Education

Wed
13
Jul

Northeast Iowa Community College Foundation requests nominations for Hall of Fame

The Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) Foundation is accepting nominations of NICC alumni and retirees to be inducted into the college’s 2016 Hall of Fame.

Each year, the college recognizes NICC alumni who have excelled in personal and professional endeavors beyond graduation. The Hall of Fame induction ceremonies are planned for October 3 at the Calmar campus and November 21 at the Peosta campus. Alumni who are graduates of an NICC certificate, diploma or degree program are eligible.

In addition to recognizing exceptional alumni, NICC is requesting nominations for the Outstanding Retiree Service Award. The Outstanding Retiree Service Award celebrates career-long achievements, loyalty and dedication to NICC and northeast Iowa, and recognizes those whose dedication, commitment and efforts rise above and beyond expectations.

Wed
06
Jul

Area schools purchase $63,000 in local food in northeast Iowa

ACSD leads northeast Iowa in total purchases

Northeast Iowa schools purchased over $63,000 in food from local farms during the 2015-16 school year, according to a survey by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. Fourteen school districts contributed numbers to the survey, which is conducted annually on behalf of the Northeast Iowa Food and Fitness Initiative.

Respondents included community school districts (CSD) in Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Howard, Fayette and Winneshiek counties.

The Allamakee Community School District secured the honors for Most Local Food Purchases with $18,540. The Decorah Community School District edged out the Postville district for second place with $14,848 and $14,334 in food purchases, respectively, with the North Fayette Valley district purchasing $8,888 in local food.

Wed
06
Jul

ISU Extension and Outreach hosts Creepy, Crawly Bugs! day camp ...

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach hosted Creepy, Crawly Bugs! day camp recently. A total of 23 kindergarten through third grade students and nine fourth through sixth graders explored the world of bugs (as evident in the surrounding photos), learning about such things as the life cycle of butterflies and that America is the only country that doesn’t routinely eat bugs as part of their diets, along with making their own bug catchers and catching many insects on a nature walk. The ISU Insect Zoo deepened their knowledge when multiple insects and bugs made an appearance. Youth were able to study mealworms, beetles, walking sticks, scorpions and millipedes, pet a tarantula and more. While holding a hissing cockroach, they learned that they carry fewer germs than a human. “At camp I learned how bugs are important to the Earth; my favorite bug was the walking stick,” one camper said. The day ended with maggot painting.

Wed
06
Jul

The Midwest meets Hollywood as students experience Sundance Film Festival


Krystal Johnson, a 2014 graduate of Waukon High School, was among the several students from Western Technical College in La Crosse, WI who participated in a trip to the Sundance Film Festival in Utah earlier this year. Pictured above are: Left to right - Front row: Bao Xiong, Dylan Overhouse and Krystal Johnson. Back row: Jonny Tippetts and Kace Coelin. Submitted photo.

by David M. Johnson

Hollywood seems a far-off land, especially to those who live in fly-over country, such as the Midwest. Movie stars, the films that they star in, the famous directors and producers that are responsible for what movie-goers watch in the theater are all part of a world not familiar to most people. Other than what  is heard and seen when entertained by their finished craft, movie-goers normally do not have any real knowledge on how they live or what it takes to make a film; it is often just taken for granted that it happens.

A group of students from Western Technical College in La Crosse, WI had a rare experience when the college sponsored their Fine Arts Club, which consisted mainly of visual communication students, on a trip to the Sundance Film Festival in Utah last January.

Wed
29
Jun

Eleven area graduating high school seniors also earn NICC degrees

This May, 11 high school seniors earned two-year college transfer degrees through Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC), an academic achievement made possible because of concurrent enrollment agreements between the schools and NICC. The graduates represent three high schools in the counties of Allamakee, Fayette and Winneshiek, and their accomplishments are the result of careful academic planning, persistence, ambition and career direction.

Two of the 11 students, Alex Marti and Madison Snitker, graduated from Waukon High School and earned an NICC degree simultaneously by taking advantage of the affordable, flexible and academically challenging college credit opportunity.

