Olympic legend Ian Millar was profiled in the July edition of Faces Magazine Ottawa! Ian, a world-class equestrian known as “Captain Canada” is also an Algonquin College alumnus! Learn more about Ian here or pick up a copy of Faces Magazine’s July edition!
Learn more about this year’s recipient of the Dr. H.H.J. Nesbitt award, Kevin Brink of the Computer Engineering Technology – Computing Sciences program. Kevin was recently profiled in the Cornwall Standard-Freeholder.
The Dr. H.H.J. Nesbitt award is given at Convocation to the student at Algonquin College with the highest academic standing in a degree, diploma or certificate program.
Mental health initiatives in Lanark County, ON, received a boost on June 25, 2015, when Office Administration—Executive (OAE) students from the Algonquin College, Perth Campus presented a cheque for $1,712.75 to Lanark County Mental Health. The donation follows a Mental Health Awareness Luncheon that the OAE class held in April.
Continue reading Perth Students Donate $1,700 to Local Mental Health Organization
Over the years, Jimmie Johnson’s No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet has taken on many different looks in various Lowe’s, Kobalt, Patriotic, and special paint schemes. Going into the 2015 season, Team 48 wanted to spice up the design of the 48 machine and enlisted the help of designer and Algonquin College graduate Brendan Droppo! Via the Lowe’s Racing blog.
The Ottawa Sun profiles a few Algonquin College students and recent graduates about their ‘Exo Support Leg’ applied research project!
The project was also the subject of this great video by the Algonquin Students’ Association.
Two Public Relations students took home top honours at Thursday night’s International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Ottawa 2015 Excel Awards!
Congratulations to Public Relations student Bryant McNamara, named the chapter’s Volunteer of the Year, and to Sharon Cheung, recipient of the Rick Green Student Award! Way to go Bryant and Sharon!
Algonquin College’s Public Relations and Communications department was also recognized at the event, taking home an Excel Award for a 2014 campaign introducing the College’s newest President Cheryl Jensen.
Six thousand, four hundred forty graduates invited to Convocation, with thousands of guests and a number of live stream viewers from around the world. Grads and guests filled up seven ceremonies at the Canadian Tire Centre.
Five honorary degree and diploma recipients, including Anthony Pollard, Dr. Robert Cushman, Senator Vernon White, Harvey Glatt, and Shirley Westeinde. One valedictorian, Emily Anne Robinson from the Business – Marketing program. (Stay tuned for those convocation addresses to be posted to YouTube, or check them out at algonquincollege.com/live)
Oh so many awards, including:
And it’s all made possible by the dozens of employees who help make this ceremony happen – and all of those who got the students to their graduation, including family, friends, faculty and staff, and many others! Thank you!
All ceremonies can be replayed via algonquincollege.com/live.
Check out over 160 Instagram photos and more than 500 hundred excited tweets from grads and their supporters on Twitter via the hashtag #ACConvocation.
One final, special congratulations to the grads of 2015!
The program, which includes 17 youth entrepreneurs representing some 15 companies, is being offered for the first time through Algonquin’s Campus-Linked Accelerator.
This three-month summer intensive program (May 5 – July 24) consists of nine weeks of workshops given by industry professionals and faculty on Tuesdays, Wednesday and Fridays plus guidance and advice from mentors over several additional weeks. Twenty students will participate in SUMMIT and will be eligible to receive $5,000 in funding.
Learn more in the Ottawa Business Journal.
The Higher Ed Points program converts Aeroplan Miles into payments for higher education for participating institutions as an innovative source of funding for post-secondary education.
This creative program allows Aeroplan Members to pool their Aeroplan Miles to support a student – any Aeroplan Member can make a ‘payment’ on behalf of a student as long as they have the required student name, date of birth, and Algonquin College student number. Now it’s easier than ever for friends and family to pitch in for students’ post-secondary fees by simply converting Aeroplan Miles!
Visit www.higheredpoints.com for more information.
Algonquin College recently discovered that one of our computer servers had been compromised by unauthorized cyber intruders.
As soon as this discovery was made, the server was shut down by the College, and a security investigation was undertaken by a cyber-forensics firm. This is an isolated incident that affected a single server and did not affect other College systems. Although our investigation uncovered no direct evidence that any data was actually taken, it did reveal additional intruders. Algonquin College is taking the matter seriously because some student personal information was accessible to intruders.
We regret that this incident occurred. We are reaching out to all affected students. The only possibly affected individuals were enrolled in the following programs, in the following years:
If you are not in one of the two groups noted above, you were not affected by this incident.
If you are in one of the two groups noted above and you did not receive a notification email or letter, you can contact us at roresponse@algonquincollege.com or 1-866-921-5763 (toll free) to find out if you may possibly be affected.
Algonquin College has notified the University of Ottawa, Carleton University and the Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) of Ontario of this matter, and we are working with them to address the situation.
We are notifying affected individuals and Algonquin College is covering the cost for them to receive credit bureau monitoring and identity theft protection. We have also set up an 1-800 information line to answer their questions and we are providing students with detailed information about how they can protect themselves.
Again, we sincerely regret that this incident occurred. This is a concern both for those affected and for our institutions. We take our role in safeguarding applicant and student personal information very seriously. We are committed to implementing the necessary remediation steps between the three institutions to minimize the possibility of future incidents of this nature.