A New Site for Scholarship Information

Have you ever thought that writing about the best toy you have ever owned could earn you a scholarship of $500? Do you know that by uploading the most fabulous picture you have ever taken you may be given an award of $600? Have you heard about the essay contest where you can earn a $1000 scholarship by talking about animal rights advocacy? Like I have said to some of you many times, there are many scholarship opportunities out there, and some criteria may be so specific that you would be one of the few that qualify!

A resource website has just been brought to my attention. studentscholarships.org (click here) has a comprehensive list of scholarships, career and salary information, and many more information that may be of interest to you. Together with BC Awards Online (click here to enter the site), you can probably find as many scholarships as you can imagine, and maybe you can even find an award that is tailor-made just for you.

I have not registered for an account with studentscholarships.org, so I don't know how exhaustive its information is. But if want to, it wouldn't be a bad idea to take a look.

Vancouver Education and Career Fair

The Education and Career Fairs are the Largest Career Planning Events in British Columbia. This year, the Vancouver Education and Career Fair will be held at the Telus World of Science (a.k.a. Science World) on January 12, 2010 (Tuesday).

The fair contains exhibits in a trade show format with feature areas along with seminars, and is designed to help attendees develop or change their career path. Institutions and private schools are in attendance from Alberta, Ontario, USA, and international. The Fair introduces a variety of post-secondary education choices, career and employment options and provide labour market information.

For a complete list of exhibitors and for more information, you can go to the fair's official website: click here

Templeton will be receiving a number of complimentary tickets for the afternoon. If you are interested in attending, please see Mr. Hayes at the Career Center.

VCC Career Programs Info Sessions

There are four upcoming info sessions for several career programs at Vancouver Community College (VCC) that I want to bring to your attention of:

• Part-time ASL and Deaf Studies: Wednesday, November 25 at 6:00 p.m. in Room 2559 at VCC's Broadway Campus
• Culinary Arts Program: Friday, November 27 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 305 B at VCC's downtown campus
• Hospitality Management Diploma Program: Saturday, November 28 at 11 a.m. in Room 420 at VCC's downtown campus
• Baking and Pastry Arts: Wednesday, December 2 at 10:30 a.m. in Room 216 at VCC's downtown campus

Now, I understand that you can only attend two of these four sessions, but if these programs interest you in any way, you can always call VCC to find out more about these programs. For more information, you can visit VCC's website (click here), or call 604-443-8453.

VCC's Downtown Address: 200-block, Dunsmuir at Hamilton (two blocks west of Stadium Sky Train Station)
VCC's Broadway Address: 1155 East Broadway, Vancouver