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Power Engineering facility to
be unveiled in September
“It’s also ultra-modern,” Cocks says. “We’ve had
Amanda Stephenson
lots and lots of donations from the industry and
astephenson@medicinehatnews.com
suppliers within the industry.”
The fundraising campaign for the project — called
When the EnCana Power Engineering Technology
Powering the Future — was launched in 2004.
Centre opens its doors to students in September
EnCana came through as the major donor for the
2009, it will mark the conclusion of an extensive
project, and donations from other contributors
fundraising campaign and a construction project
were so generous that the college was able to put the
valued at $8.4 million.
excess money toward extras such as SmartBoards
Medicine Hat College is currently the only Alberta
and power engineering scholarships.
post-secondary institution outside of Calgary
While the Power Engineering program at Medicine
and Edmonton that offers a Power Engineering
Hat College can currently accept 30 students, Cocks
Technology diploma. Also known as stationary
says there is talk of increasing that number once the
engineers or steam engineers, power engineers
program moves into the new facility.
supervise, operate, and maintain the machinery
Current second-year student Michael Shagin will
and boilers that provide power, heat, refrigeration,
miss out on the chance to make use of the new
and other utility services to heavy industry and
facility because he graduates this year, but says it
large building complexes.
will be a real benefit to the students who will no
While Medicine Hat College’s program has existed
longer have to drive back and forth from the college
for over 30 years, the lab facilities are currently
to Kipling Street. He adds he is happy with his
located at an off-campus site on Kipling Street.
decision to take Power Engineering in Medicine
Project manager Jim Cocks says the new facility
Hat.
will not only be two to three times larger than
“I took it because of its practicality — you can get a
the existing facility, but the fact that it is located
job almost anywhere,” Shagin says. “The program’s
on campus means that for the first time, students,
been pretty good. The best part is the lab — you get
instructors, classrooms, and labs will all be in the
lots of trouble-shooting practice.”
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