With the new normal due to COVID-19 we are looking at new ways to reach students, and to provide them with the information they need.

A Virtual College Open House is an online-alternative to a physical College Open House. 

With everyone’s participation, we can make a real impact with student’s decision to come to Selkirk College.

Below outlines what a Virtual Open House is and what is expected of you.

What is a Virtual Open House?

The virtual event would provide an excellent opportunity for prospective students to learn more about what Selkirk College has to offer. High school students, mature students, transfer students and their families, can connect with the College community during live chat, live presentations to discover exactly what Selkirk College has to offer them.

A versatile online virtual Open Houses is a strategic solution to open up conversations with a broader, dispersed audience, and is a great way to extend our reach to a global audience. Interested students can be educated about opportunities, career paths and coursework expectations.

Meanwhile, Selkirk College can generate valuable leads and build new relationships - Communicate directly with their target audience, ensuring high ROI and generate lead opportunities.

Event Details:

The Virtual Open House is where Selkirk College creates an online platform for the public to showcase all their schools, programs and services offered at Selkirk College. Prospective students, high school counsellors, parents learn about our programs, student services, experiential learning opportunities and more – all from the comfort of their home.

Prospective students will be able to apply for free and also have their name put into a tuition remission draw.

When: Thursday, June 18 from 11-1pm

Where: Virtual Platform: using Mach forms to register and using Zoom for live presentations and interactive online chat sessions.

Everyone's participation will help make this event a success. We will need the following representation for each virtual session:

*A faculty representative for each School
*Representative(s) for the following services:

• Student Recruitment
• Admissions
• International Admissions
• Financial Aid
• Academic Counselling
• Accessibility LearningIndigenous Services
• Student Housing
• Campus Recreation
• Co-op Education & Employment Services
• Tutoring, Writing Center, College Success Summer Program
• CRT and Assessment Services
• Community Education and Workplace Training
• RDI – Student Research Opportunities 

What is required of you:

We ask that everyone be available from 11-1 pm via zoom. Please establish with your faculty and staff your participating representative.

Arrange your Zoom link. Please TEST your zoom session well before June 18. IT has drop in zoom session to help you through this process. There zoom link date and times are listed at go.selkirk.ca

Please have representatives register here. Please complete the participation form by June 11. 

We suggest the following to prepare for your virtual session:

• Prepare a slide deck in case you have multiple people in your zoom session. For branded slide deck templates, please visit my Selkirk.ca for branded templates for specific schools or corporate templates for services. Click here for the link: https://my.selkirk.ca/staff/tools/tools/powerpoints/
• To liven up your zoom session use the easy to use backgrounds to make your virtual session professional. https://go.selkirk.ca/display/KB/Zoom+Backgrounds. If you need assistance with the zoom backgrounds connect with IT at go.selkirk.ca
• Title your virtual session. For example: Live chat session with Rural Pre Med Coordinator, Takaia Larsen. Find out everything you need to know about our Rural Pre-Med Program.