News - March 2012

Young School Leaver Scales Academic Ladder
March 26, 2012

Dropping out of school at 15, Shal Addis didn’t dream he would be graduating with a degree a little over six years later. The 21-year-old from Taradale is to be capped with his Bachelor of...

Hawke’s Bay Holidays Inspire Winemaking Career
March 26, 2012

It was trips to Hawke’s Bay that decided Australian-based Hamish Young on a career in the wine industry. A winemaker for Eden Road Wines in Canberra, Hamish is one of several young New...

Graduand Cherishes Life Enriched By Learning
March 26, 2012

Tertiary study has opened EIT valedictorian Natasha Hau’s eyes to “a world of opulence” where the treasures to be valued are spirituality, knowledge and guidance rather than material...

Fledgling Travel Agent Flies Home for Graduation
March 26, 2012

Rosina Rieter misses her family and Napier’s small town vibe but is also savouring Sydney’s big city lifestyle. Rosina is one of many returning to Hawke’s Bay to take part in EIT’s...

EIT Training A Launch Pad For Cruise Ship Work
March 26, 2012

Kirstie Lovell is sorry she won’t be joining her graduating classmates, but she has a good reason for not taking part in EIT’s upcoming ceremony. Last month, the 20-year old flew to...

Former Fashion Designer A Star Graduate
March 21, 2012

A valedictorian at Friday’s (March 23) EIT graduation ceremony, Fiona Fox doesn’t believe her past defines who she is now. This attitude allowed the Napier mother of two to move from a...

EIT Graduate Goes To Bat for Top Cricketers
March 21, 2012

Ben Greville is launching his year with a hat trick – graduating from EIT, gaining the first degree in his family and scoring a terrific job working for world-famous cricketers. Living in...

EIT Celebrates Record Graduate Numbers
March 19, 2012

The Eastern Institute of Technology has plenty to celebrate at Friday’s graduation ceremony  (23 March) at which a record number of diploma, degree and post graduate qualifications will be...

Artist Beats Obstacles To Gain Degree
March 19, 2012

Taradale artist Darryl Grant embarked on his degree after a horrendous workplace accident mangled his fingers and post-traumatic stress ruled out a return to his workplace.  Darryl had been...

Graduation is just two weeks away
March 7, 2012

We’re getting excited at EIT.  Graduation is just two weeks away and we have a record number of diploma, degree and post graduate qualifications to be conferred. Over the last three years,...