Iowa Lakes Community College

Iowa Lakes Community College is a community college in Estherville, Iowa, with satellite campuses in Algona, Emmetsburg, Spirit Lake and Spencer, Iowa.[2] It serves Iowa Community College District III, which encompasses an area roughly contiguous with Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Kossuth and Palo Alto counties.[3] The predominantly rural district encompasses and area of approximately 2,900 square miles (7,500 square kilometers) and a population of just over 73,000. Iowa Lakes Community College was officially established in October 1966 by the Iowa Department of Education under provision of Chapters 260C and 260D, Code of Iowa.[4]

Iowa Lakes Community College
TypePublic
Established1966
PresidentValerie Newhouse
Academic staff
165 (87 full-time, 78 part-time)[1]
Students2,315[1]
Location
Estherville
,
Iowa
,
United States

CampusRural
ColorsBlue and Gold
NicknameLakers
AffiliationsAmerican Association of Community Colleges, National Junior College Athletic Association, Iowa Community College Athletic Conference
Websitewww.iowalakes.edu

Athletics

Iowa Lakes Community College's athletic teams are nicknamed the Lakers. Iowa Lakes is a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association and the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference. There are men's teams in baseball, basketball, golf, soccer, sports shooting, swimming and diving, and wrestling, and women's teams in basketball, competitive dance, golf, soccer, softball, sports shooting, swimming and diving, and volleyball.[5] All Laker athletic teams are based out of the Estherville campus except for men's and women's soccer, which is based out of the Spencer campus.[6]

References
  1. "Iowa Lakes Community College". Institute of Education Sciences.
  2. "About Us". Iowa Lakes Community College.
  3. "Iowa Community Colleges Districts" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. 2010.
  4. "General Information". Iowa Lakes Community College. Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  5. "Laker Athletics". Iowa Lakes Community College.
  6. Mitchell, Russ (7 June 2008). "Iowa Lakes soccer coming to Spencer". Spencer Daily Reporter. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
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