A widow with two daughters to support, Tiffany Hanley needed to build a new career and a new life for her family. She took a leap of faith and enrolled at NBCC. It was a leap she knew well – one she had watched her mother take a generation earlier. As the second generation of … Read more
WOODSTOCK – June 20, 2019 was one of the best days of Brandy Ruff’s life. That was the day she received her NBCC diploma in Personal Support Worker: Acute Care, leaving behind the last vestiges of struggle and heartache from her old life and beginning in earnest a new life of hope, optimism and aspiration. … Read more
MONCTON – What do you get when you combine eight teams of hospitality students with an international leader in the frozen food industry? A week’s worth of delicious lunches for a good cause! The NBCC/McCain Street Food Challenge is coming up, February 24-28 at the Moncton Campus. Students in the College’s Culinary Arts Management and … Read more
FREDERICTON – In a classroom at NBCC Fredericton Campus, learners are huddled in groups around laptops, discussing projects and sharing ideas. They’re also finding solutions for some rising stars in the city’s blossoming start-up community. The Information Technology: Programmer Analyst class features the next generation of software designers and developers. Phoebe Nguyen is one of … Read more
Editor’s note: the following was reposted from edgsj.com (Greater Economic Development Saint John) with permission. Arriving from sunny Jamaica on a cold, foggy early September day, Donique Pottinger wondered what she’d gotten herself into. She’d been looking for a change and a chance to grow but arriving in a new community far from home was … Read more
“You’re one run away from a good mood.” That motto was printed on a sign on the wall of an office that Aynslie Croney, an IT instructor at NBCC, used to share with a colleague. Whenever the colleague was struggling at work, she would point to her sign and say, “I’m going for a run.” … Read more
FREDERICTON – For the fifth year in row, New Brunswick Community College (NBCC) has been named one of Atlantic Canada’s Top Employers, as announced in the January edition of Atlantic Business magazine. The editors of Canada’s Top 100 Employers have included the College in its annual list of 40 organizations in the region recognized for … Read more