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North Hennepin Community College

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• In 1963 the Minnesota Legislature created the Minnesota State Junior College Board and provided for 15 colleges, including on that was to be located in the Northwest area of Hennepin County. North Hennepin Junior College opened its doors to 414 students in the year 1966. North Hennepin State Junior College changed its name to North Hennepin Community College in the year 1973.
• North Hennepin Community College is part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system and is located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota � a rapidly growing Minneapolis/St. Paul suburb. The College serves the Northwest metropolitan area including the communities of Brooklyn Park, Maple Grove, Osseo, Champlin, Brooklyn Center, New Hope, Robbinsdale, Crystal, Plymouth, Minneapolis, Fridley, Blaine, Spring Lake Park, Coon Rapids, Corcoran, Rogers, St. Michael, Buffalo, Rogers, Elk River, Monticello, Dayton and others.
• At North Hennepin you can earn your Associate Degree Associate in Arts (A.A.) degree Associate in Science (A.S.) degree Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree. Most of our classes are designed to allow you to transfer credits to four-year colleges and universities.
• The Center for Training and Development offers non-credit continuing education and customized training programs. North Hennepin makes it possible for students to continue working while taking classes with every-Other weekend college, accelerated programs, web enhanced programs, online programs, flexible-hour programs and off-campus classes offered at our Wright County Center.
• Profile last updated: 03/26/2009.

In the News:

• NHCC Honors Veterans Day with special guest speaker (Champlin - Dayton Press)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 07:42:52 am
  North Hennepin Community College (NHCC) will celebrate Veterans Day with keynote speaker, Jon Hovde, Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 1 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center Theater.
• MnSCU provides majority of U transfer students (The Minnesota Daily)
  posted on November 8, 2009 at 08:52:56 pm
  By: Taryn Wobbema The University of Minnesota relies heavily on the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system for transfer students, which make up about a third of the undergraduate student body. Of the 2,058 new transfer students this fall, most come from MnSCU, particularly Normandale Community College in Bloomington, according to a report that will go before the Board of Regents ...
• NHCC Honors Veterans Day with special guest speaker (Osseo-Maple Grove Press)
  posted on November 7, 2009 at 07:41:52 am
  North Hennepin Community College (NHCC) will celebrate Veterans Day with keynote speaker, Jon Hovde, Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 1 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center Theater.
• NHCC to host 'Leading the Generations' seminar (Champlin - Dayton Press)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 07:59:29 am
  The Adult Education and Training division of North Hennepin Community College (NHCC) is hosting a "Leading the Generations" seminar Thursday, Nov. 9, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at NHCC's Center for Business and Technology in Room 132.
• North Hennepin Community College president retiring at end of school year (Crystal - Robbinsdale Sun-Post)
  posted on October 20, 2009 at 06:47:39 am
  Ann Wynia, president of North Hennepin Community College, announced her retirement Wednesday, Oct. 7, effective at the end of the 2009-10 academic year.

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