NIACC joins national entrepreneurship forum

MASON CITY - North Iowa Area Community College is one of six community colleges in Iowa to join a national entrepreneurship forum.

The National Association of Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE), the nation's leading organization focused on promoting entrepreneurship through community colleges, has announced the creation of a Presidents for Entrepreneurship Forum.

Through the program, presidents of community colleges throughout the country commit to increase the focus on entrepreneurship at their institutions and the impact these colleges have on the economic well being of the communities they serve.

More than 100 community college presidents have joined NACCE's Presidents for Entrepreneurship Forum, including the presidents of Des Moines Area Community College, Des Moines; Hawkeye Community College, Waterloo; Iowa Central Community College, Fort Dodge; Iowa Western Community College System, Council Bluffs; North Iowa Area Community College, Mason City; and Southeastern Community College, West Burlington.