Durham College to hold annual Fall Open House at Oshawa and Whitby campuses and Pickering Learning Site

OSHAWA, Ont. – Members of the media are invited to attend Durham College’s annual Fall Open House, taking place on Saturday, November 16.

The event will showcase the college’s innovative programs and provide tours of its high-tech classrooms and labs and state-of-the-art facilities at the Oshawa and Whitby campuses and Pickering Learning Site.

Visitors to the Whitby campus will have the opportunity to check out the new Centre for Food (CFF), which officially opened in October and accommodates approximately 900 students studying a variety of programs in the culinary, hospitality, tourism, horticultural and agricultural sectors.

The CFF also features Bistro ’67, a new, 70-seat, full-service, green-certified teaching and learning restaurant; state-of-the-art kitchens and labs including a food and beverage pairing lab and hotel living lab; classrooms and meeting spaces; Pantry, a retail store featuring products made by students including fresh-baked items, meals-to-go, preserved foods and ready-to-cook meals; and a demonstration lecture theatre.

Expert staff and knowledgeable students will be available at all three locations to answer questions and provide important information about a variety of college programs, processes and departments including financial aid and admissions.

Who:

  • Prospective students/applicants
  • Alumni
  • Durham College faculty, staff and current students

When:
Saturday, November 16
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Where:
Oshawa campus
2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, Ontario

Whitby campus including the CFF
1610 Champlain Avenue, Whitby, Ontario

Pickering Learning Site
1340 Pickering Parkway, Pickering, Ontario

For more information contact:
Michelle Roebuck/Allison Rosnak
Communications and Marketing
905.721.2000 ext. 2197/ext. 2333
michelle.roebuck@durhamcollege.ca or allison.rosnak@durhamcollege.ca