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North Dakota State College of Science uses three words to perfec-tion, “Building On Suc-cess.”

These three words prove to be the motiva-tion behind the school today and gives a look to the college’s future.

The institution focuses on building success sto-ries with its students and recognizing the school’s future is tied to them. President John Richman said instructors do ev-erything in their power to mold students into capable, educated people who are ready to enter the workforce and cre-ate a positive impact in their industry.

Richman said the cur-rent mission of the col-lege, in simple terms, is to educate and train a knowledgeable, skill-ful workforce that will help grow the state’s economy. Economic de-velopment is the same thing as work force, he said. The school’s role is to train and educate the workforce.

“Our primary cus-tomer is our businesses and industry that have operations in North Da-kota and this region,” he said. “In order to do that, our true product is the graduate, like Brad (Barth) and myself. We work with business part-ners to understand what the knowledge and skills are in their entry level positions.”

For transfer students, the college provides the general education for the first two years of any de-gree. The third part of the school’s mission is the non-credit, the custom-ized or train-in people. The school works with

employers to understand what training they need for their employees. The employer is funding that piece to take their em-

ployee and make them better skilled, from soft skills, to computer and technical skills.

“To do that, we have to

attract, educate, train, retain, graduate and place a knowledgeable, skillful employee,” Rich-man said. “In order to

do that, we need to have a safe, clean, healthy, green, tech-savy world class educational envi-ronment. Everything starts from how to create a world class educational environment to attract, educate and train and place our students in a workforce that will grow the state’s economy.”

NDSCS is one of the oldest two-year colleges in the United States. College administrators have provided a solid foundation for the future workforce and created a blueprint for the future. In its past, the college has always provided a good two-year education for students. The gradu-ation rate is higher than the national average, but Richman said they can still do better.

Students will find tra-ditional classroom in-struction, but so much more as well at today’s NDSCS. The partner-ships the school has recruited has allowed instructors to better understand what their workforce requirements are. In the highest level of partnerships, the in-dustry creates the cur-riculum, and oftentimes recruits their own work-force, hires and sends them to the college to be educated. These are employees of those com-panies, Richman said, before they are NDSCS students.

The construction pro-gram at the school is a good example of how the partnerships work. In the caterpillar program, students are employees of Butler Machinery be-fore they become NDSCS students.

The college continu-ally works with busi-nesses and industries to help students accelerate

their education and be-gin their careers. These partners provide the lat-est tools and equipment for hands-on training, said Barbara Spaeth-Baum, marketing direc-tor. It is a flexible pro-gram that provides the needs for the students.

“There are different levels of partners,” said Brad Barth, NDSCS Foundation director. “Some will recruit and give us millions of dol-lars of equipment. Our students are coming out of here knowing exactly what Butler needs. Some of the partners are mar-keting partners that let students know of them before they graduate.”

In the school’s bro-chure, it explains how the collaboration be-tween NDSCS and Snap-on Industrial is anoth-er example of what a partnership can do for students. Snap-on has been partnering with the NDSCS Automotive Technology Department since 2009. The $2.5 bil-lion company has pro-vided more than 3,000 tools and products, de-signed specifically for the needs of the indus-trial tool users, to en-hance the automotive technician program and facilities on the Wahpe-ton campus.

Through the partner-ship, a Snap-on spon-sored automotive di-agnostics certification center, the Innovation Works center, has been created to provide each auto tech student access to the diagnostic equip-ment and more opportu-nities to achieve various industry certifications.

On the one hand gradu-ating students have an

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‘Everything starts from how to create a world class educa-tional environment to attract, educate and train and place our students in a workforce that will grow the state’s economy.’

The business part-ners sets the school apart. ‘The whole idea of development and partnerships is a change from teach-ing in an instructoral capacity, but it includes strong busi-ness relationships.’

Both prospective stu-dents and their par-ents need to under-stand how the schools’ associate degrees can provide an income. ‘Our graduates are making a lot of money and our placement report proves it.’

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As the month of May approaches, high school seniors in the area are preparing and planning for the next phase of their education and many will be going to North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton in the fall.

Dr. Phillip Parnell, the Academic and Students Affairs associate vice president, said that the college speaks with stu-dents throughout their high school career.

“We are talking to, in some cases, even 9th and 10th graders,” he said.

To help prepare stu-dents, Parnell said that high schoolers can come by on special days on campus where they can meet faculty.

“We can also inform what classes they should take in high school. If they say they want to get into a certain area, we’ll tell them what to take” said Barbara Bang, dean of Technologies and Ser-vices Division.

High school students are also encouraged to not take the year off, by Parnell, who said, “We tell them to still take their math and science, not tak-ing it senior year can lead to you forgetting.”

Lisa Wixo, the Student Success coordinator, said that additionally for high schoolers, the ACT scores are very impor-tant, is taking a tour of the campus.

“It gives the students a chance to check out the different programs. They may want to see what they are like,” she said.

Additionally students are encouraged to go to career day where they can speak to area busi-nesses and get more of

an idea of what they want to do at the col-lege. After that, seniors in high school should try to build a resume for scholarships and fill out FAFSA forms.

