Things to see and do at Open House
Don't be shy, you're welcome to explore our classrooms, shops and labs and see what Camosun is all about.
Look for the hot pink Open House Activity signs to find where you can have fun learning about all the programs!
Jack White and John Drysdale buildings plus the trades yard
- Apprenticeship Training – blue print reading
- Carpentry – enter the nail driving contest and build a set of stairs
- Electrical – test your reaction time
- Fine Furniture – Camosun students in action, use the CNC cutter
- Heavy Duty/Commercial Transport Mechanics – operate the crane and guess the weight of what you lift, test the torque, stop the socket, pedal for power
- Lync Dual Credit programs – money ball (outside)
- Plumbing, Refrigeration & Pipe Trades – pipe bowling and golf
- Sheet Metal & Metal Fabrication – cut steel with a plasma arc cutter
- Welding – put on goggles and gloves and pick up a torch
Technology Building
- Applied Chemistry & Biotechnology – magic, colour and explosions (8:30am-1pm)
- Civil Engineering Technology – Spaghetti Bridge Competition, hydraulic jumps, interactive pasco structures
- Electronics & Computer Engineering – build your own junk guitar and take it home; gumball machine, LED throwies
- Mechanical Engineering – compressed air rocket launch; wind tunnel
- Math – puzzles, games, bubbles, patterns and virtual goldfish – who knew math could be this much fun! Free popcorn!
- Physics – lasers, hair-raising electromagnetic tricks, speaker waves
Centre for Business and Access
- Business – 4th year BBA Marketing students are planning your fun. Details...
- Aboriginal Education – help us celebrate our 20th anniversary with bannock, Cowichan knitters, First Nations art and a Traditional Medicine workshop (10-11am)
- Criminal Justice – who is the criminal?
- English – literary crossword, punctuation personality test, proverbs & playdoh
- English as a Second Language – name that language game, many ways to say welcome, origami
- Oops Oasis – coffee and conversation for teachers and adult learners
- Psychology – computer games and perceptual illusions, Blind Man’s Bluff, mythbusters
- Visual Arts – fake ID
Campus Centre, Portable A and Courtyard
- Co-operative Education – career match-maker
- Biology – biology bingo
- E.A.R.T.H Gardening – visit the greenhouse, plant a seedling and take home a plant (9am-noon)
- Environmental Technology – bicycle power
- Food & Customer Service – chocolate covered treats (9:30 and 10:30am) and fresh-squeezed juice (9am-noon)
- International – meet Camosun students
- Music – Conservatory of Music performances
- Student Employment – spin the career wheel
- Student performances – enjoy the talents of Camosun ESL and International students
- Student Services – enter to win a prize
- Study Abroad – international travel game
Pacific Institute of Sport Excellence
- Athletic & Exercise Therapy – first aid demonstrations, injury rehab
- Athletics – meet the Chargers
- Canada Sport Centre Pacific – rowing
- Centre for Sport & Exercise Education - wheelchair obstacle course, Train Like an Athlete circuit
- Community, Family & Child Studies - TBA
- Continuing Care – name the bones
- Health Care Career Fair with Vancouver Island Health Authority – Biomedical Engineering, Human Resources, Laboratory Services, Medical Imaging, Pharmacy Services, Respiratory Therapy, Volunteer Services
- Nursing – be amazed at what our computerized "patient" can do!
- Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence – guided tours; meet the PISE partners: BC Lung Association, Heart & Stroke Foundation, Tobacco Use Reduction Task Force
Check back later for more updates!
