North Seattle Community College

North Seattle Community College
North Seattle Community College
Established 1970
Type Community college
President Mark Mitsui
Academic staff 318
Admin. staff 174
Students 17,994 (average year)
Location Seattle, Washington, United States
Sports Intercollegiate basketball
Website northseattle.edu

North Seattle Community College (NSCC) is a two-year community college in Seattle, Washington. It is one of the three colleges comprising the Seattle Community College District (the others are Seattle Central Community College and South Seattle Community College), and one of the 32 member colleges of the Washington Community and Technical Colleges system.

Founded in 1970, NSCC is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, and offers more than 40 career training, continuing education, and college preparation programs.

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Location

The main campus occupies 62 acres, including 11 acres (45,000 m2) of environmentally sensitive wetlands, in the Licton Springs/North College Park neighborhood of the Northgate district of Seattle.[1] The campus is five miles (8 km) north of the Seattle city center. The college is easily accessed from Interstate 5, and several King County Metro bus routes.

Programs

NSCC programs include college prep and transfer, cross-disciplinary, continuing and senior adult education;[2] business, early childhood education, electronics and engineering, information technology, health and medical, nanotechnology, and real estate professions. NSCC is also home to the Watch Technology Institute, the only two-year program in the art of Swiss watchmaking and repair in the Western United States.[3]

Library

The library at North Seattle Community College was founded in 1970. As of 2011 it contains 54000 books and subscribes to 594 periodicals.[4]

Miscellaneous

North Seattle has a local chapter of the national Phi Theta Kappa honors society.

See also

References

  1. ^ (1) ""North College Park"". Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas. n.d., map .jpg c. 2002-06-17. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/public/nmaps/S/NN-1036S.htm. Retrieved 2006-04-21. 
    "NN-1030S", "NN-1040S".jpg dated 17 June 2002.
    (2) ""Northgate"". Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas. n.d., map .jpg 2002-06-17. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1030S.htm. Retrieved 2006-04-21. 
    (3) ""About the Seattle City Clerk's On-line Information Services"". Information Services. Seattle City Clerk's Office. Revised 2006-04-30. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/about.htm. Retrieved 2006-05-21. 
    See heading, "Note about limitations of these data".
  2. ^ ""The College At-a-Glance"". "About NSCC". North Seattle Community College. n.d.. Archived from the original on 2005-12-26. http://web.archive.org/web/20051226004806/http://www.northseattle.edu/info/atglance.htm. Retrieved 2006-04-21. 
  3. ^ ""Professional/Technical Programs"". "NSCC Home > Programs of Study > Professional/Technical Programs". North Seattle Community College. n.d.. Archived from the original on 2006-04-12. http://web.archive.org/web/20060412162534/http://www.northseattle.edu/programs/proftech/. Retrieved 2006-04-21. 
  4. ^ American Library Directory. 2 (64th ed.). Information Today, Inc. 2011-2012. pp. 2568-2576. ISBN 978-1-57387-411-3. 

Bibliography

Further reading

v · Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges
   
v · d · eCommunity and Technical Colleges in Washington State
Community Colleges
Bellevue College • Big Bend Community College • Cascadia Community College • Centralia College • Clark College • Columbia Basin College • Edmonds Community College • Everett Community College • Grays Harbor College • Green River Community College • Highline Community College • Lower Columbia College • North Seattle Community College • Olympic College • Peninsula College • Pierce College (Fort Steilacoom | Puyallup) • Seattle Central Community College • Shoreline Community College • Skagit Valley College • South Puget Sound Community College • South Seattle Community College • Spokane Community College • Spokane Falls Community College • Tacoma Community College • Walla Walla Community College • Wenatchee Valley College • Whatcom Community College • Yakima Valley Community College
Technical Colleges
Additional Institutes

Coordinates: 47°41′57″N 122°20′00″W / 47.69917°N 122.3333333°W / 47.69917; -122.3333333


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