Once students make the decision to go to NDSCS, faculty make an effort to make sure they get a complete college

experience, according to Melissa Johnson, execu-tive director for Student and Residential Life.

“One of the biggest things we do with stu-dents when they first come here is encour-age them to get engaged and involved,” Johnson said. “That can happen through clubs and orga-

nizations, student sen-ate, intramural sports and coming to athletic events.”

Parnell added that stu-dents are also encour-aged to live on campus to help get the whole col-lege experience.

“Success rates are much higher if they are much more involved on

campus,” Parnell said. “Whether or not they make the choice to live here, we hope they do because it’s the best way to get that experience. Several people from the area come to live here on campus and studies show that it helps with academics and social growth,” Johnson said.

“The personal growth is much more substan-tial when they can claim their independence,” Wixo added.

Bang mentioned that “a number of faculty whose children come here encourage their

COURTESY NORTH DAKOTA STATE COLLEGE OF SCIENCEMove-in day at NDSCS is filled with boxes, tears and the beginning of becoming an adult for many of these first-time college students.

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North Dakota State College of Science grad-uates report 99 percent placement, according to information compiled by the school’s Student Suc-cess and Career Services department. The report also shows the major-ity of NDSCS career and technical education graduates are employed and staying within the state of North Dakota.

Harvey Link, vice president of Academic and Student Affairs, at-tributes the high place-

ment success to the col-lege’s close relationships with business and indus-try.

“We make it a high priority to ensure the programs and curricu-lum we teach are closely tied to what business and industries need,” he said. “We get a lot of advice from them on what they need and in turn they give us a tre-mendous amount of sup-port.”

Link said NDSCS stu-dents benefit from those

relationships by having opportunities to partici-pate in clinicals, intern-ships and other types of work environment learning experiences. The school benefits by receiving financial and equipment support that allows the school to stay current, as well as receiving professional development for faculty

from business and in-dustry.

Barbara Bang, Tech-nologies and Services Division dean, said in the case of the popular Diesel Tech program, the school partners with many successful compa-nies.

“We have some pro-grams where students are sponsored, for ex-

ample, by Caterpillar. They’re already employ-ees of a company,” she said. “North Dakota and regional companies do like the graduates of our programs. We’re pleased to say we’ve attracted high quality faculty. We’re pleased to say we score high on national exams. Companies have been very happy with

our graduates. It’s eco-nomic development for North Dakota.”

Link described the school’s partner compa-nies as forward-think-ing.

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for those kinds of part-nerships to make slots available for the stu-dents, there’s lots of competition,” he said. “It’s time, space and expertise investments. The graduates will have practical, hands-on experiences.”

Industries are in need of more qualified grad-uates in the areas of HVAC, plumbing and precision machining, Bang said.

“We’re trying to get more of those students into the pipeline,” she said.

As state-of-the-art technology improves business and industry, the needs for skilled technicians grow.

“The curriculums are getting more and more technical all the time,” Link said. “The types of technical skills and technology are in-corporated into every-thing – students have to know the technology, they have to transition and adapt. It’s not just training for today, it’s educating for the fu-ture.”

Bang said in every area she represents, the graduates come out with skills ahead of what industry employ-ees often have.

“Teaching the latest skills and technology – the industry is help-ing us with that,” she said.

The state of North Dakota has invested millions of dollars into the school’s programs and infrastructure, Link said. In the case of the nursing and dental programs, student-to-faculty ratios are five-to-one.

Private business and industry have contrib-uted more than $9.8 million to the school.

“These programs run five to eight times to educate as does a tra-ditional transfer pro-gram,” Link said.

Not only does the col-lege invest in its stu-dents and programs, but it invests in its fac-ulty as well.

“In my division, ev-ery faculty member came from business and industry,” Bang said. “They came from hands on work expe-rience and we helped turn them into teach-ers. We have very high expectations of our fac-ulty to stay current.”

“It takes a very spe-cial individual to be a strong technically competent worker and a strong instructor,” Link added. “They’re not easily found.”

Kompelien said he’s amazed at the number of faculty who have worked at NDSCS for 20 years or more.

“People come and go, too, but it says we get good people and we in-vest in them,” he said.

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kids to live in the dorms for the experience. To welcome in the incom-ing students who live on campus, the college hosts a special ‘move-in day,’ where they put a DJ out in the oval where the ad-ministration comes out to help with activities. Local businesses also come out for meet-and-greet and booths are set up by groups from the student center to recruit new students into their club, Johnson said.

Following that is a day for orientation where the new students can get introduced to the school’s offices and fac-ulty, she said.

“It’s a way to get stu-dents and parents intro-duced to the town and community,” Johnson said.

“They see all these smiling welcoming faces and I know, as a mom, I would feel a whole lot better,” Wixo added.

Once they get on cam-pus, students take what’s called the compass test. “This tells us how high of abilities they have to see if they can go into a college course or if they need to take a prep course in different sub-jects,” Wixo said.

Another immediate item for students to un-dertake transfers.

