Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) is a public

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with two main campuses in

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, one in Calmar and one in Peosta. The college serves the Iowa counties of Allamakee,

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, Clayton, Fayette,

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, Winneshiek,

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, and

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counties. It also includes sections of Bremer, Buchanan,

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, and Mitchell counties. NICC also has a satellite campus in downtown Dubuque, Iowa. Northeast Iowa Community College

Originally, the school was known as Northeast Iowa Technical Institute (NITI). The school became a

in 1988 and was renamed. The school is authorized by the Iowa Board of Education to award the

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, and

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degrees as well as the

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. It offers programs in a number of vocational fields, as well as transfer programs for students wishing to continue their education at four-year institutions. The school had worked with the

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to provide a transfer option for students looking to transfer to four-year programs. The Peosta Campus houses the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety (NECAS), a nationally accredited agricultural training center. As part of a three-day Midwestern bus tour, President

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traveled to the college with members of his cabinet to host the White House Rural Economic Forum on August 16, 2011. The college also hosted President

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for an economic roundtable in July 2018.

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* {{authority control Education in Winneshiek County, Iowa Education in Dubuque County, Iowa Community colleges in Iowa Two-year colleges in the United States