Camosun student takes home co-op award
Saffron Hilder, a recent Camosun Accounting graduate, was recently selected as the recipient of the 2025 Gordon Hutcheson Memorial Co-op Award. The award, sponsored by Hutcheson & Co. Chartered Professional Accountants, is given to an Accounting student based on co-op and academic performance.
Mechanical Engineering Technology students showcase capstone projects
Students of Camosun’s Mechanical Engineering Technology program will present their capstone projects on Friday, August 15. Showcasing several months’ work, the event will be held in the CTEI building atrium at the college’s Interurban campus. Students have collaborated in teams to design and engineer this year’s projects, which will include an MRI simulator for Victoria General Hospital, a commercial grease trap system, a batch candle dipping machine, a perfume bottle capper, a scented shower puck press, a duct cleaner, an inflatable roller, and a split fence twisting apparatus. Projects will be presented to a panel of experts; two teams will be recognized as Best Technical Project and Most Innovative Project.
Chargers men’s basketball replaces head coach
Former Chargers men’s basketball player and assistant coach Jake Wilmott will be replacing Geoff Pippus as the team’s interim head coach. Wilmott played with the Chargers for five years, over which he earned two Pacific Western Athletic Association (PACWEST) bronze medals and a PACWEST All-Star recognition. After finishing with the Chargers, Wilmott continued his career in the UK, joining the National Basketball League 1 with the Derby Trailblazers. Pippus, who’s been with the Chargers since 2022, will move on to the University of Alberta, where he’s accepted the role of head coach.
Camosun donor dies at 85
Camosun donor and Thrifty Foods co-founder Josephine (Jo) Campbell died at the age of 85 on Friday, July 4 while in care after brief illness. In 2019, Camosun opened the Alex & Jo Campbell Centre for Health and Wellness, a $63.8-million dollar project which her and husband Alex Campbell, who died in 2011, contributed to. The Campbells had long been community philanthropists, raising $10 million for the expansion of the BC Cancer Victoria Building. She is survived by her three children—Alex Campbell Jr., Bonnie Campbell, and Lorne Campbell.
CRD launches new emergency dashboard
The Capital Regional District (CRD) recently launched a new online emergency dashboard. The page offers a centralized system for residents to see current emergency alerts—extreme weather warnings, tsunami alerts, road closures, campfire bans, etc.—in one site. The dashboard, which is available in different languages, can be viewed at emergency.crd.ca.
Chargers Golf Tournament registration starts
Registration has begun for the annual Camosun Chargers Golf Tournament, taking place at Highland Pacific Golf Course. Tickets cost $175 to play in the nine-hole shotgun, and include a power cart, green fee, range balls, tee gift, and a barbecue dinner. Tickets for the barbecue and a post-round social are also available. The event, this year taking place on Friday, September 26 at 3 pm, is the primary fundraiser for Camosun’s athletics program. Registration will stay open until Friday, September 12 or until the field limit, 72 golfers, is met.