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Admission policy altered Region 18 Tourney
High-tech education top priority at :JC. Computer labs aid learning.
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North Idaho College
Volume 49 Number 9
orth Idaho College has implemented n new policy for completing the application for readmission, according 10 Kirk Koenig, director of admissions. With n few accptions. currently cnroUcd students will not need 10 complete the readmission form for foU semester, Koenig said. Students who must apply for admission arc: those studentS who have never attended NIC for credit courses; those students who were not enrolled at NIC during the previous semester: any student who officially withdrew from all NIC courses during the previous semester; and any student who graduated from NlC with :in associate degree lA.A., A.S .• A.A.S.) or receivC'd a certificate of completion and wanu to continue u11dnt: courses, Koenig said. _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Thursday, March 2, 1989
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Library funding saga unfolds by Fones! Hare A ncv. chapter's first p;igc may have been written receruly in lhc cight·)ear search for funding of a new library for Nonh Idaho CoUege. As part of a larger C'ducation budget plan, the state's Joint Finance Appropriauon Committee (JFAC) on Feb. 22 recommended just under SJ. I million m capillll construcuon fundinr for the nC"I\ Ii bran.
Although lhc bud~t rcQUC\t a"a1t.s appro,11' of the Lcg111aturc and Idaho Go, . Cecil \ndrus. NIC oifici3ls arc opumisuc aboi:t the future of the library plans. :-.1c·s ncv, dirt\."tor of library services. Mary Carr. said she "a~ .., en etl(OUngcd &11d elated "ith "htlt JFAC ha, done toward sc,;uring funding." '\fter other aucmpu 10 \CC'Ure funding, rccommcndnuon for funduig came because or jevcra.l reasons. ·re President Bob Bcmx1t s.ud. First, JFAC •-as "orl;ing "1th a surplus in state revcnnc from last year, 1K said. phOlo by Joh" T Bereslorcl
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Settlement near by Linette Fr11man A >ltp lO" IITTI compromise and scttlcmfflt has been made b) the Associ:llni Studcnu of Nonh Idaho Col· lcgc and the boo rd of tru>tecs: "ho :,.grcn1 that rcpmt'ntlltll es of both boa~ :tnd their counscl.s should meet 1lnd n~ot1atc the terms of the ongoing Soard of TrustM \"S. AS.\IC liUgauon. ''I fttl that the negouauons arc a step in the rilbt direct.ion. Howcvtt, I see no reason "h~ tills could not hlM hapP<"ncd ~1 fan:· AS lC president !\131} Jo HallS(n Slltd. The bo;ird of tMttt-. dcodC'd to mC'CI -..ith .-\ '-IC alter the ,tudcnt bo;ird 1011ia1ed the "pt:i~ uU..i" in the form of J lctm of rcqu~t. ccordmg to Hansen nr&oti1111on~ 1>erc nm initiated before no" (on ASNIC's pan) bcc:iust the courts had not dccb.rC'd a defendant. -----Pi.- -
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Second, tbc need M C had for more library and compuier ,pace was 5ttn by sate lcsisbtors, including Sen. \ II.I) Lou Reed (D-Cocur d'Alene), .. ho drafted a letter to JFAC in ,uPJIOrl
Thud. educa11on tlm year is seen by legi.slators :u a high pnority iu funding, Bennett said The final lmporwt! k:ey ID fCCUlllll a'llllmll.tec approval v.as the plltit1pauon ID lobbyini by staff and studcnu, indudulg a kttct"·'"TlllJlg C2IJIJ)algn mounted m 111pport of the project, Benne! 1 said.
"I am com10c:ed that the locaJ crroru .. e ffla'k were stiJJ \CJ) Ullpon..wl ," he .aid The fund.in& has noc passed through the Lcgisla1urc or been signed by Andrus. so Bennett hopes this commit· mmt from Sllldcl!U and swT v.ill c.onunuc Although An· drus has alrcad) e x ~ ~upp0n of the library plans,
and interior, Sennett said. but "Those doll:trs would not aU have to be raised immediately" for construction to begin. The IC Foundation may piny n key role in securing the funding from the community, Sennett said. The library and computer building is the product of a compromise, 8cnnet1 said. The plan formulated by fom1er NIC President Barry Schuler eight ye.ars ago included clas.sroom and library space, wi1h n S5.8 million price tag nnached.
Faced with the threat of losing accreditation due to limited book•helf space nnd rising enrollment and about seven years of failure to secure funding. NIC nttempted to find less costly nhcrnotivcs, Sennett said. Remodeling of the current library (Lee Hall) originally was proposed, but construction of n nc:w building was agreed upon ofter input from staff and faculty. Bennett said. After the compromise, the library project became twoprongcd. The first is construction of a library and com• puter building. The second prong: remodeling of the current library for needed classroom and office space, Scnocu said. "When we scaled down our request (for library fun· ding), we did not plan for classrooms in the new building." hoping to keep cosu low enough to secure funding from the ugislature, he said. When funding has been securnl for the new building, Bennet! said he will then lobby for lhe S900,000 needed to remodel Lee Hnll and install air conditioning. Although he said he is no1 ready to shoot off fireworks yet, "We'll haven party when it (final funding approval) happens, I can tell you 1ha1." Sennett said.
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&oncn pl.ans to v.mc n letter requCSU!l! coououed support. he said. .. \\ e don '1 dare to just sit on our laurels rigllt now," he said. Bcnncu said the Legislarure would like 10 conclude in mid-M.udl and, if the 1990 budget is npprovcd b)' An· ~ and commu.ruJ) suppon obtained, .. I \\Ould love to sec it (ground-bmalingl start this fall." To be built across from the C-A Auditorium on the current p:u-1.iQg i:lJU. the new two-story hl,rat) building "ill still oced S(,00,000 in funding to complete furru.shin~
Library threatens accreditation-North ld3ho Collqc has rev.er volumes per full-time student than any or.her college in Idaho.
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