at the Barrie Campus on March 27. She co-presented with her son Jan, a Georgian teacher, as part of the college’s Respect Speaker Series — Respect and Inclusion.Almost everyone in Olsson’s family was killed [...]
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