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North Iowa Area Community College - Mason City, Iowa
Upmeyer grew up on her family's farm before attending
North Iowa Area Community College, the University of Iowa and Drake University.
Myers now is working as a tutor at the Student Learning Center at
North Iowa Area Community College.
Institutional research at
North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC) finds that these "acceleration programs" are improving student outcomes in a number of areas, including academic achievement, graduation and job placement.
Over 9,200 student records from 1996 to 2006 at
North Iowa Area Community College were analyzed in a logistics regression model.
* Student nurses -- The health department will be working closely with the nursing program at
North Iowa Area Community College to educate student nurses and ask them to help distribute information to the students and staff on campus.
Through a three-week summer learning experience to be held at
North Iowa Area Community College in Mason City, 50 local middle school girls will be exposed to the fundamentals of coding, 3D design, entrepreneurship and augmented reality.
* Timothy Putnam, associate director of the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center at
North Iowa Area Community College. Putnam joined NIACC in 2000 and has developed and delivered entrepreneurial training programs for grades K-16 and for adults.
Wermes, instructor of the Building Trades/Carpentry Program at
North Iowa Area Community College, Mason City, Iowa.
Coming in as the runner-up in the video contest was a group of students from the CEO Club at
North Iowa Area Community College in Mason City, IA.