Camosun Student Innovation Challenge gives students a platform to pitch creative ideas

How can the student experience at Camosun be improved? The college’s Student Innovation Challenge (SIC) is attempting to answer that question. Based upon the criteria of demand, impact, and feasibility of concept, students have an opportunity to present ideas to a panel and possibly win some money with their innovative propositions. For the challenge, students […]

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Know Your Profs: Deanna Roozendaal thrilled to be back in classroom

Know Your Profs is an ongoing series of profiles on the instructors at Camosun College. Every issue we ask a different instructor at Camosun the same 10 questions in an attempt to get to know them a little better. Do you have an instructor who you want to see interviewed in the paper? Maybe you […]

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Camosun student gets involved in college Sustainability Plan

Camosun College launched its new Sustainability Plan last fall, and the college has since said that student leadership was vital to its success. Former Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) sustainability director Solomon Lindsay was one of the students involved in the plan; he says the opportunity presented itself when the college’s Sustainability department reached out […]

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Know Your Profs: Sheryl Haynes on the power of a healing circle

Know Your Profs is an ongoing series of profiles on the instructors at Camosun College. Every issue we ask a different instructor at Camosun the same 10 questions in an attempt to get to know them a little better. Do you have an instructor who you want to see interviewed in the paper? Maybe you […]

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Camosun students create web app for meal-deal tracking

Camosun College second-year Business student Forrest Browning and Marvin Janssen, a former exchange student from the Netherlands, saw a need for an easy-to-use deal tracker. They compiled a calendar of different happy hours and lunch specials around town, and dealsohard.ca was born. “We thought, you know, wouldn’t that be amazing if there was just this […]

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Coast Salish carver creates new totem pole at Interurban

It’s always challenging and exciting to take on a big project. Sometimes it can be downright intimidating. But for Coast Salish carver Bear Horne, carving an 18-foot totem pole on the grounds of Camosun College’s Interurban campus just feels like the next, natural step in his personal journey. “I’ve pretty much been carving my entire […]

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Know Your Profs: Camosun’s John Boehme gets arty

Know Your Profs is an ongoing series of profiles on the instructors at Camosun College. Every issue we ask a different instructor at Camosun the same 10 questions in an attempt to get to know them a little better. Do you have an instructor who you want to see interviewed in the paper? Email editor@nexusnewspaper.com […]

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Camosun alumna dives into Nashville music scene

Katy Weicker staff writer Camosun alumna Jenny Lou recently found herself with nothing but the clothes on her back and her guitar after a house fire in March 2018. The legend around town is this incident sparked a desire for the country singer to move to Nashville to pursue her dreams of becoming a country […]

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Trades and Technology Career Fair offers job opportunities to Camosun students

Camosun College’s upcoming Trades and Technology Career Fair is designed to be an opportunity for students to network with potential employers and to explore their career paths. It gives students a chance to meet face to face with people working in—and hiring in—their field, according to Camosun co-operative education and career services marketing officer Sally […]

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