BCIT Alumnus credits his career to his education

Part of our ongoing Alumni Series BCIT prides itself on producing career-ready graduates. Knowing this, we’ve decided to track down some of our successful alumni and have them share their stories with us. Our first profile for our alumni series features Troy Abromaitis, a 2005 graduate of our Marketing Management, Commercial Real Estate program. We asked Troy to … Read more

Mitel: empowering connections, empowering students

BCIT is proud to partner with one of the Telecom industry’s finest to introduce the Mitel Telephony Lab. Mitel is the world’s fastest-growing global cloud communications provider, serving over 100 countries around the world, and empowering over 2 billion connections every single day. Mitel’s donations to the BCIT School of Energy enabled the program to create the Mitel … Read more

’46 Hot Rod set to help carry BCIT students through their studies

Whether it is a trip around the world, skydiving, or seeing the Mona Lisa, bucket-lists all have one thing in common: each is important to the person who wrote it. That’s why when John Leech, longtime BCIT-supporter and alumnus, decided to donate his ‘bucket-list’ hot rod to BCIT we were shocked and left wanting to know … Read more

Gene Haas Foundation supports BCIT machining students

BCIT recently received a generous donation of $30,000 USD from an industry giant. Haas Automation is known as one of the largest machine tool builders in the world. The company manufactures a complete line of computer numerically controlled (CNC) products. In 1999 the company decided to give back–and to support the next generation of machinists. … Read more

Sonography students get a new scanner, thanks to an old friend

BCIT sonography students now have a state-of-the-art scanner at their disposal—one that is just beginning its roll-out into the public healthcare system. The GE Logiq scanner allows for more of the hands-on training that prepares students for the transition from classroom to clinical work. Sonography students must rack up 600 hours of lab time before they can enter their clinical … Read more