Sandra Marocco, vice president of industry partnerships and chief marketing officer of NAIT’s executive team, is transferring to a new position at Alberta Blue Cross. Morocco will become the vice president of marketing and customer experience at Blue Cross and take on...
NAIT’s Mawji Centre received almost $10,000 in funding this school year from Alberta Innovates to provide students with the opportunity to attend conferences of their choice without having to pay. Cecile Wendlandt, the Mawji Centre coordinator, said she is surprised...
NAIT is launching two new programs in the fall 2021-22 term: cybersecurity and data analytics. The new cybersecurity post-diploma program will teach students about emerging cybersecurity issues and how to navigate evolving cyber threats, said Sue Fitzsimmons, vice...
NAIT student Danielle Thomson and the Centre for Autism Services Alberta (CFASA) are gearing up for this year’s Discovering Autism in the Covid World conference. On Saturday, March 20, the 8th annual event, organized by the CFASA Student’s Association at the...
Fourth-semester culinary students at NAIT are seeing first-hand how professional restaurants across the province are dealing with the pandemic as Ernest’s offers online orders and limited in-person dining for patrons. “We still get to be inside the kitchen, but the...
Despite the decrease of traffic throughout NAIT due to COVID-19 restrictions, the campus’ popular Retail Meat Store is still as busy as ever. Rob Povey, the chair of the professional meat cutting and merchandising program at NAIT, says that business hasn’t changed...
NAIT is still on track to balance its budget once students return to campus, despite reduced provincial funding, said Jeff Dumont, NAIT’s vice-president administration and chief financial officer. The institution received a 6.3 per cent reduction in funding, a bigger...
After a year of limited in-person networking opportunities, LinkedIn has become a platform for continuing education, networking, recruiting and job applications, and showcasing your best self in an online environment. Melissa Myskiw is an Academic Advisor with NAIT....
The NAIT animal health clinic is now accepting cat neutering patients. Elly Paslawsky, an educational lab technologist at the animal health clinic, said they will now be accepting appointments for male cats to help keep stray and kitten populations down. “The services...
It can be a struggle for people to prepare for a job when they have no clue how to make a resume stand out. While school is a top priority for most students, it is also a great idea to leverage one’s resume profile to earn the spot on the job. NAIT career services...
