North Dakota State College of Science hosted North Carolina Congresswoman Virginia Foxx on Wednesday, August 28. The Congresswoman visited NDSCS at its Wahpeton campus and Fargo location to learn about the College’s successful practices in delivering career and technical education.

Congresswoman Foxx is a strong advocate for career and technical education and identified NDSCS as a premier provider of this career-focused academic programming. While visiting NDSCS, she heard from College faculty and staff and toured the College’s state-of-the-art labs. NDSCS representatives highlighted the College’s work in a variety of innovative areas, including building industry partnerships and supporting student sponsorships.

“We are honored Congresswoman Foxx chose to visit NDSCS,” said NDSCS President John Richman. “This is another example of our college being recognized as a national leader in providing career and technical education, and we were happy to share information about the exciting work of our faculty and staff to grow these programs.”