[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15779]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               RECOGNIZING NORTHAMPTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE

  Mr. TOOMEY. Mr. President, I am proud to recognize the growth 
of Northampton Community College as they break ground on a new 200,000-
square-foot campus in Monroe County. In the past 40 years, Northampton 
Community College has grown into a public, comprehensive community 
college, matriculating 36,000 students through their credit programs, 
workforce training, adult literacy, and youth classes.
  The new campus will nearly double the capacity of its current Monroe 
County campus and enable Northampton to continue offering degree 
programs specifically targeted to meet the needs of the local 
community. For example, the new campus will house the Workforce 
Development and Training Center, which is projected to train more than 
1,000 new, incumbent and displaced workers within five years of 
completion. Additionally, the expanded campus will serve the needs of 
the community by providing greater public meeting spaces and athletic 
fields for youth sports.
  Furthermore, this project will assist in helping the community 
weather tough economic times by spurring economic growth, creating 
hundreds of new jobs for Pennsylvanians and generating millions in 
economic revenue activity.
  I would like to congratulate Northampton Community College on 
reaching a great milestone and look forward to hearing of future 
achievements.

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