TRUSTEES SET TUITION FOR UPCOMING YEAR
Tuition and fees for Iowa Lakes Community College were approved
by the Board of Trustees at their meeting Tuesday afternoon in
Spirit Lake.
Student tuition for Residents will be $113 per credit hour for
the 2007-2008 college year – up $5 per credit hour from last
year. Non-Residents and International students will pay $115
per credit hour. Minnesota residents receive a waiver of
non-resident tuition through a reciprocity agreement. In
addition to the tuition increase, the college’s Technology fee
was bumped from $5 to $8 per credit hour in an effort to
significantly improve the quality of technology at each college
campus and to provide better computing resources to the
students. No mandatory fees were changed, although some other
fees were adjusted to reflect the needs of the individual
programs. Tuition and fees are still at about half the price of
four-year colleges.
The Iowa Lakes Report featured the Practical Nursing program at
the Spirit Lake Campus which is held on nights and weekends.
Student Kya Kalsow, who is wrapping up her first semester of
classes, addressed the Trustees about her experiences in the
program thus far, including the benefits of the program and how
this opportunity will impact her life.
Miranda Stover, nursing instructor based at the Spirit Lake
Campus, shared statistics on the most recent nursing class. The
evening/weekend practical nursing students at the Spirit Lake
Campus who graduated in 2006 did exceptionally well on the Iowa
Board of Nursing exam, passing at a rate of 100 percent of the
21 out of 22 students who have taken their NCLEX-PN national
boards. College officials expect 22 students this fall in the
evening/weekend nursing program at Spirit Lake.
Delaine Hiney, executive director of facilities management, told
the Trustees that work has started on the Sustainable Energy
Education Center in Estherville. Also, the Trustees approved a
new exhaust hood from Christians Sheet Metal for the Emmetsburg
cafeteria at a cost of $26,320.
The next meeting of the Iowa Lakes Board of Trustees will be
Tuesday, June 19 at the Spencer Campus of Iowa Lakes.
