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Personal Support Worker info session March 29, Barrie Campus
Friday, 5 Mar, 2010 – 10:45 | Comments Off
Personal Support Worker info session March 29, Barrie Campus

For Tori McLellan, working with seniors is not just a job, it’s something she loves doing. Tori has been volunteering at seniors homes since she was young. When she found out that Georgian offered the Personal Support Worker program, she knew it was right for her. Georgian College’s PSW program requires both a clinical and [...]

Reinhart Weber wins Skilled Trades Hall of Fame Award
Wednesday, 3 Mar, 2010 – 11:00 | Comments Off
Reinhart Weber wins Skilled Trades Hall of Fame Award

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 [...]

Career and job fairs at Barrie and Orillia campuses March 10 and 11
Wednesday, 24 Feb, 2010 – 15:48 | Comments Off
Career and job fairs at Barrie and Orillia campuses March 10 and 11

[ March 10, 2010; 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. March 11, 2010; 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] Georgian College will host a College-wide career and job fair at the Barrie Campus on Thursday, March 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and at the Orillia Campus on Wednesday, March 10, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Barrie event gets underway in the main gymnasium, located in the Student Life Centre. The [...]

Daffodils save lives. Buy a bunch.
Friday, 19 Feb, 2010 – 15:12 | Comments Off
Daffodils save lives. Buy a bunch.

The yellow daffodil is a symbol that stands for the fight against all types of cancer. Money raised during Canadian Cancer Society Daffodil Days is used to fund leading-edge cancer research and develop improved treatment options.
Daffodils are $7 a bunch/$12 for two bunches. Pay by cash, cheque or credit card. Order before [...]

More help for Haiti
Tuesday, 2 Feb, 2010 – 12:33 | Comments Off

[ February 4, 2010; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] Georgian staff and students have an opportunity to help assist the Haitian relief efforts by donating cash this Thursday.

Georgian’s Paramedic students have invited Global Medic to the Barrie Campus. The organization is helping the relief effort in Haiti. Global Medic members will be in front of the library on Feb. 4, 9 a.m. to 5 [...]

Local electric utility mentors Georgian College Engineering Technology students
Wednesday, 27 Jan, 2010 – 16:26 | Comments Off
Local electric utility mentors Georgian College Engineering Technology students

PowerStream President and CEO Brian Bentz, along with members of his senior management team, met with more than 100 Georgian College Engineering Technology students on Jan. 22 in Alumni Hall, Barrie Campus.
The mentorship program was designed to advise students on the education, skills and experience needed to plug into careers at electric utilities.
With many retirements [...]

Learn how to design clothes that accentuate the positive
Thursday, 21 Jan, 2010 – 9:58 | Comments Off
Learn how to design clothes that accentuate the positive

It sounds like every woman’s dream come true – a unique design for ladies’ pants that make women look noticeably thinner, trimmer and smoother around the middle. And now you can learn to create your own patterns in a unique course at Georgian College’s Barrie Campus.
Georgian instructor Maria Calautti used a unique method to design [...]

Barrie Campus hosts first-ever University Transfer and Degree Fair Jan. 28
Thursday, 21 Jan, 2010 – 9:39 | Comments Off
Barrie Campus hosts first-ever University Transfer and Degree Fair Jan. 28

[ January 28, 2010; 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] Students considering studies beyond their diplomas, graduate certificates or degrees will get a chance to explore options at Georgian’s first-ever University Transfer and Degree Fair, coming to the Barrie Campus on Jan. 28.

Universities that have articulation agreements with the College, agencies representing universities abroad, and those that offer bachelor of education and graduate certificate programs [...]

University transfer and degree fair coming to Barrie Campus Jan. 28
Thursday, 21 Jan, 2010 – 6:21 | Comments Off
University transfer and degree fair coming to Barrie Campus Jan. 28

[ January 28, 2010; ] Students considering studies beyond their diplomas, graduate certificates or degrees will get a chance to explore options at Georgian’s first-ever University Transfer and Degree Fair, coming to the Barrie Campus on Jan. 28.

Universities that have articulation agreements with the College, agencies representing universities abroad, and those that offer bachelor of education and graduate certificate programs [...]

President’s Drive at Barrie Campus closed due to construction
Wednesday, 23 Dec, 2009 – 16:16 | Comments Off
President’s Drive at Barrie Campus closed due to construction

A section of President’s Drive at the Barrie Campus will be closed to all traffic starting Jan. 4 and will not re-open until construction on the Centre for Health and Wellness is complete.
As a result, there will be no access to the turning circle in front of the C Building from President’s Drive (the [...]