2012 wintec annual report

WINTEC ANNUAL
REPORT 2012
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1995
Land is purchased
on Avalon Drive to
establish a campus
with ample space for
trades, sports and
hospitality training.
2001
Name changes
to the Waikato
Institute of
Technology and
two years later,
the Wintec brand
is adopted.
2003
Wintec opens
Beijing office.
2007
Award-winning
Gallagher Hub opens
and is swiftly adopted
by students as their
space for studying
and recreation.
2000
First postgraduate
qualification is offered
(Postgraduate Diploma
in Nursing).
2009
Wintec wins three national tertiary education awards
for its global role (particularly its partnerships in
China), innovative support services (for its creative
industries business incubator SODA Inc.) and relevant
learning (for its employer partnership groups).
Wintec receives Government funding to develop an
agritechnology educational centre in Waikato, in partnership
with world-renowned AgResearch, AgITO, Innovation
Waikato and the Coalition of 21st Century Schools.
2010
Wintec opens a hub at its Avalon campus and this quickly becomes a
central studying and social space for students, staff and visitors.
Wintec House, the historical corner brick building on the city campus
is re-opened after a $17 million refurbishment. Wintec House boasts
educational facilities, quality events spaces and a business hub,
opening up Wintec to the heart of Hamilton’s CBD.
2011
Wintec Alumni Circle formed.
Our Avalon campus in the north of Hamilton is renamed
Rotokauri campus. The name change reflects the
changing configuration and growth of the campus.
2012
Wintec opens Te Kōpu Mānia o
Kirikiriroa on its city campus.
The modern marae, which
is inclusive of all cultures,
provides an identity for Māori
on campus and marks a new
era for enhancing Māori
achievement in education.
Wintec receives the
New Zealand Business
Achievement Award from the
New Zealand Business
Excellence Foundation
after its performance
is evaluated against
international standards of
world class performance.