We need your help in shaping Manitoba’s future business leaders!

In the fourth semester of Red River College’s Business Administration program, students participate in the Entrepreneurship Practicum course where they develop business plans for a hypothetical venture. The course helps students integrate and apply the knowledge gained throughout their four semesters in the program.

We’re looking for external examiners to evaluate the business plans the students have developed.

The time commitment is approximately three hours – one hour for reading the written business plan and two hours to attend an oral presentation at Red River College’s Notre Dame Campus.

The key dates are from March 21 – 23. Oral presentations will be held from 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. You can pick any date and time slot that fits your schedule. Judges will be provided an easy-to-complete grading form.

If you’re interested, please contact David Grusko, Entrepreneurship instructor, at dgrusko@rrc.ca or 204-632-2981.

Thank you for your support of the Entrepreneurship Practicum course in the Business Administration program at Red River College!

Elizabeth Glaseman, Alumni Engagement Manager at Red River College will depart the College on December 21, 2016. She has accepted a new position with Assiniboine Community College in Brandon, MB as the institution’s new Marketing Manager.

Since joining RRC in 2014, Elizabeth has implemented a variety of successful alumni programming at the College and built a great foundation for her successor. Her contributions have been essential to our alumni community, and we very much appreciate her dedication and efforts over the past three years.

On behalf of everyone at Red River College, we would like to thank Elizabeth and wish her the very best on her next adventure.

The alumni relations office remains open and continues to be of utmost importance to RRC. Should you have any questions or be in need of service, please contact alumni@rrc.ca. A team member will be happy to assist you in the interim until a new manager is in place.

We wish you a wonderful season, filled with warmth, laughter, and fond memories!

From all of us at RRC, happy holidays and all the best in 2017!

If you’re enrolled in a full-time program at Red River College and the dependent of an RRC graduate/apprentice, you are eligible to apply for the Rebel Generation Alumni Award. Two $1000 awards (one in the fall and one in the spring) are available each year.

All you have to do is provide two letters of reference, write a personal essay, and supply proof of your guardian’s graduation from RRC to be considered.

Deadline to apply is November 30, 2016. Click here for more information on eligibility and requirements.

Entertainment at next week’s Indigenous Alumni Reception will be provided by Peguis First Nation songwriter William Prince, who just took home the Western Canadian Music Award for Aboriginal Artist of the Year.

William’s mother, Anna Marie Prince, is a Red River College graduate (Dental Assisting, 2009). While completing her studies, Anna served as an organ donor for her husband Edward Prince, after he was hospitalized with a life-threatening kidney disease just before the program’s start date.

Click here to read a profile of Anna Maria from 2010 and click here to register for next week’s reception. The deadline to register is tomorrow, November 11, so don’t delay!

Are you an expert on management and business processes — or specialized trades such as hospitality, health sciences and construction — willing to mentor and instruct others on how to best improve their own practices?

RRC’s Corporate Solutions department is seeking instructors and subject-matter experts for a variety of fields. For more information, please visit our RED blog.

For the first time in the department’s history, Alumni Engagement is embarking on a large-scale research project to better understand our alumni and what you need and want from the College. This will be a two-phase project with qualitative research (focus groups) beginning in June and quantitative research (online survey) beginning this fall.

You, our alumni, are incredibly important to RRC and are in an ideal position to give us valuable, first-hand information from your unique perspective. Invitations to participate in both phases of the project will be randomly generated (meaning you may or may not receive an invitation); if you are selected to participate and are contacted by our project partner Prairie Research Inc., we sincerely hope you take the opportunity to give us your honest feedback as it will be used to help influence future alumni relations programming.

We look forward to hearing from you and sharing your feedback in early 2017!

For additional information, please contact the Alumni Engagement department at 204.632.2359 or alumni@rrc.ca.

Red River College’s most recent edition of its Alumni Billboard Campaign has been recognized by the Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS) and awarded the 2016 Manitoba Communicator of the Year (Large Campaign) Award. For more information on the campaign, please see a more in-depth post on RRC’s RED blog.

On May 4, the College and the winner in the Small Campaign category (the Canadian Museum for Human Rights) will be honoured at an awards presentation at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Tickets to the gala are available here.

Congratulations to all of our outstanding alumni!

Red River College has a long and proud history of graduating many Rebel generations. If you or someone you know is enrolled in a full-time program of study and has a parent or guardian who is an alumni/apprentice graduate of RRC, consider applying for a $1000 Rebel Generation Award.

The spring award deadline is April 30. For more details, please visit the alumni awards page or contact the Alumni Engagement department at 204.632.2359 or alumni@rrc.ca.

Looking for ways to give back and volunteer with Red River College? Our hard-working students are finished their year-long business projects and look forward to showing our business partners what they have created. Please consider becoming a judge for our 2016 Entrepreneurship Tradeshow and Oral Presentations!

Tradeshow details:

March 17 | 1:00 – 4:30 PM | Wine and Cheese at 3:00 PM
Drop in at any time and judge three booths on their presentation and knowledge of the business venture they have created.

Oral presentation details:

March 21, 22 or 23 | 9:00 – 11:30 AM or 12:00 – 2:30 PM each day
Choose a date and a time slot that works for you! We provide a copy of the student’s business plan beforehand with a marking guide to aide you. On the date of their presentations, students pitch their ideas to the judges, and you have the opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback.

For more information or to sign up as a judge, please contact:

Andrea McCann-Suchower
amccann-suchower@rrc.ca or 204-632-2943