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Justin Beaucage: Tricks of the Trades
Posted November 14, 2024
Justin Beaucage isn’t one to toot his own horn - but luckily, he doesn’t have to. After completing his first year of apprenticeship at Northwestern Polytechnic, Justin was awarded the 2023 Top Apprentice award for the trade of Parts Technician, an honour that speaks for itself.Awarded by Apprenticeship and Industry Training (AIT) to A... Read Article »
Chemistry and Community with Connie Korpan
Posted October 31, 2024
Once upon a time, Connie Korpan was a chemist. In the summers, while she was pursuing an undergraduate degree in genetics and chemistry, Connie had a job studying organic compounds for the provincial government. Primarily, she was developing extraction techniques to assess things that were contaminated by pesticides and herbicides. T... Read Article »
Athlete of the Week: Ashley Hodel
Posted October 30, 2024
Look back through the history of the Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference (ACAC), and you will find a handful of dual-sport athletes. Interestingly, you will find even fewer who have competed in the Conference Championships of two sports in the same season. Last weekend, fourth-year nursing student-athlete Ashley Hodel did just that - accomplis... Read Article »
Special Connections, with Megan Bulford
Posted October 16, 2024
Megan Bulford thought she’d be a music teacher. She’s always had a deep passion for music, both as a child and when she played in band in high school, so it was logical that, as she worked on her Bachelor of Education at NWP, she had envisioned her future self-standing in front of a room of nervous highschool students, correctin... Read Article »
Kendra Pringnitz: A Love For Meeting New People
Posted October 3, 2024
If you made use of the NWP Learning Commons’ new duplication delivery service over the summer, there’s a good chance your documents were brought to you by the smiling face of Kendra Pringnitz. Kendra, a NWP alumni who recently completed the Office Professional Program, was hired by the NWP Learning Commons through Inclusion Alber... Read Article »