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Normandale continues steady enrollment growth in fall 2025 semester

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TRIO Success Story - Alex Elbaz

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Normandale continues steady enrollment growth in fall 2025 semester

Normandale Community College is projecting approximately 7% growth in the number of students from Fall 2024 to Fall 2025.

Fine Arts Gallery hosts Luis Fitch’s Artivism Public Events on September 11 and 30

The Fine Arts Gallery will host a public reception for Luis Fitch’s Artivism exhibit on Thursday, September 11 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. in the...

TRIO Success Story - Alex Elbaz

If you have walked into Normandale Community College’s front entrance the past two years, odds are you have talked to or seen Alex Elbaz at...

Student Life hosts Welcome Week to kick off 2025 Fall Semester

The 2025 fall semester will kick off with Welcome Week events that will run from August 25 through September 4.

Normandale Announces Appointment of Mustafa Dualeh as Program Coordinator for Sirtify Program

Normandale Community College is pleased to announce it has appointed Mustafa Dualeh as its Sirtify® Program Coordinator.

New login process for D2L, Zoom and Kaltura begins Aug. 9

Starting August 9, the way you log in to D2L Brightspace, Zoom and Kaltura MediaSpace is getting a small upgrade to keep your information safer and...

Normandale awarded grant to support TRIO Student Support Services

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Normandale Community College a federal TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) grant totaling $274,364 to...

Normandale receives $200,000 OHE grant to support inclusive Higher Education in Minnesota

Normandale Community College is one of three Minnesota State two-year colleges to receive an inclusive Higher Education grant from the Minnesota...

Planned System Outage on July 11–13 due to a Minnesota State data center migration

Starting on Friday, July 11 at 6 p.m. through Sunday, July 13 at 6 p.m., many of our online systems will be down due to a Minnesota State data...

First Semiconductor Career Pathways Program Graduates Honored at Normandale

Families, friends, and representatives from Hired, Minnesota Department of Economic Development (DEED), Normandale Community College, Polar...

Sirtify® resources provide a path to classroom for Devon Dobyne

Devon Dobyne has known for a long time that he wanted to pursue a teaching career, but he was trying to figure out the best opportunity from a...

Human Services Graduates Honored on June 25

Normandale is the education partner for the program, which is grant funded and offered at no cost to the participants. PPL runs the program, and...

Pakou Yang begins her appointment as Interim President at Normandale Community College

Normandale Community College Interim President Pakou Yang began her appointment today on June 4, 2025.

Explore Normandale during Minnesota State Week June 23-27

Normandale Community College will host an Open House event on Thursday, June 26 from 4-6:30 p.m. as part of Minnesota State Week, which runs from...

Dr. Kristine Gyolai Named Interim Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs

Normandale Community College has announced that Dr. Kristine Gyolai will serve as Interim Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs.

Pakou Yang Named Interim President of Normandale Community College

The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities has named Pakou Yang to serve as interim president of Normandale Community...

Normandale Celebrates Graduates at Commencement

Normandale Community College honored this year's graduates at the annual Commencement Ceremony at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, Minn. on May...

Normandale students participate in Model UN Conference in New York

Students from the Politics and Law Club participated in the National Model United Nations Conference (MNUM), a Model UN simulation for college and...

Normandale Graduate Story - Basheer Anwar

When Basheer Anwar came to Normandale he was unsure of what he wanted to study, but his goal was to continue to learn and figure out the next step...

Normandale Graduate Story - Kylie Borchardt

When Kylie Borchardt came to Normandale Community College she knew she loved learning, enjoyed music, and wanted to pursue a degree.

Normandale hosts Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Celebration on April 30

Normandale, the Asian Cultural Student Club, City of Bloomington, and Friends of the Japanese Garden are collaborating to host an Asian American,...

Music Department resumes 2025 Spring Concert Schedule in May

The Music Department will continue what has been an excellent 2024-25 concert season with three concerts in early May.

Normandale Free Laptop program receives six-figure gift

The Normandale Community College Foundation is excited to announce a recent donation of $105,000 to its Free Laptop Program. The gift, which is...

Normandale Art Gallery hosts reception for Part I of AFA Student Artist Exhibition on April 21

The Normandale Gallery is hosting a general public reception for the upcoming AFA Part 1 – Associate of Fine Arts (AFA) Exhibition on Monday,...

Normandale President Joyce Ester accepts position as President of Governors State University

Normandale Community College announces that Dr. Joyce Ester, who has served as president since 2014, will be stepping down to accept the position...

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