Less than four months on the job and the new president of NCTC delivered her first State of the College address during a noon luncheon today (Thursday) in East Grand Forks.
Sandra Kiddoo took over the duties from Dennis Bona in July. Kiddoo previous served as the chief academic officer at Hazard Community and Technical College in Kentucky.
Kiddoo says community engagement is key to telling the Northland story. She says despite a decline in enrollment the college is well positioned to meet workforce shortages throughout the region.
Kiddo says NCTC is also launching a strategic planning process to address future needs. “Under strategic planning is enrollment management…facilities planning…academic master planning. The timing is perfect with the Career Impact Academy in Grand Forks. We can leverage some of what they have learned to be able to guide us and use our own data to think about what Northland will look like in the next 5-10 years.”
The current enrollment is around 1,700 full-time students – with another 13-hundred taking online courses.
NCTC has campuses in Thief River Falls and East Grand Forks. Northland also has an aerospace program in Thief River Falls and a satellite site in Roseau.
The college offers certificates, diplomas, transfer courses and two-year degrees in more than 80 areas of study.
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