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Posted: Friday, Dec. 18, 2020 Canned food and other nonperishable food items line the shelves of the North Idaho College Food Pantry. Helping students achieve success goes beyond feeding students’ minds at North Idaho College. Campus community members also work together to help keep students’ stomachs filled. The NIC Food Pantry, maintained by the ...
Posted: Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020 Each year, the NIC Alumni Association Board of Directors recognizes outstanding individuals who greatly enhance North Idaho College and the NIC Alumni Association through their commitment and service. The Alumni Association Board is proud to honor Theresa Whitlock-Wild as Alumna of the Year and Doug Anderson as Honorary Alumnus of the ...
Posted: Friday, Dec. 11, 2020 NIC Board of Trustees Meeting Notice The next meeting of the North Idaho College Board of Trustees is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 at 6 p.m. The meeting will be conducted virtually and members of the public are welcome to attend by way of Zoom at https://nic.zoom.us/j/97166879452 or by telephone at (669) 900-6833 / Meeting ID: ...
Posted: Monday, Nov. 23, 2020 The North Idaho College Board of Trustees has scheduled a workshop for Dec. 2, 2020, at 4 p.m. The purpose of the workshop is to review and discussion of the expansion project for the Meyer Health and Sciences Building and discussion of the aerospace program. This is an open meeting scheduled to take place virtually in Zoom, and the ...
Posted: Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020 The Spokane University District and North Idaho College are excited to announce that the submission process is now open for the 2021 Northwest Entrepreneur Competition, culminating with a virtual pitch event and awards ceremony on Thursday, April 15, 2021. The Northwest Entrepreneur Competition (NEC) is the largest student entrepreneur ...
Posted: Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020 Celebrate National Career Development Day on Wednesday, Nov. 18 by participating in a free virtual workshop offered by North Idaho College Career Services.
The workshops take place between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. and are open to the public. They provide opportunities for participants to take three different career assessment tests for ...
Posted: Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020 Tonya Sears, education/disabilities manager for NIC Head Start, left; NIC Head Start Director Beth Ann Fuller, center; and Jennifer Cork, president of the Panhandle Autism Society, pose for a photo with one of nine communication boards the society donated to NIC Head Start. Children playing on NIC Head Start playgrounds throughout North ...
Posted: Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020 The North Idaho College American Indian Advisory Council and the NIC Diversity Council are hosting “Indigenous Peoples Day: Conversations with Native Education Leaders” on Monday, Oct. 12 from noon to 1 p.m. This virtual Zoom event, facilitated by NIC Assistant Professor of American Indian Studies Dr. Victor Begay, will ...
Posted: Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020 North Idaho College is partnering with Heritage Health to offer a new dental hygiene degree program. Students who complete the two-year program will earn an Associate of Applied Science in Dental Hygiene and will be eligible to sit for the national exam to become a Registered Dental Hygienist. Courses will begin in January 2021 at two ...
Posted: Monday, Sept. 28, 2020 By Devin Weeks/Coeur d'Alene Press Robots don’t have hearts. Algorithms can’t feel empathy. So why are they making important decisions that can ruin people’s lives? Virginia Eubanks' 2018 book, "Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor" discusses these issues and many more ...
Posted: Friday, Sept. 25, 2020 North Idaho College recently celebrated the achievements of 200 students who earned a GED diploma during the summer and fall 2019 and spring 2020 semesters. A masked, physically distanced, GED graduation ceremony took place Sept. 10 in the Boswell Hall Schuler Auditorium. The graduates, whose ages spanned 35 years, are students who ...
Posted: Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020 CDL is a ticket to a bright future for many Story and photos by Tom Greene The U.S. is in a state of transition. Jobs are changing. Some jobs are adapting to the realities of the pandemic. Some are becoming obsolete. The ability to adjust with the job market is critical now more than ever, said Mitzi Michaud, North Idaho College ...
Posted: Friday, Sept. 18, 2020 The 50 th annual Tri-State Invitational, a popular high school wrestling tournament hosted each December by North Idaho College, will be postponed until the 2021 season. Citing COVID-19 concerns, the college decided to forgo the event in 2020. The tournament was slated to take place this year on Dec. 18 and 19. It is being rescheduled ...
Posted: Friday, Sept. 18, 2020 If you see Garry Stark around the North Idaho College campus carrying a small machine with a wand attached that he’s waving in the air, it’s not a Proton Pack, and Stark is not busting ghosts. No, Stark, NIC’s facilities operations director, his custodial team, and some other people on campus are virus-busting. They're ...
