10 Reasons Why You Should Take A Summer Class
You know summertime is here when you get to stay up late and wake up even later, soak up the sun by the pool and…study for class?…
Academic Testing & The Academic Success Center Are Moving
Beginning June 6, academic testing will now be located in Room L240.…
Connections Program Helps NLC Students Meet Basic Needs
If you're a student struggling to meet basic needs -- like food, shelter, or clothing -- North Lake College can help you find solutions with the confidential Connections program. Connections provides assistance to students via community resources. North Lake College is partnering with organizations like North Texas Food Bank, Irving Cares, and MetroCrest, and there are a variety of other community resources that can also help our students based on their individual needs. These issues are not easy to talk about. We understand that, and we value confidentiality and provide a judgment-free zone when discussing your personal difficulties as a [...]
Check Out NLC’s New Electronics Charging Stations
North Lake College's Central Campus is now equipped with brand-new charging stations for portable electronics. If your cell phone is running low on battery, head over to our blue "Charge Up" stations for a quick boost. Here's where to find the new charging stations: A building: Seven small charging stations on A400 level, two on A200 level, one station with small storage lockers at the Testing Center Library: Two power tables Cafeteria: Four small workstations, two power tables G building: One wall workstation on G300 level and another on G400 level Student Life Center: One station with small storage lockers, [...]
NLC Student Government Association Partners with Keep Irving Beautiful
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The North Lake College Student Government Association (SGA) is the latest group to participate in Keep Irving Beautiful’s blanket project.…
An Inside Look at NLC’s Hydroponic Farming
Students in North Lake College's introductory biology class, BIOL 1406, don't just learn about plant life from a textbook. They get an introduction to gardening, too. On the second floor of NLC's C building, two hydroponics tables house an ever-growing collection of vegetables and herbs. The tables are tended by BIOL 1406 students in the Green Club, with help from science lab assistant Katelyn Miller and Green Club sponsors Amanda Mello and Jordan Sloop. Mint, basil, and other herbs grow on the NLC hydroponics table. Every semester students grow a different crop of produce. Right now they’re tending [...]
Sole Hope Project
At North Lake College, we want our students to be involved as global citizens in the local community and beyond. One of the projects we have worked on to engage our Blazers on real world issues is the Sole Hope Project. NLC has worked with the organization Sole Hope to collect denim donations to help make shoes for Ugandan children since Fall 2016. In the last 2 years, North Lake, in partnership with Richland College, has made over 1,000 shoes. We are kicking off the 3rd annual project this year, and you can join us in making a difference! Sole [...]
NLC Journalism Students Win a Dozen Statewide Awards
It was another great year for North Lake College journalism students at this year’s Texas Intercollegiate Press Association convention, which was held in Corpus Christi in March 2019. Students from the News-Register received 12 awards despite participating in a highly competitive division of colleges that included St. Edwards University, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Texas Wesleyan University, and Trinity University. Here is the complete list of NLC student winners. First Place: News-Register Staff, Op/Ed Page Design, “Sept. 24, 2018” Cecilia Lenzen, General Column, “Free Speech: It’s OK to Say It” Moises Martinez, Feature Story, “Making A Dream A Reality” Justin Livingston, [...]
NLC Students Return from Civil Rights Field Trip
On Sunday, March 24, North Lake College students and faculty returned from the Civil Rights Field Trip, a bus tour which took students to important historic sites and museums commemorating the Civil Rights Movement in the American South. On the trip, NLC students visited the National Civil Rights Monument, Rosa Parks Museum, 16th Street Baptist Church, Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, National Memorial for Peace and Justice, and Legacy Museum in Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama, and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson, Mississippi. Led by Drs. Beth Nikopoulos and Roy Vu, the four-day Civil Rights Field Trip also [...]
NLC Art Professor Brett Dyer Honored with First Solo Museum Show
This January through March, the work of North Lake College art professor Brett Dyer is featured at his first-ever solo museum show, at the Museum of Fine Arts in Longview, Texas. It’s a homecoming for Dyer, an East Texas native who grew up near Longview. The exhibit, entitled “Deliverance: Rescued and Set Free,” showcases around 200 of Dyer’s paintings and other artworks. The title and many of the works are autobiographical, reflecting Dyer’s own experiences growing up in small-town East Texas. “I didn’t really feel like I fit in, growing up in a small town,” Dyer says. “Art kinda saved [...]