Instead of dignitaries wielding shovels, two horses and a plow were used Tuesday to break ground for Black Hawk College. At the east campus near Kewanee, the college celebrated the beginning of construction of the new Veterinary Technology Center.
The vice president for East Campus, Chanda Dowell, says the new associates degree program will be a nice complement for the campus's equine and agriculture programs.
The new two-year degree program will have room for 32 students per year, and also offer them a chance to specialize in advanced large animal care and veterinary office management.
Dowell says the the vet tech program will help Black Hawk College fulfill several goals - boosting enrollment, diversifying the class offerings at the east campus, and offering career programs that meet workforce needs in today's economy.
The 7.8 million dollar center should be finished in one year.