- First College celebrates graduating students AN EXCITED group of 118 students celebrated their graduation from various programs at Northwest Community College in person May 11 at the R.E.M. Lee Theatre. All told, the college graduated 262 graduates from Terrace and surround- ing areas, an increase of 50 more than last year. The convocation cer- emony was led by college president Stephanie For- syth and involved a num- ber of guests including re- presentatives from the Wilp Wilxo’Oskwhl Nisga’a Society (Nisga’a House of Learning) in the Nass Valley in their tradi- tional dress, - Rich McDaniel, the acting mayor of Terrace for the day was there as was Roger Harris, MLA for Skeena. This year’s Lieutenant- Governor’s silver medal award winner was Kelly Dundas-Wolfenden, a di- ploma graduate in the so- cial service worker pro- pram. She was recognized for achievements in her stu- dies and her contributions to creating a positive col- lege community. Dundas-Wolfenden was also the recipient of the Jeff Marvin Bursary. BERT AND MOSES McKay from the Wilp Wilxo ‘Oskwhl Nisga’a Nation look on at NWCC grads. Other award winners re- cognized at the ceremony included early childhood education students Darlene Wilson, Cindy Robinson and Elizabeth Douse; busi- Fed grant to drive _THE NORTHWEST will get a $180,000 federal grant to develop a new economic strategy for the region. - The new strategy would seek ways to capitalize on transportation, non- traditional forest products, tourism and recreation, Nations’ cultural attractions, aquaculture and - British Columbia- . Yukon-Alaska links. It hopes to invalve local - ‘giStips tnd ‘Btneficiarfés tert create: a “blueprint -io™ investment. Secretary of state Stephen Qwen — said research for the stratepy will rely on interviews, community consultation and new and existing data on patterns of economic development. The Community Futures Development Corporation of the Pacific Northwest will oversee the spending of the grant money, » ,rhis research. will aim to ) »identifycandss priorize, ‘jndustrial andy other: . developments development. ness administration stu- dents Sonja Krug and Hea- ther Prowse; and business technology student Mar- lene Robinson. strategy success. It would examine — revenue, expenditures and employment effects. An action plan is expected to be complete by March 31, 2003. The — strategy spans from the Queen Charlotte Islands to Endako and north to the Yukon border. Funding comes under the Western Economic | Partnership Agreement (WEPA), a multi-millian- dollar agreement that aims fo, encourage..economic -and..job creation in’ British The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 22, 2002 - A? 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