Northwest Technology Center celebrated dedications for its new Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) facilities on Monday, October 19, 2015.   The Fairview Campus located at 801 Vo-Tech Drive in Fairview held its dedication at 1pm.   The Alva Campus located at 1801 Eleventh Street in Alva held its dedication at 3pm.

The dedication ceremonies will include a ribbon cuttings and remarks from campus administrators and Dr. Marcie Mack, Director of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education.   Light refreshments and building tours were available following the ceremony.  The public was invited to attend.

Representatives from the Alva Chamber of Commerce along with NWTC Staff members and other dignitaries officially “cut the ribbon” on the new STEM facility at NWTC in Alva.   Pictured are (l to r) Mary Hamilton, Alva Chamber of Commerce, Kate Nickel, NWTC Practical Nursing Secretary, Dr. Marcie Mack, Director of the Oklahoma Department of CareerTech, Dr. Gerald Harris, NWTC Superintendent, Dr. Carl Newton, NWTC Board of Education, Butch Edingfield, NWTC Board of Education, Daren Slater, NWTC Assistant Superintendent-Alva, Dean Meyer, NWTC Board of Education, Stan Kline, NWTC Board of Education, Hon. Jeff Hickman, Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, Melissa Graybill, Alva Chamber of Commerce, Shaylyn Weder, NWTC, Network/Information Services Manager, Kelly Parker, Mayor of Alva, Alex Mantz, Alva Chamber of Commerce.

The new additions at both Alva and Fairview have a classroom space for BioMedical Sciences I and II, a classroom for Math courses, classroom and lab space for practical nursing, a reinforced room for shelter during storms and an enlarged student break area.

Dr. Marcie Mack, Director of the Oklahoma Department of CareerTech was on hand at the Alva and Fairview campuses of Northwest Technology Center (NWTC) for dedication of the new STEM facilities in each location.  Mack is shown here at the Fairview Building Dedication Ceremony where she commended the NWTC Board of Education for its commitment to providing STEM programs to high schools students.  Seated are NWTC Board Members (l to r) Dean Meyer, Butch Edingfield, Stan Kline and Dr. Carl Newton.

Members of NWTC’s Superintendent’s Leadership Class (SLC) provided tours of the facility during the dedication ceremonies.  Pictured are second and third year SLC members on the Fairview campus (l to r)  Dawson Hayworth, Capri Gahr, Ashley Tucker, Shanna Lamle and Erin Cusack.

Large crowds were on hand for the Building Dedications at Northwest Technology Center in Alva and Fairview on Monday.  Dedications for the new STEM facilities were held on both the Alva and the Fairview campuses of Northwest Technology Center.  Pictured here is the crowd on the Alva campus.