Northwestern Polytechnic celebrated their 2024-25 Fairview campus grads over the weekend.
The well-attended event saw graduates, NWP faculty, and staff, along with friends and family celebrating the hard work of the Class of 2025, and included a speech from 2024-25 Fairview Valedictorian- Kailey Weisgerber.
Weisgerber achieved academic excellence in the Veterinary Technology diploma and says she is honoured to represent this year’s Fairview graduates.
“It’s a commitment and an achievement to represent our class,” she says. “We’ve helped each other to be our best while forming a sense of community with the other programs too.”
Weisgerber relocated from Edmonton to complete NWP’s two-year Veterinary Technology diploma with two goals in mind- academics, and building a community. The young scholar served as Class Treasurer and was involved in numerous fundraisers. Additionally, she found a job as a student library assistant and worked at the Fairview Curling Club’s canteen on the weekends. Somehow, she also found time to attend several Fairview Flyers games, and peers say she worked hard to get involved.
“Getting to know so many people made my time here more enriching and exciting,” she says. “The community helped me feel more at home and gave me people who could support me.”
Weisgerber, whose lifelong dream has been helping animals, completed her practicum in an Edmonton emergency clinic, and says she plans on continuing to work in emergency and orthopedic medicine, with a degree in veterinary medicine in her future.
