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Posted: Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019 Everyone is invited to the “New Directions” fall jazz concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, in North Idaho College’s Boswell Hall Schuler Performing Arts Center. The first jazz concert of the year at NIC, it will feature music performances by Cardinal Voices directed by Max Mendez and the NIC Jazz Ensemble directed ...
Posted: Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019 A North Idaho College culinary arts student prepares a dish in the kitchen at Emery’s Restaurant on the college campus in Coeur d’Alene. ( Photos by KATIE HARTWIG) By MAUREEN DOLAN/North Idaho College Just outside Emery’s Restaurant, on the eatery’s annual, mid-September opening day, a sailboat floated gracefully ...
Posted: Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019 NIC coaches will provide season updates at the North Idaho College Booster Club Luncheon at noon Tuesday, Dec. 10, at Jimmy’s Down the Street restaurant at Sherman and 17 th Avenue in Coeur d’Alene. There will not be a luncheon the week of Nov. 25. The public is welcome to attend the luncheon. The NIC Booster Club typically ...
Posted: Monday, Nov. 18, 2019 Ayad Saleh, a North Idaho College student preparing for his GED, talks about his experiences in Iraq after his city, Mosul, was taken over by ISIS in 2014. By MAUREEN DOLAN With ISIS insurgents moving closer and closer to their home in Mosul, Ayad Saleh and his family left their house and joined thousands of their neighbors heading for ...
Posted: Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019 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. On Monday, Nov. 18, Dotzauer will host a gallery walk of her work at noon, followed by a slide lecture from 4 to 5 p.m. in ...
Posted: Monday, Nov. 11, 2019 North Idaho College Medical Laboratory Technology Program Director Sonja Nehr-Kanet instructs a student in the lab. By MAUREEN DOLAN Medical lab technicians play one of the most significant and necessary roles in health care, and there’s a rising need for more workers with this special training and knowledge. The demand for lab ...
Posted: Friday, Nov. 8, 2019 The NIC Sentinel’s staff poses at the end of spring semester. The magazine they produced won third in the nation for best 2-year feature magazine. North Idaho
College’s student news organization The Sentinel won third place for best
Two-Year Feature Magazine of the Year. “We had some growing pains transitioning from ...
Posted: Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019 NIC coaches will provide season updates and previews at the North Idaho College Booster Club Luncheon at noon Tuesday, Nov. 12, at the Le Peep restaurant in the Riverstone complex in Coeur d’Alene. There will be updates on soccer and volleyball as well as information from the head coaches in winter sports. The public is welcome to ...
Posted: Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019 Stem Charter Academy Sandpoint High School Sandpoint High
School was the Division I team competition winner at the 38 th Annual
Math Contest hosted by North Idaho College Tuesday, Nov. 5. Stem Charter
Academy was the Division II team competition. There were 141 students and 12 area high schools that participated in the event. The ...
Posted: Monday, Nov. 4, 2019 North Idaho College is hosting two of its annual “Gathering of Bands” concerts at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13, and Thursday, Nov. 14, in the Boswell Hall Schuler Performing Arts Center on NIC’s main campus. Each night, students from local middle schools gather to make music under the direction of guest clinician, Dr. ...
Posted: Monday, Nov. 4, 2019 North Idaho College recently announced its Dean’s List for spring 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. Students listed below along with their most recent city of residence: Idaho Athol : Jason Barnhart, Randell ...
Posted: Monday, Nov. 4, 2019 Participants in a past NIC Special Needs Basketball Extravaganza enter the court. This year’s event will tip off at 5:30 p.m. and then 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5. For the eighth year, North
Idaho College will host a Special Needs Basketball Extravaganza Tuesday, Nov. 5,
in Christianson Gym. The first game will tip off at 5:30 ...
Posted: Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019 Heidi Sellman, a summer 2019 Idaho INBRE student at North Idaho College, works in a lab. Sellman’s scientific research poster won second place at the statewide Idaho INBRE conference in July. (Photo by JEROME POLLOS) By MAUREEN DOLAN/North Idaho College Research. Education. Opportunity. The Idaho IDeA Network of Biomedical ...
Posted: Monday, Oct. 28, 2019 Former North Idaho College baseball standout and sports reporter Keith Osso will speak at the NIC Booster Club Luncheon noon Tuesday, Oct. 29 at the Coeur d’Alene Resort. Osso was an all-state football and baseball player at Spokane’s East Valley High School before graduating in 1995. He played baseball for North Idaho ...
Posted: Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019 North Idaho College will host a talk by author Roger Dunsmore, who is the author of “On the Chinese Wall” from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30. The reading is free and open to the public. Dunsmore taught at the University of Montana from 1963 to 2013. He is the author of numerous books, most recently, “On the Chinese ...
