The first eSports invitational at NAIT brought students from around the city to the HP Centre. Games included Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, League of Legends and Super Smash Bros. tournaments among other casual gaming stations. Curtis Dell, the Student Recreation...
Former Ook goes pro
The NAIT Ooks are watching as one of their men’s soccer players leaves the nest and signs with FC Edmonton. David Doe led the Ooks and the ACAC in points in the 2018 season with 13 goals and nine assists in 10 games.
Over 2K surveys completed
By: Joe Lipovski This month, NAITSA conducted their annual survey. The survey received more then the 2000 expected participants. Communications and engagement director, Jenny Lau, has kept a close eye on the users of the tablets throughout the duration of the survey....
New offices for new execs
NAITSA’s 2019-20 Executive Council: Karen Velasco (President), Emi Oke (VP Academic), Alexis Flinkert (VP Student Services) and - (not pictured) AJ Jaruga (VP External). Photo Courtesy of NAITSA By: Joe Lipovski NAITSA is in the process of building new offices. The...
Security delays concern students
Photo Courtesy of NAIT By: Joe Lipovski NAIT’s Protective Services runs 24 hours, however there are certain times of the day that they need to operate with minimal staff. As a result, Protective Services needs to prioritize what calls they respond to first. Especially...
NAIT grad runs successful YEG marketing conference
Photo by Amaya Daley By: Alexa Prins On March 8 and 9, MacEwan University was taken over by marketing and communication professionals for the 8th annual iMEDIA Social Media Conference. Each year, the conference offers an opportunity for industry professionals and...
A president close to home
Photo Courtesy of Facebook By: Althea Alabat Kihmary Somcio is a third year business administration student majoring in Marketing. Somcio is the current president of the International Student Club (ISC) as of January 2019. She was introduced to the club early last...
NAIT LRT station closed for the summer
By: Althea Alabat Starting April 28th, the Metro Line will end at the Kingsway/Royal Alex station and will not continue to NAIT for four months. NAITSA’s Advocacy Director, Jason Roth, has asked the City of Edmonton to provide more frequent buses from the Kingsway...
NAIT Mosaic Festival celebrates culture and diversity
By: Larissa Nothof The Mosaic Festival, formerly known as Global Village, is an event partnership between NAIT International, NAITSA, and the Nîsôhkamâtotân Centre at NAIT with the goal to promote inclusion and diversity. “It is important to endorse, diversity and...
Gold, silver and bronze for Ooks
The NAIT Ooks badminton team brought home a full set of medals from the CCAA national championships in Nova Scotia.