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A virtual commencement celebration recognizing Northland Pioneer College’s (NPC’s), class of 2021 begins Thursday, May 13 and runs through Wednesday, May 19.

“The artistic, expressive and creative passion of students enrolled at Northland Pioneer College (NPC), who have entered their work in our spring juried art show is undeniable,” states NPC Talon Gallery Director, Magda Gluszek.

NPC Friends and Family, the non-profit foundation that supports Northland Pioneer College (NPC), has awarded the unprecedented amount of over $27,000 in scholarships for the Fall 2021 semester with more awards still to come!

HOLBROOK — The Navajo County Community College District Governing Board will conduct a public budget hearing on the 2021–22 Northland Pioneer College (NPC), budget on Tuesday, May 18, starting at 9 a.m. (M.S.T.) online via Zoom.

The President’s Scholars Program is one of Northland Pioneer College’s (NPC’s) most prestigious, recognizing a high level of academic performance by local high school seniors.

In a partnership that is entering its seventh year, Summit Healthcare Foundation is once again providing NPC Friends and Family with five, $1,000.00 scholarships for first and second-year students enrolled in Northland Pioneer College’s (NPC’s) Associate Degree in Nursing program.

A nationwide search to fill the position of president for Northland Pioneer College (NPC) has fruitfully ended.

“It really is a few caring people who change the world!” commented Betsyann Wilson, executive director of Northland Pioneer College Friends and Family, at the conclusion of Arizona Gives Day, Tuesday, April 6.

Isis Arce, a Sanders High School senior, Tylisha Redmustache, a senior at Many Farms High School, and Tyrall Roland, a Hopi High School senior, captured Best of Show art scholarships in the 35th annual Northland Pioneer College (NPC), Juried High School Art Exhibit, on display now through April 30, 2021, virtually at NPC’s Talon Gallery’s webpage https://www.npc.edu/talon-art-gallery/current-exhibition.

Northland Pioneer College’s (NPC’s), Performing Arts Department will be producing six 10-minute plays as part of the college’s 2021 Virtual Spring Theatre Festival.

Northland Pioneer College (NPC) is pleased to announce a new alliance with Arizona State University to provide students a seamless transfer experience with the MyPath2ASU program.

Dr. Inez Schaechterle, an English professor at Northland Pioneer College (NPC) who teaches creative writing, has sold her short story “Ghost Riders at Hutchinson’s Two Pump” to Fantasy Magazine, joining many notable writers, such as Peter S. Beagle and Caitlin Kiernan, who have been published in the magazine.

Arizona Gives Day, Tuesday, April 6, is an online 24-hour giving campaign, sponsored by the Alliance of Arizona Non-Profits and the Arizona Grant Maker’s Forum.

Computers are everywhere and as more and more jobs become automated, the need for workers who are trained to understand, run, and repair modern computerized manufacturing equipment grows.

“I prefer to live life in color.” This famous quote by the influential British artist David Hockney could not ring truer for White Mountain Apache artist Derayna DeClay.

NPC Friends and Family, the non-profit foundation that supports Northland Pioneer College (NPC), has an unprecedented total of over $33,000 available in scholarship funding to assist continuing NPC students enrolling for the Fall 2021 semester. Individual awards range from $500 to $3,000.

All high-school-aged students from Navajo and Apache counties, including homeschoolers, are eligible to submit original two- and three-dimensional art or graphic designs for the 35th Annual Juried High School Exhibit, sponsored by Northland Pioneer College (NPC).

Each semester, Northland Pioneer College (NPC) recognizes students who academically excel by naming them to the college’s coveted President’s or Dean’s lists.

It was a distinct honor for Northland Pioneer College (NPC) to present the recipients of the Crystal Eagle Emeritus Awards given by the District Governing Board and the college during a meeting of the board held virtually, January 19, 2020.

Kristine Laughter, member of the Dine’ Nation of the Naakai dine’ clan and longtime resident of the area, has been elected to Northland Pioneer College’s (NPC’s) District Governing Board (DGB).

For Celena Ambrose, 2020 was most assuredly a fulfilled year in spite of all the negativity that occurred during this time for many of us.

Tuition waivers, valued at over $50,000, have been awarded to nine All-Arizona Academic Team students from Northland Pioneer College (NPC), to complete their bachelor’s degrees at one of Arizona’s three public universities.

Louis L. Smith, who established the prestigious Martia A. Smith Memorial Art Scholarship with NPC Friends and Family, has died. Smith created the endowment fund in memory of his late wife, who was a popular and talented adjunct art faculty at NPC.

The Board and the college seek an innovative, experienced, transparent, and empathetic leader who will work to support all students and especially advocate for the College’s rural and underrepresented populations.