TIMMINS (Special/Staff) – Ontario’s college system and Northern College are turning 50 this year.Northern kicked off local celebrations in January with faculty and staff.In a news release, it said special events and activities will be held at each campus – in Haileybury, Kirkland Lake, Timmins and Moosonee
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Scholarship campaign hits $253,500
TIMMINS (Special) – Northern College has exceeded its target for an endowment fund that it anticipates will cover entrance scholarships in perpetuity.The college recently announced that it surpassed its $250,000 goal for the Leaders of Tomorrow Campaign by $3,500.The campaign was officially launched last spring to raise
FUELING EDUCATION
Grant Fuels and Propane is helping the region’s students attend Northern College with a $5,000 donation to the Leaders of Tomorrow campaign. The campaign’s goal is $250,000, which will sustain a foundation providing a $500 entrance scholarship each year to one student from each high school and adult learning
Anatomy of a Crime Scene
NC students conduct wildlife CSI investigationSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — Sherlock Holmes had nothing on some Haileybury Northern College (NC) students who put their crime scene investigation skills to the test recently in the Hudson Township bush.Just as a hair left behind by a
Northern adopts 2016-20 plan
TIMMINS (Special) – Northern College is staying the course.It recently adopted a new five-year strategic plan that maintained its current four “strategic directions” – accessible education, signature programs, a distinctly Northern experience, and indigenous perspectives.The plan provides direction for new initiatives “that will ensure the college continues
New college residence officially opens doors
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Classes are only steps away from home for some students at Northern College’s Haileybury campus.The new 64-student residence opened in September.The availability of on-campus housing “truly adds to the sustainability of the Haileybury campus,” said Northern College president Fred Gibbons
Access to Algoma eased for Northern students
TIMMINS (Special) – Northern College grads now have easier access to degree programs at Algoma University.The two post-secondary institutions recently signed a joint admissions agreement.It’s intended to reduce the time, cost and barriers for students transferring to university programs.Northern College students in two- and three-year programs will
Entrepreneurial boost at Northern College
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Northern College students will be getting a little more exposure to the prospect of working for themselves.The college officially launched its new Entrepreneur Centre at its Timmins campus last week.Its services will also be delivered at its campuses in Haileybury,
Northern College hosts Awareness Day 2015
Northern extends China link
TIMMINS (Staff/Special) – Just as Northern College grads can be found around the world, so too are its courses.The college has formalized a new partnership with China’s Chongqing Industry Polytechnic College (CIPC).It will see four Northern programs – instrumentation and control engineering technician, mechanical