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Posted: Friday, April 16, 2021 The North Idaho College Theatre Department presents the play “The Few” by Samuel D. Hunter at 7:30 p.m. April 22, 23 and 24. This virtual performance is free and will be performed live via Zoom. For free tickets and the Zoom link, register at the event link: http://bit.ly/NICTheFew . “The Few” tells the story of ...
Posted: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 The North Idaho College Student Art Exhibition opened April 13 in the Boswell Hall Corner Gallery on the college’s main campus in Coeur d’Alene. The exhibition will be available for viewing through May 7, and it will feature a variety of original works of fine art created by NIC students. There will also be large pieces of ...
Posted: Thursday, April 8, 2021 The North Idaho College Theatre Department presents the play “A Permanent Image” by Samuel D. Hunter at 7:30 p.m. April 15, 16 and 17. This virtual performance is free and will be performed live via Zoom. Those who wish to view the play should register at the event link ( http://bit.ly/APermanentImage ) for a free ticket. ...
Posted: Friday, April 2, 2021 The North Idaho College Board of Trustees has scheduled a workshop for April 7, 2021 at 11 a.m. in the Edminster Student Union Building, Driftwood Bay Room. The purpose of the workshop is for presentation of information from a compensation study commissioned by the college and conducted by Evergreen Solutions, LLC. In-person attendance ...
Posted: Thursday, April 1, 2021 North Idaho College men’s soccer player Jairo Aguirre recently signed a letter of intent to continue his academic and athletic pursuits at Corban University. Seated: Jairo Aguirre. Standing, from left: Max Warnell, Coach Ken Thompson, Andrew Abalan. North Idaho College men’s soccer player Jairo Aguirre has signed to play ...
Posted: Thursday, March 25, 2021 Venerable Thubten Chodron, an American nun in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, will present “Does Ethics Matter in Science and Technology” from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 6. This virtual event will be presented via Zoom at https:// nic.zoom.us/j/99645967952 . Join Ven. Thubten Chodron to explore how understanding the ...
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2021 North Idaho College student Hannah Warwick was recently named the Coeur d’Alene Rotary Club Student of the Month. In addition to her academics, Warwick is also a resident assistant, an admissions ambassador, and she is active in student events. She does all this while maintaining a high grade point average. Warwick was on the ...
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2021 Mariane Bustarde (left) and Christal Champagne-Cave are pictured in one of the classrooms at the NIC Workforce Training Center. They both work at Life Care Center of Post Falls and are in the Registered CNA Apprenticeship program. The practice of apprenticeship has a storied history that goes back to at least the Code of Hammurabi in ...
Posted: Thursday, March 18, 2021 North Idaho College Theatre student David Fisher was recently awarded the George R. Caldwell Undergraduate Scholarly Paper Meritorious Achievement Award by the Kennedy Center American College Theater Region 7. Fisher received the honor for his essay “Local Theatre in Northern Idaho: Hate Has Role in Our Community.” An NIC ...
Posted: Thursday, March 18, 2021 The next meeting of the North Idaho College Board of Trustees is scheduled for Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 6 p.m. on the NIC Main Campus in the Edminster Student Union Building, Driftwood Bay Room. This meeting is a business meeting of the Board Trustees and the NIC Administration. Members of the public interested in offering public ...
Posted: Monday, March 15, 2021 The North Idaho College Foundation is pleased to offer a beautiful 2,078-square-foot home in Greenstone Homes’ Coeur d’Alene Place neighborhood as the grand prize of the 2021 Really BIG Raffle. The three-bedroom, 2.5-bath home has an estimated value of $400,000 and is currently under construction by the NIC Carpentry and ...
Posted: Friday, March 12, 2021 The North Idaho College Board of Trustees has scheduled a special meeting for the purpose of discussing the Meyer Health and Sciences Building Expansion Project. The special meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 15 at 5:30 p.m. on the NIC Main Campus in the Edminster Student Union Building, Driftwood Bay Room. Physical attendance by ...
Posted: Thursday, March 11, 2021 Winners of the North Idaho College 2021 Women of the Year Awards are, from left: Dodi Stilkey, Laura Tenneson, Jeanette Laster and Marian Soderberg. The North Idaho College 2021 Women of the Year Awards were announced Wednesday during the college’s annual Day of Dialogue. The awards recognize and celebrate the contributions of ...
