A Great Day at Open House 2010!
What if you threw a party and nobody came?
Camosun has no idea, because when we hosted our annual Open House on April 29, 3,000 people showed up!
May 7, 2010
Students from more than 30 middle and secondary schools from across Vancouver Island arrived by bus, along with many carloads of others interested in finding out what Camosun could offer them. Check out the Open House gallery...
The theme of the day was Get your hands on our stuff! And that’s just what our visitors did. They welded and hammered and built one-string electric guitars and pedaled for power and fired catapults and did puzzles and guessing games and science experiments and curled and made origami…and so much more! They listened to music, learned about health care careers, found out math can be fun, tried out as TV broadcasters, dabbled in forensic accounting, wrote poetry, made fruit juice, struggled with the mirror maze challenge, learned to read blueprints, played Wii Golf and sampled mocktails.
To sum it up, they had a lot of fun while learning about Camosun’s programs and the many careers open to Camosun grads. Check out the photo gallery to see how much fun it was!
Prizes!
Everyone was invited to enter the TELUS Scavenger Hunt, for a chance to win an iPhone or one of five other cell phones. Those who ventured around the campus also found other contests to enter, and followed their noses to find free popcorn and other treats.
Grand Prize winner, Rebecca Vandenberg from Claremont Secondary
Congratulations to the winners in the TELUS Scavenger Hunt
Grand Prize - iPhone 3GS 16GB
- Rebecca Vandenberg from Claremont Secondary
Two LG Banter cell phones with $50 pay & talk cards were won by:
- Tegan Sykes from Colquitz Middle School
- Tianyan (James) Li from Esquimalt Community School
The Samsung Intensity with $50 pay & talk card was won by:
- David Dosso from Arbutus Middle School
Two Motorola Rival cell phones with $50 pay & talk cards were won by:
- Carly Nelson from Belmont Secondary
- Kyle Livelton from Mt. Doug Secondary
More prizes!
Congratulations to winners of other Open House contests!
- Kasha-Skye Solley from Esquimalt High School won the Netbook, donated by Monk Office to Camosun’s School of Business.
- Lauren Stokoe from Edward Milne Community School won a hoodie from Aboriginal Education & Community Connections
- Sam Ring, Desiree Grubell, Tina Lee and Lainey Edmunds each won a golf shirt from the Indigenous Business Leadership program.
- Kelli Young won the $100 gift card to Silver City Theatres, from the Science & Technology Showcase
- Mike Crawford and Adam Johnston each won $25 passes, from Camosun’s School of Arts & Science.
- Gary Wong won an electric toothbrush, from Camosun’s Dental programs.
Business Simulation Competition
In the midst of all the Open House fun, thirteen high school teams were here competing in the annual Business Simulation Competition.
- 1st place honours go to the Vic High team.
- 2nd place: Mt Douglas Secondary
- 3rd place: Parkland Secondary
Connecting career programs with real careers
This year we welcomed industry partners onto campus to talk to our young visitors about the wide range of careers they offer. These companies recognize that Camosun specializes in career training and that newly skilled employees will be needed to replace a rapidly retiring workforce.
Thank you to our other partners!
Camosun also thanks our other partners, who stepped forward with financial support because they recognize the importance of helping young people make informed post-secondary and career decisions.
Were you at Open House? What did you think?
Every year Camosun’s Open House gets bigger and better, and we want to keep that trend going. Help us make Open House even better by sharing your feedback, mieras@camosun.bc.ca. Your opinion matters!
- What was the most fun?
- What was kinda lame?
- What surprising things did you learn?
- How can we make it even better next year?
