Two projects at NICC Calmar win ACE funding

Two infrastructure projects at NICC Calmar have won funding from the Accelerated Careers in Education (ACE) program.

One project will enhance classroom and lab areas for a Medical Assistant program starting at the Calmar campus next fall. An $80,000 ACE grant will support the program.

A second project--a construction project to remodel current classrooms at Iowa's Dairy Center into a surgery suite for the Large Animal Veterinary Technician students and faculty--has qualified for a $50,000 ACE grant..

NICC vice president of business and community solutions Dr. Wendy Mihm-Herold explains, "The ACE funds must be used to invest in high-demand, high-wage and high-growth occupation programming and can only be used for infrastructure projects and construction of facilities."