Once you’re done your study, adding your Algonquin College education is just a click away.
(Ottawa, March 11, 2015) Getting a postsecondary credential is hard work. Adding it to LinkedIn doesn’t have to be.
Algonquin College is proud to be the first Canadian post-secondary institution to take part in a LinkedIn pilot project. The project gives current Algonquin College students and alumni the opportunity to add all of their educational information to their LinkedIn profile with just a click of a button.
“Our mission at the College is to transform hopes and dreams into lifelong career success,” says Eric Hollebone, Director of Marketing and Recruitment at Algonquin College. “This initiative encourages our students and graduates to be proud of what they have accomplished, and helps them make the most of it as they head out into the working world. It is one more tool in our graduates’ kit to help get them to their new career.”
This new LinkedIn feature builds on Algonquin’s reputation as a leader in the social media space – the College was named a top Canadian College on social media by Ottawa firm MediaMiser last year.
Clicking the new “Add to profile” button is an easy way for students and alumni to add their Algonquin College information to the Education section of their LinkedIn profile and become a member of the Algonquin College group. If they are not already an existing member, the button allows students to sign up for LinkedIn more easily.
LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional social network, and is widely used by recruiters, hiring managers, and professionals in hundreds of different industries to search for qualified job candidates. Users with education listed in their profile get seven times more views, and get contacted fifteen times more for opportunities.
Algonquin College is the 2014-15 postsecondary winner of annual Spread the Net Student Challenge, raising the most money to buy bed nets for African families.
With over $13,000 raised, Algonquin College students have once again won the national Spread the Net Student Challenge, defeating all postsecondary challengers.
The announcement was made on Tuesday night’s Rick Mercer Report. The win means Rick Mercer will once again return to Algonquin College to tape a portion of his season finale.
In the past three years, Algonquin College students and employees have raised nearly $64,000 to purchase bed nets for African families through the Student Challenge. This is the third straight first place finish for Algonquin College.
For every $10 raised, Plan Canada purchases a bed net for an African family – protecting them from mosquitos infected with malaria. This means the Algonquin College community has helped protect over 6,400 families through this initiative.
Algonquin College has signed an articulation agreement with Endicott College, located in Beverly, Massachusetts. Endicott, like Algonquin, emphasizes on hands-on learning through internships and is recognized as a leader in experiential learning.
This new articulation agreement will allow students in two of Algonquin College’s diploma programs – Business – Marketing and Business Management and Entrepreneurship (BME) – to transfer into the third year of Endicott’s Bachelor degree in Management or Marketing upon completing their diploma with a GPA of 2.0 or higher. Students who take advantage of this opportunity will also receive a discount on their tuition, residence, and meal plans at Endicott.
Further, students pursuing their degree at Endicott through this agreement will also be eligible to pursue their MBA at Endicott, allowing them to potentially obtain their Bachelor and Masters degrees within 25 months of completing their diploma.
Thunder Women’s Basketball team (15-1) take on the Sheridan Bruins in a qualifying match for the playoffs. The Thunder finished the regular season second overall, beating the Seneca Sting 56-38 last weekend. The Thunder, who operate under the auspices of the Algonquin Students’ Association, play the Bruins Saturday, February 28 at 6 p.m. in the Algonquin College Gym.
Sunday, Mar 1
Cross Country Checkup, Pembroke style: CBC’s Rex Murphy visits our Pembroke campus for his radio show. The show will focus on why many university graduates are enrolling in college to find work in their field of study. Sunday, March 1, in Pembroke, Ont. live from 4 – 6 p.m.
On Thursday, the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU) suspended Everest College’s licence to operate in Ontario, affecting all 14 campuses including two in Ottawa. This decision, which was effective immediately, has affected over 2,400 students and 450 staff.
Algonquin College has reached out to the MTCU to ask how we can help with this very difficult situation. If you are an Everest College student and you would like information on Algonquin College programs and services, please contact Janice Pryce at everesthelp@algonquincollege.com.
