Basil Phillips learned a lot when he attended Algonquin’s Massage Therapy program in the late 1990s. But there was something missing, he says.
Thanks to the veteran massage therapist himself, the gap has been filled.
Phillips became interested in massage therapy because of his background in sports. He was looking for a business that would continue to keep him involved in athletics, he says. Continue reading
In 2002, Andrew McKelvey went from being a full-time Algonquin student to being a full-time public relations professional without having to change his morning commute.
“Most people go out and pound the pavement (to find work), but I just had to walk up to the fifth floor of C Building,” says McKelvey, who had a job waiting for him in the College’s communications department after his graduation from Algonquin’s two-year diploma program in Public Relations. Continue reading
So what do you do when your Algonquin College program inspires interests that your program doesn’t quite cover? You graduate and enroll in the Algonquin program that does.
When Nick Gazo enrolled in the college’s three-year Architectural Technology program a few years back, it seemed like a perfect fit. Passionate about architecture since he was a kid, Gazo saw the Architectural Technology diploma program as a foot in the door of construction and architectural fields. Continue reading