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12 Tuesday April 28 2015 EDUCATION AURORA COLLEGE GRAD CONGRATULATIONS Aurora College Graduates 2015 Wallys Drugs Pharmacy . Souvenirs . Magazines . Newspapers Toys . Cards . Stationery . Lottery Ticket Centre Monday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday CLOSED 867-872-2134 We wish you all the best in your future endeavours Students always save 10 on Groceries Hardware and Dry goods Excludes tobacco products. A valid student ID must be presented. Kaesers Stores Ltd. 76-80 Breynat St. Fort Smith NT 867-872-2345 Kaesers supports AURORA COLLEGE throughout the year. on Groceries Hardware and Dry goodson Groceries Hardware and Dry goods CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES By DALI CARMICHAEL Aurora College students in Fort Smith proudly donned their mortarboards and long gowns last week as they attended this years convocation ceremony at Thebacha campus. After years of dedication and hard work 37 graduates received their degrees and di- plomas in the schools of Education Business and Leadership Arts and Science and Health and Human Services on Apr. 24. Friends families and loved ones looked on asGeorgeTuccaroCommissioneroftheNWT and Education Culture and Employment MinisterJacksonLaffertyaddressedthecrowd with well wishes for the students before hand- ing out diplomas. KeynotespeakerJessicaCarrieranalumnaof theSocialWorkdiplomaprogramencouraged the students to nd their own pathways to suc- cess. Coming from Carrier the sentiment was unsurprising over the last three decades she has helped countless others achieve their own personal and professional goals. ThisyearsBoardofGovernorsBOGawards were also announced during the ceremony. First-yearBachelorofEducationstudentKaren Lepine-McFeeters who sits on the BOG as the studentrepresentativewasgrantedtheStudent Leadershipaward.TheInnovationandCollege Improvement award was given to Sarah Roso- len manager of the South Slave Research Cen- tre. The Service Quality award went to Chris Westwell an information technology analyst with the school. Pearl Bird received an honou- rary certicate in Adult Education for her ded- ication to her role as the Aboriginal Skills and EmploymentTrainingStrategycoordinatorfor the NWT Mtis Nation. Allison McArthur a Bachelor of Education graduate took home the Town of Fort Smith award as well as her teaching degree. She was alsonamedStudentAssociationStudentofthe Year along with newly-certied ofce admin- istrator Stefanie Pandke. ENRTP grad Tyanna Steinwand made her home town of Behchoko proud as this years valedictorian. The event marked the rst convocation cel- ebration of Auroras three campuses. Students attheYellowknifeNorthSlavecampuswillhave theirceremonyonMay2whileAuroracampus inInuvikwillholditsgraduationeventonMay8. Hard work rewarded at Aurora College Thebacha grad PhotosPaulBannister BEd. graduate Allison McArthur is given the Town of Fort Smith award and one of two Student of the Year awards. Certied ofce administrator Stephanie Pandke shares the honour of taking home a Student Association Student of the Year award. ENRTP grad Tyanna Steinwand of Behchoko took to the stage as this years valedictorian. Aurora College president Jane Arychuk Education Minister Jackson Lafferty and NWT Commissioner George Tuccaro join the convocation celebrations.