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Featured education articles

College of the Rockies celebrates 35th Anniversary

College of the Rockies is celebrating its 35th year of providing post-secondary education to the East Kootenay region this year.
Meeting success

Christian Verigin had to change her career path due to a workplace injury. After retraining, she broke into a new field by attending a career fair.
Making contact, finding direction

The COTR Business, Education and Career Expo is for networking
A healthy education

Teck and the Cancer Society have donated a very useful pelvic exam table to the Selkirk College nursing program.
The Kootenay path of science

Science and technology career options and educational programs in our region are increasing
Becoming citizens of the world

As part of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Skills for Employment Initiative, the College of the Rockies (COTR) in Cranbrook, B.C., has received a boost in funding.
New hair school is wildly popular

A pilot project for a new hairstyling training school in Cranbrook, Wild about Hair, is taking off.
Successful career fairs

Kootenay Business, in conjunction with College of the Rockies, Selkirk College, high schools and local chambers of commerce, organized a series of career fairs over recent months.
COTR partners in web-based science project

College of the Rockies is working to develop the first semester of what will eventually be an entirely web-based Associate of Science degree program.
Funding for a worthy cause

Instructors Allison Lutz and Elizabeth Lund have catapulted Selkirk College into fifth place among all Canadian colleges and universities actively participating in the Spread the Net campaign.