Students and staff from the Community Social Work program volunteered 25 hours to place signs for 10-kilometer bike route and 5-kilometer walk for Ride for Refuge fundraiser in Cold Lake. [...]Read More... from Signs of Success – Community Social Work Students and Portage College Staff Step Up for the Food Bank
Oodles of Noodles Made to Thank Alberta Health Services Employees – Culinary Arts Gives Back!
Culinary Arts students and instructors will cook 300 servings of spaghetti to boost the spirits of those working through a surging fourth pandemic wave in St. Paul Alberta. [...]Read More... from Oodles of Noodles Made to Thank Alberta Health Services Employees – Culinary Arts Gives Back!
Filling Plates Not Landfills
The Stone Soup Food Centre will provide the community with access to food, skills, and connection to others. [...]Read More... from Filling Plates Not Landfills
Welding Students Heading Helmet First Into the Workforce
Ensuring our students have the academic and employment skills to enter the welding trade [...]Read More... from Welding Students Heading Helmet First Into the Workforce
New Supportive Care Assistant Program to Support Labour Shortages
Tuition free program to provide immediate support in long-term care facilities. [...]Read More... from New Supportive Care Assistant Program to Support Labour Shortages
Portage College Welcomes Back Staff and Faculty for 2021/22 Year
An opportunity to bring all new and returning staff and faculty together to let them know that they are valued members of the Portage family. [...]Read More... from Portage College Welcomes Back Staff and Faculty for 2021/22 Year
Time Stamps: The Art of Relief is an upcoming art exhibition that speaks to this era of COVID-19.
Art exhibition at the Stuart MacPherson Public Library includes 60 artworks created in various art media that reflect a time during the COVID-19 worldwide pandemic. [...]Read More... from Time Stamps: The Art of Relief is an upcoming art exhibition that speaks to this era of COVID-19.
Portage College Launches First Barber Certificate Program in Alberta
Portage College is excited to launch the first Barber Certificate program in the province. The program will begin offering classes this fall in Lac La Biche. Applications are now being accepted. [...]Read More... from Portage College Launches First Barber Certificate Program in Alberta
Portage College announces layoffs and program cuts after provincial funding reductions
Adjustments to operations announced after budget reductions [...]Read More... from Portage College announces layoffs and program cuts after provincial funding reductions
Welding students set their education goals – then watched the sparks fly!
The Covid-19 pandemic could have been disastrous for students of the Welding program at Portage College. But instructors adjusted by starting the program online and then safe, socially-distanced instruction in the welding lab three days a week. [...]Read More... from Welding students set their education goals – then watched the sparks fly!