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Northland Aviation Student Nick Zingraf Found Himself Searching for a New Career with Sky-High Possibilities You wouldn’t think that leaving the glitz and glam of Hollywood for a potential career in aviation would be considered upward mobility. But, for second-year Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) student Nick Zingraf, it’s the opportunity of a lifetime to find his ideal

Tell us about yourself and your backgroundPeople always ask me about my name, Buffy. I was named after the singer Buffy Sainte Marie. If you haven’t heard of her, she is a fold singer, popular in the 60s. My parents wanted me to have a “revolutionary name.” People usually think it is a nickname, but

Tell us about yourself and your backgroundOne of my favorite quotes is by Arnold Edinborough, “Curiosity is the very basis of education, and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say the cat died nobly.” This kind of sums up my outlook on both education and life, and it also adds a

Tell us about yourself and your backgroundI am an Inclusive Flight Advocate and USAF veteran from Waynesboro, My name is Caleb Dyrud and I’ve lived in the Thief River Falls, Minnesota area all my life. My family moved to the area so my dad could teach Aircraft Maintenance at Northland Community & Technical College. Growing

Tell us about yourself and your backgroundI am an Inclusive Flight Advocate and USAF veteran from Waynesboro, Virginia. After suffering a catastrophic spinal cord injury in 2016, I have devoted my time in educating and training individuals of all “Abilities” in assistive technology, vocational skills, and adapted sUAS operations. I am paralyzed from the chest