b'EventsWelcome Week Niagara County Law Enforcement On August 25, 2022, Student Life welcomed theAcademy Training Center 60th class to NCCC with a two-day orientation.Officials from Niagara County, including Legislature Orientation was followed by a week of funChairman Becky Wydysh and Sheriff Michael Filicetti, activities including a hypnotist, outdoor moviesjoined President Murabito and representatives from several and a foam party. regional police agencies at a ceremonial groundbreaking for the Niagara County Law Enforcement Academy training facility on July 25. The county and college partnered to fund the $8.3 million project. The 15,000 square-foot building, located on the west side of the colleges campus, will feature classrooms with movable walls, mens and womens locker rooms, a reality-based training room and a use-of-force simulator. A ribbon cutting is anticipated in 2024.Other capital projects included a $500,000 investment to reconfigure and renovate a 6,000 square-foot space in our G Building to provide space for student clubs to meet and host activities. The footprint will also include gaming area NCCC Turns 60 breakout rooms for students to use.To address the growing need for skilled trades workers, NCCCs commemoration of its 60th anniversarythe college has begun construction of a workspace for began in October of 2022. The college wove itsmachining and welding instruction in a dedicated 10,000 theme, Honoring the Past and Reimagining thesquare-foot technology arts and advanced manufacturing Future, into activities including the Diamondcenter.Scholarship Gala, Veterans Day program, Gingerbread Wonderland installation at theAmong the $750,000 in enhancements to allied health Niagara Falls Culinary Institute, Commencement,programs this past year are a new radiological lab, nursing and Nerds Gone Wild concert. simulator lab and surgical technology lab featuring advanced simulators.2022-2023 Annual Report 13'