July 21, 2010

Four public members join the NorQuest College Board of Governors

EDMONTON – Advanced Education and Technology Minister Honourable Doug Horner appointed the following four public members to the Board of Governors for NorQuest College. ...

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July 13, 2010

Government of Canada Supports Leading-Edge Centre for Excellence in Print Media

EDMONTON – Small and medium-sized print companies in Western Canada will now have access to state-of-the-art technology for improving productivity and enhancing their competitiveness thanks to federal support. ...

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May 10, 2010

NorQuest College unveils consolidated Downtown Campus vision North Learning Centre will transform Edmonton’s community college into a vibrant downtown campus

EDMONTON – President and CEO Dr. Wayne Shillington presented NorQuest College’s Downtown Campus vision to a full crowd at Monday’s Downtown Rotary Club luncheon. Plans call for a new building, the North Learning Centre, to be built directly north of the existing Downtown Campus Main Building at 10215-108 Street. ...

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April 27, 2010

NorQuest College announces next President & CEO,
Dr. Jodi Abbott

EDMONTON – The NorQuest College Board of Governors today appointed Dr. Jodi Abbott to serve as the next president and chief executive officer of the College effective July 1, 2010. ...

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March 8, 2010

Centre for Excellence in Print Media named one of decade’s top 101 events that shaped Canadian printing
PrintAction Magazine recognizes NorQuest for its vital impact on Western Canadian printers

EDMONTON – PrintAction Magazine, one of Canada’s top graphics communications publications, has named the Centre for Excellence in Print Media at NorQuest College among its picks of the top 101 events that helped shape Canadian printing since the start of the century.

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February 17, 2010

NorQuest College English in the Workplace training responds to the needs of Alberta businesses
Common Ground improves employee communication and cultural understanding

EDMONTON – The Centre for Excellence in Intercultural Education at NorQuest College launched a one-of-a-kind resource today that supports a growing number of Alberta businesses with increasingly diverse workforces. Common Ground: English in the Workplace, funded by Alberta Employment and Immigration, is a made-in-Alberta solution that enables business owners and human resource facilitators to teach English to employees in rural and urban work settings.
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February 2, 2010

ApplyAlberta partner, NorQuest College, providing greater access to students through one-stop online application system

EDMONTON – NorQuest College is one of 21 partner institutions participating in a new one-stop online application system for Albertans interested in a post-secondary education. Today, the Alberta Post-Secondary Application System Society launched ApplyAlberta, providing prospective students with access to one or more of these institutions through a central application system.  [+] more

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January 26, 2010

NorQuest College joins Alberta-North to increase access to education in Northern communities

EDMONTON – NorQuest College is the newest post-secondary institution to join Alberta-North. Alberta-North is a group of post-secondary institutions that collaborate to provide access to post-secondary education to communities in northern Alberta and the Northwest Territories. [+] more

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January 20, 2010

Avanti donates $185,000 in Print MIS software to NorQuest
Print media graduates benefit with enhanced workforce skills and industry-leading technology expertise

EDMONTON and TORONTO – Avanti Computer Systems Limited is donating its entire suite of management information software (MIS) tools, valued at $185,000, to the Centre for Excellence in Print Media at NorQuest College in Edmonton, Alberta. This software will increase the technical and business skills of students graduating from NorQuest’s Digital Graphics Communications Diploma program. In addition, Avanti’s contribution will expand the Centre’s training resources available to the Western Canadian printing industry. [+] more

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