Articles tagged "Bachelor of Business Administration"
Meet Roger Wheeler, Business Professor
November 26, 2020
Q: What is your education and background? A: I am a Chartered Professional in Human Resources (CPHR) with bachelor’s degrees in physical and health education, and physics, as well as master’s degrees in science (biomechanics) and business administration. Prior to teaching here at OC, I worked mostly in the public sector, first in government, then in health care, acting in a variety of consultant, manager and director roles. Q: What is your area of interest? A:...
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New OC business program creates more real-world learning for budding entrepreneurs
September 24, 2020
Okanagan College’s School of Business is launching a new program that will teach entrepreneurship and business in a way most business owners would say is key to learning – by doing. The Experiential Entrepreneurship program will offer an entrepreneurship specialty to the College’s Bachelor of Business Administration degree. Modelled after a long-running and highly successful program at the College’s partner school in Finland, JAMK University of Applied Sciences, the Experiential Entrepreneurship program will see business students ...
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Award winner is teaching young people to crunch numbers
August 21, 2020
Erum Ahmad is creating an opportunity for Vernon high school students to improve their financial literacy skills, an experience she wished she had during grade school. The fourth-year Okanagan College Vernon Bachelor of Business Administration (Accounting) student remembers being disappointed when she learned her high school didn’t offer any accounting classes. So Erum took it upon herself to create and teach a program to Clarence Fulton Secondary students in Vernon this p...
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Meet Luning Chen
August 17, 2020
What did you take at OC/OUC? When did you graduate? 你就读于奥肯纳根学院的哪个专业？何时毕业的？ I graduated in 2014 with a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Finance. 我毕业于2014年工商管理学学士金融系 Where are you from and where are you now? 你来自哪里？现在居住在哪？ I’m originally from mainland China, and am now living in Kelowna B.C. 我来自于中国大陆，现定居于加拿大英属哥伦比亚省基洛纳市 What was your best memory during your time at OC? 你就读于OC时最美好的记忆是什么？ Meeting different classmates from different cultures a...
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Million dollar idea: OC alumnus creates a charitable gala in time of need
April 14, 2020
OC alumnus, Drew Vincent knew he wanted to bring the community together during a global quarantine. His challenge: how to hold an in-person online and still generate the kind of participation needed. His ingenuity and the community’s generosity yielded results that surpassed expectations. In just five days, his idea turned into a $20,000 donation to help the Okanagan community during COVID-19. The event also laid the groundwork for an even bigger charitable effort on May 2. A graduate of the College’s Bachelor of Business Administ...
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OC student and printshop owner supports business community
March 26, 2020
People helping others is a sign of the times, especially if Okanagan College student Bryan Carlton has anything to say about it. In addition to studying part-time for his BBA, Carlton owns Snap Printing in Kelowna. Since the pandemic landed in North America, he found his clients in education, event management and business have either reduced hours, put projects on hold or cancelled events. “I have a few clients who let me know how slow it was and wanted to see If I can do anything to possibly help them out. I figured banners were...
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OC Business students triumph at national case competition
February 11, 2020
It was a golden weekend for a trio of Okanagan College business students. Kevin Heller, Nora Glanzner, and Spencer McIntosh, all third-year students at the Kelowna campus, took top spot on the podium at the Scotiabank Canadian Case Challenge at Vanier College in Montreal. The annual competition saw 27 of the country’s top business schools represented this year. The high-pressure competition challenges students to apply their business strategy, marketing and management savvy to a live business case in three hours while in total ...
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OSB alum makes national honour roll for Common Final Exam
January 17, 2020
After 150 hours of studying, Donald Brouwer walked out of his Common Final Examination (CFE) with a sigh of relief. Little did the Okanagan College alum know that just a few months later his name would be listed on the national honour roll, meaning his mark earned him a spot in the top one per cent of successful CFE writers in Canada. Announced in early January, Chartered Professional Accountants Canada shared on their website the 77 writers who earned the honour roll mention, Brouwer being one of nine from British Columbia. “My fi...
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OC Business students ready to bring their best at International case competition
January 8, 2020
Although it may be their first time competing together, a pair of business students and up-and-coming HR professionals at Okanagan College have their sights set on bringing home the hardware at a prestigious international case competition. The College’s School of Business will send three teams to compete in the 2020 Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (I.C.B.C.). at Queen’s University next week. One of those teams is the HR duo of Madison Freisen and Alivia Leibbrand, coached by OC Business Professor Roger Wheeler. “We’re look...
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