DAWSON CREEK – Eighteen students have earned at least $1,000 towards their college education, as recipients of entrance awards administered by the Northern Lights College Foundation.
The students are all enrolled in programs that started in September at the Chetywnd, Dawson Creek, Fort Nelson or Fort St. John campuses of Northern Lights College.
Recipients are:
- Canbriam Energy Aboriginal New Student Award (value $1,000): Janine Napoleon, Career and College Preparation, Chetwynd Campus.
- Encana Aboriginal New Student Award (value $1,000 each): Aimee Badine and Kristin Tetreault, Social Services Worker Diploma and Kylie Sandford, Business Management, Fort St. John Campus; Oscar Dumais, Cook Training, Dawson Creek Campus; and Melanie Capot-Blanc, Career and College Preparation and Kristiana Bailey, University Arts and Sciences, Fort Nelson Campus.
- Paul Dampier Career and College Preparation Entrance Award (value $1,000 each): Wyatt Foster and Agnes Bueckert, Fort St. John Campus.
- Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) Award (value $1,250 each): Brent Miller and Reid Felhauer, Welding Level C students, Dawson Creek Campus.
- Talisman Visual Arts Entrance Award (value $1,000): Danica Dyck, Visual Arts, Dawson Creek Campus.
- Talisman Aboriginal New Student Award (value $1,250): Isaiah Acko, Oil and Gas Field Operations and Tara Good, Business Management, Fort St. John Campus; Ashley Stewart, Applied Business Technology and Kristin Willis, Social Services Worker Diploma, Chetwynd Campus.
- Trevor Bolin Continuing Education Scholarship (value $1,250 each): Tyler W. Faminow,University Arts and Sciences (Sciences) and Rayna L. Gould, University Arts and Sciences (Humanities), Fort St. John Campus.
For more information on the NLC Foundation, check the NLC website at nlc.bc.ca or contact Donna Kane at 250-784-7613 or email dkane@nlc.bc.ca.
Paul Perkins of Talisman (right) with Isaiah Acko, Talisman Aboriginal New Student Award recipient.
Angela White of Encana Corporation (centre) with Melanie Capot-Blanc and Kristiana Bailey, recipients of Encana Aboriginal New Student Award.
Jeff Beale of Encana Corporation (right) with Oscar Dumais, recipient of the Encana Aboriginal New Student Award.
Billie-Jo Crandall, NLC Financial Aid officer (left), with Talisman Visual Arts Entrance Award recipient Danica Dyck.
Billie-Jo Crandall, NLC Financial Aid officer (right), with Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) Award recipient Reid Felhauer.
David Batterham, Career and College Preparation program chair (right), with Paul Dampier Career and College Prep Entrance Award recipient Wyatt Foster.
Billie-Jo Crandall, NLC Financial Aid officer (right), with Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) Award recipient Brett Miller.
Canbriam Energy Aboriginal New Student Award, presented to Janine Napolean (left) by Canbriam’s Donna Phillips.
Nakib Ahmed, NLC Financial Aid officer (right), with Paul Dampier Career and College Prep Entrance Award recipient Agnes Bueckert.
Trevor Bolin (right), with Trevor Bolin Continuing Education Scholarship recipient Tyler W. Faminow.
Kathy Handley, NLC Campus Administrator, (right) with Tara Good, Talisman Aboriginal New Student Award recipient.