The Algonquin College Board of Governors welcomes candidates interested in joining the Board. The Board of Governors is comprised of seventeen individuals: 12 external Governors who reflect and represent the stakeholders of the local community served by the College, four internal Governors representing Students, Faculty, Support Staff and Administrative Staff, and the President of the College.
Each board of governor of an Ontario college of applied arts and technology is responsible for the governance of the college. To that end, a governor is accountable to the students, employers, and communities the college serves and for ensuring that it is effectively and appropriately managed to achieve its established mandate and to provide needed programs and services to students and other stakeholders.
Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology is located in the Nation’s Capital and the Ottawa Valley. Algonquin College is one of the largest colleges in Ontario. Our vision is to be a global leader in digitally-connected applied education and training. Algonquin College has a diverse population of 20,000 full-time students and more than 36,000 part-time registrations in more than 180 programs. Our mission is to transform hopes and dreams into skills and knowledge, leading to lifelong career success.
Fight the winter blahs and help support the Children’s Wish Foundation at the same time! Check out these amazing sensory events from March 6 to 20 – all planned and implemented from start to finish by Event Management student teams! To date, the program and its students have raised over $750,000.00 towards their ONE MILLION DOLLAR goal for the Children’s Wish Foundation.
This past weekend Morgan DeVries, Scott Fawcett, and Aaron Quinn, participated in the BDC Vanier Cup Case Challenge. This is a yearly case challenged, hosted in Montreal, and is a two day national marketing competition. The students were coached, and accompanied by William Garbarino, and Jim Neubauer. Each of the students brought a unique skill set to the competition, that when combined, amounted to an incredible effort. The case was about a company that provides magicians to corporate events, and birthday parties. With business cards in hand, they presented a unique marketing opportunity to a panel of judges, with a professionalism that was unmatched by any other college in their division. Although they did not place in their division, these students demonstrated a high level of professionalism, and sportsmanship.
These three students and their coaches did not go to Montreal alone; they were accompanied by their alternative, Samantha Guyan. She accompanied them to gain more insight into the competition, so that she may represent the school next year. There were also four other students who went down to support their friends, Hailey Hamilton, Kaitlin Hay, Emily Robinson, and Benjamin Valiente. The competitors later talked about the comfort in presenting in front of familiar faces, instead of a panel of judges.
Each student that participated took away something unique and something different. Everyone here at the college would like to congratulate the Morgan, Scott and Aaron, on a job well done, you made Algonquin proud!
Thank yous also go out to Samantha Guyan, Hailey Hamilton, Kaitlin Hay, Emily Robinson, and Benjamin Valiente for being a tremendous support to their peers; and to Bill and Jim for walking the talk and providing such an amazing opportunities to these students.
Pembroke campus student Sam Graham heads off to the 2015 Canada Winter Games on Thursday – he is a member of the wheelchair basketball team.
With help from provincial politicians and agencies, Algonquin College, Carleton University, and the University of Ottawa formally launched the Capital Entrepreneurs program on Friday as part of Campus Linked Accelerator funding from the province.
Ontario Partnering with Local Universities and Colleges to Create Innovative Programs
Ontario is helping student entrepreneurs in Ottawa learn business skills, access mentorship opportunities and gain hands-on experience to start and grow a business.
The province is investing $2 million in the University of Ottawa, Carleton University and Algonquin College to support their commitment to entrepreneurship through the $20 million Campus-Linked Accelerators (CLA) program. The CLA program builds on world-class innovation and entrepreneurial programs at campuses across the province.
The academic institutions have partnered to create the Capital Entrepreneurs Project, a venture to encourage and cultivate youth entrepreneurship. The program will work to make Ottawa the best place to start and grow a business through the development of a common brand, educational standards, enhanced outreach and continued support of youth-led companies.
It will support job creation and economic development opportunities by encouraging on-campus entrepreneurship and innovation, with strong ties to entrepreneurial mentors.
