What's New
Kirkwood Community College hosts Australian students
Box Hill Institute students spent three weeks in September and October 2006 at Kirkwood Community College in Iowa, USA, as part of the GEN exchange program.
Highlights from the program included a brief introduction to Chicago, Illinois, and a meal at Tru Restaurant. An opportunity to do some ice-carving rated highly, along with 'tailgating', spending time at the KCC campus, taking in some local sights such as the Mississippi River at Dubuque and meeting the local people of Cedar Rapids. Students also enjoyed exposure to local industry through visits arranged by the host college.
See 'First Impressions' for student reflections of their time abroad.
New-look restaurant at BHI
Culinary and food and beverage students participating in student exchanges will now experience the newly refurbished training facility, Fountains Restaurant.
Open to the public, the restaurant provides a training environment for Box Hill Institute's hospitality students and is now one of the largest trainers of apprentice chefs in Australia.
The original restaurant first opened in 1982 and has now been redesigned to offer private and public dining spaces, extended bar facilities and new kitchen equipment.
Reflecting current hospitality industry practices, Fountains Restaurant has been updated with new uniforms, menus, stationery, and audiovisual equipment. A PDA ordering system will be trialled in 2007.
GEN Planning Conference 2007
The GEN Planning Conference will be hosted by Box Hill Institute in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 17 to 23 March 2007.
Participants attending will represent Box Hill Institute, the Institute of Technical Education, Singapore, Kirkwood Community College, IA, USA and SAIT Polytechnic, Alberta, Canada.
The program will include a series of business planning activities and an opportunity to visit Box Hill Institute and meet management and faculty from various departments across the college.
Please direct all enquiries to GEN.
Meet Rory Cousland — new GEN exchange recruit
Rory Cousland is the newest BHI recruit to depart for a semester abroad exchange to SAIT Polytechnic (Canada).
Rory, an Advanced Diploma of Computer Systems student, will commence classes on 8 January 2007 after attending the orientation program for students.
Rory will be packing his winter clothes to combat the cooler climate and is looking forward to living in and absorbing the Canadian culture.