Mohawk and Ontario’s 23 other public colleges will mark their 50^th anniversary in 2017. Special events are planned throughout the year for everyone who’s learned, worked and supported Mohawk during the past half-century.

Mohawk is also collecting photos and stories from graduates, students, retirees, faculty, staff and college partners. Submissions can be made online to Mohawk’s 50^th anniversary webpage at www.mohawkcollege.ca/50th.

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FAST FACTS:

• More than 110,000 students have graduated from Mohawk since the college opened its doors in 1967.
• Province-wide, more than two million students have graduated from Ontario colleges.
• 1,900 full-time and part-time students were educated and served by 150 faculty and staff in Mohawk’s first year.
• 30,000 full-time, part-time and apprenticeship students currently attend Mohawk and the college employs 1,100 faculty and staff.
• Enrolment in Ontario colleges is at a record high, with 520,000 full-time and part-time students.
• Mohawk’s predecessors were the Provincial Institute of Textiles (opened in 1947) and the Hamilton Institute of Technology (opened in 1957).
• The $15 million Fennell campus opened in 1967 following three years of construction.

Contact:

Jay Robb, Director of Communications, 905.979.8893, jay.robb@mohawkcollege.ca