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An incredible array of innovative new projects designed and developed by graduating Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology students at Camosun College are being featured today at a year-end Capstone Symposium.

Automotive students at Camosun College were able to come together today to experience a day in the life of one of the world’s most fabulous cars—John Lennon’s 1965 Rolls-Royce Phantom V Touring Limousine—as it underwent maintenance and diagnostic testing with a little help from friends.

Camosun College invites the community to attend a technology showcase on Thursday, Dec. 12 that displays innovative new projects designed and developed by graduating Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology students.

A team of hospitality management students from Camosun College is organizing a unique fundraising event for the BC Heritage Fairs Society on Thursday, Dec. 5 at the Robert Bateman Centre.

Breaking down barriers for women entering the trades is the focus of a new partnership between Camosun College and Vancouver Island University (VIU).

When local humanitarian and long-time activist Andrew Beckerman learned that the Camosun College Student Society was matching donations to the college’s $25,000 Giving Tuesday fundraising goal for its new Erasing Barriers to Education Fund for Camosun students, he was so impressed he offered the first match of $1,000.

Representatives from colleges, institutes and universities in the Philippines are currently visiting Camosun College to learn more about an integrated learning approach, best practices and creating seamless pathways for students.

Two enterprising Camosun students, Keo Tran and Angela Zhang, from the college’s Hospitality Management and post degree diploma programs are leading efforts to organize a fundraiser on behalf of the 10th anniversary of Community Micro Lending, an island non-profit society that connects local lenders to local borrowers, and helps people earn a livelihood by supporting small-scale entrepreneurship.

Camosun College President Sherri Bell has been appointed Board Chair of BC Colleges for a two-year term effective Nov. 21, 2019.

Trained therapy dogs from St. John Ambulance will be making appearances on both Camosun College campuses just in time for exam period.

The elaborate funerary rituals and practices of the Victorian era will be on display on the streets of the Royal BC Museum’s Old Town and adjacent Helmcken house this Saturday, Nov. 23.

November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, kicking off 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence that end on International Human Rights Day, December 10.

An interdisciplinary group of employees from  Camosun participated in the second annual field school in May 2019 through a partnership with Arusha Technical College in Tanzania.

The Camosun Chargers Men’s Basketball Team will tip-off against the Capilano University Blues this Friday, in their 2019-20 PACWEST home opener at the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence (PISE).

The Camosun Chargers Women’s Basketball Team is primed to open the 2019-20 PACWEST season with an exciting new crew featuring six newcomers and a core group of veterans.