Pathways College - Unitec

Faamalo to our alumna Beatrice Faumuina, who has been appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) in the King's Birthday honours for services to sport and governance!

She graduated from Unitec with a Bachelor of Business Studies in 2012, and our Gold Lecture Theatre on Mt Albert campus is named after her.

Also in the list of birthday honours recipients are former kaimahi and Unitec alumna Sandra Thompson (Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to governance, education and children), and current MIT and Unitec council member Professor Sharon Brownie (Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to health and nursing education). Congratulations to all three!

Carrying on our celebration of Samoa Language Week, some handy phrases for around the office (but here's hoping if you hear 'Vili mai' they tell you what it's about!)

Happy Samoa language week! 🌺 This year's theme is "E afua mai i mauga tetele manuia o le 'nu'u - From the high mountains are the blessings of the village." To get started, here are some everyday phrases in Samoan, why not give them a try? Ioe, fa'amolemole!

Huge faamalo (congratulations) to Unitec Associate Professor Lefaoali'i Dion Enari, one of six researchers to receive one of this year's Fulbright NZ Scholar Awards! He will travel to Hawaii in July to research Indigenous Dance at Brigham Young University.

Both our Mt Albert and Waitākere campuses will be closed on Monday 1 June for King's Birthday. We'll be re-opening on Tuesday 2 June.
Have a great long weekend folks!

Architectural designer Chris Tate () fell into his career by accident after doing a drafting course at Unitec for two years. Since then, he's gone from strength to strength, with his Piha beach home, the 'Bunker House', scooping up multiple awards.

A new artificial intelligence-powered interview agent developed by the Career and Employability team at our Mt Albert Campus is helping ākonga (learners) build interview confidence, sharpen their communication skills, and prepare for increasingly competitive job markets. Find out more about how the project came about, and what the students who've tested it so far think of it- here:

AI Interview Coach gives ākonga a safe space to build confidence – Unitec A new artificial intelligence-powered interview agent developed by the Career and Employability team at our Mt Albert Campus is helping ākonga ‘learners’ build interview confidence, sharpen their communication skills, and prepare for increasingly competitive job markets. Find out more about how...

Watch out for Unitec acting alumna Morgana O'Reilly in new police drama 'Bust Up' on Sky and Neon!

🎉 🎨 👏 Congratulations to Unitec drawing lecturer Duncan Pepe Long, who won this year's Adam Portraiture Award with his portrait 'Solomon Tāmehana'. Duncan, who is a lecturer in our School of Architecture has previously been a finalist for the award 5 times. Wellingtonians can see his award-winning portrait up close at the NZ Portrait Gallery until 9 August.