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...

Yes, and it starts with Northland Pioneer College. A little known scholarship awarded every year by the Arizona Board of Regents, only to community college students is the All-Arizona Academic Team scholarship. Each Arizona public community college is allowed to select two students per campus/center location to be on their team. For Northland Pioneer College that can mean up to 18 students per...

Community members joined North-land Pioneer College students, faculty and staff in creating over 200 handmade bowls for the Empty Bowls Community Project. The donated bowls were then used on November 20 to raise money for the Love Kitchen in Pinetop, to aid the fight against hunger in our local communities. For a donation of $10, participants received one of the handcrafted glazed bowls and were...

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...

Earn College Credit In High School Obtaining a college degree is a smart choice for your future. The median earnings per year for a person with an associate degree is $9,400 higher than for someone with just a high school diploma and with a bachelor’s degree, it is $21,100 higher. A college degree also gives you an edge over those who don’t have one when applying for jobs. You can get a head...

For the past 14 years Northland Pioneer College Career and Technical Education (CTE) students have demonstrated both their skills and career readiness at SkillsUSA regional, state and national competitions for secondary and college students. In 2015, NPC students won 23 medals at the state competition with two NPC Cosmetology students, Cassandra Gardner, Show Low, and Nayeli Morales, St. Johns,...

“Costa Rica is just so green!” says Joshua Wenger, “Everywhere I looked was amazing. When you’re from Arizona and you go to Costa Rica, it’s just a life-changing experience.” Almost half of Costa Rica’s land is covered by lush, green forest with dozens of national reserves and parks. The country boasts close to a thousand different species of birds; over two hundred volcanic...

[caption id="attachment_1328" align="alignright" width="240"] (Kneeling, l to r) Jacob Bolding, NPC students Joey Cundiff, Dustin Yazzie and Marcus Elliston. (Standing, l to r) NPC student Gabrielle Nez, Winslow Mayor Robin Boyd, NPC Instructor Charlie Perkins, Winslow Animal Control Officer Stratton Sayler, and NPC Instructor Jorge Meza.[/caption] Building a sturdy doghouse requires the use of...

NPC academic advisers will help you get – and stay – on track “Growing up, I wanted to be a teacher, working with kids. But after working in the medical field for six years as a phlebotomist – you know, the person everyone hates – I decided a career in a medical field would be right for me,” said Kayla Downs. “But there were so many choices! Sitting down with my NPC academic...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...