FS PARTNERS, Kevin Stumpf among the group of first cohort graduates from the co-operative management certificate program

Twenty-one students of the Ontario co-op sector’s first Co-operative Management Certificate Program graduated April 17 and

FS PARTNERS Location Manager Kevin Stumpf was one of them.

The students, most of who are currently involved with the co-op sector, celebrated the end of their nine-month course with a ceremony held at the Executive Learning Centre of the Schulich School of Business at York University.

Stumpf says this course gave him the opportunity to learn more about the diversity of the co-op sector. "I know that the knowledge I gained and the network of other co-operators that I met will help me in my position with FS PARTNERS and I plan to further promote and share the successes of the co-op sector with others.”

 

The Co-operative Management Certificate Program was designed to be an affordable, practical and accessible learning solution for those in Ontario’s diverse co-operative sectors. The Program was developed by the Ontario Co-operative Association in partnership with the Schulich School of Business. Students in the first cohort represented co-op sectors including renewable energy, housing, financial services, agriculture, organics, transportation and worker co-ops. A number of students came from outside the co-op sector, and took the program to learn more about applying the co-op enterprise model to a future business.

The second cohort of the Co-operative Management Certificate Program begins October 22, 2010, with graduation scheduled for May 14, 2011.

To learn more about the Co-operative Management Program, visit www.tinyurl.com/CMCProgram or call On Co-op at 1.888.745.5521.