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Most Recent Alumni success stories: Corner Brook student takes home silver medal 2006 Students shine at national skills competition! 2004 "Featured Alumni - Denise King" (12/21/2004) Students win medals at national competition Congratulations to Team Newfoundland and Labrador 2007 which won six medals at the 13th Canadian Skills Competition (CSC). The competition was held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan from June 6-9, 2007 at the Trade Centre at Prairieland Park. Of the 13 medals won by Team Newfoundland and Labrador, six were taken home by College of the North Atlantic (CNA) students. Taking gold was Shawn Edwards of Prince Philip Drive campus for IT and Network Support, taking silver in Electronics was Stephen Genge of Ridge Road campus, and taking bronze were Becki Peckham of Prince Philip Drive for Graphic Design, Michael Martin of Prince Philip Drive for Website Development, Jonathon Yeo of Ridge Road for Architectural Technology and Design and Justin Flight of Prince Philip Drive for Automotive Service. “From a Skills Canada perspective, I am certainly very pleased with the overall results, as well as the success demonstrated by our college students,” says John Oates, campus administrator at CNA’s Ridge Road campus in St. John’s, and President of Skills Canada Newfoundland and Labrador. “It was a great competition and we are very proud of all our competitors. They represented their province with confidence and competence. Congratulations to all.” The main goal of the CSC programming throughout the year is to deliver hands-on opportunities to explore careers and to raise awareness for the general population of the value of skilled trades and technology occupations. More than 500 students from secondary and post-secondary institutions throughout the country competed in 40 competitions, having earned a spot on their team through the provincial skilled trade and technology competitions. For Newfoundland and Labrador, that was the 10th annual Provincial Skills Competition which took place in March and was hosted mainly by CNA in St. John’s.
Corner Brook student takes home silver medal The 10 th annual Provincial Skills Canada competition was held on Friday, March 30 in St. John’s. College of the North Atlantic’s entrants competed in a number of the post-secondary competition categories and walked away with 16 medals. One of the winners was Mark Wilton, an entry level welding student at the college’s Corner Brook campus. Wilton won the silver metal for welding at the Skills Canada competition against seven other welding students. He created two welding projects using various types of welding methods such as Flux Core welding, MIG Welding, TIG Welding and Stick welding. CNA has been a major supporter of Skills Canada since its inception in Newfoundland and Labrador, hosting competitions and Skills Canada events all across the Province. Over 1,000 students attended the Skills Canada conference – 250 competition finalists from high school, college, and apprenticeship students, 650 Grade 9 students for the Career Fair and Career Information Sessions, and 100 Grade 9 girls for the Skills Work for Women Conference Competition. Skills Canada has a large network of volunteers who design competitions, run events, etc. Over 250 volunteers participated in the 6 th Annual Skilled Career Day.
Students shine at national skills competition! Congratulations to Team Newfoundland and Labrador 2006, who won six medals at the 12th Canadian Skills Competition (CSC). The annual competition was held in Halifax, Nova Scotia from May 23 to 26, 2006. Of the six medals won by Team NL, three were taken home by College of the North Atlantic students: Qualifying National Skills Canada winners earn the right to compete in the 39th World Skills Competition – taking place in Numazu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan from November 14-21, 2007. Congratulations to Irene O’Brien who has been awarded the Dr. Marshall Mallett Lamp of Knowledge Award by the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists Board of Directors. Irene is an Instructor, Medical Radiography with the College of the North Atlantic, Prince Philip Drive Campus and has been a central figure in the Health Sciences Program for many years. This award highlights Irene’s significant contribution to the profession in the field of education. For further information on the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists visit: http://www.camrt.ca/ Students Score at Skills Canada Competitions The 8th annual Provincial Skills Canada Competitions were held Friday, May 6, in St. John’s, with a very strong showing from College of the North Atlantic students. They competed in 21 post-secondary competition categories, and walked away with 23 medals, including 13 Gold. Gary Elliott and John Harnett are nominees for Alumni Representatives on University’s Board of Regents. This is an excellent opportunity to have CNA voices at the highest level of Memorial University Governance. To learn more and to vote online http://www.munalum.ca/bor/ CNA’s Digital Animation film to air at Nickel Independent Film Festival The film called Quacked, created by the students and instructors of Digital Animation program at our Bay St. George Campus will open the Nickel Independent Film and Video Festival in St. John’s on July 5. http://www.nickelfestival.com New Vice Chair of ECMA’s Wade Pinhorn, co-coordinating instructor for the Music Industry and Performance program has been elected Vice Chair of the East Coast Music Association (ECMA’s). Canadian Culinary Competition Gerry Crewe, Commercial Cooking instructor at St. John’s Campus, attended the Canadian Culinary Convention in Edmonton on June 9, taking second place in the Canadian Chef of the Year category. This comes after Chef Crewe was recognized at the Atlantic Culinary Competition where he was awarded Chef of the Year for the provincial and regional selections. Award of Excellence Joe Bouzanne, Business Accounting instructor at Grand Falls-Windsor Campus was awarded Excellence in Human Resources Award at the Atlantic Human resources. Research Published Dr. Auruun Arunachalam, Physics instructor at Burin Campus will have his research work titled Application of Dimensional Analysis to Estimation of Ice-Induced Pressures on Rigid Vertical Structures published in the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering this October. Alumnus to Launch CD Darrin Martin is a talented musician, songwriter and performer, and we’re proud to say he’s a graduate of CNA, Bay St. George campus in three programs: Visual Arts, Music Industry and Performance and Recording Arts. Darrin provided the fabulous entertainment at the Alumni Association event on Feb. 3 and he’s been busy preparing to release his first CD. Stay tuned for details on the release party and send us an email if you’d like to win a copy of Darrin’s CD: alumni@cna.nl.ca. And if you have good news to share please send along the information and we’ll do our best to spread the word. Framing for Food From February 1-21, Décor Framing & Gallery, in the Village Mall St. John’s, will host their first annual custom framing food drive . . . FRAMING FOR FOOD 2005. They will be accepting non-perishable food items for the Community Food Sharing Association and in appreciation for their donation, customers will receive a credit of 1%, for every item they bring in off their custom framing purchase – up to 30% of the value of their order. For example, bring in 15 food items and get a 15% discount or bring in 30 food items and get a whopping 30% discount. A similar offer will be extended to other in-store specials, however some restrictions do apply. We need your help getting the word out and making “ FRAMING FOR FOOD” a success. Thank you for your help.” – D. Wayne Evans, President, Décor Framing & Gallery and College of the North Atlantic Alumnus. Further information can be obtained by contacting the Community Food Sharing Association at 722-0130 or Décor Framing & Gallery at 368-4989. |
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