Northwest Technical College held its first annual Student Achievement Celebration on May 8 to recognize and honor outstanding students across campus. Sadie Fraley, a sophomore from Northome, Minn., opened the event by playing her guitar for the crowd of more than 60 students, family members, faculty and staff.<\/p>\n
President Faith C. Hensrud welcomed all attendees to the first annual event and congratulated the students on their achievements.<\/p>\n
“It’s exciting to see what we’re doing at NTC to help these students achieve their goals and move into a career they have been aspiring to for some time,” she said. “What we are doing here at NTC is changing people’s lives — and we’re proud to do that.”<\/p>\n
Tyler Peterson, NTC student success coordinator, organized the event as one of his first initiatives after starting in January 2019. During the ceremony, he applauded the outstanding students he sees every day.<\/p>\n
“We really do have wonderful, hard-working dedicated students here at NTC,” Peterson said. “It’s a blessing to come here today to celebrate you.”<\/p>\n
Each of NTC’s programs selected an outstanding student and a most improved student. The Outstanding Student Award was given to someone who consistently gives an exceptional effort, always participates, and is enthusiastic and dedicated within their program. The Most Improved Student Award recognizes someone who has shown tremendous growth and development in their skills and knowledge within their program.<\/p>\n
Dental Assisting<\/b>
\nOutstanding Student: Morgan Groenhoff, a freshman from Salol, Minn.<\/p>\n
Electrical Construction<\/b>
\nOutstanding Student: Matthew Ollila, a sophomore from Bemidji, Minn.
\nMost Improved: Reese Renollet, a sophomore from International Falls, Minn.<\/p>\n
Business<\/b>
\nOutstanding Student: Nathan Isaacson, a freshman from Monticello, Minn.<\/p>\n
Practical Nursing<\/b>
\nOutstanding Student: Candice Casavan, a sophomore from Menahga, Minn.
\nMost Improved: Kasey Wass, a sophomore from Walker, Minn.<\/p>\n
Automotive Service<\/b>
\nOutstanding Student: Tony Moss, a freshman from International Falls, Minn.
\nMost Improved: Jacob Windt, a freshman from Deer River, Minn.<\/p>\n
Residential Plumbing\/HVAC<\/b>
\nOutstanding Student: Thomas Person, a student in the residential plumbing and HVAC program from Bemidji, Minn.
\nMost Improved: Alexander Froelic, a freshman from Bemidji, Minn.<\/p>\n
Commercial Refrigeration <\/b>
\nOutstanding Student: Brandon Loch, a freshman from Bemidji, Minn.
\nMost Improved: Alexander Mattson, a freshman from Bemidji, Minn.<\/p>\n
Child Care & Education<\/b>
\nOutstanding Student: Hannah Curb, a sophomore from Bemidji, Minn.<\/p>\n
Health Sciences<\/b>
\nOutstanding Student: Kelly Rees, a freshman from Bemidji, Minn.
\nMost Improved: Na Zhao, a student in the health sciences program from Bemidji, Minn.<\/p>\n
Emerging Computer Technology<\/b>
\nOutstanding Student: John Weeks, a freshman from Cavalier, North Dakota.<\/p>\n
Human Resources<\/b>
\nOutstanding Student: Courtney Mayer, a freshman from Bemidji, Minn.<\/p>\n
Computer Support<\/b>
\nOutstanding Student: Christopher Smith, a sophomore from Bemidji, Minn.<\/p>\n
Sales, Marketing & Management<\/b>
\nOutstanding Student: Deena Crabb, a sophomore from Bemidji, Minn.<\/p>\n
Community Health<\/b>
\nOutstanding Student: Amber Rahn, a student in the community health program from St. Paul, Minn.
\nMost Improved: Allison Heiman, a student in the community health program from Ely, Minn.<\/p>\n
Medical Coding<\/b>
\nOutstanding Student: Amanda Hall, a freshman from Granite Falls, Minn.
\nMost Improved: Cari Rice, a freshman from Blackduck, Minn.<\/p>\n
Nursing – LPN Step-In<\/b>
\nOutstanding Student: Heather Wilhelm, a sophomore from Deer River, Minn.
\nMost Improved: Nicholas Erickson, a sophomore from Clearbook, Minn.<\/p>\n
Sales & Marketing<\/b>
\nOutstanding Student: Macy Romanowski, a sophomore from Bemidji, Minn.<\/p>\n
Nursing – RN<\/b>
\nOutstanding Student: Alison Leas, a sophomore from Bemidji, Minn.
\nMost Improved: Paula Gohman, a sophomore from Grey Eagle, Minn.<\/p>\n
NTC students, faculty and staff also chose 10 students to receive campus-wide awards.<\/p>\n
Perseverance Award<\/b>
\nAshley Doherty, a sophomore from Hugo, Minn. majoring in child care and education.<\/p>\n
Extraordinary Kindness Award<\/b>
\nRomi Stone, a sophomore from Bemidji, Minn studying nursing.<\/p>\n
Student Leadership Award<\/b>
\nMatthew Snyder, a sophomore from Bemidji, Minn. studying nursing and health sciences.<\/p>\n
Community Engagement Award<\/b>
\nMackenzie Gatewood, a sophomore from Nevis, Minn. studying community health and health sciences.<\/p>\n
Dedicated & Devoted Award<\/b>
\nCassie Wednchuk, a sophomore from Bemidji, Minn. studying child care and education.<\/p>\n
Demonstrated Diversity Award<\/b>
\nEster Olson, a freshman from Shevlin, Minn. studying medical coding.<\/p>\n
Non-traditional Student Achievement Award<\/b>
\nOle Risland, a sophomore from Bemidji, Minn. studying automotive services.<\/p>\n
Outstanding Online Learner Award<\/b>
\nTanisha Beaulieu, a sophomore from Red Lake, Minn. studying emerging computer technology.<\/p>\n
Student Worker of the Year Award<\/b>
\nHannah Hoven, a sophomore from Bemidji, Minn studying nursing.<\/p>\n
NTC Spirit Award<\/b>
\nSadie Fraley, a sophomore from Northome, Minn. majoring in child care and education.<\/p>\n
Northwest Technical College<\/b>, located in northern Minnesota’s lake district, has prepared students for fulfilling careers in high-demand fields for more than 50 years. The college’s accessible, affordable, hands-on programs also help the region’s employers meet their ever-growing need for a highly skilled workforce. NTC serves more than 1,000 students with an excellent education, an open-enrollment policy and affordable tuition. Students may pursue nearly 40 degree, diploma and certificate programs in six distinct career paths. Classes are offered on campus, online, or as a combination of both. NTC is a member of the Minnesota State system of colleges and universities. For more, visit ntcmn.edu<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n 2019-N-027<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Northwest Technical College held its first annual Student Achievement Celebration on May 8 to recognize and honor outstanding students across campus. Sadie Fraley, a sophomore from Northome, Minn., opened the event by playing her guitar for the crowd of more than 60 students, family members, faculty and staff. President Faith C. Hensrud welcomed all attendees […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":2712,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5,7,3,29,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-myntc","category-people","category-photo-galleries","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2684"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2721,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2684\/revisions\/2721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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