Posted: Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019 The North Idaho College Theatre Department presents “Noises Off,” by Michael Frayn at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17-19 and Oct. 24-27 in NIC’s Boswell Hall Schuler Performing Arts Center on NIC’s main campus. “Join us for what has been called the best farce ever written as a hapless acting company attempts to present ...
Posted: Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019 North Idaho College will offer free safety training at the 12th annual Safety Fest of the Great Northwest Feb. 19-21 at the NIC Workforce Training Center in Post Falls. This Safety Fest will also feature a trade show Feb. 19-20. Organizers are currently looking for companies to lend their support to this year’s event. More ...
Posted: Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019 Everyone is invited to “American Rivers, American Stories” choral concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, at Coeur d’Alene First Presbyterian Church at 521 E Lakeside Ave in Coeur d’Alene. “American Rivers, American Stories” will feature the NIC Cardinal Chorale and Chamber Singers and will explore the ...
Posted: Monday, Oct. 14, 2019 Volunteers tutors are needed to assist students in basic skill building for reading, writing, and math at the North Idaho College’s Adult Education Center. The NIC Adult Education Center, located in the Hedlund Building Room 204 on NIC’s main campus , offers day and night adult education classes. Volunteers should enjoy ...
Posted: Friday, Oct. 11, 2019 Free barbecue will be held from noon to 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, in the Sherman Building parking lot. Full schedule here . Everyone come! In addition, t he NIC men's basketball team's games at
the Rocky Mountain Jamboree tournament in Windsor, Colorado will be streamed live here . The schedule (in
Pacific Time) is: Friday, Oct. 11, at ...
Posted: Friday, Oct. 11, 2019 The community is invited to the fourth annual 2019 Northwest Undergraduate Conference in Humanities, which will be held at North Idaho College from 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9. The conference celebrates the intellectual and creative achievements of undergraduate students from around the region and gives them the opportunity to ...
Posted: Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019 Lisa Fortier, Gonzaga University Women’s Basketball Head Coach, will speak to the North Idaho College Booster Club Luncheon at noon Tuesday, Oct. 8, As always, the public is invited to attend. 2018-19 proved to be a record-breaking year for Fortier in her fifth season. She led the Bulldogs to their highest AP Poll ranking (No. 12) ...
Posted: Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019 Venerable Thubten Chodron, an American nun in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, will speak on “Connecting with Integrity” from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8, in the Edminster Student Union Building Lake Coeur d’Alene Room on North Idaho College’s main campus. You want to connect, but the other person’s ideas ...
Posted: Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019 Pictured is “Encuentro,” 2019, relief print on paper 40 inches by 26 inches. Artist Reinaldo Gil Zambrano will exhibit his art entitled “Malao’” in the North Idaho College Corner Gallery Sept. 11 to Nov. 1. On Sept. 11, Zambrano will host a gallery walk of his work at noon, followed by a slide lecture from ...
Posted: Friday, Sept. 20, 2019 The first North Idaho College Booster Club Luncheon of the fall season will be held at noon Tuesday, Sept. 24. As always, the public is invited to attend. NIC coaches will share information on their current teams and upcoming seasons. NIC Booster Club board members will also share information on booster club membership and upcoming ...
Posted: Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019 Several Colleague services including Colleague UI, Services, Self-Service, and the MyNIC SharePoint portal will be unavailable from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22 , in order to accommodate routine software maintenance. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Lisa Clark at 769-7867 or lisa.clark@nic.edu .
Posted: Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019 The band Metallica is pictured in an inspirational video played for NIC Metallica Scholars before they received their funds at a presentation Wednesday at the NIC Parker Technical Education Center. A total of 62 NIC students received $96,600 in scholarship funds. North Idaho College
students received the ticket to a bright future ...
Posted: Monday, Sept. 9, 2019 The media is invited to come celebrate with North Idaho College the Ribbon-cutting Ceremony for the Bob and Leona DeArmond College and University Center from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, on the corner of Hubbard Avenue and River Avenue. Representatives from NIC, Lewis-Clark State College and University of Idaho will speak at the ...
Posted: Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019 Anthony’s at Coeur d’Alene Restaurant will host the third annual North Idaho College Foundation’s “Investing in Dreams” dinner and fundraiser Tuesday, Sept. 24. Anthony’s is generously donating dinner and use of the restaurant for this event to benefit students and programs at NIC. All proceeds from ...
Posted: Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019 A North Idaho College law enforcement student receives basic water safety training. By MAUREEN DOLAN/North Idaho College While watching television news coverage following the bombing at the Boston Marathon a few years ago, First District Judge Clark Peterson was moved by something he witnessed. Peterson, who spoke at the 2019 North ...
