By Sara Gouda There are 1,900 international students at NAIT from 88 different countries. There are some challenges such as socializing, dealing with homesickness, language proficiency and finding residence. Russian student Ekaterina Mekshenkova transferred from...
NAITSA Seeks Staff and Student Feedback
By Nicole Murphy The NAIT Students’ Association (NAITSA) has launched an online form that lets anyone on campus give anonymous feedback on how budget cuts are being put into effect. The form is called Sourcing Our Solutions (S.O.S) and has three sections. Green is for...
Farewell to NAIT’s Cheerleader-in-Chief
Dr. Glenn Feltham joined NAIT as CEO in 2011 and has worked relentlessly to drive NAIT towards its vision as a leading polytechnic. He even spent his first few months as CEO as a student-for-a-day, experiencing over 30 programs. It was under Feltham’s leadership that...
Mawji Centre: Building a Biz
By Karlie Mickanuik Society has entered an entrepreneurial age. Small online businesses, farmers’ markets and local businesses have gained popularity in the business world as many people choose to shop locally rather than rely on bigger corporations. As more people...
Growing Funds for Mens Health
By Patrick Puff Whether they’re on the ice, on the court or across the NAIT campus, moustaches are back and for a great cause. Like many professional athletes across the country, NAIT has a few athletes and staff across campus looking to make a difference. November,...
NAIT Prepares for Student Housing
By Mahmuda Sheikh In a survey released in early November, NAIT students have been asked to share their visions of an ideal NAIT student housing. The student housing design project is considering multiple possible elements of designing a ‘home away from home’. These...
NAITSA Gets New Office Space
By Nicole Murphy NAIT’s Students Association’s new office space is located in the O wing in between the South and North Lobby. The modernized space upgrade is 2.5 times bigger than the old space. Leeanne Mills, NAITSA Administration Director and Project Manager during...
Freedom of Speech a Priority on Campus
By Nicole Murphy The Alberta Government has asked all post secondary schools to align with a freedom of speech policy created out of Chicago. The Chicago Principles were implemented after a series of students at various schools wanted to stop controversial speakers...
Interim President to Begin December 16
By William Doney NAIT announced an interim president to begin Dec.16 when Dr. Glenn Feltham retires. Dr. Ray Block will step into the shoes of President and CEO of NAIT. Dr. Block is currently NAIT’s vice-president administration and CFO. The search is on for NAIT’s...
Life After NAIT: “up to 85 percent of jobs found through networking”
By Mahmuda Sheikh As students prepare to graduate this winter, NAIT is hosting a few events to help them explore all of their options entering the workforce. Life After NAIT is an event happening at the Fresh Express cafeteria from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Oct. 29 and...