Sep 15, 2018 | 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Normandale Community College will be celebrating its 50^th Anniversary by participating in the Bloomington Heritage Days 
parade with a float starting at 10:30 a.m. Spectators should set up and sit along 102nd Street between 3rd Avenue and Harriet Avenue. The parade travels west along 102nd Street beginning at 3rd Avenue S (east of Nicollet, south of 98th St), to Harriet Ave. The College will also have historical information about the 50^th Anniversary set up at the Heritage Days History tent. Stay tuned to normandale.edu/celebrate50 for updates and more information about this and other 50^th Anniversary events.

http://bloomingtonheritagedays.org/

Sept 22, 2018 

9:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Join us at the 50th Jubilee Open House at Normandale Community College!

• Take a Magical History Tour
• Check out the pop-up museum timeline
• Taste delicious foods from the decades
• Take the Normandale Trivia Quiz
• Hear the evolution of Normandale in five stories
• Meet alumni and friends, old and new
• Stop by the photo booth to capture the moment
• Bring your photos, share your memories and create new ones!

Sept 24, 2018 

11:00 AM to 2:00 PM

The Student Jubilee Celebration will celebrate 50 years since the first official day of classes at Normandale Community College, which took place on September 23, 1968. The event will be a campus celebration that will  include games, food, 50th anniversary themed contests and many other celebratory activities.

Sept 24, 2018

4:00 PM to 5:45 PM

Normandale Trivia Event in the Garden Room!  Further details to come...

Sept 28, 2018 

9:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Creative writing festival.  Further details to come...

We are looking for stories from students, alumni, parents, faculty and staff, business owners, and community members - anyone who has been positively affected by Normandale Community College!  Click Here to Share Your Story

You can also email the 50th Celebration Committee at: celebrate50@normandale.edu

There are at least

50 Ways to Celebrate 50 Years  

Here are just a few...

1. Show your Normandale Pride - wear red
2. Participate in a throwback Thursday effort
3. Conduct a class in the Japanese Garden
4. Work with the library to create a historical exhibit
5. Hide medallions on Smiley trail so people look for them on the trail
6. Throw a party like it's 1968, 1978, 1988, 1998, 2008
7. Create a fashion show for the decade to include music and hair style
8. Click here for the 50 ways to celebrate 50 years-