Trades students show their skill in the MAXIMUM Design Challenge
It was a win for Team Wood Shed the First at the MAXIMUM Design Challenge yesterday in the Kawartha Trades and Technology Centre! Willard Bedolfe (Carpentry Technician), Lochlyn Newton (Carpentry Technician), Vikas Pratap Singh (Electrical Engineering Technician), Michael Elliott (Trades Fundamentals), and Nick Candiano (Welding Techniques) constructed the winning wood shed in the design competition.… Continue reading Trades students show their skill in the MAXIMUM Design Challenge
Fleming College celebrates GIS Day in Peterborough
Fleming College celebrates GIS Day at Sutherland Campus with the GIS Day in Peterborough event. Fleming’s GIS programs are hosting the event, which highlights how the community uses geographic information systems (GIS) to make a difference. GIS Day in Peterborough features classroom seminars, presentations, and booths in the main foyer with representatives from the City… Continue reading Fleming College celebrates GIS Day in Peterborough
CICE and DSW students help St. Joseph’s at Fleming residents prepare for Halloween
Community Integration Through Cooperative Education (CICE) students helped St. Joseph’s at Fleming residents get in the Halloween spirit yesterday! For their CICE community project, the Fleming College students carved nine pumpkins for the St. Joseph’s at Fleming residents to help decorate for their Halloween party. Fleming Developmental Services Worker students also helped carve pumpkins with… Continue reading CICE and DSW students help St. Joseph’s at Fleming residents prepare for Halloween
Tiffenni Wilkenson from Ontario Travel inspires Hospitality and Tourism students
Tiffenni Wilkenson, Partnership Development and Sales at Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation (Ontario Travel), delivered an inspiring keynote speech at the Exploring Tourism and Hospitality Careers Expo at Fleming’s Sutherland Campus. Regional Tourism Organization 8 and Fleming College partnered for the second year to host the Explore Tourism and Hospitality Career Expo today. The event… Continue reading Tiffenni Wilkenson from Ontario Travel inspires Hospitality and Tourism students
Fleming students helped save Dromoland Orchard & Stables
You may have sampled Dromoland Orchard & Stables organic apple cider earlier this week in the Sutherland Campus main foyer. Michael and Pauline Bryant, the owners of the orchard in Little Britain, were handing out cider samples to staff and students at the Mental Illness Awareness Week event, sharing the health benefits of apples. The… Continue reading Fleming students helped save Dromoland Orchard & Stables
Dr. Ivan Joseph shares the power of self-confidence
Dr. Ivan Joseph, Athletics Director at Ryerson University and six-time Coach of the Year, delivered an inspiring speech today at Fleming College on the power of self-confidence. “I want people to understand the power of self-confidence,” said Dr. Joseph in the Sutherland Campus Library. “And that is not the ‘I believe I can fly’ stuff,… Continue reading Dr. Ivan Joseph shares the power of self-confidence
Tourism – Global Travel and Hospitality celebrate World Tourism Day
Today is World Tourism Day! This day in the United Nations Calendar aims to bring awareness of the importance of tourism and its social, cultural, political and economic value. “Tourism is so important around the world because it creates employment opportunities and teaches travellers about the different cultures” said Patti Watson, Tourism – Global Travel… Continue reading Tourism – Global Travel and Hospitality celebrate World Tourism Day
Baseball player Rick Johnston meets Sporting Goods Business students
Rick Johnston, Co-Founder & Director of Baseball Operations at The Baseball Zone, visited Fleming’s Sutherland Campus to speak with Sporting Goods Business students. Rick has an impressive resume in baseball, which includes playing on the Canadian National Team for the 1988 Seoul Olympics, the 1987 and 1991 Pan American Games, and the 1985 and 1991… Continue reading Baseball player Rick Johnston meets Sporting Goods Business students
Ecosystem Management Technician students can study in South Africa
Ecosystem Management Technician students will soon have the opportunity to spend a semester of study at Pidwa Wilderness Reserve (PWR) in South Africa. Fleming’s School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences signed a Letter of Intent with Pidwa to partner to deliver a semester abroad beginning in winter 2018. “Askari is thrilled to have secured… Continue reading Ecosystem Management Technician students can study in South Africa
Ecosystem Management students travel to Costa Rica
Ecosystem Management Technician students are in Costa Rica for their International Field Placement! The students are sharing their experiences helping the Parismina Turtle Conservation on the Destination Conservation blog. In the post “More Challenging Than Expected…More Rewarding Too” by Devon Hennessey, Devon writes about the difficult hours of patrols (patrol shifts are either from 8… Continue reading Ecosystem Management students travel to Costa Rica