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Normandale Community College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Normandale Community College is an urban two-year college serving primarily the communities of the southwestern metropolitan region of the Twin Cities. Established in 1968, the college is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. More than 10,000 students from diverse backgrounds take courses at the college annually.
• Our career programs prepare students for full employment in fields such as Dental Hygiene, Nursing, Business, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Hospitality Management, Law Enforcement, Dietetics, Computer Technology, Accounting and many other areas. We offer developmental courses designed to improve academic skills required for successful performance in college-level courses. Continuing education and customized training opportunities are provided through a variety of non-credit courses offered through the Normandale Center for Opportunity.
• Normandale Community College will serve as a regional higher education center, working closely with its communities to meet changing needs through innovative and responsive programs and quality teaching. We will inspire learners to develop skills and interests that will enrich their lives and shape their futures.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Bloomington Boy Scout builds benches, fire pit for Golden Valley facility (New Hope - Golden Valley Sun-Post)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 07:22:58 pm
  A Bloomington Eagle Scout candidate found a unique way to share his talents.
• Bloomington Boy Scout builds benches, fire pit for Golden Valley facility (Bloomington Sun-Current)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 07:20:46 pm
  A Bloomington teenager looking for an Eagle Scout project found a unique way to share his talents. Tim Dugan, 18, designed and built a fire pit - complete with rock bed and wooden benches - and installed it on the grounds at Damascus Way, a residential prison reentry program in Golden Valley.
• U of M seeing larger transfer student population (Minnesota Public Radio)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 12:32:48 am
  In a report to the Board of Regents Thursday, university officials said more than 2,700 students transferred to the U, a population of students the U of M doesn't know a lot about. But this year the school hopes to study who they are and why they come to the U.
• 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 ...
• Bloomington Board of Education: 15 seek four positions (Bloomington Sun-Current)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 07:44:47 am
  Fifteen people are running for four open seats on the Bloomington Board of Education: incumbents Arlene Bush, Tim Culver, Mark Hibbs and Maureen Peterson; and challengers Lisa Bowen, Marcie Coval, Amanda Crombie, Julie Frankhouser, Larry Frost, Melissa Halvorson Wiklund, Matthew Pawlowski, William Reichert, Melissa Riebel and Dan Wallerus.

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