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Cover design by Shawna Bannerman 2 The Nugget NEWS & FEATURES Tuesday, August 27, 2019 ISSUE Feltham to retire CONTENTS By JACE MAKI 2021 strategic plan and the opening of The Spruce Grove Campus. Originally published May 29, 2019 Construction of the Centre for Applied Technology and The NAIT’s self-proclaimed “Cheerleader-in-Chief” will officially Productivity and Innovation Centre were also completed during his NAIT VS NAITSA retire at the end of the year. tenure. 4 Do you know what services Dr. Glenn Feltham joined NAIT eight years ago in 2011 and Feltham oversaw NAIT’s acquisition of Blatchford land and the you have access to through served as the polytechnic’s sixth president. Some notable accomplish- Westwood Transit Garage property next to NAIT. NAIT and NAITSA? ments during Feltham’s time as president include launching NAIT’s Feltham’s time as NAIT president and CEO officially come to a annual employee engagement survey, helping put together NAIT’s close on Dec. 15, 2019. 10 FREE OOKS GAMES Did you know all Ooks games are free for students? 12 NEST FEST Ring in the new school year at NAITSA’s fourth annual Nest Fest! 16 YEG WONDER WOMEN? Learn how one woman is inspiring young girls across Edmonton WHAT ELSE? Business student takes on summer markets – pg. 7 New head of NAIT Athletics takes over – pg. 8 Tarotscopes– pg. 21 NAIT ATHLETICS 9 FACILITIES GUIDE Photos from NAIT Tuesday, August 27, 2019 NEWS & FEATURES The Nugget 3 The NAIT Nugget Mission: “Our purpose is to give students the opportunity to take intelligent risks in order to educate & entertain their peers.” Room E-128B 11762–106 Street Edmonton, Alberta T5G 2R1 Media Operations 780-952- 3570 www.thenuggetonline.com Senior Editor Eryn Pinksen [email protected] Assistant Editor HIRING Sports Editor Zachary Flynn [email protected] Online Sports Editor HIRING Entertainment Editor Tora Matys [email protected] Assist. Entertainment Editor HIRING Video Editor Spencer Shortt Photo Editor HIRING Social Media Editors Jaylene Hollohan Jace Maki Media Operations Mgr. Nicole Murphy [email protected] Sales Manager George Hong [email protected] NAIT Production Manager Shawna Bannerman [email protected] LRT to open Aug 31 TO APPLY FOR AVAILABLE By ERYN PINKSEN POSITIONS VISIT them the necessity of having the station The NAIT station is closed to accom- The NAIT LRT station is set to open open on time,” said Roth. modate a less frequent schedule due to NAITSA.CA/CATEGORY/ on August 31 after being closed for four From August 26 to 30 ETS will run construction on the 66 street train tunnel JOBS/ months since April 28. shuttle trains between Kingsway station to between Coliseum and Belvedere station. Jason Roth, NAITSA Advocacy Dir- NAIT station from 6:13 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The NAIT train station is a three-car sta- The opinions expressed by contributors to the ector, has been assured by ETS about the every 12 minutes, Monday through Friday. tion and ETS is running five-car trains sys- Nugget are not necessarily shared by NAIT officials, NAITSA or elected school representatives. reopening of the station. Bus routes 8 and 9 are recommended tem-wide to allow more riders during the “I believe that we have impressed upon for this route outside the shuttle hours. upgrade work construction. 4 The Nugget NEWS & FEATURES Tuesday, August 27, 2019 NAIT NAITSA Know if you are interacting with the college or the student’s association on campus. Both have events, and provide excellent services but they are TWO different parts of the school! Leading polytechnic post secondary institution. Student association that acts for & on behalf of NAIT students. 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Check out our special alumni issue of the Nugget hitting stands September 12, 2019! be a breeze. Boy, was I wrong. I relied on the qualities I assumed I had and didn’t It shaped how I asked a question, how I lis- end up putting in the work of managing ten to people. It taught me to think more people that I needed for success in the role. critically about our world. Oh, and it paid Now, this may sound like I had a negative Evan Degenhardt some bills along the way, too. Carly Robinson experience with the student paper but I’m The idea behind The Nugget is simple. extremely thankful to have lived this at The Vista Radio City TV Reporter Allow the students who populate the halls Nugget. If I hadn’t learned this at school, Free. Food. to be the voice for NAIT itself. A paper, run Growing up, I always assumed I would you better believe I would have made Looking back on my time, not only did entirely for the students, by the students. excel in all leadership roles. In high school, some costly mistakes in my career. I know The Nugget help me maintain the ever- If you’re looking for a new experience or I took on numerous student leader pos- now that I need to put a lot of work into elusive “Freshmen 15” IE: free pizza … it something that will enhance your educa- itions and figured those skills would trans- my leadership skills before taking on new also secretly taught me a lot about myself, tion while inside these walls at NAIT, ser- fer seamlessly into the workforce. So roles. The Nugget gave me a safe space to and life. It made me a better teammate. iously look into The Nugget. To date, it’s when I took on the role of Editor in-Chief explore, push my boundaries and ultimately It helped me reach goals and deadlines. I one of the best impromptu lunch decisions at The Nugget in my second semester of fail without major consequences. The Nug- became a better leader and a better listener. I’ve ever made. Radio and Television, I thought it would get taught me I am not a good leader (yet). Nugget). Despite my persistence that he likely didn’t know who I was he pressed on, “you’re a writer? Are you sure you’re not published somewhere?” That’s when I said, “well I guess only for a campus newspaper in Edmonton.” He said, “you’re Lauren Fink, from the NAIT Nugget! We publish that paper, I’ve read some of your pieces.” I cannot even sum up my emotions in that moment.