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Wide range of activities highlight of open house

Visitors to Holland College's Open House on Monday, Nov. 5th will have the opportunity to meet students and learning managers in the classrooms, see some interesting interactive displays, and talk to people working in the field. School tours will visit Holland College centres across the province from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and all centres are open to the public from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.

With the participation of Skills Canada PEI in this year's open house, visitors interested in skilled trades will be able to learn more about them from people currently employed in the trades, as well as from Holland College instructors and students. In addition to tours in each program area, there are many other activities taking place in as part of the open house.

In Summerside, programs in the Aerospace Centre and Hangar 4 in Slemon Park will feature a solar-powered car in action in the Electrical Technology program, while the Automotive Technology program will have an extensive display detailing the evolution of automobiles, with cars and the tools used to repair them from the past 100 years. Students from the Carpentry program will be demonstrating door lock installation.

Just up the road from the Aerospace Centre, The Atlantic Police Academy has several interesting activities planned including polygraph tests, SL2/Breathalyzer tests, the Correctional Officers Physical Abilities Test, control tactics, range and police vehicle demonstrations. Several outside organizations will also have displays and demonstrations. Prospective students will be able to discuss employment opportunities with representatives from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, the Canadian Armed Forces, and the Fredericton Police Force.

The college's Marine Training Centre, located on the Summerside waterfront, will be open to the public throughout the day. Visitors will be able to see the centre's Kongsberg Polaris (Full Mission) DNV Class A ship's bridge simulator with a 280-degree field of vision in action, as well as three Blind Pilotage Own Ship simulators, and other state-of-the-art equipment.

There will be plenty to see and do at the Holland College Charlottetown Centre, as well. The Business Information Systems Development program will have a PC/Smart Board set up, offering a slideshow overview of the BISD program and a demonstration of interactive web programming and other activities completed by students this year.

The Electronics Engineering Technology program will have three interactive displays, including a microphone hooked up to an oscilloscope which displays the user's voice on the screen, an amateur radio set up with which to talk to radio users around the world, a Morse code oscillator, and a spectrum analyzer displaying a broadcast radio signal.

There will also be a range of activities going on in the Photography and Digital Imaging program area. The main activity will be in the studio, which will feature a professional studio digital shoot with the ability for some input by visitors. The Construction Technology program will have a total station set up and various material samples and examples of student work in both classrooms.

The Bioscience Technology program has chosen Recombinant Technology: From DNA to Protein as the theme for the open house, and will have an interactive website where visitors can play with protein structures, gels to view under the microscope, and samples of transformed bacteria.

The Graphic Design program will have a full display of student work in the hallway, and students will be on hand in the lab; while the Sport and Leisure program's second year students will be setting up a display, video and activities in the gym.

The programs in the Health and Community Studies area are offering a variety of demonstration. Lab tours will be offered in the Practical Nursing, Dental Assisting, and Paramedicine classrooms; Practical Nursing students will also offer a blood pressure clinic; while students from the Paramedicine programs will demonstrate CPR. Human Services has prepared a presentation about the program and graduate opportunities; the Early Childhood Care and Education program will have a number of student projects on display and will offer an interactive sensory play time.

The Tourism and Culinary Centre, located at the bottom of Sydney Street in Charlottetown, welcomes all those interested in the career in the tourism and hospitality industry. Students in the Hotel Restaurant Management program will be preparing "mocktails", golf students will welcome visitors in the golf lab, and travel students will be in the centre's travel office.

As a special addition to the open house, a series of welding safety seminars are being held at the Georgetown Centre. Guy Boudreau, ESAB Canada will lecture on welding safety and oxy-fuel cutting equipment Monday morning from 9 to 11 a.m. In the afternoon, Gary Quigg of North Canada will lecture on North equipment and fall arrest equipment. There will also be an industry trade show and equipment demonstrations featuring products from CTF, Island Oxygen, Cronatron Electrodes, Praxair, ESAB, Lincoln and Mill Supply.

The seminars continue at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, with a lecture by Brent Mallet of Lincoln Electric on welding safety and new technology. At 1 p.m., CFT Power Actuated Fasteners will make a presentation. There is no cost for the seminars, but pre-registration is required. For more information, contact Phyllis MacPhee at the Georgetown Centre at 902-652-2055 or toll free at 1-800-446-5265.

For more information about this release, please contact:
Sara Underwood, Media and Communications Officer
Tel: 902-566-9695
Date: Friday, November 02, 2007