Fleming College

Fleming College will welcome hundreds of prospective students, their families and friends to all of its campuses at its annual spring Open House on Saturday, April 9 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Visitors can get an all-access pass to their future by touring the campuses and residences and meeting with faculty, students and alumni. Guests can also take in program demonstrations, explore pathways to in-demand careers and discover the on-campus services available to students. Help with applications will be available at the Registrar’s Office.

There will be a number of informative sessions throughout the day that will cover a variety of topics such as financial aid, housing, and student life as well as college education for adults, and what parents should know.

Program demonstrations include:

• Sutherland Campus (Peterborough): Culinary students will be baking treats available for tasting,
• McRae Building (Peterborough): Carpentry and welding demonstrations
• Frost Campus (Lindsay): Blasting Techniques blasting demos (every hour starting at 10 a.m.), Outdoor Adventure Skills offering Cold weather safety tips and demo of hypothermic wraps, and Arboriculture tree-climbing demos
• Haliburton Campus: Live art demonstrations in the campus studios
• Cobourg Campus: Mini-manicures by Esthetician students
• Eastern Ontario Fire Academy (Norwood, 12-2 p.m. only): Firefighting simulations and equipment displays

Register for Open House by texting FLEMING to 123411 and you’ll be entered in a draw to win a new iPad 2 (standard texting rates apply). For more information or to register online, you can visit www.flemingcollege.ca/openhouse or you can call 1-866-353-6464.

Once again, Fleming College is offering free return transportation to its Peterborough and Lindsay campuses from Bayview Village and the Oshawa Centre. Visit the website to register for this service.

Located in the heart of Central Ontario, Fleming College has campus locations in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg and Haliburton. Named for famous Canadian inventor and engineer Sir Sandford Fleming, the college features more than 90 full-time programs in Business and Technology, Continuing Education and Skilled Trades, Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Visual Arts, Education, Health and Wellness, and Law, Justice and Community Services. Fleming College has more than 6,000 full-time and 10,000 part-time students, and 58,000 alumni.

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For more information:
Laura Copeland, Communications Officer, 705-749-5530 x 1370 or copeland@flemingc.on.ca