Art and Design Lecturer
2022 has been a big year for UCOL Te Pūkenga lecturer Debbie Hahn, who was awarded two art prizes.
Bachelor of Nursing
Watching a nurse care for her brother dying of cancer spurred Charlene McGehan to sign up for the Bachelor of Nursing degree at UCOL Te Pūkenga Whanganui.
Senior Lecturer Creative Industries
A chance meeting at a creative conference in Chicago led Andrés, a native of El Paso, Texas, to head to Aotearoa 21 years ago.
Bachelor of Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
Deciding to study the Bachelor of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) was easy for Karley as she had always had an affinity for technology.
Bachelor of Information and Communications Technology Graduate
Becoming an IT Business Analyst wasn’t a career path that Theresa envisaged during her school years.
Fine Furniture Ākonga
The joy of making things people use and value is what drew Sophia (Sojung) Yoon to furniture making.
U-Skills and Automotive Graduate
Juggling UCOL studies, secondary school classes, and work experience requires great commitment, but it has paid off for young automotive apprentice Ben Duck.
New Zealand Diploma in Photography (Level 6)
The world is Andy’s oyster as he plans for life as a UCOL | Te Pūkenga graduate, leaving as Student Photographer of the Year, an award he won recently at the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers’ Iris Awards.
Certificate in Conservation (Level 4) Student
Helping regenerate the ngahere (forest) while gaining tickets that will allow him to work all around Aotearoa are some of the reasons why 21-year-old Tama left full-time employment to study conservation UCOL Wairarapa.
Tracy-Lee Kawana is living her dream – studying Conservation Level 4 – gaining knowledge to provide a better life for her son and being able to give back to her iwi, Rangitāne and Ngāti Kahungunu.
Creative Graduate
Levin's Philip Sue knew he had to work twice as hard as everyone else.
Bachelor of Social Services Student
At the age of 49, Trina Johnson reckons she has finally found her real purpose and vocation.