This innovative educational facility will serve as a catalyst for economic development and community growth, providing students with direct pathways to high-demand careers while strengthening the local talent pipeline.
In partnership with area education, business, and industry interests, and $10 million in matching state funds, the new career and technical education center prepares students for high-paying, in-demand jobs. The new Career Impact Academy supports the vision for a great Grand Forks Area Career and Technical Center by creating a space for specialized skill development. The preliminary building diagram is organized around three axes connected by the Career Impact Academy hub. This central space welcomes students, community, and business partners into the center of the building and provides space to highlight each of the various programs offered in the new facility. The three wings support specific programming and culminate with larger two-story high labs which connect directly to flexible outdoor learning spaces. This project was designed in collaboration with BNDRY Studio.
These programs are in the Academy:
Automotive
Precision Technologies
Culinary Arts
Building Trades
Architecture
Engineering
Robotics
Aviation
Information Technology
Medical Careers
Industry Partners:
City of Grand Forks
Grand Forks Public Schools
Altru Health System
Sanford Health
Grand Forks Region Economic Development Corporation
Grand Forks County
Core Scientific
Edgewood Healthcare
Grand Forks Area Career & Technology Center Member Schools
J.R. Simplot Company
Rydell GM Auto
Acme Tools
Hal and Kathleen Gershman Family Foundation/Harry’s Steakhouse
Lunseth Plumbing and Heating
Bergstrom Electric
Construction Engineers
Custom Aire
Forum Communications
Jim and Marydale Hansen
Johnson Controls (JCI)
Minnkota Power Cooperative
Northridge Construction
PCL Community Contractors Inc.
Simonson Station Stores, Inc.
True North Equipment
Valley Senior Living
AE2S
C.L. Linfoot
Northern Tier Seed
Advanced Business Methods
Alerus Financial
Bears Home Solutions
Brady Martz
Choice Bank
Cirrus Aircraft
Crary Real Estate
Dakota Commercial
Development Homes
Ideal Aerosmith
Kost Materials
Lunn Family
Nodak Electric Cooperative
Northern Plumbing Supply
Opp Construction
Pro Transport & Leasing
RDO Equipment Co.
RJ Zavoral & Sons
Steffes Corporation
Vilandre
Hugo’s Marketplace
Lumber Mart, Inc.
Bremer Bank
Dakota Sales Co., Inc.
Forx Builders Association
Fusion Automation
Grand Forks/East Grand Forks Chamber of Commerce
Greenberg Realty
Knight Foundation Donor-Advised Fund at the Community Foundation of Grand Forks, East Grand Forks & Region
Midco
North Dakota Eye Clinic
Retrax
Strata Corporation
Webster, Foster, & Weston
RDO Truck Centers
Bolton & Menk, Inc.
Sterling Carpet One
Widseth
Anderson Steel Erection & Crane Service, Inc.
Butler Machinery Company
CPS, Ltd.
EAPC Architects Engineers
Houston Engineering, Inc.
Jeff and Janell Regimbal
Northstar Insulation
Skinner Roofing
UND Foundation
Industrial Contract Services
Tecta America Dakotas
Dub Construction
Goodin Company Foundation