News - April 2010

Sport Hawke’s Bay Snaps Up EIT Graduates
April 27, 2010

Happy to be part of this week's (Friday, 26 March) EIT graduation ceremony, Casey Walker is also delighted that his qualification has been his entrée to a job with Sport Hawke's Bay. Casey,...

Graduates Advised To Risk Failure For Future Success
April 27, 2010

Don't fear failure - it is the most important learning experience we can have, Professor Mark Orams told graduates, families and friends attending EIT Hawke's Bay's graduation ceremony in...

Pioneering Graduate Triumphs Over A Troubled Past
April 27, 2010

Napier's Davina Wainohu has much to celebrate when she's capped later this month. The 35-year-old will be the first Bachelor of Applied Social Sciences valedictorian to represent graduates at EIT...

Valedictorian A Diligent Achiever
April 27, 2010

Napier winemaker James Wilkie was taken aback when he was invited to be a valedictorian at EIT Hawke's Bay's upcoming graduation ceremony. Not seeing himself as particularly academic, the...

EIT Hawkes Bay Celebrates 2009 Graduates
April 26, 2010

EIT Hawke"s Bay will confer more than 493 diplomas, degrees and postgraduate qualifications at its institute-wide graduation ceremony on Friday, March 26. The traditional ceremony follows the...

Waipukurau’s York Family Take A Bow
April 26, 2010

Ken and Ben York sound like they could be a double act, and so they were at EIT Hawke's Bay's recent graduation ceremony. The Waipukurau father and son shared the experience of parading through...

EIT Graduate Explores Ancient Themes Through Art
April 26, 2010

As a final year degree student at EIT Hawke"s Bay, Emma Aitchison-Windeler "excavated memory" in her art much as an archaeologist sifts through strata on a prehistoric dig.But where a student of...

Graduate Strong Supporter of New EIT Degree
April 26, 2010

Darcy Quirke worked as a logger, roofer and labourer before deciding in his mid 20s that he wanted to develop a career. His sports at Taupo-Nui-a-Tia College were rugby, volleyball and rowing...