North Iowa Community School history

1919 The first MCJC athletic teams start with city basketball and baseball teams.

1920 First five students graduated from MCJC.

1925 After a 26-0 win over Wartburg College, MCJC is called the Trojans for the first time.

1929 S.L. Rugland becomes new dean of Mason City Junior College.

1943 College Dean S. L. Rugland serves his country as a Field Director with the American Red Cross in Europe.

1947 Clifford Beem becomes dean.

1955 MCJC moves from the high school building to the Memorial University Building.

1965-66 In the last year as MCJC, enrollment is 1,390 students.

MCJC is to become North Iowa Area Community College at the start of the 1966-67 school year and serve the nine counties in Merged Area II.

1970 David Pierce becomes new president of NIACC in the same year the college begins to move to its current 300-acre site on the east edge of Mason City.

1973 NIACC wrestling team wins national title under the direction of coach Kaye Young.

1977 The Beem Center for Learning, named after Clifford Beem, opens.

1979 Women’s basketball team goes to nationals.

1982 The Administration Building, now named after David Pierce, opens.

1986 Women’s volleyball team goes to nationals.

1991 First student apartment added to NIACC Dormitories.

1993 75th anniversary Homecoming float

1996 NIACC becomes entrepreneurial resource with gift from John and Mary Pappajohn.

2002 Soccer field created on campus.

2013 Steve Schulz becomes president after Deb Derr takes top job at Mount Hood Community College in Oregon.