Congrats to Karen Koehn, Guidance Counselor at NWTC’s Alva campus. She was recognized by the Guidance Division of OkACTE with the McCharen Award of Merit in counseling! Koehn is pictured receiving the award from Dr. Belinda McCharen.
Northwest Technology Center was recognized earlier this month as a winner of the Gold Star Award, the highest honor given by the Oklahoma Association of Technology Centers (OATC). This is the ninth time that Northwest Technology Center has received the award. Accepting the award for NWTC were staff members (l to r): Kate Nickel, Susan […]
Katie Hawkins, who is enrolled in Northwest Technology Center’s Culinary program, recently earned the ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification from the National Restaurant Association. The ServSafe Food Safety Training Program leads the way in providing current and comprehensive educational materials to the restaurant industry. More than 4 million foodservice professionals have been certified through the […]
Recently, Fairview was recognized as a Certified Healthy City. Northwest Technology Center, Fairview Campus was cited as a Healthy Campus by TSET. Colt Shaw, Assistant Superintendent-Fairview and Debra Button, Health Careers Certification Instructor are shown here with the award!
Exciting News! The State Regents for Higher Education have approved the all of the science courses taught in our Bio-Med Program for secondary science credit and for Oklahoma Promise! We are excited to be able to gain this valuable credit for the students enrolled in our Bio-Med I & II Programs. The higher level math […]
Northwestern Oklahoma State University (NWOSU) and Northwest Technology Center (NWTC) partnered to offer the first annual MASH (Medical Avenues in Service and Health) CAMP. The camp was held on the NWOSU and NWTC campuses in Alva, June 1-3. Thirty-eight students from Northwest Oklahoma who will be entering the seventh grade learned many different skills including […]
NWTC’s construction projects at both campuses will be completed this summer! We are excited to have these great facilities for our students and customers! Look for an open house event in the fall to check out our new classroom and meeting space.
Thirteen area eighth grade students participated in the Northwest Career Academy program. The students spent four days touring area businesses, performing community service and learning about economic opportunities available for them throughout Northwest Oklahoma. The academy ran May 26-29. Those participating included: Lauren Lancaster, Alva; Garrett Ritter, Alva; Gracie Scarbrough, Alva; Cooper Sneary, Alva; Destiny […]
Twenty-nine Northwest Technology Center students were inducted into the National Technical Honor Society recently. The induction ceremony took place in the Seminar Room in front of a large crowd. Karen Koehn, Guidance Counselor, Amy McClure, Career Center Coordinator, and Daren Slater, Assistant Superintendent are the group’s current sponsors. Both secondary and post-secondary students who meet […]
THEN: Booming oil production in northwest Oklahoma, and Lariat Services Inc. – a SandRidge Energy drilling and oilfield services subsidiary – was hiring. The company needed a process to assure new hires were aware of company expectations for the environment, health and safety. Northwest Technology Center’s Business and Industry Training Services provided the company Environmental and […]