The CLA program is part of Ontario’s Youth Jobs Strategy and is being launched at universities and colleges across the province.
Supporting entrepreneurship — at any age — is part of the government’s economic plan for Ontario. The four-part plan is building Ontario up by investing in people’s talents and skills, building new public infrastructure like roads and transit, creating a dynamic, supportive environment where business thrives and building a secure savings plan so everyone can afford to retire.
QUOTES
“Helping young entrepreneurs is another example of Ontario’s Youth Jobs Strategy at work in Ottawa and across the province. These programs will help harness their ideas, their vision and their enthusiasm and turn them into jobs for today and for tomorrow. Their innovative spirit will build Ontario’s future.”
— Reza Moridi, Minister of Research and Innovation
“We want to build the most entrepreneurial postsecondary system in North America.That’s why we’re pleased that academic institutions, like Algonquin College, University of Ottawa and Carlton University are working to make that happen through the Campus-Linked Accelerator program. They are helping nurture our business visionaries and igniting their entrepreneurial spirit, helping them to succeed and to expand our economy.”
— Bob Chiarelli, MPP, Ottawa West-Nepean
“Thanks to the partnership and collaboration of Carleton University, Algonquin College and the University of Ottawa, we are proudly making a $2 million investment in youth entrepreneurialism. Ottawa’s Campus Link Accelerator is an investment in the entrepreneurs of tomorrow and will help build a stronger local economy and work force.”
— Yasir Naqvi, MPP, Ottawa Centre
“Ontario has some of the best-educated, hardest-working and most creative young people anywhere. Increasing campus-linked entrepreneurship activities will help student transfer skills and knowledge from school to the marketplace. Helping these young people launch companies and find jobs is part of the Ontario government’s economic plan.”
— Madeleine Meilleur, MPP, Ottawa-Vanier
“Ontario Centres of Excellence is pleased to be able to deliver these projects as a trusted partner of the Government of Ontario. I look forward to putting our years of experience in connecting academia and industry, and our on-going support of young entrepreneurs in Ontario to good use in making these initiatives a tremendous success.”
— Dr. Tom Corr, President and CEO of Ontario Centres of Excellence
“Through the Capital Entrepreneurs program, we can engage more students and youth in hands-on entrepreneurial opportunities. Algonquin is proud of the way we open our doors to the Ottawa community, and we thank the government for supporting our efforts. We look forward to working with Carleton University and the University of Ottawa to grow the innovative spirit and mindset within our community.”
— Cheryl Jensen, President, Algonquin College
“This collaborative program puts students first, said Carleton President Roseann O’Reilly Runte. It will provide support to launch and grow youth-led businesses, strengthen Ontario’s ecosystem for young entrepreneurs, and enhance the educational and training experiences of our students. We expect the main outcomes to be more jobs for youth and a more competitive Ontario.”
— Roseann O’Reilly Runte, President, Carleton University
“The support of the CLA program to the Capital Entrepreneurs program enhances the uOttawa investment in our Entrepreneurship Hub programs. This regional partnership complements the entrepreneurship strengths of three postsecondary institutions. Together with Invest Ottawa, we are committed to driving creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship and community engagement for our youth, our students and our region,”
— Allan Rock, President, Ottawa University
QUICK FACTS
Almost all postsecondary institutions across Ontario have on-campus entrepreneurship programs (42 out of 44 institutions).
Invest Ottawa is the partnering Regional Innovation Centre for the University of Ottawa, Carleton University and Algonquin College program. As a member of the Ontario Network of Entrepreneurs (ONE), it will act as the conduit between the university and the region’s business community.
Ontario is investing $295 million over two years in the Youth Jobs Strategy to help 30,000 more young people from across the province connect with the tools, experiences and entrepreneurial support they need to find employment or start their own businesses.
More than 26,000 job opportunities have already been created under the Youth Jobs Strategy.
LEARN MORE
Employment programs for people under 30: Ready.Set.Work.
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