2018 Viewbook Your College Guide for the West Kootenay & Boundary Region
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2018 VIEWBOOK YOUR COLLEGE GUIDE FOR THE WEST KOOTENAY & BOUNDARY REGION 3 Find Selkirk College in the spectacular West Kootenay and Boundary regions of British Columbia at the following locations: CASTLEGAR (main campus) NELSON (three campus locations) Silver King Campus Tenth Street Campus Victoria Street Campus GRAND FORKS (learning centre) KASLO (learning centre) NAKUSP (learning centre) TRAIL (campus) Calgary NAKUSP Kelowna KASLO Vancouver CASTLEGAR NELSON GRAND FORKS TRAIL CANADA UNITED STATES INSIDE STUDENT LIFE 4 KOOTENAY LIFE 6 STUDENT SERVICES 8 THE ARTS 10 KOOTENAY STUDIO ARTS 11 ALASKA BUSINESS 12 (UNITED STATES) ENVIRONMENT & GEOMATICS 13 HEALTH 16 HUMAN SERVICES 17 HOSPITALITY & TOURISM 18 UNIVERSITY ARTS & SCIENCES 20 INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION 24 INDUSTRY & TRADES 25 British TRANSITIONS & YOUTH TRAIN IN TRADES 27 Columbia UPGRADING 28 CANADA PROGRAMS AT A GLANCE 29 Vancouver Calgary READY TO EXPLORE SELKIRK COLLEGE 30 Victoria Montréal APPLY 31 Ottawa Toronto UNITED STATES 1 2 Student Life WHY SELKIRK COLLEGE? 90% of students are satisfied with the quality of instruction in their program. 88% of students are satisfied with the amount of knowledge they have gained. 90% of students are satisfied with the availability of instructors to answer their questions. SOURCES: Selkirk College Student Engagement Survey 2017 THERE’S MORE TO YOUR COLLEGE EXPERIENCE THAN TEXT BOOKS AND CLASSROOMS. JOIN A TEAM OR CLUB. MAKE NEW FRIENDS. CHEER ON THE SELKIRK SAINTS, TAKE IN A SHOW OR BECOME A GET CONNECTED DAY CAMPUS EVENTS STUDENT CLUBS ATHLETICS & RECREATION SELKIRK SAINTS ICE HOCKEY LEADER ON CAMPUS. SELKIRK Start the study year off with Selkirk College's Throughout the year, Selkirk College offers Join together with like-minded people Participate in a variety of activities such as The Selkirk College Saints compete in the COLLEGE BOASTS A ROBUST AND signature student event, Get Connected Day. fun social events and activities, from relaxed who share your interests or sign up for an recreational day trips to one of the local ski BC Intercollegiate Hockey League. They DIVERSE CAMPUS LIFE WHERE Connect with other students, enjoy free food, BBQs to sporting events to music and arts opportunity to learn something new. Find hills or join one of the intramural league recently completed the BCIHL's first ever YOUR ENTHUSIASM BUILDS A games and prizes. Meet staff, take a campus performances. Stay up-to-date on upcoming an existing Selkirk College club that piques teams. As a full-time student you can four-peat with championships in 2013, 2014, tour and get answers to any questions you events, by visiting: your interest or start your own. Official also take advantage of a free college gym 2015 and 2016. Come to a game and join MORE ENRICHED LEARNING may have in your first week at college. See selkirk.ca/activities/calendar Selkirk College student clubs qualify for membership with access to a fully equipped #saintsnation renown for being the best EXPERIENCE. GET CONNECTED! what the college and community have to funds for equipment and activities. Our weight room and gymnasium facilities. fans in the league! facebook.com/selkirkstudentcentral DISCOVER AND CREATE MEMORIES offer. It’s the perfect way to start off your existing clubs include everything from selkirk.ca/athletics selkirk.ca/saints THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME. Selkirk College experience. Ultimate Frisbee to Singing Glee. selkirk.ca/get-connected-day selkirk.ca/clubs selkirk.ca 3 4 Kootenay Life EXPERIENCE LIVING IN THE WEST KOOTENAY AND BOUNDARY REGIONS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. Explore an abundance of local art, music and wellness activities to enrich your student life. Diverse ethnic foods, locally made crafts and community markets are just a few of the local charms. With the mountains close and the lakes and rivers even closer, this is some of the most spectacular and accessible landscape British Columbia has to offer. Enjoy all four seasons—soak up the summer on a pristine lake in a kayak, carve some deep powder lines at the nearby mountain resorts, blaze a trail on your mountain bike or hike the epic backcountry. Discover why people from all over the world come to this region for authentic outdoor activity and leisure. Photo: Shawn Morris selkirk.ca/off-campus-culture Photo: ralphie.ca Lavina Lookout, Duncan Lake, BC LIVING ON CAMPUS KEKULI HOUSE RESIDENCE - CASTLEGAR Conveniently located on the Castlegar Campus with spectacular views of the Columbia River Valley, the Kekuli House ralphie.ca Photo: Residence offers private accommodations for students in single room suites. The residence building also includes common areas with free laundry facilities, television and recreation