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Northeast Community College Fundraising for New Ag Center

Northeast Community College Fundraising for New Ag Center

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Northeast Community College in Norfolk has kicked off a campaign to raise funds for the first phase of the “Agriculture & Water Center of Excellence.”

Dr Tracy Kruse, associate vice president of development and external affairs and the executive director of the college foundation, says it is part of their long term vision for ag education…

Kruse says moving their college farm is in the first step….

Kruse says they need to improve their teaching technology…

Total costs for the first phase are projected at twenty three million dollars, with the college providing about ten million of that.

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