“They start getting ready for transferring to continue education their first semester here,” Parnell said. “If they have an idea for where they want to go, we want to give the students the best advice on where to go when they’re done here depending on de-grees.”

“Students can be as-sured that what they take here is going to be transferable to another institution,” Bang said. Parnell explained that not only does NDSCS al-ready have established

agreements with four-year campuses that out-line what the student should do if they are planning to transfer, the credits automatically become transferable be-cause of an agreement in North Dakota.

GERTA, the General Education Requirements Transfer Agreement, al-lows the transferring of credits to be possible. All of the public institutions in North Dakota are con-nected through that and all of the campuses have agreed to accept all of the courses in the state, Wixo said.

Bang said that she has heard from many satis-fied transfer students who say that “I’m glad I started here. I feel so much more confident and ready.”

Parnell explained that it makes sense, the student thinks, “I’ve al-ready got that success under my belt.”

“The research that I’ve seen shows transfer stu-dents have successfully completed a program at another institution are much more likely to suc-

ceed at another institu-tion, the percentages go way up,” Parnell said. He mentioned that the transfer ability gives students in the state of North Dakota a big set of options on where they want to go.

Despite being an ex-citing time for the in-coming students many still hold some anxieties coming in.

“Some of them think, ‘I did well in high school, but am I going to do well

in college?’” Parnell said. “They are usually very excited about that next stage of their life, but with that comes the anxiety about leaving friends and family and getting accommodated

to things that are entire-ly new,” Johnson said.

The faculty at NDSCS said that the best way to deal with this is to be a part of the college.

“Be involved, be really involved,” Johnson said.

Bang added. “We have programs that some have never heard of. They may not re-alize what programs we provide. If there is something you haven’t heard of, come ask us, we can take you there and show you the facil-ity and let you meet the faculty.”

Students can also come in not knowing exactly what they want to do at first. “You don’t need a 100 percent clear direc-tion,” Wixo said. “There are people here to help you. The main message in coming here is willing to be open minded, work hard and have some en-thusiasm about the next part of their life.”

“Be courageous and thoughtful and try something you’ve never tried before, experience NDSCS,” Parnell said.

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“Our graduates are making a lot of money and placement report proves it,” Spaeth-Baum said.

There are many things that sets NDSCS apart from other two-year col-leges. In 2012, there were 601 degrees granted with 96 percent of them re-plying to a replacement survey. Of the number of graduates, 64 percent of them had obtained employment in their de-grees, while 22 percent of the students continued their education.

The college has a place-ment rate of 99 percent, which means after gradu-ation, students are find-ing jobs. In many of the curriculums, there are far more jobs than stu-dents, which means in some programs, these stu-dents have their choice of jobs and are reporting a monthly salary that pro-vides them with a good income.

In the dental hygiene program, there were 18 graduates in May of 2012, Barth said, and 53 jobs available. Students av-eraged $4,124 a month, while some were paid as high as $6,240 a month.

There is a huge need throughout North Dakota industry for a trained, skilled employee. NDSCS graduates are filling a

need, but in some areas, that need far surpasses the graduates. One of those areas is land sur-veying and civil engi-neering tech. Barth said 10 years ago the college had 30 graduates in the program. This year there were five graduates, with as many as 159 jobs in the region.

In order to fulfill that lack of numbers, the col-lege is busy recruiting and getting word to the school’s alumni as they

tell the college’s story.“We’ve been around for

109 years,” Richman said.

“Where do I see us in 5-10 years? We have objectives in line that this campus in

Wahpeton is at capacity. Our Fargo objective is to continue to grow, it may be larger in enrollment in the future than the Wah-peton campus.

Programs will be dic-tated by business assess-ment. It doesn’t do the col-lege, or its students, any good to educate them in an area where there is no need. In order to do that, Richman said, school of-ficials have to have their curriculums at full capac-ity.

The college’s placement numbers are impressive, but there is more the college can do to grow. NDSCS has a firm grasp of its current situation, but Richman looked ahead to the future. Col-lege officials are working hard and educating stu-dents. The future path is getting students excited about manufacturing and construction careers.

The Foundation aids the college, by helping raise money, Barth said. The Foundation oper-ates endowments for the departments. Tradition-ally the Foundation has raised a lot of money through scholarships.

“The whole idea of de-velopment and partner-ships is a change from a teaching, instructoral capacity, but includes strong business relation-ships,” Barth said.

“NDSCS will continue to be successful by col-laborating with busi-ness and industry. Each student’s success will be directly related to the education they receive, whether in a two-year associate degree or by starting their education at NDSCS and transfer-ring elsewhere. As their students succeed, so will this educational insti-tute,” Richman said.

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If the college remains ahead of current business trends, students will be successful before gradua-tion.

BUILDING ON SUCCESS: One thing NDSCS does better than most, is graduate skilled students ready for their careers

COURTESY NORTH DAKOTA STATE COLLEGE OF SCIENCENorth Dakota State College of Science is working with businesses and industries to help students accelerate their educa-tions and launch their careers. Besides striving to work with industry leaders and providing valuable educational oppor-tunities for students, these partnerships provide the latest equipment, tools and technology for hand-on learning.

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