{"id":152190,"date":"2022-03-11T22:15:17","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T03:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=152190"},"modified":"2022-03-14T03:44:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T08:44:20","slug":"northwest-state-cc-shares-plans-for-van-wert-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2022\/03\/11\/northwest-state-cc-shares-plans-for-van-wert-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"NSCC updates plans for Van Wert campus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Details of a plan three years in the making were shared by Northwest State Community College officials on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Archbold-based NSCC will open a full service satellite campus at the former Kennedy Manufacturing building to serve students from Van Wert and Paulding counties and classes starting this fall. The college has purchased the 50,000 square foot building for $495,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Northwest State Community College President Dr. Todd Hernandez talks about plans for the satellite campus on E. Sycamore Street in Van Wert. Scott Truxell\/Van Wert independent <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

President Todd Hernandez noted Van Wert and Paulding counties comprise 25 percent of NSCC\u2019s service area and six percent of the college\u2019s enrollment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople from Van Wert and Paulding counties can\u2019t drive an hour or hour and a half to come and take classes in Archbold so that\u2019s a big reason why we\u2019re putting a facility in Van Wert, Henandez said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not here to be duplicative, we\u2019re here to be additive,\u201d Hernandez continued. \u201cWe\u2019re not down here to take students from any other institution\u2026we want to partner with Vantage Career Center, we want to partner with the K-12 schools. We\u2019re hear to listen and learn what the community needs, how can we best service the community and what programs do we need?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve formed a apprenticeships with a number of different companies in Van Wert and Paulding counties and some of the initial conversations we\u2019ve had are College Credit Plus, technology, health care, manufacturing and skilled trades. A lot of that is workforce oriented but again we\u2019ll be a full service campus, so there\u2019s guided pathways to success, an opportunity to for students to come to Northwest State, take two years worth of classes or a number of classes that will transfer to a four-year university.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jim Drewes, Director of Workforce Development, said NSCC is using a three phase approach over three years to build up the site, including offices, classrooms and training space, a bookstore, space for a computer lab and eSports and a possible pub and restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The goal is to serve 500 students the first year with an intent to eventually serve up to 1,500 students annually and Hernandez said full and part time faculty will be needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not our intent to bring people from Archbold here,\u201d Hernandez stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also acknowledged NSCC previously attempted to bring a nursing program to a Van Wert storefront and tried partnering with Vantage Career Center but said it didn\u2019t work out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Van Wert County Commisioner Todd Wolfrum talks about the benefits of a satellite campus. Scott Truxell photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt Northwest State we \u2018fail forward\u2019 \u2013 we learn from our mistakes and what we learned was we didn\u2019t put enough resources in facilities or people,\u201d Hernandez said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t have our own facilities or big enough facilities. It\u2019s a new college administration, it\u2019s a new day and it\u2019s new beginnings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hernandez said full-time tuition will be the same as the Archbold campus, which is currently $5,360, plus various fees, books and supplies, but he added the college offers plenty of financial aid opportunities, including scholarships of all different sizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert County Commissioner Todd Wolfrum spoke during Friday\u2019s event and noted it\u2019s a great opportunity for local students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe need to get our high schools to start looking at this,\u201d Wolfrum said. \u201cThe idea of sending our kids to four-year colleges and getting $100,000 in debt is the worst thing we\u2019re doing to our kids. It\u2019s so ingrained that that\u2019s what we need to do but it\u2019s wrong unless you know exactly what you want to do right out of high school.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is an opportunity for our kids to stay here, try college without running up the big debt and transfer all of their credits anywhere in the state,\u201d Wolfrum added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert Mayor Ken Markward offered brief remarks and thanked college officials for their vision and plans and after sharing plans, college officials took those in attendance on a tour of the facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Northwest State Community College was established in 1968 as Four County Technical Institute, then was known as Northwest Technical College in 1972. It became a community college in 1994 and currently has over 4,000 students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Northwest State Community College Site Coordinator Todd Rogge shares the college’s vision for warehouse space at the former Kennedy Manufacturing building. Scott Truxell photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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