{"id":5515,"date":"2023-08-17T12:22:50","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T17:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/?p=5515"},"modified":"2023-08-17T12:24:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T17:24:01","slug":"ntc-welcomes-back-faculty-during-in-service-on-aug-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/17\/ntc-welcomes-back-faculty-during-in-service-on-aug-17\/","title":{"rendered":"NTC Welcomes Back Faculty During In-service on Aug. 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5519 img-fluid\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-4.jpg\" alt=\"NTC staff members\" width=\"1087\" height=\"725\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-4.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-4.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-4-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-4-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-4-767x511.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-4-991x661.jpg 991w, https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-4-1365x910.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1087px) 100vw, 1087px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An energized crowd of nearly 50 NTC faculty, staff and administration&nbsp;filled the NTC commons area for the college&rsquo;s fall in-service on Aug. 17, marking the beginning of the 2023 academic year.<\/p>\n<p>NTC President John L. Hoffman provided staff &mdash; including six new employees from a variety of areas on campus &mdash; an update on this fall&rsquo;s enrollment, budget projections and well-wishes for a rewarding year of educating and supporting students.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5518\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5518\" style=\"width: 888px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5518 img-fluid\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-3.jpg\" alt=\"President Hoffman speaks to NTC staff members\" width=\"888\" height=\"592\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-3.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-3.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-3-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-3-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-3-767x511.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-3-991x661.jpg 991w, https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-3-1365x910.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 888px) 100vw, 888px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President John L. Hoffman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hoffman called special attention to several notable accomplishments at NTC over the past year, including the reaccreditation of the NTC dental assisting program, dedicating space for NTC&rsquo;s American Indian Success Center, partnering with White Earth Tribal and Community College on four unique nursing assistant and boiler operator courses and awarding certifications to 150 nursing assistant students.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ketmani Kouanchau, executive vice president for NTC, and Nicholle Bieberdorf, dean of nursing, health &amp; human service, provided updates on college staffing, academic program structure and plans for the upcoming academic year. Later, staff and administrators representing enrollment, finance, admissions, industry partnerships and the American Indian Resource Center gave more in-depth information on the work their offices are planning this year.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5515 gallery-size-small-image row row-cols-2 row-cols-md-2 my-4'><figure class='gallery-item text-center col'><a href='https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-1-570x380.jpg\" class=\"in-gallery-1 img-fluid shadow-1\" alt=\"Nicholle Beiberdorf speaks to NTC staff\" columns=\"2\" size=\"small-image\" ids=\"5516,5517\" orderby=\"post__in\" include=\"5516,5517\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5516\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-1.jpg\" data-caption=\"Nicholle Beiberdorf\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-1-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-1-767x511.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-1-991x661.jpg 991w, https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-1-1365x910.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-1.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption visually-hidden' id='gallery-1-5516'>\n\t\t\t\tNicholle Beiberdorf\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item text-center col'><a href='https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-2-570x380.jpg\" class=\"in-gallery-1 img-fluid shadow-1\" alt=\"Dr. Ketmani Kouanchau speaks to NTC staff\" columns=\"2\" size=\"small-image\" ids=\"5516,5517\" orderby=\"post__in\" include=\"5516,5517\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5517\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-2.jpg\" data-caption=\"Dr. Ketmani Kouanchau\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-2-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-2-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-2-767x511.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-2-991x661.jpg 991w, https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-2-1365x910.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-2.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption visually-hidden' id='gallery-1-5517'>\n\t\t\t\tDr. Ketmani Kouanchau\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>President Hoffman summarized his feelings about the upcoming academic year before NTC students fill classrooms beginning Aug. 21.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m excited about doing the work with you, supporting you and helping you to be successful,&rdquo; Hoffman said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m looking forward to a great year with confidence in our great staff and administration.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-5515 gallery-size-small-image row row-cols-2 row-cols-md-2 my-4'><figure class='gallery-item text-center col'><a href='https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-7.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-7-570x380.jpg\" class=\"in-gallery-2 img-fluid shadow-1\" alt=\"NTC staff members eat breakfast before the in-service on Aug. 17\" size=\"medium-image\" columns=\"2\" ids=\"5522,5521,5520,5524\" orderby=\"post__in\" include=\"5522,5521,5520,5524\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-7.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-7-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-7-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-7-767x511.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-7-991x661.jpg 991w, https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-7-1365x910.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-7.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item text-center col'><a href='https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-6.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-6-570x380.jpg\" class=\"in-gallery-2 img-fluid shadow-1\" alt=\"President Hoffman speaks to NTC staff\" size=\"medium-image\" columns=\"2\" ids=\"5522,5521,5520,5524\" orderby=\"post__in\" include=\"5522,5521,5520,5524\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-6.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" 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href='https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-5.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-5-570x380.jpg\" class=\"in-gallery-2 img-fluid shadow-1\" alt=\"NTC staff members speak during the Aug. 17 in-service at the NTC commons\" size=\"medium-image\" columns=\"2\" ids=\"5522,5521,5520,5524\" orderby=\"post__in\" include=\"5522,5521,5520,5524\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-5.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-5-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-5-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, 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shadow-1\" alt=\"NTC staff eat breakfast before the fall in-service on Aug. 17\" size=\"medium-image\" columns=\"2\" ids=\"5522,5521,5520,5524\" orderby=\"post__in\" include=\"5522,5521,5520,5524\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-9.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-9-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-9-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-9-767x511.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/FY24-NTC-Fall-faculty-in-servce-8-17-23-9-991x661.jpg 991w, 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NTC President John L. Hoffman provided staff &mdash; including six new employees from a variety of areas on campus &mdash; an update on this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":5520,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-top-story"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5515"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5528,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5515\/revisions\/5528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}