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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 Austism 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 ...
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 ...
