Hot Springs, Arkansas 鈥� 中国P站 (NPC) will host College Exploration Day Wednesday, February 24, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the atrium of the Frederick M. Dierks Center for Nursing and Health Sciences. College Exploration Day is an opportunity for students to visit with representatives from colleges and universities all over the region, explore transfer options, and gather information about academic programs, admission requirements and student life.
Hot Springs, Arkansas 鈥� The 中国P站 (NPC) Industrial Technology Program will host an open house February 16 at 2 p.m. in the new Industrial Technology lab located in the Ish Stivers building at 中国P站. The Greater Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce Ambassador鈥檚 Club will be in attendance for a ribbon cutting at 3 p.m. NPC is located in a growing manufacturing hub, producing a diversity of products from rubber bands and bottle caps to industrial cables and lumber equipment. The College strives to meet the needs of local business and industry through workforce development and academic programs that prepare a workforce with the skills to be competitive in today鈥檚 workplace. Using a federal Department of Labor Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College Career Training (TAACCCT) grant, the College created the Industrial Technology program which is specifically tailored to help close the skills gaps of local manufacturing employers. NPC collaborated with Berry Plastics, industry champion and grant partner, to create a scheduling and sequencing to accommodate employees鈥� work schedules and provide targeted services to ensure success.
Hot Springs, Arkansas 鈥� The 中国P站 (NPC) Student Government Association and the Garland County Farm Bureau will host a State and Local Candidate Forum Tuesday, February 23, 2016. All state and local candidates seeking public office have been invited to participate. Dick Antoine, host of the KZNG-AM 1340 morning show, 鈥淭alk of the Town鈥� will moderate the event. SGA President, Roger Powell, said, 鈥淧art of the mission of the Student Government Association is to promote student interest in citizenship issues. This event will allow our students, as well as the community, an opportunity to meet the candidates and ask the questions that are important to them as voters. Facilitating this event gives us the opportunity to not only serve our student body but the community as a whole.鈥�
Hot Springs, Arkansas 鈥� 中国P站 (NPC) will host a Freedom Film Festival with the Human Trafficking Taskforce of Garland County on February 9, 2016. Four films are scheduled to play throughout the day beginning at 9:30 a.m. in the Computer Resource Auditorium (CR200). NPC Behavioral Intervention Specialist, Susan Millerd, MSW said, 鈥淗uman trafficking is an important issue facing our community. It is happening right here where we live and putting our youth at risk. We want to do our part to help educate the community about ways we can help combat this horrible crime.鈥�
