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This week’s Open Day at UCOL Wairarapa will have a focus on carpentry, as well as other vocational programmes available at the campus.

A kitset mini house will be amongst the activities on offer at Open Day which runs from 11 am to 1 pm on Wednesday 25 January. The materials for the five square metre house, donated to UCOL Wairarapa by timber company JNL, can be built and dismantled in less than a day and is used to teach Carpentry students.

Programme Leader Brett Tickner says anyone who wants to pick up a drill, a measuring tape or a hammer at the Open Day can lend a hand with the building.

Read More: “Building will be the biggie at UCOL Open Day”…

Whanganui UCOL’s main Open Day for the year is on this Wednesday and organisers are hoping that the Prime Minister John Key’s visit to the city will spur secondary students into action.

Open Day Coordinator Katarina Hina says Mr Key will be talking to Year 12 and 13 students at Wanganui City College on Wednesday morning, about making good choices for their tertiary education.

“That’s exactly what our Open Day is about,” she says. “It’s an opportunity for young people to get the information they need to make important decisions about their future.”

Katarina says although the focus is on information (and demonstrations) on the range of programmes available at Whanganui UCOL for 2012, there will also be plenty of opportunities to eat free food and have fun. This will include a student arcade theme, competitions and listening to two featured bands. Students from UCOL”s Contemporary Music programme will play, as well as the Wanganui City College band, The Dub Boys, winner of this year’s Smokefree Rock Quest.

There will also be mime dancing by Wanganui’s Kupe Renata, and activities organised by the Inspire Gym, formerly the UCOL gym.

Competitions include a ‘race’ for their fastest rower on the rowing machine, part of the Exercise and Sport programmes.

Amongst the displays, Katarina says the Open Day will also feature programmes not available in Whanganui but offered at the UCOL campus in Palmerston North, including Contemporary Music and Performing Arts. Katarina says: “We do this community a disservice if we don’t let them know about some of these specialist programmes only available at UCOL Palmerston North.”

Private training providers in Whanganui have also been invited to showcase their programmes.

The Open Day will be held on Wednesday 24 August from 10 am to 1 pm in the Whanganui UCOL Atrium and in Rutland Street where there will be a mini street party.

Palmerston North UCOL will once again throw open its doors for its annual Open Day on Wednesday 3 August.

UCOL’s ‘biggest open day of the year’ is well known for its lively atmosphere and the variety of interactive displays and demonstrations representing more than 110 programmes on offer.

Visitors to the Open Day have the chance to speak with current students and find out what it’s like being part of the UCOL learning experience. In a new approach to Open Days students will be on hand to take visitors on tours to their specialist areas.

UCOL’s Marketing and Liaison Manager Nicola Bridges says this year’s Open Day places emphasis on activities specific to each programme. “It’s all about taking part in activities directly related to areas of study at UCOL.” For example, the newly launched National Certificate in Goods Service will promote its forklift and heavy duty truck driver training programme with a truck on site.

“Visitors will be able to get a real sense of what UCOL has to offer them.”

The huge range of activities includes the Exercise and Sport programme’s ‘Row Off’ competition, Mixed Martial Arts demonstration and abseiling.

A blood pressure check at the Nursing stand might be interesting after having a go at Motorsport’s tyre changing challenge. Photography students will operate a photo booth and there will also be soothing massages and nail treatments courtesy of the beauty programme.

Performing Arts and Contemporary Music students will provide entertainment on the central stage in the heart of the Atrium.

Visitors can expect free food and giveaways as they explore the diverse range of study opportunities and get amongst the stimulating environment and high tech facilities that UCOL offers its students.

There will be regular tours of the campus facilities throughout the day.

Free buses will be running between Massey University and the UCOL bus stop on Princess Street from 10.00am.

The Open Day is on Wednesday 3 August, from 9.00am – 2.00pm at the UCOL campus, corner of Princess and King Streets.

Missed any of our video blogs? Make sure you subscribe to our YouTube Channel to keep updated. I plan to do heaps more this year! I might even manage to get Coach Dan to make an apparence

p.s. check out Student City Palmerston North’s new website at http://www.studentcity.net.nz

Wairarapa Open Day 2011

Wonderland Fashion Show 2010

Music Students Show Sneakpeak

Music Students Show (Actual Show)

Open Day Palmerston North 2010

Racquel at the Feilding Minibikes Race

Bonnie Dewart at Student Exhibition

Visitors to UCOL Wairarapa’s Open Day can tell their friends: “I helped build a house today then helped pull it down.”

This rare experience is available to everyone who comes along to the Open Day this coming Wednesday. A kitset mini house will be amongst the fun activities. The five square metre house was donated to UCOL Wairarapa by timber company JNL.

It can be built and dismantled in less than a day and is used to teach Construction students. Programme Leader Brett Tickner says it’s a great resource that allows students to learn the principles of building and understand the roles played by other tradespeople in the process.

He says anyone who wants to pick up a drill, a measuring tape or a hammer at the Open Day can lend a hand with the building.
Read More: “Help build a house at UCOL Open Day”…

Welcome to the new year! this is the first post for 2010 because for far nothing interesting has happened so far. Yesterday was the open day for the Wairarapa UCOL Campus and it was awesome!

The weather was awesome as per usual in the Wairarapa which was great for us. We had free food (donuts, hotdogs, chips, SUSHI!, Pizza and AS@U even had chocolate!), a live band (Deaf Lemon) who were awesome and very energetic and there were even a couple of games to keep people going such as vertical bungee and some sort of throw the rugby ball through in the hole thing.

What allot of the people loved the most was having a couple of hurricanes players on site (people swooned) and the chance to win a signed jersey. I was live blogging from facebook throughout the day so there are a few extra pictures on the facebook page so make sure you are a fan already and check them out

Here are a couple of snapshots anyway, be sure to check out more in the gallery by clicking here

Anyway, I don’t need to be limited to just UCOL events.. if there is anything on let me know and I will come and take some photos and write about it (or maybe you can and we will put up your article)