Normandale Community College
{{Short description|Public college in Bloomington, Minnesota, US}}
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|name = Normandale Community College
|former_name = Normandale State Junior College
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|established = 1968
|type = Public community college
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|president = Joyce Ester
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|students = 14,663 (2022-23){{cite web |url=https://www.minnstate.edu/guide/docs/MN-State-Viewbook-2022-23_web-accessible.pdf|title=Minnesota State 2022-23 Guidebook|website= www.minnstate.edu|access-date=2024-03-13}}
|city = Bloomington
|state = Minnesota
|country = United States
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Normandale Community College is a public community college in Bloomington, Minnesota. The college serves primarily the communities of the southwestern portion of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area. Established in 1968 as Normandale State Junior College with an initial enrollment of 1,358 students; today Normandale annually enrolls more than 14,000 students. Normandale is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.
Campus
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File:Normandale Community College Kopp Student Center.jpg
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Normandale Community College is located at West 98th Street and France Avenue South in Bloomington, Minnesota, on a {{convert|90|acre|ha|adj=on}} site {{convert|2|mi|km}} south of Interstate 494. The campus is accessible to persons with disabilities, and features eight contemporary brick buildings around a central courtyard. These buildings include the following: Academic Partnership Center, Activities, Building Services, College Services, Fine Arts, Library, Science, and a newly renovated Student Center. The campus also features a Japanese Garden.[http://www.normandale.edu/japanesegarden/ Normandale Community College Japanese Garden website] The Academic Partnership Center is in conjunction with Minnesota State University, Mankato. A 727-space four story parking ramp opened in Fall 2012.
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The Minnesota Japanese School, a weekend Japanese educational program, previously held its classes at the college."[https://web.archive.org/web/20030102205330/http://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/shotou/clarinet/hnortha.html 北米の補習授業校一覧]" ([http://web.archive.org/web/20030102205330/http://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/shotou/clarinet/hnortha.html Archive]). MEXT. January 2, 2003. Retrieved on April 6, 2015. "ミネソタ
MINNESOTA JAPANESE SCHOOL[...]（学校所在地）c/o Normandale Community College 9700 France Ave.South Bloomington, MN55431, U.S.A." Additionally, Nine Mile Creek transects the college campus near East Marsh Lake Park's wetlands and was the initial site for their host city's "Adopt-A-Wetland" service learning prototype (2003–2004).
Accreditation
Normandale Community College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Individual program accreditations include: American Dental Association, American Dietetic Association, Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs, Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, Minnesota State Board of Nursing, and the National League for Nursing. Normandale is one of only four community colleges across the nation that is now accredited in three Fine Arts areas: National Association of Schools of Music, National Association of Schools of Theatre, and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.
Notable alumni
- Abdimalik Askar — politician, educator, and entrepreneur, serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives in Minneapolis' District 60B{{cite web|title=MNGOP Endorses Abdimalik Askar|url=http://mngop.com/mngop-endorses-abdimalik-askar/|publisher=Republican Party of Minnesota|access-date=29 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810155520/http://mngop.com/mngop-endorses-abdimalik-askar/|archive-date=10 August 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Minnesota GOP endorsed its first Somali-American candidate for state House|url=http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/248576611.html|access-date=29 July 2014|agency=StarTribune|date=5 March 2014}}
- Roger Chamberlain — politician and Republican member of the Minnesota Senate; he represents District 38.
- Mary Liz Holberg — member of the Dakota County, Minnesota Board of Commissioners,{{cite web | url=https://www.co.dakota.mn.us/Government/Board/Pages/default.aspx | title=Home - Board of Commissioners | work=Board of Commissioners | publisher=Dakota County, MN | access-date=April 19, 2015}} and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives serving District 58A
- Dolal Idd — killed by Minneapolis police in a shootout on December 30, 2020
- Andrew Johnson — Minneapolis City Councilmember{{cite news|last1=Christensen|first1=Tesha M.|title=What has Andrew Johnson been up to in his first term?|url=http://www.longfellownokomismessenger.com/what-has-andrew-johnson-been-up-to-in-his-first-term/|access-date=June 6, 2016|work=Longfellow/Nokomis Messenger|date=February 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606025620/http://www.longfellownokomismessenger.com/what-has-andrew-johnson-been-up-to-in-his-first-term/|archive-date=June 6, 2016}}
- Thomas E. Petersen, Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture
- A. J. Sass — author, children's and young adult fiction
- Chuck Schafer — former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
References
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External links
- [http://www.normandale.edu/ Official website]
{{Colleges and universities in Minnesota}}
{{Minnesota State Colleges and Universities}}
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Category:Community colleges in Minnesota
Category:Universities and colleges in Bloomington, Minnesota
Category:Two-year colleges in the United States
Category:Universities and colleges established in 1968