Students are enjoying a more modern and accessible learning environment with refurbishments now complete following a £130,000 summer investment
Coleg Menai News
![Students at the newly refurbished library at Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor’s Pwllheli campus](/imager/images/557017/Pwllhelilibrary6-1_2fbf6163793d67a8cdc20d6357423bbc.jpeg)
![Former Coleg Menai student Beth Elen Roberts with the model of Old Valyria she helped design for House of the Dragon](/imager/images/556180/BethElenRobertsValyriamodel_f8c323943a687ed9c5768670f3f41253.jpeg)
Beth Elen Roberts, who studied the Art Foundation course at Coleg Menai, helped design the model of Old Valyria that appears throughout the hit Game of Thrones prequel
![Lucas Williams competing in the International Powerlifting Federation World Championships in Romania](/imager/images/555707/LucasWilliams_1f32c0f7cd165ceb7d7bb16e6bca88de.jpeg)
Coleg Menai student Lucas Williams is the reigning British champion and made the podium in his first global competition in Romania
![Students at the Freshers Fair at Coleg Menai’s Llangefni campus](/imager/images/555225/FreshersLlangefni_2023-09-22-143328_wvum_269ea6b4bb15bcf935ddd4e96d36ae0c.jpeg)
Thousands of learners attended Freshers Fair events at Grŵp Llandrillo Menai’s campuses over the past 10 days.
![Llanfairpwll players with the sign presented to the village featuring the La Liga logo](/imager/images/553399/Llanfairpwll-players-in-new-kitwithsign_0ab917cfbcd2966b8d97bcde425768f6.jpeg)
Coleg Menai students Danny Connolly and Brody White are part of the Clwb Pêl-Droed Llanfairpwll squad who won 5-0 in their first game since announcing a groundbreaking partnership with La Liga.
![Dr Bryn Hughes Parry with Aled Jones-Griffith, Principal of Coleg Menai and Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor](/imager/images/552140/DrBrynHughesParrywithAled_2023-09-15-093455_ntgh_8defcd8dcc157cc6902ba6338219f365.jpeg)
Hugely popular lecturer and assistant principal Dr Bryn Hughes Parry has retired after 30 years with Grŵp Llandrillo Menai.
![Students at the annual graduation ceremony](/imager/images/551532/LlandrilloGraduation19-40_8b48200606d590c7337e2a2e2be9117d.jpeg)
Grŵp Llandrillo Menai has been successful in achieving the Leaders in Diversity award.
![Students at Freshers’ Fair 2022](/imager/images/551215/Freshers_e9c500f54e1a2ace64a907e2f48d44f3.jpeg)
New students will enjoy the annual Freshers’ Fair across Grŵp Llandrillo Menai’s campuses over the next two weeks.
![Nick Elphick with trauma surgeon Dr Martin Griffiths and presenter Bill Bailey](/imager/images/550311/Martin-Griffiths-Nick-Elphick-Bill-Bailey-1_6f32e9c83a9d7806529e334cc64a5ef8.jpeg)
Former Coleg Menai student Nick Elphick brought tears to the eyes of an acclaimed inner-city trauma surgeon when he sculpted him for TV show Extraordinary Portraits.
![Jane Parry with her book Nonconformist outside Palas Print bookshop in Caernarfon](/imager/images/549394/JaneParry_bookshopMAIN-1_ab982c7721740a9d41011319107562fd.jpeg)
Coleg Menai art and design lecturer Jane Parry is celebrating the launch of her new book.