Fleming College

The Fleming College Alumni Association is accepting nominations for the Ontario Premier’s Awards for Graduates of Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology until Friday, May 13, 2011 at noon.

The awards honour the important social and economic contribution college graduates make to Ontario and throughout the world. Nominees must demonstrate outstanding career success related to their college experience and have made a significant contribution to their community.

This year’s awards ceremony will take place on Nov. 28, 2011 at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto. The Premier’s Awards acknowledge outstanding graduates from six categories: Creative Arts and Design, Community Services, Business, Health Sciences, Technology and a Recent Graduate.

All provincial nominees will receive a framed certificate signed by the Premier of Ontario and each of the six recipients will receive a bronze medal as well as a $5,000 donation directed to the recipient’s college.

Last year, Fleming College alumna Belinda Junkin, Business Administration – Materials Management and Distribution graduate (1985), won the honour in the Business category for her work with the Canadian Pallet Council. Belinda donated her $5,000 prize towards student financial assistance.

“It was such an honour to be selected for this award. I came to the college as a single mother of two to make a better life for my family. The broad spectrum of the business department at Fleming allowed me to get exposure and experience in all aspects of business as well as my chosen specialty. The faculty were extremely supportive and proven successful in the industries for which they taught, which made all the difference! I was truly humbled to receive this award,” she said.

For more information or to obtain a nomination package, email ngrady@flemingc.on.ca, drop by the Fleming College Alumni Association office at 500 Dobbin Rd. in Peterborough, or call 705-749-5509. All nomination forms are due to the Alumni Association Office by noon on Thursday, May 13, 2011.

Located in the heart of Central Ontario, Fleming College has campus locations in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg and Haliburton. Named for famous Canadian inventor and engineer Sir Sandford Fleming, the college features more than 90 full-time programs in Business and Technology, Continuing Education and Skilled Trades, Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Visual Arts, Education, Health and Wellness, and Law, Justice and Community Services. Fleming College has more than 6,000 full-time and 10,000 part-time students, and 58,000 alumni.

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For more information:
Nicole Grady, Alumni Officer 705-749-5530 x 1390