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Students at Yukon College now have more assistance in accessing financial aid. A new staff position, Financial Aid Advisor, was created to communicate the opportunities and resources that are available to the student body.

Every year thousands of dollars go unclaimed for lack of student applications to available scholarships. Bente Sorensen, in her new position as Financial Aid Advisor hopes that she will be able to turn this trend around.  Sorensen focuses on the development of donations, the accessibility to student applications, and the administration in distributing the funds. Sorensen is the central figure in the collaborative effort with the governments, the First Nations, the foundations, and the students.

The Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Festival lunch will take place at Yukon College for the first time in the organization’s 46-year history. Yukon College, in its new partnership with the Rendezvous festival will be serving up the lunch on Thursday, February 25. The Culinary Arts Program is providing the meal for the Queen’s luncheon. 

The Queen’s Luncheon takes place every year with government dignitaries, the public, and the Queen candidates. In attendance will be Commissioner Geraldine Van Bibber, Honourable M.P. Larry Bagnel, Deputy Premier Elaine Taylor, Mayor Bev Buckway, and Vice-President of Education and Training, Dr. Karen Barnes. The queen contestants host the seniors during the lunch. Yukon College is sponsoring its first ever Miss Yukon  College queen candidate.

Whitehorse- Since Yukon College staff signed up for the Weight Watchers at Work Program in September, they have lost a total of 741 pounds. That is the equivalent of about five employees. Coffee-break chit chat, these days, is often about counting food points and scheduling gym time.

Bachelor of Social Work INFORMATION SESSIONS will be held on:

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• Monday, February 15th  at 12:00 noon Room T1023
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• Thursday, February 18th  at 6:00 p.m. Room T1023
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• Wednesday, February 24th at 12:00 noon Conference Room B
   

Whitehorse – Culinary Arts students at Yukon College will be getting some special tutoring in their craft on Thursday, February 4. The students will have the opportunity to learn from the Food Network Star Chef Massimo Capra who will demonstrate his mastery of Italian cooking techniques.

“We are pleased to collaborate with the high school cooking classes, Skills Canada Yukon, and the Epicurious fundraiser event to bring this opportunity to students,” states Clarence Timmons, Chair of Yukon College Board of Governors. “It gives our students great advantage to work for the day with a nationally acclaimed chef and it fits with the mandate of the College to build a valuable learning experience for the students.”

Whitehorse –  Yukon  College students at the Haines Junction Community Campus are busy preparing for Friday’s Haitian Fundraiser Luncheon. Students from all program areas have joined forces to plan, organize, and prepare the event for an expected 200 people.

Students will be serving a spaghetti dinner with a choice of either moose meat or vegetarian sauce along with Caesar salad, garlic toast, and dessert. Haines Junction businesses, agencies, and residents have generously donated the provisions for the event. The money raised will go to Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross Haiti Relief Fund.

Whitehorse – Whitehorse – Students at Yukon College will be able to get a first-hand account on the subject of rejuvenation of ice-wedge cracking in the North. Carleton University researcher Dr. Chris Burn is at Yukon College this week as part of his role as Northern Chair for the Natural Sciences and Research Council of Canada (NSERC) who works with the Yukon Centre of Excellence. Dr. Burn is invited into the classroom to present permafrost science findings to the students.

Whitehorse – Yukon College and the University of Alaska Southeast are signing a Memorandum of Understanding to offer the web-delivered Master of Business Administration Program to Yukon students.

The purpose of the MOU is to expand opportunities for students interested in pursing an MBA and to meet the professional development needs of the Yukon business community.

The signing will take place Tuesday January 26th from 9:30 – 10:30 in the Yukon College Boardroom.

“This is a significant step that will allow Yukon College students to gain the necessary skills to become leaders in a variety of areas,” says Jeff Wolosewich, Acting Dean of the Division of Applied Science and Management. “It’s important that the Yukon work to develop and retain our leadership capacity.”

The program will offer a mix of theory and practice in areas such as, marketing, accounting, corporate strategy and human resource and personnel administration.

Yukon College has two visiting graduate students working at the Yukon Research Centre for Excellence this semester.

Vicki Sahanatien is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, at the University of Alberta, Edmonton. She is completing her doctoral studies on Polar Bear Sea Ice Habitat Selection and Climate Change in the eastern Arctic. Her research is interdisciplinary, combining ecological, physical and social sciences. Sahanatien lived and worked for many years in the Canadian Arctic, and has conducted field studies from 66N to 83N. She finds the arctic an exciting place for research as it possible to explore exceptional landscapes, new ideas, and discover alternative ways of understanding.

Staff and faculty at Yukon  College have recently received territorial and national awards. At the Commissioner’s New Year’s Levee on January 1, 2010, Jennifer Moorlag received the Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award and Bunne Palamar, was awarded the Yukon Commissioner’s Award for Public Volunteer Service. David Mossop was awarded the Gerry Couture Stewardship Award in December.