Normandale Community College is a public

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. The college serves primarily the communities of the southwestern portion of the

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metropolitan area. Established in 1968 as Normandale State Junior College with an initial enrollment of 1,358 students; today Normandale annually enrolls more than 14,000 students. Normandale is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.

Campus

Normandale Community College is located at West 98th Street and France Avenue South in

, on a site south of

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. The campus is accessible to persons with disabilities, and features eight contemporary brick buildings around a central courtyard. These buildings include the following: Academic Partnership Center, Activities, Building Services, College Services, Fine Arts, Library, Science, and a newly renovated Student Center. The campus also features a Japanese Garden.Normandale Community College Japanese Garden website
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. A 727-space four story parking ramp opened in Fall 2012. Normandale Community College 14 - Japanese garden

The Minnesota Japanese School, a weekend Japanese educational program, previously held its classes at the college.北米の補習授業校一覧

.

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. January 2, 2003. Retrieved on April 6, 2015. "ミネソタ MINNESOTA JAPANESE SCHOOL ..��学校所在地）c/o Normandale Community College 9700 France Ave.South Bloomington, MN55431, U.S.A." Additionally, Nine Mile Creek transects the college campus near East Marsh Lake Park's

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s and was the initial site for their host city's "Adopt-A-Wetland"

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prototype (2003–2004).

Accreditation

Normandale Community College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission or HLC. Individual program accreditations include:

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, Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs, Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, Minnesota State Board of Nursing, and the

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. Normandale is one of only four community colleges across the nation that is now accredited in three Fine Arts areas:

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, National Association of Schools of Theatre, and the

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Notable alumni

Abdimalik Askar Abdimalik Askar ( so, Cabdimaliik Askar, ar, عبدالملك عسكر) (born 1975/1976) is a Somali-American educator, entrepreneur and politician. He holds an undergraduate degree from Normandale Community College, as well as a BA in Informati ...

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's candidate running for the

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in Minneapolis' District 60B. He was also endorsed for the same seat in 2016. * Roger Chamberlain – A

politician and member of the

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. As a member of the

, he represents District 38. *

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- Member of the

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Board of Commissioners, and former member of the

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- killed by Minneapolis police in a shootout on December 30, 2020 *

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– Minneapolis City Councilmember. * Thomas E. Petersen, Commissioner of the

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. * A. J. Sass, youth LGBTQIA+ author. *

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References

External links

Official website
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