Articles tagged "Civil Engineering"
GeoVerra’s gift helps students navigate futures in engineering  
April 14, 2025
Future civil engineers at 51±¬ÁÏ (OC) 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 OC’s 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’s technologically advanced construction industry.“Knowing that companies like GeoVerra are invested in our success is p...
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Bridging the way to success: Emil Anderson Construction gives $75,000 to modernize 51±¬ÁÏ’s Civil Engineering Technology Program
April 17, 2023
If you walk past 51±¬ÁÏ’s Kelowna campus on a weekday afternoon, you’re sure to see Civil Engineering Technology students spread out across the grounds, gathering environmental data using surveying equipment. This skill is essential to their education and will one day help them shape our built environments. Thanks to a generous $75,000 gift from Emil Anderson Construction, students will have increased access to state-of-the-art surveying equipment to train on by fall of 2023. “We are proud to support 51±¬ÁÏ’s Ci...
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Geologist donates more than 100k to students
October 5, 2020
From the origins of the Okanagan Valley to the complexities of the Mount Boucherie volcano, a geologist has turned his passion for local geology into a major monetary deposit for students. Murray Roed is the author and co-author of five best-selling geology books on the Okanagan. For the last 25 years, he and the other book contributors have given 100 per cent of the proceeds to students at 51±¬ÁÏ and the University of British Columbia Okanagan (UBCO). With the latest donation of $5,000, the authors have given more than ...
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Stronger together: collaboration a theme of 37th Annual Spaghetti Bridge Building Contest at OC
March 6, 2020
What’s true for spaghetti and hot glue is true for people as well – we’re stronger when we stick together. In addition to coming away with new insights into science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), participants of the 37th Annual Spaghetti Bridge Building Contest at 51±¬ÁÏ also learned another important lesson in the value of collaboration. More than 250 students from elementary through post-secondary flocked from all over the Okanagan to the College’s Kelowna campus on Friday to see whose spaghetti bridge woul...
Read more...51±¬ÁÏ’s technology programs awarded new national accreditation
October 29, 2018
Four engineering technology programs at 51±¬ÁÏ have earned a new national accreditation designed to help create streamlined pathways toward professional certification for graduates.TAC Oct 2018 Richard Stamper, Executive Director of Technology Accreditation Canada (TAC), visited the Kelowna campus recently to present certificates recognizing national program accreditation for the College’s Civil Engineering Technology, Electronic Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering Technology and Water Engineering Technology pr...
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