Deaf Centre for Excellence celebrates 20th anniversary
The NMIT Centre for Excellence for Students who are Deaf and Hard of hearing recently celebrated its 20th anniversary and launch of a new name and logo. The staff of the Centre of Excellence have been delivering educational programs and support services for students who are deaf or hard of hearing since 1993. They will now be known as deafConnectED …
Signature. Creative Arts Staff Show & Exhibition
NMIT’s Creative Arts Department Higher Education staff creative juices are on display on Tuesday 26th March at the Fairfield Campus. In the Signature Creative Arts Staff show Higher Education staff provide special performances, readings and exhibitions. Details are on the flyer below:
NMIT Bachelor of Writing and Publishing lecturer makes Stella Prize Longlist
NMIT Bachelor of Writing and Publishing lecturer Amy Espeseth has made the longlist for the Stella Prize for her novel Sufficient Grace. The Stella Prize is a new major literary award for Australian women’s writing. Named after Stella Maria ‘Miles’ Franklin (1879–1954), the prize rewards one writer with a $50,000 grant. The Stella Prize shortlist will be announced on the …
Out of the Blue: Interviews with Aquaculture lecturer Andrew Christie
In recent interviews on the Out of the Blue program on Melbourne Community Radio 3CR, NMIT Aquaculture lecturer Andrew Christie shared some of his extensive knowledge on diving and snorkelling in Port Phillip, current issues in the aquaculture industry in Australia, and discussed the Bachelor of Aquaculture and Environmental Management degree program being run at NMIT’s Epping Campus. In the …
Royal Childrens Hospital Art Window to exhibit NMIT student work
During January Colleen Morris, Head of the Bachelor of Illustration degree program at NMIT, has been working with staff from the Royal Children’s Hospital to install an ‘Art in Window’ display in the Royal Children’s Hospital Shop. The installation created by Colleen Morris is titled Imagination and texts…Words, Waters and Water Creatures. The installation also features as part of the …
Graduates are hatching
Painting students from NMIT’s Diploma of Visual Arts celebrated the completion of their qualification at the recent graduate exhibition called Hatch. The exhibition featured paintings, prints and photographs created by the students during their studies and was a testimonial to both the quality of the course and to their hard work and talent. The public exhibition of a student’s artwork is …
Academic skills emphasised in new Associate Degree of Tertiary Studies – meet Karen Cullen, Head of the Tertiary Studies Program
NMIT will be launching the all new Associate Degree of Tertiary Studies in 2012 and we’re very proud to have Karen Cullen on board as Head of Program – who comes with a wealth of experience in education all the way from Scotland. Here she talks about the degree and offers advice to future students to prepare for the course. …
NMIT teachers contribute to ‘Christmas heART’
The meaning of the Christmas tree is open to modern interpretation and NMIT Creative Arts staff members, Dr Colleen Morris and Stephen Pascoe, recently applied their take on the Christmas Tree at an exhibition called ‘Christmas heART‘ which opened on December 14 at the Wyndham Art Gallery in Werribee. Colleen and Stephen’s combined installation entitled Symbol and Metaphor in a …
Cycling to work is the right media for health and happiness
Screen and Media Program Coordinator, Darren Steffen has been reaping the benefits of cycling to and from work every day. His story has been captured in an article in this week’s Diamond Valley Leader as things are gearing up for a summer of cycling …