Posted: Friday, Sept. 18, 2020 The next meeting of the North Idaho College Board of Trustees will be Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020 at 6 p.m. The meeting will be conducted virtually and members of the public are welcome to participate remotely by way of Zoom at https://nic.zoom.us/j/98213339068 or by telephone at (669) 900-6833 / Meeting ID: 982 1333 9068. Public Comment ...
Posted: Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020 Due to forecasted hazardous air quality conditions, North Idaho College is suspending all in-person, hybrid and online classes, as well as all co-curricular activities for Monday, Sept. 14. All employees other than essential employees will work remotely. This includes the main campus in Coeur d'Alene, the Parker Technical Education ...
Posted: Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020 Venerable Thubten Chodron, an American nun in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, will present “Finding Common Ground: Survival of the Most Cooperative” from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29. This virtual event will be presented via Zoom at https://nic.zoom.us/j/97529166244 . In this time of pandemic and social and economic ...
Posted: Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020 Everyone is invited to the launch of the 2020 edition of North Idaho College’s literary magazine, Trestle Creek Review, at noon Tuesday, Sept. 8, at the outdoor stage and pavilion in Cheamkwet Park on NIC’s main campus, near the Lakeside Children’s Center. Enjoy readings from the 34 th issue of the magazine, which ...
Posted: Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020 North Idaho College’s TRIO-Student Support Services program, which assists first-generation college students, students with disabilities, or those from low-income families, has received a five-year, federal grant renewal of $1.47 million. This is the fifth time since 2001 that federal grant funding has been renewed for the NIC ...
Posted: Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020 The North Idaho College Aerospace Center will close at the end of the 2020-21 academic year. The college’s decision to close the center is primarily for business and financial reasons and not a reflection of either the quality of the instruction and curriculum offered at the center or the success of its graduates. “Program ...
Posted: Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020 North Idaho College recently announced its Dean’s List for spring semester 2020. Students eligible for the NIC Dean’s List must be enrolled in a minimum of 12 credits and obtain a grade point average of 3.75 or above. Students listed below along with their most recent city of residence: Idaho Ammon: Ty Harrington Athol : ...
Posted: Friday, Aug. 7, 2020 Innovation, technology commercialization and entrepreneurship will be the focus of the North Idaho College Venture Center Commercialization Academy, a new, eight-week course beginning Sept. 15. NIC Venture Center Program Manager Lee Groeschl will lead the course, which will feature professional content, professional networking and ...
Posted: Monday, July 27, 2020 The North Idaho College Board of Trustees has scheduled a workshop for review and discussion of a board member general conduct policy. The workshop is scheduled for Aug. 3, 2020 at 10 a.m. and will be held virtually, by way of Zoom. Members of the public are welcome to connect and view the workshop through the following link ...
Posted: Monday, July 27, 2020 North Idaho College radiography technology students Kara Ramirez, left, and Cassidy Stubbers practice positioning the college’s new, state-of-the-art C-arm for an operating room case. By Maureen Dolan Students in the North Idaho College Radiography Technology program are being trained on a new piece of equipment featuring the most ...
Posted: Monday, July 20, 2020 Brenda Hamilton, NIC Workforce Training Center Apprenticeship Program coordinator, is pictured holding a certificate recognizing the program’s registration as part of the U.S. Dept. of Labor’s National Apprenticeship System. NIC and Mainstream Electric Heating Cooling and Plumbing have partnered to offer apprenticeship ...
Posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 Michael Lenz won the grand prize Wednesday in the North Idaho College Foundation’s Really BIG Raffle—a newly constructed home appraised at $394,000./p>
The winning ticket for the four-bedroom, 2,626-square-foot house, located in Greenstone Homes’ Coeur d’Alene Place neighborhood, was pulled during a drawing ...
Posted: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 The winner of a brand new $394,000 Coeur d’Alene home will be announced Wednesday, July 15, during the North Idaho College Foundation Really BIG Raffle drawing. Beginning at 7 p.m., the drawing will be livestreamed on the web. The link to view the drawing will be posted at 7 on the drawing page of the raffle website ...
Posted: Friday, July 10, 2020 North Idaho College athletes will return to play for the 2020-2021 sports seasons following NIC COVID-19 health and safety protocols in tandem with guidelines announced Thursday by the Northwest Athletic Conference (NWAC). The NWAC guidance calls for a phased approach to returning to practice, competition, and championships, and ...
Posted: Thursday, July 2, 2020 Due to increasing concerns about COVID-19 in the North Idaho region and surrounding areas, North Idaho College will not be hosting volleyball camps this summer. The camps scheduled for Aug. 5 to 8 have been canceled. Maintaining the safety of students, employees, and visitors is a top priority at NIC. The college is following COVID-19 ...
