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Medicine Hat's Ralph Weeks to become new eCampusAlberta Board Chair

Medicine Hat College President and CEO Ralph Weeks will become the new Chair of the eCampusAlberta Board of Directors, beginning July 1. Weeks replaces SAIT Polytechnic President and CEO, Irene Lewis, who has served as Chair since eCampusAlberta was formed in 2002.  More

AEI funding model amended to include students in synchronous online courses

A change in policy at Alberta Employment and Immigration (AEI) means students who qualify for education funding through the provincial agency are now able to take online courses that are offered synchronously.  More

12 Afghani women graduate from SAIT online business program

While they live in a country where the education of women is opposed by many, often with violence, 12 Afghani women still found a way to become graduates of SAIT’s Business Management certificate program, which is offered online through eCampusAlberta.  More

Member colleges honoured with awards at recent ACCC conference

Red Deer College (RDC) President, Ron Woodward; RDC Vice President, Academic, Jim Madder; student and RDC Board of Governors member, Erin Konsmo; and Lethbridge College's Wind Turbine Technician program were all recognized for excellence earlier this month at the Association of Canadian Community College’s (ACCC) 2009 conference in Charlottetown, PEI.  More

Lakeland College offers Emergency Medical Technologist and Paramedic training online

While the job of a paramedic is physically demanding and mobile to say the least, few would think the life-saving skills they apply on a day-to-day basis can be learned partly online. Beginning this fall, Lakeland College will offer online courses in both its Emergency Medical Technologist (EMT) certificate and Paramedic diploma programs.  More

Medicine Hat College President and CEO, Ralph Weeks, becomes Chair, eCampusAlberta Board of Directors, July 1.

Red Deer College President, Ron Woodward, was presented with a Distinguished Service Award at the 2009 ACCC conference.