lounges. Tenth Street Residence TENTH STREET RESIDENCE – NELSON Tenth Street Residence, Nelson Kekuli Residence, Castlegar Common Area The recently renovated Tenth Street Residence in Nelson provides housing for students. Accommodations range from single rooms with central amenities to three and five bedroom ‘pods’ complete with kitchen, bathrooms and a living room/ dining room area. For more information on living on campus or to apply for residence visit: selkirk.ca/residence Tenth Street Residence Bedroom Tenth Street Residence Kitchen 5 6 Student Services INSTRUCTOR PROFILE MIKE KONKIN, BUSINESS INSTRUCTOR Business Administration Program instructor Mike Konkin knows a great idea when he tastes it. Founder and CEO of the Trail Beer Refinery, the veteran educator launched his plan for a micro- AS A STUDENT, YOU COME FIRST brewery and taproom in 2016. With a product line focused on AT SELKIRK COLLEGE. THAT’S traditional ales and lagers, it opened in the spring of 2017 in WHY WE’VE DEDICATED A downtown Trail, BC to massive positive response. NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS AND “If you deliver something of quality, people will want to support it,” SERVICES TO ENSURE YOU HAVE says Konkin, who has been teaching tax, finance and accounting THE INFORMATION, TOOLS AND at Selkirk College for more than a decade. “We know what people like and we want to deliver it to them. It’s authentic and people SUPPORT YOU NEED. appreciate that aspect of our business.” SUPPORT SERVICES FINANCIAL AID EDUCATION THAT'S AFFORDABLE Konkin spent nine years in Vancouver working as a CGA for the Connect with our Student Support Services Looking for ways to pay for post- By choosing to attend Selkirk College rather likes of McDonald’s Corporation, Fletcher Challenge and Rocky to help you along your journey. secondary? The Selkirk College Financial than university you can take some of the Mountain Chocolate Factory before returning to the West Kootenay Aid department provides information financial strain out of the first years of post- • Aboriginal Services • Healthy Campus and assistance to students in the secondary learning. where he was raised. Prior to teaching at Selkirk College, he set • Academic Advising • Learning Success Centres following areas: up a bustling accounting practice in Trail and was involved in a • Assessment Services • Library Services $5,249 successful tech start-up. • Scholarships & Awards • Bookstore • Personal Counselling • Student Loan Applications $3,315 • Career Counselling • Tutoring Services • Planning & Budgeting “Everything I teach in class, I have seen in real • Career Central – Student Jobs Online • Writing Centre • Bursaries life beyond the academia. You can take a look • Child Care Centre selkirk.ca/current-students • Work Study Positions – on campus • Co-op Education & Employment Services employment at almost any course in business and you can • Apprenticeship loans and grants • College Success Services UNIVERSITIES (BC) SELKIRK COLLEGE build a case study someplace in this brewery • Accessibility Services for Students selkirk.ca/financial-aid ANNUAL TUITION COMPARISON EXAMPLE that can be used. And when you talk about with Disabilities FOR UNIVERSITY TRANSFER/ ACADEMIC ARTS Source: Comparisons are based on data collected by the Ministry of beer, it’s just that much cooler.” Advanced Education, 2016/17 Tuition for BC Public Post-Secondary Institutions. 7 8 Students are encouraged to explore their artistic talents. Our state-of-the-art computer labs, At Kootenay Studio Arts, small class sizes, working artists as instructors and after-hours studio classrooms, artist studios and a new performance theatre help support our students to fulfill access contribute to our goal of attaining excellence as a leader in craft and design education. their passion for creating. TENTH STREET CAMPUS, NELSON VICTORIA STREET CAMPUS, NELSON. THE ARTS KOOTENAY STUDIO ARTS TWO-YEAR DIPLOMAS MUSIC TWO-YEAR DIPLOMA 10-MONTH CERTIFICATES FOUR-MONTH CERTIFICATES CAREERS INCLUDE: DIGITAL ARTS & NEW MEDIA CONTEMPORARY MUSIC Composer STUDIO ARTS CERAMICS BLACKSMITHING & TECHNOLOGY Acquire in-depth training in the design, Explore and hone your design and technical Gain instruction in traditional techniques Learn to manipulate and join steel Selkirk College is Canada’s first and only Music Engineer development and production of new abilities through a supported and self- such as hand-building, wheel, glazing and through a variety of metalsmithing school that offers performance, engineering Music Instructor media. This program seeks applicants directed learning experience. Major in firing, along with technical, critical and techniques and types of welding to create and composition in a two-year program. It’s Music Merchandiser who are dedicated to excellence and Jewelry, Textiles, Ceramics or Sculptural design issues in contemporary ornamental