The excitement of new beginnings is in the air at the College of New Caledonia’s Prince George Campus today (Tuesday), as the College welcomed students for another school year.
“Orientation Day is one of our absolutely most favourite days,” said Interim Associate Vice President of Students Stephanie Deol. “We’ve been here since early this morning and we’ve been preparing for weeks. The energy that you feel with new students coming in to change their life and create their future is unmatchable.”
Deol said it’s important to set the tone for a good school year on day one.
“For us, even as a leadership team, we know that we model by example, we are out here, it’s students first,” she said. “There is a lot of business that happens as a part of running the College, and today is the perfect reminder that all of that work that happens behind the scenes is for helping students create their future and change their life, and those smiling, excited faces coming in, is a reminder of all of that work being worth it.”
Deol said she loves the energy new students bring each school year.
“Sometimes it’s a little nervous, but just that excited energy of students coming in,” she said. “For some folks, this is something they’ve thought about for a really long time, or dreams that they’ve thought about for years, and that energy of actually making a step toward the future that they want to build, and it is a responsibility that we do not take lightly here to be a part of that journey.”
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