Fleming College invites employees, students and the general public to their 5th annual Fair Trade Sale with Ten Thousand Villages on November 16th and 17th at the Sutherland campus in Peterborough. This holiday sale of unique, handcrafted gifts, including fair trade coffee and tea, jewellery, holiday decorations, home décor, toys and textiles, is an opportunity… Continue reading Ten Thousand Villages Fair Trade Sale
Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce Awards Bursary to Fleming Student
Fleming College Business Administration student Matthew Warren is the recipient of a $1,000 Business Leadership Bursary sponsored by the Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce. The award was presented to Warren at the 8th Annual Peterborough Business Excellence Awards Gala held on Tuesday, October 18th held at the Trentwinds in Peterborough, Ontario. “Thank you, I am… Continue reading Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce Awards Bursary to Fleming Student
Sustainable Agriculture students eligible for funding
Students taking Fleming College’s Sustainable Agriculture program at the Frost Campus are now eligible to apply for special funding through the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) and Agriculture Canada. The program is delivered by Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association (OSCIA) on behalf of OMAFRA. The funding helps new farmers offset training… Continue reading Sustainable Agriculture students eligible for funding
Cobourg Campus celebrates graduates, community partnerships
The Cobourg Campus celebrated a year of successes at a special event held on August 25. Students graduating from the Esthetician diploma program and the Academic Upgrading program, as well as graduates of the Food Service Worker, Solar Installation and Maintenance and Leadership Principles training programs at the campus were honoured for their commitment and… Continue reading Cobourg Campus celebrates graduates, community partnerships
Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MPP Rick Johnson visited the Frost Campus on Aug. 30 to celebrate the extension of an agreement the province has with the Kawartha Trans Canada Trail Association (KTCTA). The KTCTA, a non-profit organization, has reached an agreement with the province to extend its current agreement by five years, until 2018, continuing to maintain… Continue reading Extension of Trans Canada Trail agreement
Blueboxing @ Fleming is a group of volunteers who work together to help staff, students and visitors to Fleming College’s Sutherland Campus better understand how to reduce waste and divert from landfill. You have probably seen us in the lower part of the cafeteria and wondered what we do. Blueboxing works in partnership with Fleming… Continue reading Community partnership: Blueboxing @ Fleming
CAWT Director named to provincial water advisory board
Fleming College Senior Scientist Dr. Brent Wootton has been appointed to the Province of Ontario’s Water Technology Acceleration Project (WaterTAP). The Hon. Glen Murray, Minister of Research and Innovation, named Wootton to the WaterTAP board for a term of one year. Dr. Wootton is the director of Fleming’s Centre for Alternative Wastewater Treatment (CAWT) at… Continue reading CAWT Director named to provincial water advisory board
Join the growing green energy sector by taking Fleming College’s comprehensive Solar Photovoltaic Installer Certificate program at the Cobourg Campus. Be job ready in just 15 weeks. As a Certified Photovoltaic Installer you will install, inspect and maintain photovoltaic systems that convert solar energy into electricity. There is already a significant and growing labour shortage… Continue reading NEW: Solar Photovoltaic Installer Certificate
The Links Project: Linking community and the environment
Call for community participants The new C-Links Centre for Community-Based Projects and Social Mapping and the Faculty of the Environmental Leadership course at Fleming College’s Frost Campus are seeking interested non-profit organizations to participate in a unique, community-based research project. As part of the Environmental Leadership course, all first semester students at the Frost Campus… Continue reading The Links Project: Linking community and the environment
Free professional business consultations for Fleming graduates
In partnership with the Greater Peterborough Area Economic Development Corporation’s Business Advisory Centre (BAC), the Fleming College Advancement & Alumni Relations office is proud to be offering professional onsite business consultations at no charge for Fleming alumni beginning in September 2011. Whether you are thinking about starting a business, or have an existing business, the… Continue reading Free professional business consultations for Fleming graduates