Dakota College at Bottineau’s ASPIRE program is currently taking applications for the spring 2022 semester. ASPIRE (Action and Support to Promote Inclusive Readiness Experiences) program at Dakota College at Bottineau is a partnership with North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities (NDCPD). This project is funded in part by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education TPSID grant to NDCPD. It is a three-year post-secondary education program for students ages 18-21 which offers an inclusive and supportive environment for students with intellectual disabilities.

The Dakota College at Bottineau financial aid department has been visiting local high schools in the months of October and November. Financial Aid is concentrating on helping students understand what is needed to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and helping student complete the FAFSA. The FAFSA for the 2022-2023 school year became available for submission on October 1, 2021 at studentaid.gov, the 2022-2023 FAFSA uses tax information from 2020.

Dakota College at Bottineau has been ranked among the top 75 online community colleges in the country for 2021 by College Values Online. The ranking was recently published on the organization's website ranking Dakota College at Bottineau at 28 out of 75 nationally. To develop this ranking of the nation's best online community colleges, an initial pool of just over 100 accredited online community colleges ranked by Niche was considered. The top schools were prioritized by applying the site's universal ranking methodology for trade schools. In the case of a tie, the higher ranking was awarded to the more affordable online community college based on undergraduate tuition.

Dr. Shubham Datta, Associate Professor of Wildlife, Biology, and Microbiology, Dakota College at Bottineau, will be giving a lecture and discussion in support of DCB’s annual book read. He will speak to the DCB campus community about his participation in research that studied a bacterial disease (Leptospirosis) in American black bears living in urban and suburban spaces in western North Carolina.

Dakota College at Bottineau is excited to share the news about a new scholarship available to North Dakota students who have taken a dual credit course from a North Dakota University System (NDUS) institution, during high school. The NDUS will award the Dual-Credit Tuition Scholarship throughout the academic year. Scholarship award amounts may be up to $750. The maximum payment will be no more than 50% of the cost of the dual-credit courses, and will be limited to the cost of tuition and fees for the semester, quarter or term the scholarship applies.

Dakota College at Bottineau (DCB) has been named one of 2021’s best schools for online programs and courses in healthcare education by EduMed.org. Just 8 percent of U.S. post-secondary institutions earned a ranking position. EduMed.org set out in 2018 to support higher education in healthcare. Their free resource materials and expert-driven guidebooks help students find scholarships, financial aid and top degree programs in nursing, healthcare administration, public health, and dozens of other key medical and health disciplines.

Dakota College at Bottineau athletic department is offering to rake your leaves. The Ladyjack and Lumberjack teams would like to help out the community by offering yard clean-up. Each year the Jacks chose a community project to provide public service, improving community life through volunteerism by giving back to the community. Fall is here and leaves are on the ground. If you would like to have your yard cleaned up, please reach out to Coach Loucks. Donations of used rakes and trash bags are appreciated.

The Entrepreneurial Center for Horticulture (ECH) at Dakota College at Bottineau (DCB) has another bountiful harvest. Although in 2020 the COVID pandemic cancelled many events, ECH at DCB hosted Pumpkins in The Park as a fun event for the kids in our community while still following social distancing guidelines. It was such a hit last year that ECH is hosting again this year. ECH staff and horticulture students will be hiding around 800 mini pumpkins throughout Forestry Park. This is twice the amount hidden last year.

On September 24th, 2021 the Entrepreneurial Center for Horticulture held its first interactive field day on the Dakota College Campus. This field day was a very much anticipated day as the COVID pandemic had initially postponed the original event in 2020. Funds were used from some of the grants that have been awarded to Dakota College at Bottineau.