College of New Caledonia (CNC) Lakes District Campus is celebrating the achievements of 94 students this year.

Students and family congregated June 3 at the First Mennonite Church to receive their awards and certificates in various programs including the Adult Education Centre (Adult Dogwood);  Administrative Assistant Certificate (ABT); Carrier Developmental Standard Term Certificate; Mining Industry Certificate; Welding B; Welding C; Industry Essential Skills and Pipeline Construction Training; Residential Building Maintenance Worker Program; Teacher Replacement Training Citation; and Outreach Advocacy Support Worker program.

Each year CNC takes the opportunity to acknowledge the hard work, creativity and academic excellence of CNC students across all campuses.

Lakes District CNC students are encouraged to apply for available bursaries and scholarships throughout the school year. Some of these substantial prizes required carefully prepared and comprehensive applications, and some awards are offered by other agencies and even provinces. Mini workshops are often conducted to help students with their applications.

Awards and Winners – 2011

Wild Rivers Award, Antoinette Jaspers – Adult Education

Janet Peters Memorial Endowment Scholarship and College of New Caledonia Endowment Scholarship for Early Childhood Education, Sara Jack – Aboriginal Early Childhood Education

Forest and Resources Expo Endowment Scholarship, Shauna Alec – Aboriginal Early Childhood Education

CNC Endowment Scholarship for Trades, Erna Lindhe – Welding ‘C’

The Donald Redwood Annual Memorial Bursary - this is a newly established award dedicated in memory of our student Donald Redwood by his friends and family. He was a long time ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Lake resident and former Welding student at the Lakes Campus. The very first winner of this award is welding student, Jody Thomas

CNC Endowment Bursary for the Lakes Campus, Samantha Magee – Aboriginal Early Childhood Education

Lakes District Staff Bursaries, Sandra Elrick – Outreach Advocacy and Support Worker Program, Jessy McMann – College and Career Preparation, Diane Blair – Applied Business Technology, Kyla Ellik - College and Career Preparation, Susan Fountain – Outreach Advocacy and Support Worker Program (Berenice Haggarty Award)

Rick Wilsgard Staff Scholarship: This year’s winner has been accepted to a program of study leading to an associate arts degree in Psychology and has also applied for the licensed practical nursing program at Camosun College. The winner is Shahayla Johnson.

George D. Brown Memorial Endowment Bursary, Rhonda George.

Development Standard Terms Certificate Program, Tyrone Abraham – Welding ‘C’

Ron Charlie – the MINE Certificate Program, Roberta Patrick – Aboriginal Early Childhood Education.