We are looking for ECO-Warriors to get involved in reducing BCIT's carbon footprint.
Are you up to the challenge?
Form teams and compete against the other BCIT teams.

39,498 Rallyers have reduced CO2 emissions by over 7,106.49 tons so far! That’s equal to taking 1404 cars off the road for about one year! CarbonRally offers individuals and groups a fun, simple and social way to have an impact on energy consumption and climate change.

 Promote sustainability, help the environment!

 Contest Guidelines:

·         BCIT teams compete to reduce their carbon footprint and raise awareness around sustainability issues.

·         Progress will be tracked on CarbonRally www.carbonrally.com.

·         Teams can be of various sizes, sign up your friends and family. Largest cumulative reduction wins!

·         The CarbonRally Challenge runs from April 18 to May 23.

How to get started:

·         Form a team, designate a team leader

 ·         The team leader registers the team on the CarbonRally website www.carbonrally.com (Note: Location=Vancouver, BC, Canada) and provides their email to the challenge organizers (so we can get in touch with you when you win!)

 ·         Team names must start with “BCIT” in order to track collective BCIT progress

 ·         Individual team members can then log on to the CarbonRally website and register on the team

 ·         Then take a challenge and reduce your footprint!

Register your BCIT team here:

http://apics-bcit.com/index.php/events/carbon-rally-registration

Our Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/groups/bcitcarbonrally/

The 2nd Annual Business Operations Management Showcase will take place at BCIT on April 17th from 5:30 to 09:30 pm. It is a great opportunity to meet the students that will be graduating the program and the first years, network with other industry professionals and get to know the remarkable accomplishments of the past and current students of the program.

http://www.bcitbomshowcase.com/

In partnership with the BCIT Business Operations Management Program

Join us on Wednesday February 29th 2012 as we celebrate excellence in business process improvement and present a team of three BCIT Business Operations Management students with the 2nd Annual APICS Fraser Valley Continuous Improvement Award.

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This year’s APICS International Conference and Expo was held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Achieving Sustainable Productivity—Meeting Customer Demand in an Unpredictable World is this year APICS International Conference’s theme. We were two of the 77 scholars selected from 206 applicants to participate in the 2011 APICS Scholars Education Program. It was an honor to attend the APICS 2011 International Conference as scholars.

 Educational Sessions

There were over 60 educational sessions during the conference period. One of the educational sessions was “Fostering Successful Business Relationships” by Tom Schulte.

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Every November each Program within BCIT’s school of Business presents awards to students who demonstrated academic excellence, leadership, service to their fellow classmates and/or all around achievement while attending their first year of studies.  As the Program Head for the Business Operations Management Program it gave me great pleasure to be part of the awards ceremony which took place on Wednesday November 16^th 2011 in which the following awards were presented to students within our program:

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On the evening of October 20, 2011 a group of BCIT students attended the APICS Fraser Valley Professional Dinner Meeting at Newlands Golf Club in Langley. We entered a very nicely organize banquet room with tables set up for dinner and a presentation area. After mingling with professionals from the Operations Field, for dinner we were encouraged to spread out to different tables and mix in with other people.

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