Alumni Stories
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Following in her mother’s footsteps: NBCC student earns Alumni Family Scholarship
Jessica Wheaton is a second-generation NBCC student and the proud recipient of a 2024 Alumni Family Scholarship, an annual award that supports and encourages future
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From Brushes to Business: NBCC Alumni Family Scholarship fuels student’s entrepreneurial journey
Kori Daminato is a second-generation NBCC student and the proud recipient of a 2024 Alumni Family Scholarship, an annual award that supports and encourages future
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IN HER WORDS: NBCC provided a solid foundation for alumna Denise Pettis
As NBCC celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2023, we checked in with alumni from across the decades to determine the role that NBCC played in
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Bursary support fuels an impactful, fulfilling career
Not everyone remembers the exact date they were accepted into college. Tina Franca does. It was Dec. 8, 2014, a holiday in her native Brazil.
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Following in the footsteps of success
Katherine Brown is a second-generation NBCC student and the proud recipient of this year’s NBCC Alumni Family Scholarship, an annual award that supports and encourages
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A family tradition of giving back to community
Emily McCready is a second-generation NBCC student and the proud recipient of this year’s NBCC Alumni Family Scholarship, an annual award that supports and encourages
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Started as a student, now she’s here
When Christy Bishop enrolled in NBCC’s Respiratory Therapy program in 2006, she never imagined she’d be back in the classroom as an instructor training the
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From student, to alumna, to staff
When Naria Sales graduated from NBCC in 2021, she never expected to be back at the College less than three months later as an employee,
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“The gang” is still making an impact, more than 50 years later
When Frank Duffy graduated from NBCC in 1965, he acquired more than just his diploma. He also gained the lifelong friendship of a core group