Northwestern Connecticut Community College

The Northwestern Connecticut Community College was founded in 1965 by Winsted residents, including Ralph Nader's older brother, Shafeek Nader NCCC was the fourth state funded community college in Connecticut. The Northwestern Community College Foundation was incorporated in 1981. ==Academics==

NCCC conducts the state's only Veterinary Technology Program and it also runs an Interpreter Training Program for interpreters for the Deaf and the Deaf Studies Program. There is also a Collegiate Education for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons (CEDHH) program. Accreditation The college is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education and approved by the Connecticut Board of Governors for Higher Education. Additionally, specialized accreditation has been granted to programs in Veterinary Technology, Medical Assisting, and Early Childhood Education programs. == Campus ==

The college is located on a rural town campus in Winsted, along U.S. Route 44 and Connecticut Route 8. The Learning Resource Center was completed in 2003. The Library in the Learning Resource Center holds 41,000 volumes and subscribes to 180 periodicals, along with various audiovisual materials. The 32,000 square-foot Arts and Science Center, completed in 2007, houses Chemistry, Microbiology, Biology, Physics and General Science laboratories on the first floor. The second floor consists of classrooms and lecture halls. On the third floor, there are art spaces for drawing, painting, ceramics, and graphic arts. The newest building on campus, Joyner Health Sciences Center, opened in September 2017. The building consists of two floors and encompasses 24,400 gross square feet. The first floor is occupied by the Veterinary Technology Program, which has been ranked by TheBestColleges.org as the 40th best Veterinary Technician Program in the U.S. The first floor includes a surgical suite, X-Ray area, an animal dental area, a mock reception area, faculty offices, two general classrooms and a hematology laboratory. The second floor is home to the Allied Health program and comprises three Allied Health classrooms, a computer lab and faculty offices. == Student life ==

The Alpha Nu Epsilon chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa (the academic honor society for two-year colleges) was established at NCCC in 1987. There is also an active student government body, the NCCC Student Senate. Aside from the various clubs, the school has an academic skills center which helps both GED and Associate students in various topics from Nursing to Mathematics. == References ==