Articles tagged "Okanagan School of Business"
Enactus°ĶĄč·čĀķŠćheading to nationals after dominating in multiple categories
March 18, 2022
Enactus °ĶĄč·čĀķŠć students have their sights set on nationals, after making the podium in four competitions at the Enactus Regional Exposition ā including three first-place finishes. They performed so well, that Enactus°ĶĄč·čĀķŠćwas recognized with an Excellence in Innovation Award, provided when students demonstrate their commitment to tackling some of Canadaās biggest challenges. āWe have come a long way this year,ā explains Danielle Walker, Enactus°ĶĄč·čĀķŠćPresident. āOur team has tripled in size, we have scaled and rebranded project...
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°ĶĄč·čĀķŠćstudents place first with their vision to revitalize Royal B.C. Museum exhibits
March 15, 2022
°ĶĄč·čĀķŠć business students came out on top with their unique vision of how to reinvigorate the Royal B.C. Museum. The Royal Roads Design Thinking Challenge welcomed teams from across Canada and the United States to compete in a case competition based on the concept of revitalizing exhibits and displays at the Royal B.C. Museum with the use of design thinking principles. Business students Vasu Singla, Rebecca Thede, Kenneth Dolera and Chantelle Gaberel represented the College and worked with their coaches, Pamela Nelson and...
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°ĶĄč·čĀķŠć earns back-to-back gold medals at national business case competition
March 8, 2022
For the first time in the 17-year history of the Scotiabank National Case Competition, a business school has recorded back-to-back gold medals as °ĶĄč·čĀķŠć climbed to the top of the podium ā again ā on Saturday. Hosted by Vanier College in MontrĆ©al, the āreal timeā case competition attracts teams from across Canada looking to test their knowledge and skills. āI am honoured to have shown to Canada that our business school has a unique approach to learning. The dedication of our coaches helped us think better, collaborate and...
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Meet Kayla Gabelhouse
February 10, 2022
°ĶĄč·čĀķŠćalumna Kayla Gabelhouse felt there was a gap in the jewelry market and started making pieces for herself and her friends. What started as a fun side hustle, quickly grew to being a profitable jewelry business thatās been featured in Vanity Fair UK and donned on reality TV stars. What did you take at OC/OUC? When did you graduate? What campus did you attend? BBA with a specialty in Marketing, I graduated in April 2020. Would you recommend the program you took? Wh...
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Enactus °ĶĄč·čĀķŠćawarded new funding to cultivate student entrepreneurs
February 1, 2022
Enactus °ĶĄč·čĀķŠć has received their largest grant to date, enabling the volunteer team to launch and expand more student-led projects that create community and environmental impact. The Economic Trust of the Southern Interior (ETSI-BC) is investing in Enactus social entrepreneurs with a $25,000 grant. Laurel Douglas, CEO of ETSI-BC, says her organizationās mission is to support economic development projects that will have long-lasting and measurable benefits in the region. āWe are excited to see how this grant helps Enac...
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Meet Courtney Koga
January 18, 2022
Eight years ago, Courtney Koga and her sister Meiko started CrAsian Food Truck. Today, they continue running a successful food truck business in addition to two brick and mortar kitchens in tasting rooms of two popular Kelowna breweries: Kettle River Brewing and BNA Brewing. Recently Koga was nominated for two Kelowna Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards for Young Entrepreneur and Social Leadership. We caught up with her to hear more about what sheās been up to si...
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°ĶĄč·čĀķŠćBusiness Professor's stained glass portrait honours Indigenous students, colleagues
January 14, 2022
If you have visited the Kelowna campusā Centre for Learning and looked up at the second-floor offices, you may have seen colourful stained glass art hanging from the windows. Those pieces were created by °ĶĄč·čĀķŠćBusiness Professor, Devin Rubadeau. During the day, he teaches business administration and in his spare time, he is a stained glass artist. His father taught him how to make industrial art at a young age and since then, stained glass art and woodworking have been two media he always comes back to. While working on his doctora...
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°ĶĄč·čĀķŠćbusiness students seek community support to launch investment fund
January 5, 2022
Justin Rantucci and Steven Fiust speak highly of their education at °ĶĄč·čĀķŠć, but there is one thing they would like to change. When networking with other finance students at post-secondary institutions across Canada, they learned that schools with a student-run investment fund seemed to result in a better transition to finance careers for their graduates. Seeing an opportunity to provide hands-on experience for more °ĶĄč·čĀķŠćstudents while building capacity locally, Rantucci, Fiust and fellow student Riley Dunsmore are lo...
