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Dakota College at Bottineau announced the 2019 season of Lumberjack football would be its last. The program is being discontinued due to its high cost and the need to reinvest these resources into academic programming and other services at the college.

Students in the Agriculture and Horticulture programs have spent time this semester discussing the pros and cons of plant-based protein substitutes. Companies such as Beyond Meats and Impossible Foods have created substitutes for a traditional beef burger that have come as close to any replicating the flavor and essence of a hamburger. Students in DCB’s world food crops class listened to a podcast on the Future of Meat and discussed the implications of increased consumption of plant-based meats on crop and livestock farmers. While DCB’s horticulture science class read articles for and against the Beyond Meats and discussed their opinions and views from both sides of the argument.

Dakota College at Bottineau is pleased to announce the hiring of Corey Gorder as its new Athletic Director. Gorder will assume his duties with the start of the new semester in January 2020. Wayne Johnson and Mike Getzloff will continue as interim co-Athletic Directors through the end of the fall semester, 2019.

The North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC) is participating in NASA’s pilot program for their newly developed content related to NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. As a partner in piloting these activities, Dakota College at Bottineau’s (DCB) Associate Science Professor Angie Bartholomay attended the Next Gen STEM Commercial Crew Program Pilot Space Grant Training last spring. She was trained on the newly developed NASA content which aligns with NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, including virtual reality training.

The Dakota College at Bottineau Leaderjacks promotes leadership through community service. The Leaderjacks assisted the Minot Rotary Club in a fund raiser on Wednesday, October 23rd in Minot.

Dakota College at Bottineau (DCB) is excited to announce a new health care program in Diagnostic Medical Sonography (DMS) also known as ultrasound technology. This program will be offered in Minot in collaboration with Trinity Health. Currently, DCB offers an associate degree in Paramedic Technology and certificate and associate degree program in nursing to student in Minot. DCB also offers online allied health programs in Medical Administrative Assistant, Medical Coding and Medical Assistant.

At the end of September, students from Williston State College’s Agriculture program, joined by Dakota College at Bottineau (DCB) and Dickinson State University (DSU) students, attended a two-day range tour across western and central North Dakota.

A third Little Free Library sponsored by Dakota College at Bottineau was recently installed by the Gazebo at 5th and Main, north of Bottineau Pharmacy RX, Coffee & Gift Shop. The two other Little Free Libraries were installed at Tommy Turtle Park and Forestry Park in August of 2016.