Northwestern Connecticut Community College
| Motto | The small college that does great things |
|---|---|
| Type | Public Community college |
| Established | 1965 |
| President | Michael Rooke |
| Undergraduates | 1600 |
| Location | Winsted, Connecticut, USA |
| Campus | Rural |
| Website | www.nwcc.commnet.edu |
Northwestern Connecticut Community College (also known as NCCC) is a public community college in Winsted, Connecticut. As measured by enrollment it is the smallest or second-smallest of the twelve colleges in the Connecticut Community Colleges system.
The school has an open admissions policy. Classes are offered in two semesters (fall and spring) as well as a summer session and a winter intersession (usually held in January).
NCCC has about 1,600 full- and part-time students enrolled. A commuter school with no dormitories, the college's primary service area includes twenty towns in Litchfield County. Tunxis Community College in Farmington, Capital Community College in Hartford and Asnuntuck Community College in Enfield are the nearest of the state's other community colleges.
Along with credit and non credit certificates, the college grants the Associate in Arts and the Associate in Science degrees.
Dr. Barbara Douglass is president of the school.
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. It is the sixth community college in the state to offer the Connecticut Community College Nursing Program (CT-CCNP).
The Northwestern Connecticut Community College was founded in 1965 by Winsted residents, including Ralph Nader's older brother, Shafeek Nader and Norfolk native Ralph H. Keiller. It started as a private institution but the state took over funding and operation by November 1965. It occupies the original Gilbert School building. NCCC was the fourth state funded community college in Connecticut. The Northwestern Community College Foundation was incorporated in 1981.
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