Trick or Treating for Student Hunger

Students will be collecting donations door to door on halloween night. Donations go to the SCSU Food Bank on campus.

Students face a wide range of challenges to attend school including lack of affordable housing, a transit system that does not suit their needs, increases in tuition fees, and funding cuts.

All donations are greatly appreciated. Please support our students.

2010-04-29

Fire Aid

The SCSU collected $12,000 through the Fire Aid event. The fundraiser was organised to help 3 Selkirk College Students who had lost their home in a house fire on March 23rd.

2010-04-29

Canada Student Debt Hits $13 Billion

Events to mark the occasion held across British Columbia

Vancouver- Events are being held across the province this week in response to the deepening student debt crisis. On Wednesday, January 21st, for the first time in Canadian history, total Canada Student Loan debt will surpass $13 billion.

In the past eight years, tuition fees have risen by more than 100% in British Columbia, resulting in massive increases to student debt. BC Students and their families face an average debt load of $27,000 upon graduation, higher than the national average. The $13 billion debt load does not include provincial loans or private loan debt, such as lines of credit. Events calling on the provincial and federal governments to take action to reduce student debt are being held in communities across the province including Victoria, Vancouver, Nanaimo, Kelowna, Castlegar, Prince George, Port Alberni, Courtenay and Campbell River.

The Canadian Federation of Students is Canada’s largest student organization. It is composed of more than 80 university and college students’ unions across Canada with a combined member of over one-half million students, including 150,000 members in British Columbia.

2010-01-21

Student Forums

This week marked te beginning of a series of Student Forums that the College is organizing to get input from students on a variety of topics like:

- Why did you chose Selkirk over other colleges?
- Communications
- Online Registration
- Website
- Distance Delivery
- College Services
- Calendar
- Orientation
- Any other ideas you want the College's President to hear!!

The Forums are being held as follows:

Trail Campus
March 4th,   11:30 am,    Room 301

Castlegar Campus
March 5th,    12:00 pm,    Room Sentinel 221

Silver King Campus
March 9th,     3:00 pm,   Room 16

Kootenay School of the Arts
March 11th,    10:00 am,    Room 104

Tenth Street Campus
March 11th,    12:00 pm,    Room 303

Tell your friends!!!

Come out and let the College hear your opinions!!!

2010-01-21