NICC receives $123,000 grant for new program

Northeast Iowa Community College has received a three year grant worth $123,625 to develop a two-year NICC Chemical Technician program.

The grant funding comes from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), through its New Era Rural Technology Competitive Program.

The NICC program  will train students for work in an emerging employment sector in science and agriculture. The program opens in fall 2011 and will be housed in a new addition on The Dairy Center near the Calmar campus.  Graduates earn an Associate in Applied Science degree upon successful completion.

The NIFA funding will assist NICC with curricula design, materials development, faculty preparation and teaching enhancements to provide rural areas with skilled chemical technicians.