Posted: Friday, Aug. 30, 2019 Janahlee Jonas, wife of “Alone” winner Jordan Jonas, is pictured sneaking up on him on the final day of the TV survival show. She was flown into the Canadian wilderness to tell him that he had won the $500,000 prize. Janahlee is currently taking online classes at North Idaho College and plans to enroll in the Nursing program ...
Posted: Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019 The North Idaho College Board of Trustees has scheduled an executive session for 9:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 30, in the president’s conference room in the Sherman Building on NIC’s main campus. The purpose of the executive session falls under Idaho Code § 74—206(1)(a) & (b) to consider personnel matters. For info: ...
Posted: Friday, Aug. 23, 2019 Students and all employees are invited to participate in an NIC Campus Scavenger Hunt. The official Scavenger Hunt form is available here . Prizes will be awarded for the top three student scores and top employee score. You must submit your form by Friday, Aug. 30 to be entered. Form submissions will be entered into multiple random ...
Posted: Friday, Aug. 23, 2019 North Idaho College’s Adult Education centers are now accepting new students. The free classes prepare students to take the GED battery of tests. Classes begin Tuesday, Sept. 3. Centers are located in Coeur d’Alene, Sandpoint, Kellogg, and Bonners Ferry. After completing a skills review, an incoming student meets with an ...
Posted: Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 By MAUREEN DOLAN/North Idaho College The connection between mental health and a sense of inclusion is raised in “Tribe: On Belonging and Homecoming,” the current book selection for Cardinal Reads, North Idaho College’s common read program. While author Sebastian Junger shares his thoughts on how the lack of a feeling ...
Posted: Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019 The North Idaho College Theatre Department is holding open auditions for the play “Noises Off,” by Michael Frayn, at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27, and Wednesday, Aug. 28, in the Molstead Library Todd Lecture Hall on NIC’s main campus. There are openings for five men of varying ages and five women of varying ages. The ...
Posted: Monday, Aug. 12, 2019 Pictured is last year's program graduates -- the first cohort ever in North Idaho -- for the NIC Medical Assistant Apprenticeship program. By Tom Greene/North Idaho College Anyone who has visited a doctor’s office or hospital in recent years has likely interacted with a medical assistant. Medical assisting is one of the fastest ...
Posted: Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019 The North Idaho College Board of Trustees has scheduled an executive session for Monday, Aug. 12, at noon in the Sherman Building President's Conference Room. The purpose of the session falls under Idaho Code § 74--206(1) (a) & (b) for the board to consider personnel matters. Information: NIC Communications Coordinator Tom ...
Posted: Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019 It’s easy to apply and enroll. Visit Cardinal Central to apply online and get more information. NIC’s enrollment services coordinators can help you get on the path to a brighter future. For in-person assistance, visit Cardinal Central in Lee-Kildow Hall, on the lake side of Christianson Gym. Click here to use your cell phone ...
Posted: Monday, Aug. 5, 2019
Aerospace technology students gain hands-on experience at the North Idaho College Aerospace Center in Hayden. (JASON BARENBOIM/Working Nation)
By MAUREEN DOLAN/North Idaho College
Searching for a career pathway to a hot job in North Idaho? Look to the skies.
“Aerospace is a rising industry,” said Pat ...
Posted: Monday, July 29, 2019 By Maureen Dolan/North Idaho College Metallica knows it. So does Mike Rowe, the former star of Discovery Channel’s “Dirty Jobs.” They know: Work is cool, it changes lives, and makes communities stronger, better places to live. Members of the heavy metal band and Rowe are using their celebrity statuses to support people ...
Posted: Monday, July 22, 2019 By Maureen Dolan/North Idaho College Building projects dot the landscape throughout North Idaho, signs of a robust economy bolstered by a construction boom that’s expected to continue, provided there are enough skilled tradesmen and women to keep it going. The pinch of a construction labor shortage is already being felt by ...
Posted: Friday, July 12, 2019 North Idaho College student Holly Tomason smiles, while instructor Aaron Cloyd claps, after Tomason found the “prize” during a team-building scavenger hunt May 15 on the NIC campus. Tomason is one of 15 students who traveled to the United Kingdom last spring with Cloyd and instructor Molly Michaud as part of the ...
Posted: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 Really BIG Raffle winner Mark Collins, second from right, shakes the hand of NIC President Rick MacLennan, at the 26 th annual drawing Wednesday night. NIC Foundation Board President Jody Azevedo, far left, also congratulated $335,000 house winner, who was in attendance at the drawing with his son, Mick, far right. One time was enough ...
