Northampton Community College Team Ranked No. 1

Spartans womens basketball team claims top ranking from National Junior College Athletic Association.

  The Lehigh Mountain Hawks men are no longer the only hometown college basketball team getting national attention. On Wednesday, the Northampton Community College Spartans womens basketball team ascended to the number one ranking in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III poll. The undefeated Spartans, now 7-0, claimed the top national ranking after defending champion Rock Valley College of Illinois lost two games over this last weekend. It is the first time a Northampton Community College team has ever claimed a No. 1 national ranking. "It is a great accomplishment for Coach [Art] Wolfe, his staff and their players," said Troy Tucker, NCC’s Director of Athletics. "But it is also a huge thrill for our entire …

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Crime News

Armed Robber at Community College Nabbed Quickly

Bethlehem Township Police say Allentown man got keys to a Jaguar and two cell phones holding two men at gunpoint at Northampton Community College last week.

  An Allentown man is charged with robbing two other men at gunpoint at Northampton Community College, Thursday night. Darrius Webb, 20, of 816 Washington St., is charged with aggravated assault, robbery, reckless endangerment, receiving stolen property, theft, terroristic threats and carrying an unlicensed firearm. According to Bethlehem Township police, officers responded to a robbery call around 9:20 p.m. Thursday. Two men said Webb had met them in the college's parking lot and held a gun on them, while a second man choked one of them. Webb fled with two expensive cell-phones and the keys to a Jaguar. Police pulled him over on Easton Avenue, where he was in possession of a handgun. He could not produce paperwork to show he was the gun's…

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Learn About NCC's Casino Training Program

NCC is holding an information session for its Casino Training Program from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 9 at the Fowler Family Southside Center in Bethlehem.

Northampton Community College will hold an information session for its Casino Training Program on Tuesday, Oct. 9 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Fowler Family Southside Center in Bethlehem. The interactive session will provide the information you need to launch a successful career in one of the fastest growing industries in Pennsylvania. Attendees can learn about the industry and NCC’s program from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., and then interact with instructors and current students in the mock casino over blackjack, craps and baccarat. Several dealer training sessions for table games are available, including day, afternoon, evening and weekend programs for both incoming students and experienced dealers. English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) Training for…

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NCC Offers New Medical Coding Course

Northampton Community College is starting a course "Medical Coding Made Easy" in October at the Fowler Family Southside Center in Bethlehem.

Northampton Community College is offering a new course, Medical Coding Made Easy.  The class will cover the new ICD-10 medical coding that will become mandatory in October 2013.  There is a course for new coders and current coders. The new coders' course is designed for a coder with less than one year of experience in billing and coding and focuses on fundamentals and the transition to the new ICD requirements.  Students take the certification exam at the last class.  This class will be offered Mondays and Wednesdays, October 1-31, 6:00-9:00 p.m. at the Fowler Family Southside Center, 511 E. Third Street, Bethlehem.  The fee is $700 plus a $100 certification exam fee.  The current coders' course is designed for current coding professionals…

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Job Training Information Session at NCC Tonight

Learn about accelerated training programs in four high-demand fields.

  Northampton Community College will host an information session from 5-7 tonight for veterans and others interested in learning more about accelerated training programs to prepare adults for employment in four fields that are considered high-demand occupations in Pennsylvania: machinery repair, geothermal heat pumps, electrical construction and air conditioning and refrigeration. Participants can earn a diploma in one year or less. The short-term training is being offered with support from the U.S. Department of Labor. It includes instruction by faculty with industry experience and a “Foundations in Trades” course to familiarize participants with the skills needed in today’s fast-paced manufacturing and renewable energy fields. Each …

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Northampton Community Picks New Vice President

Sherri Jones returns to Northampton where she was once director of alumni affairs.

  Sherri Jones of Bethlehem has been named vice president for institutional advancement and executive director of the Foundation at Northampton Community College.  Jones worked at Northampton earlier in her career as director of alumni affairs and the annual fund before serving as director of alumni affairs at Lafayette College and senior executive director of alumni affairs and communications at Columbia College in New York City. As a member of the senior staff at Northampton, her responsibilities will include overseeing fund raising, alumni relations, marketing, communications, special events and some auxiliary services. “Sherri was highly regarded during her years at Northampton," said Northampton President Mark Erickson. "Foundation …

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Northampton Community College Gets Walmart Grant

Walmart Foundation gives college $100,000 to improve student performance in math and English.

  Northampton Community College has become one of 15 colleges nationwide chosen to receive a $100,000 “PRESS for Completion” grant from the Walmart Foundation.  “PRESS” stands for Persistence, Retention, and Student Success. The announcement was made Monday in Reston, Virginia.  The grant will enable Northampton to involve more full- and part-time faculty in efforts to improve student performance in math and English courses important to students’ overall success in college. Northampton was selected because of its record as a “Leader College” in “Achieving the Dream,” a national nonprofit organization committed to educational reform.  According to a news release issued by Achieving the Dream, “Leader Colleges show that it is possible [for …

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Get Emergency Management Training at NCC

Northampton Community College has been approved by PEMA to offer emergency management training for professionals

The Northampton Community College’s Center for Business & Industry – Corporate & Public Safety has been approved by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) to deliver emergency management professional development programs. Courses are designed for: The courses are sponsored through and funded by PEMA and are offered free of charge to municipal, county government, private industry and school district personnel with emergency management responsibilities. For more information about the program, including current course offerings with dates and locations, visit www.northampton.edu/em.

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New Job Training Programs Coming to NCC

Northampton Community College getting $1 million to help train veterans, laid off and underemployed workers in four "high-demand" fields.

  A $1 million grant from the United States Department of Labor will enable Northampton Community College to offer four new non-credit diplomas to help veterans, laid-off or underemployed workers and others receive accelerated training to enter high-wage, high-demand jobs. Men and women interested in starting classes in August must attend an information session from 1-3 p.m. on June 12 or July 2 in Hartzell Hall on Northampton’s Main Campus at 3835 Green Pond Road in Bethlehem. They may choose to specialize in machinery repair, geo-thermal heat pumps, electrical construction, or air conditioning and refrigeration, all of which are considered high-demand fields in Pennsylvania. The programs can be completed in one year or less. They include…

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Rosado Appointed to Northampton College Board

Bethlehem Area School Board appoints first Latino to Northampton Community College's Board of Trustees.

  As anticipated, Fountain Hill Mayor Jose Rosado was appointed to become the first Latino member of the Northampton Community College Board of Trustees by the Bethlehem Area School Board on Monday night, according to The Express Times. The vote to appoint Rosado and former School Board President Loretta Leeson to the two open seats on the board was 5-4. But the split vote objections had more to do with reappointing Leeson than bringing Rosado on board, the newspaper reported. The Bethlehem Area School District is represented by four of the 14 members on the college’s Board of Trustees. A former administrator in the Bethlehem Area School District, Rosado currently works as an administrator for the Allentown School District.

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