{"id":198890,"date":"2025-10-28T20:38:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T01:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=198890"},"modified":"2025-10-29T20:44:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T01:44:04","slug":"ribbon-cut-on-northwest-state-van-wert-satellite-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/10\/28\/ribbon-cut-on-northwest-state-van-wert-satellite-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Ribbon cut on NSCC satellite campus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

It won\u2019t be long before the Van Wert satellite campus of Northwest State Community College is open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NSCC officials, elected officials and other local dignitaries gathered Tuesday morning for a ribbon cutting ceremony at the E. Sycamore St. campus. Classes are expected to begin there in early 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before cutting the ribbon, NSCC President Dr. Todd Hernandez noted it\u2019s an exciting time for the college and its newest location, which will be a full-service campus. He also credited NSCC Board of Trustees member Scott Mull of Van Wert, who, several years ago questioned how the Archbold-based college could do more for Van Wert County and the surrounding area.<\/p>\n\n\n

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NSCC Board of Trustees member Scott Mull talks about what the new Van Wert campus has to offer. Scott Truxell\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cI took that as a personal challenge,\u201d Hernandez said. \u201cThe Board of Trustees invested in this and we have over $7 million of Northwest State funds in this building already. There are so many people who came together to make this happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m just so excited for this new beginning and what Northwest State will be able to offer Van Wert and for what Van Wert is going to offer Northwest State \u2013 I think it\u2019s going to be an amazing collaboration,\u201d Mull told those in attendance. \u201cTrust me when I say Van Wert is in great hands with Northwest State having this campus here. The staff, the faculty, everyone who has made this happen is first class and I\u2019m beyond proud standing alongside them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think this fits in beautifully with everything that is going on downtown and on Main St. and all the opportunities that Van Wert and the surrounding counties have to offer,\u201d Mull added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Proclamations were presented by Ohio Representative Roy Klopfenstein (R-Haviland) and on behalf of Ohio Senate President Rob McColley (R-Napoleon).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert Campus Dean Dr. Jon Tomlinson led those in attendance on a tour of the structure and explained plans and features, including \u201cHyFlex\u201d classrooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a digital technology that allows live lectures regardless of student location,\u201d he explained. \u201cIn theory, a faculty member could be standing in the classroom in Van Wert and have students viewing and participating in his or her live lecture anywhere, even at our Archbold campus or at their home if needed. The big push at Northwest State is to increase access to educational services and technology allows us to do a lot of that now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The first floor of the building houses an atrium\/welcome area with a large skylight, a small bookstore, two conference rooms, various administrative offices and the workforce development lab, plus a computer lab that will also be used for eSports. Classrooms are housed on the second floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NSCC currently has four classes running locally at space provided by OhioHealth Van Wert Hospital and Tomlinson said the goal is to transition those classes to the new campus sometime after the new year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have a full slate of classes,\u201d Tomlinson stated. \u201cStudents right now can apply and register and start in any one of the programs \u2013 we call them Phase I of our programs \u2013 and those include electrical engineering, industrial technology, maintanence, cybersecurity, computer science and a number of business programs, including accounting, marketing, finance, management, and entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hernandez said the campus still has 35,000 square feet of space that will eventually become Phase II of the building project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe want to work with the community to find out what programs they want and need,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to talk to employers, we\u2019re going to talk to business owners, we\u2019re going to talk to commissioners, we\u2019re going to talk to parents (and ask) \u2018what do you need?\u2019 and rise to the challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The satellite campus is housed in the former Kennedy Manufacturing building on E. Sycamore St. The 50,000 square foot structure had been vacant for approximately 15 years when it was purchased by NSCC in early 2022, at a cost of nearly $500,000.<\/p>\n\n\n

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NSCC Van Wert Campus Dean Dr. Jon Tomlinson led a tour of classrooms and other spaces at the satellite campus. Scott Truxell photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor It won\u2019t be long before the Van Wert satellite campus of Northwest State Community College is open. NSCC officials, elected officials and other local dignitaries gathered Tuesday morning for a ribbon cutting ceremony at the E. Sycamore St. campus. Classes are expected to begin there in early 2026. Before cutting the ribbon, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-30 19:28:47","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198890"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":198976,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198890\/revisions\/198976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}