Posted: Friday, March 5, 2021 The public is invited to North Idaho College’s annual Day of Dialogue from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 10. This year, the event will be virtual and will feature keynote speaker Connie Krupp. A certified health and life coach, Krupp will discuss how to move from surviving to thriving in this difficult time, briefly touching on ...
Posted: Thursday, March 4, 2021 New North Idaho College dental hygiene program strengthens dental health workforce An NIC Student Dental Hygienist practices on another student in the dental lab at Heritage Health. North Idaho College’s new Dental Hygiene degree program is positioned to help the region’s dental health workforce meet increasing demand for ...
Posted: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 North Idaho College recently announced its Dean’s List for fall 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 Athol : Ramie Anderson, Kayla ...
Posted: Monday, Feb. 22, 2021 The next meeting of the North Idaho College Board of Trustees will take place Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 6 p.m. in the Edminster Student Union Building, Driftwood Bay Room, on the NIC main campus in Coeur d’Alene. This meeting is a business meeting of the Board Trustees and the NIC Administration. The public may submit written comment ...
Posted: Friday, Feb. 19, 2021 Spring semester is underway and NIC Athletics is hard at work developing its student athletes within the nine sports teams, while following the protocols set in place to provide the healthiest and safest environment possible. More than 150 student athletes perform daily health screenings and practice protocols required by our ...
Posted: Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021 Continuing the tradition of scholarly activity outside the classroom, the SBS division office would like to acknowledge the following faculty members for their work in 2020. Dr. Victor Begay coauthored article "Regenerating Teacher Education Programs with Indigenous Knowledge in Idaho" was published in Northwest Journal of Teacher ...
Posted: Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021 The North Idaho College Board of Trustees has scheduled a special meeting for Feb. 10, 2021 at 5 p.m. Physical attendance by the public will be limited in accordance with the governor’s modified Stage 3 of the Idaho Rebounds plan and the NIC Rebounds operations guidelines. To ensure appropriate physical distancing, the allowable ...
Posted: Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021 North Idaho College Head Start is one of a host of Idaho education programs featured in the newest episode of the Idaho Public Television documentary series “Resilient Idaho: Hope Lives Here.” The latest episode airs Tuesday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. PST on Idaho Public Television. It will also be available the same day On Demand ...
Posted: Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021 The Kennedy Center American Community Theater Festival Region 7 has awarded the Horace Robinson/Jack Watson Award to NIC Professor of Theatre and Theatre Director Joe Jacoby. This award goes to a faculty member in KCACTF Region 7 who shows dedication and support for their students above and beyond the normal duties of college faculty. ...
Posted: Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021 “Pictures of Poets” will be on display through March 26 in the Corner Gallery in Boswell Hall on the North Idaho College campus in Coeur d’Alene. The poets pictured here, clockwise from the top left, are Mark Anderson, M. L. Smoker, Robert Pinsky and Claudia Castro Luna. In order to listen to the poets read their ...
Posted: Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021 Culinary arts students prepare a dish in the program's kitchen at NIC. The Beachside Bistro, a new project being planned at North Idaho College, will create a fusion of culinary arts education and entrepreneurship training wrapped in a student-managed business. The bistro, a mobile, summer food service operation, will be located near ...
Posted: Friday, Jan. 29, 2021 Recent public comments have spotlighted profound and serious disagreements among the Trustees of North Idaho College concerning governance issues at the college. The board of trustees recently met with President MacLennan to address these conflicts. The trustees have all committed to find an appropriate path forward to put the college ...
Posted: Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021 The North Idaho College Board of Trustees meeting previously noticed and scheduled for Jan. 27, 2021 will not take place as scheduled, and the next regular monthly meeting will take place in February. The Board of Trustees will hold an Executive Session Special Meeting on Jan. 27, 2021. The agenda can be viewed here .
Posted: Monday, Jan. 25, 2021 The next meeting of the North Idaho College Board of Trustees has been rescheduled to take place Wednesday, Jan. 27 at 6 p.m. This meeting had been previously scheduled to occur earlier in the week. North Idaho College is in a Modified STAGE 2 of the governor’s Idaho Rebounds Plan. This limits the capacity in the meeting room. To ...
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 ...
