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NPCC STEM Club members assist with Star Party

Thursday, September 21, 2023

North Platte Community College STEM Club members help star gazers use small telescopes to look at Saturn.

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Argentinian student awarded $5,000 grant for research at MPCC

Monday, February 13, 2023

Mid-Plains Community College’s Mathematics and Science division has received an approximately $5,000 grant to assist in the development of an affordable data logger that farmers can use to monitor soil moisture content.

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NPCC engineering students attend field day

Thursday, August 25, 2022

Juan Zanguitu, of Buenos Aires, Argentina, gives a thumbs up while attending the 2022 Water and Crops Field Day at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s West Central Research, Extension and Education Center in North Platte on Thursday.

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NPCC engineering students learn on new 3D printer

Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Engineering students at North Platte Community College will benefit from new technology in the form of a Makerbot Method 3D Printer.

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NPPD raises $15,000 for scholarships at MPCC

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Mid-Plains Community College President Ryan Purdy receives two checks totaling $15,000 from Bill Hoyt, District 4 director for the Nebraska Public Power District Board of Directors. The funds were raised during the annual Wells Fargo Nebraska Open golf tournament in Columbus in September and presented...