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°ĶĄč·čĀķŠćprofessors win back-to-back North American Case Conference award
November 23, 2021
Business Professors Dr. Kyleen Myrah, Kerry Rempel and Stacey Fenwick continue to put °ĶĄč·čĀķŠć on the map when it comes to case research and writing. Myrah, Rempel and Fenwick took home the bronze from the recent North American Case Conference, hosted by the North American Case Research Association (NACRA) virtually Oct. 14 to 16. NACRA is an organization made up of case writers, researchers and teachers from all over the world. It holds an annual North American conference and publishes a top-level peer-reviewed journal ...
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TOTA award remembers George Hanson, supports °ĶĄč·čĀķŠćviticulture student
November 8, 2021
Winemaker George Hanson, who passed away in February, was widely acknowledged for his efforts to grow the B.C. wine scene. A new award funded by the Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA) will commemorate his legacy, while helping a viticulture student at °ĶĄč·čĀķŠć to cultivate their future in the industry Hanson so dearly loved. TOTA has donated $1,500 to create the George Hanson Memorial Bursary, which will be open to students in the Collegeās Viticulture Certificate program starting in January. āWe are very please...
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Meet Sean McFetridge, °ĶĄč·čĀķŠćalumnus
November 1, 2021
After an intense wildfire season, heatwaves and droughts, the need for Canadians to conserve water is more crucial than ever. Thatās where °ĶĄč·čĀķŠćalumnus Sean McFetridge comes in. He and his wife, Alisha McFetridge, co-founded RainStick Shower, a WiFi-enabled smart shower system that aims to solve water and energy waste by up to 80%. We caught up with Sean to hear more about what heās been up to since graduating from °ĶĄč·čĀķŠćin 2011. Where is your hometown and where are you located...
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°ĶĄč·čĀķŠćstudent wins completion grant as part of inaugural Tourism Management Diploma program
October 14, 2021
For one °ĶĄč·čĀķŠć student, embracing Tourism Management Diploma (TMD) studies at the Revelstoke Centre has truly paid off. Stephanie Sonsona has been named the recipient of the Revelstoke Accommodation Associationās completion grant for 2021, receiving $1,000 to support her education. She first began exploring post-secondary study options while in her home country of the Philippines, and was introduced to the TMD program through °ĶĄč·čĀķŠćās International Education department. She was drawn to the new tourism-focused...
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Volunteers needed for a sweet cause: Enactus °ĶĄč·čĀķŠćstudents invite community to join them in picking apples
September 17, 2021
A group of °ĶĄč·čĀķŠć business students are once again putting the call out for volunteers from °ĶĄč·čĀķŠćand the community to help them harvest fruit that will be used to make healthy snacks for children and others in need. Launched in the fall of 2018, Fruit Snaps is a Vernon- and Penticton-based project co-ordinated by Enactus °ĶĄč·čĀķŠćstudents in partnership with the North Okanagan Valley Gleaners Society facility. Itās focused on taking unused apples from local orchards and dehydrating them into snacks for local schools. The Fruit S...
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The road to Harvard: °ĶĄč·čĀķŠć graduate continues her quest for knowledge
June 3, 2021
Dr. Guessy Wang is no stranger to the graduation stage having already secured a Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Dental Surgery. Wang will be adding a third degree to her name, graduating from °ĶĄč·čĀķŠć with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, an impressive feat that has propelled her to Harvardās T.H. Chan School of Public Health where she will begin her search for a solution to help address dental obstacles within Canadaās northern population. Wang came to Canada from China as an international student. She atte...
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°ĶĄč·čĀķŠćEnactus wows on the national stage with pitch competition win and top-four team finish
May 21, 2021
°ĶĄč·čĀķŠć Enactus students won first place in the brand-new Intuit Sustainability Pitch Competition category at the Enactus Canada National Exposition, making them the first post-secondary team to win this award and marking them as the team to beat in years ahead. Enactus °ĶĄč·čĀķŠćwas recognized as one of the top four teams in the country after an impressive finish at the national finals on the strength of three projects: FruitSnaps, CanSave and Rising. The winning pitch and an impressive second runner-up finish for the FruitSnaps...
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Meet Andrew Klingel, Business Administration Professor
April 27, 2021
Q: What is your education and background? A: I have a Bachelor of Commerce and a Master's of Business Administration from Queenās University. Q: What is your area of interest? A: Prior to joining °ĶĄč·čĀķŠć, I consulted for major corporations such as Telus, TD and General Motors ā but my true passion is entrepreneurship. I have been involved with many new ventures as an operator, investor and advisor. For example, I joined a software start up that grew f...
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