Branding and identity is such an important aspect of running an organization or business. It’s what allows people to recognize you. That’s why NAIT’s Graphic Communications students engage with the community and help out those organizations that just might not be able...
Printing to go
Have you sat in traffic on the way to school, fuming because the paper is due and you aren’t going to have time to print it out before class? Those days may soon be behind you. “A mobile print service is under construction and will soon be available to students,”...
Is Facebook for news?
I logged into Facebook last night to send a link to an article from the Edmonton Journal to my best friend and was puzzled when our message history didn’t come up. A quick check of my friend’s list showed me that he had deactivated his account. Many of my friends and...
The world at NAIT
NAIT students got a taste of culture last week as the campus was host to a cultural showcase sponsored by ATB Financial. The Global Village, organized by the International Student Centre, allowed students to experience a small selection of the various cultures...
CAT building almost ready
As construction nears completion on the Centre for Applied Technologies build-ing, the next part of the project is about to start – transitioning staff, students and equipment from the Health, Business, Engineering Technologies, and Sustainable Building and...
Skies are falling?
Things were not quite of this world on campus last week, as students participated in a live mega-game called “Watch the Skies.” The premise? How does humanity react to the revelation of intelligent alien life? More specifically, alien life that wants to destroy...
Is Daylight Savings Time worth it?
Ahhh, daylight saving time. A delight in the fall when the time goes back an hour and our social media feeds are home to charming “Turn Back Time” Cher puns but in the spring it simply means the inconvenience of switching all of your manual clocks and dragging your...
An exercise in marketing
Who knew there was value in beans? NAIT Culinary instructor Maynard Kolskog did when he approached the NAIT Business program’s Capstone program with his idea last year. Kolskog wanted to create a gluten-free bean product for people living with celiac disease. The...
No snow, no problem
There may not be snow on the ground but that didn’t stop some airborne antics in the Nest parking lot on Friday, March 4. NAITSA partnered with Monster Energy and others to bring X-Games athletes Brett Turcotte and Heath Frisby on campus for an aerial spectacle....
Urban Sketching Workshop
The Environmental Design Student Society (EDSS) hosted an urban sketching workshop March 4 and 5 on campus. While this event was open to students, industry professionals and the Edmonton chapter of Urban Sketchers, it was staff and students of the Landscape...