Academic advisers are the key to your success at Northland Pioneer College. Whether you’re a new student who just finished high school, an older student returning to school, just taking some classes to update your job skills, or planning to continue on at a university, your adviser plays an important role in your education. Advisers assist you in clarifying your educational and personal goals...

News & Notes from around the college: Bicycling Adventure! The Petrified Forest National Park in Holbrook, AZ is a beautiful place for a bike ride. Every year in September, Northland Pioneer College hosts a 36- and 60-mile tour ride called Pedal the Petrified through the park to help raise funds for student scholarships. This year’s ride will be on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015. Previous riders...

Career Readiness Certificate Adds Extra Value to NPC Education More and more employers are using the National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) as a measure of a potential employee’s basic skills related to reading, applied mathematics and locating information. Individuals earn one of four levels, based on their assessment results, demonstrating they actually have basic employability skills...

NPC theatre and music students build their performance résumé faster than in four-year college or university programs. by Everett Robinson [caption id="attachment_1512" align="alignright" width="300"] The Constant Wife[/caption] As the house lights dim, adrenaline increases your heart rate. You close your eyes and take a deep breath. Your mind races through the months of line or note...

Northland Pioneer College is the nation’s top producer of Certificates of Proficiency awarded to Native American students, nearly doubling the number of awardees from the 2012–13 to 2013–14 academic years. A recent analysis of 2013–14 academic year data from more than 1,600 community colleges by the national publication Community College Weekly showed that NPC issued 108 certificates to...

Are you determined to start a new business, or grow an existing one but don’t know where to start? Did you know 95 percent of the people in rural America find owning their own business to be one of the best ways to enjoy the quality of life and make a good income? Small business owners earn between $25,000 to $300,000 a year! But they also lose between $5,000 to $150,000 on average when they...

Northland’s ECD program traces its roots back to the college’s founding in 1974, when Claude Endfield was one of the college’s first 10 graduates. She has helped guide the ECD program since 1988, adding age-specific specializations and adjusting curricula to meet our communities’ changing needs. Retiring in June 2016, Endfield has easily traveled over a million miles, on paved roads and...

The fourth annual Pedal the Petrified bike tour on Sept. 17 raised $40,500 for NPC student scholarships, a substantial increase from the $23,289 raised in 2015. Produced by NPC Friends and Family, the nonprofit alliance that supports NPC students and programs, Pedal the Petrified enjoyed the support of numerous sponsors and volunteers. Ride participants gave very positive feedback. “This is the...

Students who attended a for-profit college or university that offered certificates, associate or bachelor’s degrees generally saw their income decline five or six years after attendance compared to their earnings before enrollment. Many of these students left before completing their certificate or degree but still end up with significant debt. — National Bureau of Economic Research Students...

Northland Pioneer College partners with other regionally accredited colleges and universities, both within and outside of Arizona, through official articulation agreements. These agreements assist students with making a smooth transition from NPC to a participating four-year institution without duplicating coursework. NPC students participating in university transfer agreements (UTA) are able to...

Last year, NPC held its first annual Empty Bowls community service project, which raised $2,040 for the Love Kitchen charity in Pinetop. Magda Gluszek, NPC art instructor and event coordinator (pictured far left), says, “The Empty Bowls project is part of NPC’s ongoing commitment to community service. It is very important for NPC to give back to our communities through service projects like...

Each year, many students transfer from NPC to a university to seek a four-year degree and career success. Amie Rodgers transferred from NPC to Northern Arizona University (NAU) in 2005 and went on to enjoy a highly successful career as a journalist in the White Mountains. Rodgers earned her bachelor’s degree in public agency service at NAU, along with magna cum laude honors. For more than a...

Tiny houses, those between 80 and 400 square feet in size, are growing in popularity world-wide. Whether on solid foundations or on wheels, more people are choosing these dwellings for their affordability and ecological friendliness. Students in NPC’s Integrated Basic Education Skills Training and Construction classes in Holbrook and Whiteriver have been learning how to frame tiny houses. The...

Waiting for the Four Seasons transit bus at three pickup locations is now more comfortable thanks to a community partnership between Northland Pioneer College welding students and the City of Show Low. With ridership topping 180,000 per year on the transit system, officials recognized the need for more shelters at bus stops. “When no local businesses were able to fabricate the shelters, city...

Every year, for the past 21 years, the Arizona Board of Regents award a little-known scholarship only to community college students selected as members of the All-Arizona Academic Team. Each Arizona community college is allowed to select two students from each campus/center location, which means up to 18 Northland Pioneer College students can receive this scholarship! Students who complete their...

You don’t have to tune your flatscreen to the Masters, Pebble Beach or to any other big-time golf tournaments to see great golfers displaying their amazing skills right here in Northeastern Arizona. What? Phil Mickelson and other top golfers in the world playing locally? Actually, no. But some of the nation’s finest disc golfers are playing right here in our midst. One of them is the...

In today’s job market, employers are looking for workers who not only have a specific skill set but also can “think outside the box.” That’s where a broad based liberal arts education comes in. A liberal arts education consists of college studies that provide general knowledge and develop intellectual ability, such as literature; philosophy; mathematics; social and behavioral science; and...

Northland Pioneer College Community colleges play a vital role in training America’s workforce. That is why Northland Pioneer College offers direct-to-work career training in 17 areas of study, with 52 areas of specialization. However, some careers require additional levels of education — a bachelor’s or higher degree. That’s why NPC also offers general education courses that make up the...