NAIT NewsWatch – November 1, 2024
November 5, 2024 - NAIT NewsWatch returns this week, and we cover stories on international student policy changes, a new gambling course at the University of Alberta, Edmonton’s festivals struggling to keep up wit
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PAWSS visits the NAIT campus
Pets Assisting with Student Success (PAWSS) visited NAIT’s campus. The team brought their star four-legged member, Bristol. “It’s a visitation program where students can just drop in and see them. NAITSA has adopted this program, and we have eight dogs within NAITSA that are simply pets of our staff, that have been certified to visit […]
NAIT NewsWatch – March 3rd, 2023
This week on NAIT NewsWatch, anchors Shania Fausto and Kira Braucht deep dive into the proposed UCP budget. For the Ooks, it’s playoff time. Caleb Perreaux dissects the storylines going into post-season hockey, basketball and curling. And our Nadia Kearl takes us to new heights in the week’s Try This segment.
The Alberta Government announces plans for a new $190 million MacEwan University School of Business
The Alberta Government announced plans to spend $125 million on a new School of Business for MacEwan University. The school will be a seven-storey, 35,000-square-metre building. It will be located at 109 Street and 105 Avenue and cost $190 million. With the $125 million from the government, the rest of the funds will come from […]
NAIT celebrates Black History Month with a virtual bookshelf
NAIT has put together a virtual bookshelf in support of Black History Month this February. The bookshelf has 39 books and three videos that students can access online or in person at NAIT’s McNally Library. “If we can help provide resources and share these voices from communities that don’t always get as amplified as they […]
Alberta government is capping post-secondary tuition hikes in 2024
Starting in the 2024-25 academic year, the Alberta UCP government announced they will be capping post-secondary tuition increases and reducing student loan interest rates, in an effort to help students face the cost-of-living crisis. Domestic post-secondary student tuition will cap at two per cent, said Demetreos Nicolades, Advances Education Minister, at a media conference announcing […]