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News at Assiniboine

The Cougars men’s and women’s volleyball and futsal teams both had Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference league games here in Brandon this past weekend. The volleyball teams hosted the Canadian Mennonite University Blazers January 26 and 27 at Assiniboine Community College, while the futsal teams were across town in the Henry Champ Gym, playing the Brandon University Bobcats.
The Cougars were busy at home and on the road this weekend. The men’s and women's volleyball teams hosted the Providence University Pilots Friday night and Saturday afternoon, while the men’s and women's futsal teams opened their Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference season on the road in Winnipeg on Saturday.
There are some amazing career opportunities in Southwestern Manitoba. And Matthew Russell found one of them. He parlayed his Business Administration diploma from Assiniboine into a job with Custom Software Solutions in his home town of Virden, where the company’s head office is located, and hasn’t look back.
Go after the career you want, but be prepared to do a variety of other jobs to get you there. That’s the advice of Leanne Zamrykut, regional marketing manager for MNP (Meyers Norris Penny), one of the largest full-service chartered accountancy and business advisory firms in Canada.
Shaun Woodcock doesn’t like being in the spotlight. He likes to be behind a desk in an office with the door closed. And while he likes math and numbers, he also likes dealing with people one-one-one. So when he started doing some investigating, he found the Financial Services program at Assiniboine was tailor-made for him.