CNA students win scholarships
2/21/2007 4:31:52 PM
Sixteen students within College of the North Atlantic’s (CNA) industrial trades programs have been honoured with scholarships.
The Alberta Centennial Scholarships, valued at $2,000 each, provided 25 scholarships to every province and territory in the nation to commemorate the province’s centennial and its pride in Canada.
“We are exceptionally proud of our students who received these scholarships,” says Colin Forward, Dean of Industrial Trades with CNA.
“This is a very significant honour and represents the culmination of a lot of hard work and dedication of these students to their studies. As well, it is a strong commendation of the efforts of their instructors in the preparation and delivery of our trades programming.”
Students in entry-level apprenticeship programs are eligible for these annual scholarships. Twelve female and four male students of CNA were presented with scholarships this year:
• Sonya Brothers of Long Harbour, enrolled in College of the North Atlantic’s Construction/Industrial Electrician program at Seal Cove campus;
• Diana Butt of Bishop Falls, of the Industrial Mechanic (Millwright) program at Corner Brook campus;
• Alicia Kavanagh of Carbonear, with the Industrial Mechanic (Millwright) program at Happy Valley-Goose Bay campus;
• Charlene Michelin-Flowers of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, for the Construction/Industrial Electrician program in Happy Valley-Goose Bay;
• Mary Monster of Creston, for the Industrial Instrumentation Mechanic program at Burin campus;
• Beverly Noel of St. Anthony, for the Residential Electrician program at St. Anthony campus;
• Morgaine Parnham and Janine Rice of St. John’s, for the Welder program at Prince Philip Drive;
• Luanne Rose of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, for the Automotive Service Technician Program offered at Happy Valley-Goose Bay;
• Amanda Shiwak of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, for the Welder program at Happy Valley-Goose Bay;
• Lori Spearing of St. Anthony, for Residential Electrician at St. Anthony campus;
• Tonya Stanley of Clarenville, with the Steamfitter/Pipefitter program at Clarenville campus;
• Steve Curtis of Paradise, for the Construction/Industrial Electrician program in Seal Cove;
• Adam Freake of St. John’s, for the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic program at Ridge Road;
• Tony Montague of North West River, with the Industrial Mechanic (Millwright) program at Happy Valley-Goose Bay; and
• Travis Palliser of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, of the Welder Program located at Happy Valley-Goose Bay campus.
More information about the Alberta Centennial Scholarships is available at www.ed.gov.nl.ca/app. For more information about the programs offered at College of the North Atlantic, visit a campus near you or visit our website at www.cna.nl.ca
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Roger Hulan
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College of the North Atlantic
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