Hernandez gives State of the College address at NSCC.

In education news, Northwest State Community College President Dr. Todd Hernandez gave the State of the College address on Thursday. Hernandez highlighted the “Elevate Northwest Ohio” initiative, which was put in, in order to continue successful economic growth and maintaining the workforce population in Ohio. During his presentation Hernandez shared some statistics with those in attendance, including the fact that Ohio currently has an educational attainment rate of about 47% of people who have completed at least some college, and the initiative aims to achieve the goal of 65%.