“It means so much to have completed my Associate of Arts while in high school. I have a great head start, and I’m not as worried about college debt. I would like to thank Northeast Iowa Community College for giving me this opportunity,” expressed Marti.

Wed
29
Jun

Area students explore science and technology at NICC Waukon's STEAM Coding Camp ...


Area students explore science and technology at NICC Waukon's STEAM Coding Camp ...

Twenty-one students in fourth through sixth grades from the towns of Waukon, Decorah, Harpers Ferry, Postville and Lansing participated in STEAM Coding Camp - Engineering a Better World from June 6-10 at Northeast Iowa Community College’s (NICC) Waukon Center. At the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) Camp students learned computer coding by applying NASA science concepts and robotics. The camp included classroom instruction, hands-on activities and computer programming to create a game, simulation or story inspired by the kinds of earth science that NASA and other researchers do every day.

Wed
29
Jun

Waukon High School graduate selected as recipient of Graduate Fellowship Award ...


Waukon High School graduate selected as recipient of Graduate Fellowship Award ...

Missouri University of Science and Technology graduate student Kerry A. Magner was recently awarded the 2015 Ron Eckelkamp Memorial Fellowship. Magner, the son of Rose Magner and James Magner, both of Waukon, is pursuing a doctoral degree in Civil Engineering with a Geotechnical Emphasis at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, MO. Pictured, left to right, in recognition of the Fellowship awards are Dr. Wen Deng, Chao Zeng, Junnan Cao, Kerry Magner and Dr. Bate Bate.

Wed
22
Jun

ACSD Board of Directors hears presentation on Vision to Learn program, approves several hires in anticipation of school year

The Allamakee Community School District Board of Directors met in its regular monthly session Monday evening, June 20, facing a full agenda in its first regular meeting since the end of the school year. Board member Patty Nordheim was not in attendance, as was the case with several other administrative staff members due to a technology conference being held that same day in Dubuque

During  the School Lunch Report, Superintendent Dave Herold advised that the current negative balance shown on the report is obviously due to no lunch fund income coming in while school is not in session, but food continues to be purchased throughout the summer months and lunch refunds have also been issued since the end of the school year. On behalf of Food Service Director Julie Magner, Herold also advised that the school district served approximately 2,000 more lunches this year than last year.

Wed
22
Jun

Village Farm and Home provides financial support to FFA chapter ...

Village Farm and Home provides financial support to FFA chapter ...
Village Farm and Home provides financial support to FFA chapter ...

Village Farm and Home has played a major role in the success of the Little Switzerland FFA chapter at Waukon High School for many years in a variety of different ways. In recent years, Village Farm and Home has partnered with Red Brand Fencing and the National FFA Organization to provide financial support to the local chapter. From 2012 to 2015, $4,450 has been provided to the local chapter through the Home Grown Program. Through that program, for every roll of wire that is purchased locally at Village Farm and Home, $1 is donated back to the local FFA chapter. The funds donated have been used at the local level to help students reduce expenses to travel to National FFA Convention, and to purchase contest preparation materials and equipment needed in the agricultural classroom and FFA chapter.

Wed
22
Jun

Allamakee County 4-H College Scholarships distributed at local Senior Awards events

4-H Scholarship winners from Waukon High School ...
Awarded 4-H Scholarships at the Waukon High School Senior Awards ceremony in May were, left to right in above photo, Nolan Hagen, Bethany Stock, Brock Berns and Megan Leiran. Submitted photo.

Five Allamakee County 4-H members were each awarded a $250 scholarship at their school’s Senior Awards ceremony in May. Waukon High School graduating seniors Nolan Hagen, Brock Berns, Megan Leiran and Bethany Stock, and Hannah Lage of Postville High School each received an Allamakee County 4-H College Scholarship sponsored by the Allamakee County Agriculture Extension District of Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.

Hagen, a nine-year 4-H member of the Lansing Blackhawks, is the son of Jon and Amy Hagen of Waterville. During his 4-H career, he participated in several community service projects, along with being active in County Council. Hagen has also participated in beef and horse projects. He will attend Northeast Iowa Community College in the fall majoring in Beef Science.

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