December 2003

Algonquin College Appoints New Media Relations Manager
[December 4, 2003]

Algonquin College is pleased to announce the appointment of Jeannette Smith as Manager of Media Relations in the College’s Public Relations and Communications Department.

November 2003

Algonquin College Graduates Best Paramedics in the Province
[November 24, 2003]

Algonquin College paramedic graduates have once again topped the success list in this year’s provincial paramedic exams.

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Algonquin College Woodworking Students Give Vital Support to National Charity Fundraiser
[November 19, 2003]

Algonquin College woodworking students volunteered to be key players in national fundraising project for the Children’s Wish Foundation.

Algonquin College United Way Campaign Exceeds High Expectations
[November 13, 2003]

Algonquin College surpassed its 2003 United Way fundraising goal by more than $10,000.

October 2003

New Faculty at Pembroke
[October 28, 2003]

Algonquin College in the Ottawa Valley has two new faces among its teaching faculty this semester. Marguerite Donohue, Dean of Algonquin College in the Ottawa Valley, is pleased to announce the appointments of Kelly Kidd and Barbara Clarke to the Health and Community Studies Department.

Two Pembroke Programs Change to One-Year Format
[October 28, 2003]

Training for a career in business or computer programming can now be done in less than a year at the Pembroke Campus of Algonquin College in the Ottawa Valley. The campus is changing its traditional two-year format for two programs, Computer Programmer, and Business, to a one-year format to better meet the needs of its students.

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Algonquin College Students’ Association Opens New Outdoor Sports Court at Pembroke Campus
[October 15, 2003]

Students at the Pembroke Campus of Algonquin College in the Ottawa Valley now have access to an on-campus sports facility. An Outdoor Sports Court was officially opened today at a ribbon cutting ceremony.

August 2003

Algonquin College is open
[August 17, 2003]

Algonquin College is open on Monday, August 18, 2003. All exams and Orientation activities will be held as scheduled. Algonquin will limit its power usage to every extent possible.

June 2003

Algonquin College Apprenticeship students strike gold at skills competition
[June 18, 2003]

Three Algonquin College Apprenticeship students have proven yet again that Algonquin College equips its students with the skills for success. Carpentry Apprenticeship student Brandon Jordan and Automotive Service Technician Apprenticeship student Chris Capowski both won gold medals while Plumber Apprenticeship student David Smythe took home bronze at this year’s Ontario Technological Skills Competition held in Waterloo, Ontario, at the end of May.

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Algonquin College Interior Design students win Shaw Carpet Award
[June 16, 2003]

Students in Algonquin College’s Interior Design program have won the inaugural Shaw Contract Carpet Creative Design Award at its Annual Grad Show. Awards are given to the top three designs submitted by teams of two first-year Interior Design students. Maryanne Lowe and Erin Shanks are this year’s recipients of the first-place award, consisting of a trophy and $750 donated by Shaw Contract Carpet, to be split between them.

Algonquin College Convocation
[June 4, 2003]

Algonquin College will graduate close to 5,000 students this spring.  Over 2,000 students will be on hand to receive their diplomas and certificates at Algonquin's convocation ceremonies at the National Arts Centre on Sunday, June 8, 2003, and Monday, June 9, 2003.  Algonquin College President Robert Gillett will preside over the presentation of diplomas and certificates.

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May 2003

Algonquin College and OCRI host Research Day
[May 27, 2003]

Algonquin College’s Office of Applied Research, in conjunction with the Ottawa Centre for Research and Development (OCRI), hosted its inaugural Research Day. The College’s ongoing applied research activities in the School of Advanced Technology, the School of Media and Design and the School of Health and Community Studies were featured through presentations and demonstrations in labs on the College’s Woodroffe Campus.

Algonquin Times continues award-winning streak
[May 5, 2003]

April was a good month for the Algonquin Times.  Algonquin College’s award-winning student newspaper continued its winning ways by receiving four Ontario Community Newspaper Association (OCNA) awards as well as the Glenn Crombie Memorial Award.

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April 2003

Algonquin College receives provincial funding
[April 14, 2003]

Algonquin College President Robert Gillett is very pleased to announce that Algonquin College has received $6,997,000 from the Ontario Government.

March 2003

Algonquin College launches Tele-Health project with March Networks
[March 31, 2003]

Algonquin College nursing students will soon be utilizing state-of-the-art Home Tele-Health technology in the classroom, thanks to a partnership with March Networks.

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February 2003

Algonquin College alumnus wins College's fourth Premier's Award
[February 24, 2003]

An Algonquin College alumnus Geoffrey Darby, President of Oxygen Media Inc., has been honoured with an Ontario Premier’s Award. Darby is the fourth Algonquin alumnus in five years to win a Premier’s Award.

January 2003

Grand opening of the Algonquin Fitness Zone
[January 28, 2003]

The doors of Algonquin Students’ Association’s $3.6- million Algonquin Fitness Zone officially opened today on Algonquin’s Woodroffe Campus. Algonquin Students’ Association President, Krista Helman, and Algonquin College President, Robert Gillett, were on hand to officially open the state-of-the-art fitness facility.

Algonquin College student receives national scholarship
[January 23, 2003]

An Algonquin College student has recently begun her second semester at Algonquin College after receiving the Garfield Weston Merit Scholarship for Colleges (GWMSC) national-level scholarship from the Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation (CMSF). Algonquin College is one of over thirty Canadian Colleges participating in the GWMSC across Canada.

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Algonquin College launches Bachelor of Applied Business degree
[January 13, 2003]

Algonquin College is pleased to announce that the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities has approved the College’s proposal to offer an Applied Degree in e-Business Supply Chain Management (eSCM). Commencing in the fall of 2003, this four-year program includes eight academic semesters and three paid co-op work terms, as well as the student-use of laptop computers. The first eSCM students will graduate in the fall of 2007.

Algonquin College and University College of the Cariboo strike articulation agreement for adventure programs
[January 13, 2003]

Two of the premiere post-secondary adventure tourism educators in Canada are working together to develop more opportunities for post-secondary students in one of the fastest growing segments of the Canadian tourism sector.

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Algonquin College gives options to foreign-trained nurses
[January 8, 2003]

Algonquin College has created three new options for foreign-trained nurses seeking employment in Ontario. Algonquin’s Foreign Trained Nurse Program is designed to assist nurses who have been trained outside of Canada to be able to practice in the province’s health-care sector.