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NIC College Relations
Media Contacts

For general news and events questions:
Stacy Hudson, Public Information Coordinator
(208) 769-7819 or stacy_hudson@nic.edu

For marketing and advertising questions:
Erna Rhinehart, Communications and Marketing Director
(208) 769-3315 or erna_rhinehart@nic.edu

If unable to reach the contacts above:
Kent Propst, Vice President for Community Relations
(208) 769-3404 or kent_propst@nic.edu

Press Room

  • Documentaries on global issues to air on KSPS
    7/23/2008
    A collaboration between North Idaho College and KSPS Public Television will come to fruition when five 90-minute documentaries focused on global issues air on KSPS Channel 7 in August. The documentaries are focused on the theme “Earth in Crisis: A Search for Solutions,” which was also the theme of the Popcorn Forum and Convocation Series Symposium held at NIC in March. “With the magnitude of nationally-recognized speakers presenting at the 38th annual Popcorn Forum as well as the urgency of the topic, we decided to bring the issues to an even wider audience by creating these documentaries,” said NIC Political Science Instructor and Popcorn Forum Coordinator Tony Stewart. In May, Stewart announced his retirement from NIC after 38 years with the institution.

  • NIC Workforce Training Center enrollment up 29 percent
    7/16/2008
    North Idaho College’s Workforce Training Center posted a 29.37 percent increase in enrollment for fiscal year 2008. Unduplicated enrollment, which is the total headcount of people taking classes at the Workforce Training Center, is up this year to 7,595 from 5,871 in fiscal year 2007.

  • NIC helps employers tap state funds for job training
    7/11/2008
    In this time of economic downturn and rising unemployment, North Idaho College is doing its part to help bring good paying jobs to the area in addition to ensuring that the people who fill those jobs are well trained.

  • Coeur d’Alene man wins $300,000 grand prize house in NIC raffle
    7/9/2008
    Thousands of ticket holders and community members hoping to hear their names called on the loudspeaker turned out Wednesday night to see if they were winners in the North Idaho College Foundation’s Really BIG Raffle drawing. Cash and prizes totaling more than $335,000 were given away at the 15th annual event, including the $300,000 house built by students in NIC’s carpentry program.

  • NIC to offer multi-sport youth summer camp
    7/9/2008
    After the success of the first ever North Idaho College multi-sport youth summer camp, Outdoor Pursuits is offering an additional camp in August. “Our first camp in June was so successful that we decided to offer a second one,” said Jessica Thompson of Outdoor Pursuits.

  • NIC coaching staff and players offer summer softball camp
    7/9/2008
    Room is still available for players ages 8-18 to sign up for the North Idaho College’s Cardinal Heat pitching and position play skills camp July 28-31 at Finucane Park, located on the northwest corner of Prairie Avenue and Fourth Street in Hayden. NIC’s softball coaching staff and players will lead the camp, which is divided into two heats, one specifically for pitching skills and the other a position play/offensive heat camp. Both heats will be offered from 9 a.m.

  • New cheerleading advisers join NIC athletics
    7/8/2008
    Two new staff members have joined the North Idaho College athletics department for the 2008-2009 academic year. Dawn Smith will serve as the head cheerleading adviser.

  • NIC to begin new programs this year
    7/2/2008
    North Idaho College is initiating several new and expanded programs in the 2008-2009 academic year to meet the ever-changing demands of the regional workforce and to provide new options to students. WINGS Dual Credit WINGS, NIC’s dual credit program and an acronym for WIN by getting a Good Start, will expand to offer students professional-technical options for the first time.

  • NIC home ownership class open for enrollment
    7/2/2008
    There is still room to enroll in the “Finally Home” a home ownership class offered through the North Idaho College Workforce Training Center in Post Falls. “Finally Home” will be offered in two sessions from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m.

  • NIC offers mountain biking trip to McCall
    6/30/2008
    North Idaho College’s Outdoor Pursuits is offering a mountain biking trip to McCall, Idaho July 11-13. The two-night adventure will take participants on several well-known southern Idaho trails including the Parlor of Pain Loop, a 20-mile trail with ridge-top climbs and creek-side descents.