Posted: Monday, June 22, 2020 Two Spirit Lake sisters are adding Certified Nursing Assistant to a list of skills that includes hip checks, jamming, and avoiding rink rash. Kate Palmer, 19, and Amy Palmer, 18, recently graduated from the Certified Nursing Assistant program at the North Idaho College Workforce Training Center. They both have their eyes set on entering ...
Posted: Thursday, June 4, 2020 Your calling might not be what you think it is, and that's OK By Maureen Dolan
Earning a degree in the field of education could easily lead to a career teaching in a classroom, but it doesn’t have to. Chris Howard, a 2013 North Idaho College graduate, finds his two-year education degree to be useful in an unlikely work ...
Posted: Friday, May 22, 2020 North Idaho College Athletics Director Bobby Lee announced the selection of Korina Baker as the interim head women’s basketball coach for 2020-21. “Korina is a former standout athlete at NIC and will bring that championship mentality to the program,” Lee said. “As an assistant coach in the program these past ...
Posted: Thursday, May 21, 2020 North Idaho College has partnered with Amazon, the National Association of Community College Entrepreneurship, and Tinderbox Marketing to offer Amazon Small Business Academy, a new workshop series to help North Idaho and eastern Washington businesses develop and expand their online sales through the Amazon platform. Amazon Small ...
Posted: Thursday, May 21, 2020 Students graduating this year from North Idaho College will be joined by friends, family, faculty, staff and alumni as they gather online at 10 a.m. Friday, May 22, for a virtual commencement ceremony.
There are 776 students who are eligible to graduate from degree and certificate programs this year.
The college’s ...
Posted: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 Every spring, North Idaho College graphic and web design students plan the production of their annual Graduate Portfolio Show, and this year’s show was set to open April 24 at the Jacklin Arts and Cultural Center in Post Falls, Idaho. But this quickly turned into a very different type of spring semester for college students and ...
Posted: Friday, April 10, 2020 A letter to the community by President Rick MacLennan was featured in an April 8 Coeur d'Alene Press Extra Edition about COVID-19. “During times of crisis, like COVID-19, what truly matters is our connection to community and the reminder that through our resilience and collaboration, we can and will pull together to ...
Posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 North Idaho College students Rhiannon Hurst and Kaylee Nelson won top spots in multiple categories at the state Business Professionals of America (BPA) competition in Boise during the first week of March. Hurst, a student in NIC’s Paralegal Program, placed first in the following categories: Basic Office System & Procedures; ...
Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 The North Idaho College Foundation is pleased to offer a huge 2,626-square-foot home in Greenstone Homes’ Coeur d’Alene Place neighborhood as the grand prize of the 2020 Really BIG Raffle. The four-bedroom, 2.5-bath home has an estimated value of $385,000 and is currently under construction by the NIC Carpentry program at ...
Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 North Idaho College has partnered with Amazon, the National Association of Community College Entrepreneurship, and Tinderbox Marketing to offer Amazon Small Business Academy, a new workshop series to help North Idaho and Eastern Washington businesses develop and expand their online sales through the Amazon platform. Amazon Small ...
Posted: Monday, March 9, 2020 The public is invited to North Idaho College’s Day of Dialogue from noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, in the Edminster Student Union Building Lake Coeur d’Alene Room. The doors open at 11:30 a.m. This year, the event will feature keynote speaker Dr. Amy Canfield, a professor of History and Gender and Women's Studies at ...
Posted: Thursday, March 5, 2020 Everyone is invited to North Idaho College’s “Choral Kaleidoscope Concert” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, in the Boswell Hall Schuler Performing Arts Center. “Choral Kaleidoscopes Concert” will feature the NIC Cardinal Chorale and the NIC Chamber Singers with NIC Director of Choirs Max Mendez conducting. ...
Posted: Monday, March 2, 2020 Pictured standing in front of a fire truck donated by the Coeur d’Alene Fire Department and artwork donated by CW Wraps are members of the latest academy cohort and instructors. Pictured, back row, from left, are: CW Wraps Owner Sam Carlino, Deputy Chief Bill Deruyter, Morgan Nichols, Kyan Zimmerman, Eli Scofield, Austin ...
Posted: Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020 Joseph Moran, an eighth-grade student from Hayden, spelling during the practice round at the 17 th annual North Idaho Regional Spelling Bee at North Idaho College Saturday. This was the fourth year in a row that Moran won the championship. Eighth-grade student Joseph Moran, of Hayden, won for the fourth year in a row at the 1 7 ...
