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ACCREDITATION:
Iowa Lakes Community College is
accredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central
Association of Colleges and Schools, 30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2400, Chicago, IL
60602-2504, or www.ncacihe.org ; the Iowa Department of Education, Grimes State
Office Building, Des Moines, IA 50319-0146; the Commission on Accreditation of Allied
Health Educational Programs through the American Association of Medical Assistants..
The college is an institutional
member of the American Association of Community Colleges. Programs are approved for
veterans' education and by the U. S. Justice Department, the Federal Aviation
Administration and the Iowa Board of Nursing.
HISTORY:
Iowa Lakes Community College was
officially recognized by the Iowa Department of Education on October 28 of 1966.
The college was organized in January of 1967 when the first board of directors met to begin planning for
the organization and development of the college. Legislation passed by the Iowa
legislature established Merged Area III as a part of a statewide plan. This area included
all or parts of the counties of Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Kossuth and Palo Alto and
encompassed at the time 26 community school districts and two parochial school systems.
In 1968 the board approved the
merger of the Estherville Junior College and its facilities into the new district. The
college had been operated by the Estherville public schools since its founding in 1924.
The Emmetsburg Junior College was
merged in 1970, which gave Iowa Lakes two major campuses in the area. The Emmetsburg
college had been operated since 1930 by the Emmetsburg public schools.
The two major campuses are now
located at Emmetsburg and Estherville. Additional campuses are located in Algona, Spencer
and Spirit Lake.
The
Emmetsburg Campus is
in the northwest part of Emmetsburg at 3200 College Drive. Vocational-technical,
career option, and liberal arts programs are offered at the Emmetsburg Campus.
The
Estherville Campus is
located in the eastern part of Estherville at 300 South 18th Street. Facilities
constructed since 1972 serve liberal arts, career option and
Vocational-technical
programs.
The
Spencer Campus began
operating in the mid 1970s. It is
located at Gateway North 1900 Grand Avenue and includes facilities for day,
evening, and weekend college liberal arts courses, allied health and office programs, a
computer lab, community education services, a learning resource center,
the main offices of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program and the
area Small Business Development Center.
A facility in
Algona was
purchased in late 1986 and has been developed into a college campus with facilities for
day and evening liberal arts courses, community and education services and a learning
resource center. The Algona Campus is located just north of the city at 2111 U.S. Highway
169.
The
Spirit Lake Campus
of Iowa Lakes Community College opened in 1984. In 1995 the
campus moved into new facilities and an addition was added
in 2001 at 800 21st St. The campus houses day, evening, and
weekend college, including a Practical Nursing program. The
Spirit Lake Campus provides liberal arts courses, a computer
lab, leadership management courses, community and continuing
education services and a student Success Center. The Spirit
Lake Campus has an ICN room as well as two TV classrooms in
which courses may be received at Spirit Lake or originated
from the campus. The facility also houses an Alternative
High School.
An instructional television
system began offering courses to the area in 1983. Beginning with two channels, six
sites and four courses, the system now has four channels, televises 35 to 40 live college
courses per semester to a potential 12 receiving sites. All courses necessary for a
two-year Associate in Arts degree are offered on the system as well as numerous
"one shot" programs and live teleconferences. This brings programming within a
short drive of any potential student in the counties served by Iowa Lakes.
The college is also a participant
in the Iowa Communications Network which allows sharing classes with other colleges
in the state via a state-of-the-art fiber optic system. A classroom at each campus and
center is equipped for two-way television and audio.
Iowa Lakes operates Alternative
High Schools in Algona, Emmetsburg, Estherville and Spirit Lake in cooperation with local
school districts.
The Continuing Education
offices, with headquarters at the Estherville campus, uses classroom
facilities at college owned sites and in Area III school districts to deliver
instruction and services to local residents.
GOVERNANCE AND ADMINISTRATION:
The college is governed by a
seven member Board of Trustees elected by the residents of Merged Area III. Administrative
offices are located at 19 South Seventh Street in Estherville, which houses many members
of the President's Cabinet, central administrative staff and the college administrative
computer center.
In addition to the college
president, the President's Cabinet consists of an executive vice president, a
chief academic officer, chief financial officer, an
executive dean of the Emmetsburg campus, executive dean of the Estherville campus, dean of the Algona Campus, dean of the Spencer Campus,
dean of the Spirit Lake campus, dean of enrollment
management, chief information officer, executive director of continuing education/economic development, executive director
of planning and development, executive director of marketing,
executive director of institutional advancement and
executive director of facilities management.
The President's Cabinet, along
with supervisory personnel from the
Supervisory Team, manages the operation of the
college district with input from numerous college committees and councils.
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