Olympic athlete and Georgian graduate Jon Montgomery is golden! He has won the gold medal in the men’s skeleton competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
A native of Manitoba, Jon graduated from Business Administration – Automotive Marketing at the Barrie Campus in 2000. He has been a skeleton competitor since 2003.
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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. Read the whole story »
[ May 17, 2010; 9:00 am to 8:00 pm. 9:00 am to 8:00 pm. 9:00 am to 8:00 pm. ] The annual Georgian College Golf Classic is set to tee off on Monday, May 17 at The Club at Bond Head, a nationally ranked golf course just west of Bond Head.
The Georgian College Golf Classic, one of Simcoe County’s longest-running golf tournaments, has raised more than $730,000 since its inception.
Proceeds from the 23rd annual tournament [...]
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[ 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 [...]
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Marine cadets from Georgian’s Owen Sound Campus have had a busy winter semester so far.
In January, five Marine Engineering – Technology and Marine Technology – Navigation cadets attended the Marine Club awards at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto.
They were presented with awards for outstanding achievement at a dinner with more than 1,000 of the [...]
[ February 27, 2010; 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Gilda’s Club Red Door Variety presents The Fab Four with special guests Code Blue and Barrie Dancing with the Stars on Saturday, Feb. 27, at the Georgian College Theatre at the Barrie Campus.
The event will include an evening of music, dance, comedy, delicious food and raffle and live auction. Three-course pre-show dinner in the Georgian [...]
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Dr. Bruce Meyer, of Laurentian University at Georgian’s English department, has made TVOntario’s short list on its annual Best Lecturer Competition.
Ten lecturers from six universities advanced to the short list out of 300 nominees.
This is the first time a Georgian faculty member has made it to the top 10. At stake is a $10,000 scholarship, [...]
Georgian College students Brad Bowden and Adam Dixon will play out their boyhood dreams when they take to the ice at the 2010 Paralympic Games in Vancouver this March. Both are members of the 2010 Canadian Sledge Hockey Team.
Bowden, a third-year Art and Design Fundamentals student, has taken the semester off to moonlight as a [...]
The 2010 Winter Olympics has inspired a group of Georgian staff members to set off along the Trans Canada Highway on a foot journey to the Games.
Well, the group isn’t actually braving the winter elements to conquer the country, but it has made a fitness commitment to cover the distance. They kept track of their [...]
Sixteen Georgian College Hospitality Administration – Hotel and Resort, Hospitality Management – Hotel and Resort and Culinary Management students packed their bags, and their textbooks, for the trip of a lifetime last fall.
The group travelled to Strasbourg, France, to complete the third semester of their respective programs and explore the heart of the European hospitality [...]
[ May 17, 2010; 9:00 am to 7:00 pm. 9:00 am to 7:00 pm. 9:00 am to 7:00 pm. 9:00 am to 7:00 pm. 9:00 am to 7:00 pm. 9:00 am to 7:00 pm. ] The 23rd Annual Georgian College Golf Classic is set to tee off at The Club at Bond Head on Monday, May 17.
The annual fundraiser for student awards and scholarships, one of the longest-running golf tournaments in Simcoe County, has raised more than $730,000 to date.
More details will follow shortly.
For more information on last year’s tournament, [...]
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Georgian College and Laurentian University students Erinn Baptiste, Summer Bly and Shane Martin joined more than 12,000 torchbearers in carrying the Olympic torch as it makes its way to Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics in February. The students were selected for their unique, diverse and personal achievements.
Baptiste, a second-year Advertising student, is a member [...]
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 [...]
Marine cadets from Georgian’s Owen Sound Campus have had a busy winter semester so far.
In January, five Marine Engineering – Technology and Marine Technology – Navigation cadets attended the Marine Club awards at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto.
They were presented with awards for outstanding achievement at a dinner with more than 1,000 of the [...]
