The County of Simcoe demonstrated its commitment to the future of local health care education by presenting an $800,000 donation to Georgian College staff and students at the Barrie Campus on March 18. The contribution will help build the Centre for Health and Wellness, which will open in September 2011.
“The County of Simcoe is committed [...]
Daily Planet visited the new Great Lakes Marine Simulation and Research Centre at Georgian College’s Owen Sound Campus last January. Click on the photo below to view Discovery Channel’s story. Note that the story will start automatically after the short advertisement.
Reinhart Weber, President and Founder, Weber Manufacturing Ltd., and a great friend of Georgian College, has been awarded the Skills Canada – Ontario Klaus Woerner Skilled Trades Hall of Fame Award. Skills Canada – Ontario presents the award annually to recognize significant contributions to the advancement of skilled trades and technologies. Weber, described as an [...]
For the second consecutive year, Georgian College Collingwood Campus staff members and students took part in the Annual Collingwood Santa Claus Parade on Sunday, Dec. 6. This year’s theme was the 2010 Winter Olympics, and they transformed an 18-wheeler into a downhill ski slope.
Reinhart Weber, President and Founder, Weber Manufacturing Ltd., and a great friend of Georgian College, has been awarded the Skills Canada – Ontario Klaus Woerner Skilled Trades Hall of Fame Award. Skills Canada – Ontario presents the award annually to recognize significant contributions to the advancement of skilled trades and technologies. Weber, described as an [...]
Staff members and students from Georgian’s Muskoka Campus participated in the Bracebridge Santa Claus parade on Sunday, Dec. 6. They brought Santa’s workshop to the downtown core. They put fake snow around the tree, even though the region had snow accumulation throughout the day.
David Tilson, Member of Parliament for Dufferin-Caledon, on behalf of Minister Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, announced more than $250,000 in Youth Skills Link funding to the Step Up Program at Georgian’s Orangeville Campus on May 22.
Funding for the Step Up Program will help 45 Dufferin County youth facing employment barriers [...]
When dozens of brave (some would say crazy) souls hit the water in Lake Couchiching last weekend, the Dean of Georgian’s Orillia Campus was the first to take the plunge.
Mary O’Farrell-Bowers represented the Campus and its students as the “celebrity dipper” for this year’s Polar Bear Dip.
She has also worked hard to fundraise, because [...]
Gwen Gilbert, mayor of Wiarton, Ontario, visited Georgian’s Owen Sound Campus March 10 to present students in the Police Foundations program with certificates of appreciation for their assistance during the town’s Groundhog Day Week.
Pictured: Gilbert, Police Foundations student Andrew Hopkins and “Wiarton Willy.”
