FIRST DAY AT COLLEGE
EXCITED FACES THRONG IT SLIGO CAMPUS AS COLLEGE YEAR BEGINS THIS WEEK
A sea of fresh young faces full of hope flowed through the doors of IT Sligo yesterday on the first day of the new college year.
Induction for nearly 1,200 new full-time students began with a welcome talk in the Knocknarea Arena at 9am.
For the anxious parents/guardians another talk was held at 10am.
The campus is abuzz this week with a variety of activities, events, exhibition stands etc throughout the two days of induction to help the new students settle into their college adventure.
Well known Social Media influencer James Kavanagh will be on campus for the two days of induction to give his unique ‘ take’ on IT Sligo.
First impressions are all important and for many of the students, they were not disappointed yesterday.
Shanice McTiernan from Manorhamilton and Diarmuid Loftus from Sligo were looking forward to starting their course in Human Nutrition. Owen Clancy is studying Business, also from Manorhamilton: “It’s grand yeah. Seems to be good craic. I’ ll have four years of study. The Induction was grand,” he said.
Fellow Sligoman James Hampson will be studying marketing and sales and thought his first day was “very promising for a good year”.
Former Ursuline student Emma Donaghy from Sligo is studying International Sales and Spanish because she liked Spanish and Business in secondary school. “I’m buzzing, it looks really good so far. Lots of nice people,” she smiled.
Sean ‘Jethro’ Carolan from Crossmolina, Co. Mayo came here to study Fine Art. “I always liked art, especially when I was in secondary school. I just always found it relaxing and it worked to me well,” he said.
“I’m really looking forward to my time here in Sligo, hopefully all will go well,” he said.
The following events are scheduled for this Friday, September 15 th: Induction for IT Sligo’s Insurance Apprenticeship Aurivo Auditorium, 10am. The new intake of IT Sligo’s landmark Insurance Apprenticeship Programme, delivered in partnership with the Insurance Institute, takes place on Friday 15 th, from 10am. The numbers taking up this honours degree apprenticeship programme has increased substantially this year, from 67 in 2016 to 95+ in 2017. 11:30: International Students Excursion to Knocknarea and Glencar (Buses depart IT Sligo campus)
The new international students will explore some of Sligo’s landmark tourist locations in a day-trip on Friday 15 th. Last Friday an Online Induction was held for new distance learners - one third of IT Sligo’s 6,000 student population are online learners. They normally study from home/abroad/workplace but the new intake (approx. 450) attended the one-day induction event last Friday.