Posted: Monday, Feb. 24, 2020 Pictured accepting a $3,445 check from Coeur d’Alene Crossing are, from left to right: NIC President Rick MacLennan, NIC Booster Club Board President Rich Dussell, and NIC Booster Club Member of the Year Frank Darlington. North Idaho College President Rick MacLennan and members of the NIC Athletics Department and NIC Booster Club ...
Posted: Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020 North Idaho College Athletics and the NIC Booster Club have announced the rosters for the Idaho Statewide All-Star Games presented by Idaho Central Credit Union. The basketball games are scheduled for Saturday, March 14, at NIC’s Christianson Gym in Coeur d’Alene, with boys and girls basketball players from high schools in ...
Posted: Friday, Feb. 14, 2020 Former North Idaho College men’s basketball player James Webb III will represent the United States as a member of Team USA’s February 2020 FIBA AmeriCup Qualifying Team, according to the Coeur d’Alene Press . Webb, currently a member of the Iowa Wolves in the NBA G League, is making his first appearance on a Team USA ...
Posted: Friday, Feb. 14, 2020 Metallica is giving North Idaho College an encore. The heavy metal band’s All Within My Hands Foundation recently announced that NIC was once again a recipient of a Metallica Scholars Initiative grant, which will provide $50,000 through the NIC Foundation to support students training to enter the workforce. The NIC Foundation will ...
Posted: Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 Coeur d’Alene, Idaho - North Idaho College recently announced its Dean’s List for fall semester 2019. Students eligible for the NIC Dean’s List must be enrolled in a minimum of 12 credits and obtain a grade point average of 3.75 or above. Idaho Athol : Wyatt Bartle, Ashlee Bates, Marina Hergert, Kimberly Hunt, Bradley ...
Posted: Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 A total of 38 fourth- through eighth-grade students from the five northern counties of Idaho will participate in the 17th annual North Idaho Regional Spelling Bee Saturday, Feb. 29 at North Idaho College. The winner will receive a trip to the Washington, D.C. area to participate in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in late May. Each ...
Posted: Monday, Feb. 10, 2020 There will not be an NIC Booster Club Luncheon Tuesday, Feb. 11. The next luncheon will be held Tuesday, Feb. 25. The NIC Booster Club typically meets on the second and last Tuesday of each month at noon at various locations in the community. Check out the NIC Athletics Department website for more details at www.nic.edu/athletics or ...
Posted: Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020 North Idaho College faculty will showcase their artwork during the “20/20” exhibit Feb. 11 through March 27 in the Boswell Corner Gallery. The Faculty Art Exhibit will feature a variety of original works created by NIC faculty, including Donna Bain, Otis Bardwell, Priscilla Cooper, Jen Erickson, Michael Horswill, Jessica ...
Posted: Friday, Jan. 31, 2020 North Idaho College and Treasure Valley Community College basketball coaches will participate in the Coaches vs. Cancer Suits and Sneakers fundraiser Saturday, Feb. 1. The women's game will begin at 2 p.m. and the men's game at 4 p.m. Coaches will be wearing sneakers with their suits/dress attire in solidarity with a nationwide effort ...
Posted: Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020 The NIC wrestling dual scheduled for Friday, Feb. 7 at 2:30 p.m. against Pacific University has been canceled due to injuries on the Pacific University team. It will not be rescheduled. The 6 p.m. dual against Simon Fraser University on Friday, Feb. 7 will continue as scheduled. Information : NIC Wrestling Head Coach Mike Sebaaly at ...
Posted: Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020 The annual JazzNIC Festival is back at North Idaho College with more than 200 middle school and high school students participating in jazz clinics Feb. 4 - 5, and a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4, in NIC’s Boswell Hall Schuler Performing Arts Center. This educational event features hourly clinics for vocal jazz and ...
Posted: Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020 Pictured is Natalie Dotzauer’s “Hide Out” 2019. Artist Natalie Dotzauer
will exhibit her art entitled “What We Take” in the North Idaho College Corner
Gallery Nov. 18 to Jan. 31. “I feel as though memories have some kind of personhood with eternal feelings, traces of lessons, survival instincts ...
Posted: Monday, Jan. 27, 2020 NIC coaches will provide season updates and at the North Idaho College Booster Club Luncheon at noon Tuesday, Jan. 28, at the Coeur d’Alene Resort. There will be updates on winter sports as well as previews and recruiting news for spring and fall teams. The public is welcome to attend the luncheon. The NIC Booster Club meets on ...
