The Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance (NEPA) and Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development (DCED) presented Northampton Community College (NCC) with a $100,000 Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) grant to purchase equipment and supplies to support post secondary workforce development programs in the Information and Communications sectors.
ARC funding was requested to revitalize, upgrade, and expand NCC’s education and training infrastructure through the purchase of software and hardware that meets technological standards in the workplace and allows new, returning and incumbent workers to compete in the technology marketplace. Equipment and supplies were purchased in support of the course objectives and student learning outcomes in the following programs: Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, Computer Aided Design, Computer Information Technology, Computer Maintenance and Service Technician, Web Development and Web Site Design.
