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President Jospeh Opatz
New president announced
New NCC President Joe Opatz addresses faculty on July 30 after being appointed by the MnSCU Board of Trustees. Opatz will begin his duties as NCC president on Sept. 17. Read the story
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Food service changes hands
The NCC cafeteria and Java Junction are under new management this fall after the college elected to change vendors. A'Viands Foods and Services Management replaces ARAMARK.

NCC student Candace ran stands in the parking lot with her daughter, Kayla. Like many tudents, Tran is a full-time student who relies on on-campus childcare.No day care, no college
Candace Tran is one of hundreds of NCC students who juggle classes and parenthood. Without child care, many couldn't attend college full time.

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New course
is a hit
Baseball and political science are paired in a new course, "The Politics of Baseball." Dr. Phil Lowry will offer the class this fall.
Students in the class learn how to score a baseball game and also learn to calculate a variety of statistical measurements. The history of the game and its evolution are also covered from its origins in England to the inception of the World Baseball Classic..

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Metro Transit bus stop signMore buses will serve campus
Metro Transit expands service to NCC, increasing transportation options and cutting the time it takes to get to campus by bus.

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  'Our Town' goes downtown
NCC's fall play will be staged in downtown St. Paul at the Lowry Lab Theater while construction is being completed on the Fine Arts Building. "Our Town" will run Nov. 28-Dec. 1.

Read more 		Theater instructor Sean Byrd outside the Fine Arts construction site
Sean Byrd of the Theater Department stands outside the Fine Arts Building construction site. The department will stage its fall production off campus.
     

More Lions' Roar stories

Study abroad trips offered to England, Vietnam
Tuition goes up again
UW-Stout may offer program at NCC
Cafeteria gets new management
Involvement Fair to kick off Fall Semester
Editorial: Procrastination is a disease
Column: Back to school is a slow, painful process
NCC opens vets' resource center
AQIP, a new way to measure academics, arrives


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