Innovation Campus. Photo courtesy Northwest
Northwest Missouri State University plans to break ground on its new Northland Innovation Campus.
The ground breaking ceremony is slated for 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 19 at the site of the new building located at 6889 N. Oak Trafficway, Gladstone, MO 64118.
The partnership between Northwest the city of Gladstone, North Kansas City Schools and Metropolitan Community College-Maple Woods was first announced in March of 2014.
For a look at the entire agenda for Tuesday’s ceremony click here.
The school said the plan is to create a non-traditional educational environment for students to learn, lead and succeed in school, college and career fields, city and education leaders.
It said the facility will provide needed classroom space to accommodate North Kansas City Schools’ steadily growing enrollment. It will house the district’s Students in Academically Gifted Education (SAFE) program and the Northland Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS) program, a partnership with North Kansas City Schools and five Northland school districts. CAPS students are immersed in professional environments with industry partners – such as Cerner Corporation, Holland 1916, Ford Motor Company and North Kansas City Hospital – that mentor students to innovate and achieve real project results.
The center also could provide opportunities for students to earn college credit toward degrees from Maple Woods and Northwest.