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MCC Digital Express
on the Fort Omaha Campus, Building 10
Welcome to North Omaha’s newest gathering place. A space created for everyone right in the heart of North Omaha. Come visit us to learn, connect and enjoy.
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• Technology checkout and support
• Low-cost technology repair
• K-12 tutoring support
• Meeting rooms
• Family rooms
• Print, fax and scan
How to get here:
Bike parking and BCycle docks on premises
Bus route 30 5300 N. 30th St. Omaha, NE 68111
For hours of operation and more information, visit mccneb.edu/DigitalExpress.
Welcome To Mcc North Express Transformative Learning
Highlander Accelerator Building, 2112 N. 30th St. (third floor)
NOAA Science on a Sphere
At MCC North Express, you’ll find Nebraska’s only National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Science on a Sphere exhibit. With this amazing room-sized global display, take courses about our world in the stars, animal migration, climate change and biodiversity (just to name a few). Find a list of this quarter’s SOS classes in this catalog and online at mccneb.edu/SOS.
Community and Workforce Education
Explore a diverse assortment of noncredit MCC Community and Workforce Education courses, varying from free coding clubs for young girls to writing classes, creating costumes for beginners and anywhere in between. Find a list of this quarter’s Community and Workforce Education classes in this catalog and online at mccneb.edu/CE.
Adult Education
Sign up for our GED and ESL courses through the MCC Adult Education program in collaboration with the Nebraska Department of Education. Perks include free GED testing, NorthStar Digital Literacy curriculum and completing work-ready certificates in your very first class. If interested, contact Adult Education’s student services team at 531-622-4060 or adulted@mccneb.edu.
Highlander Community
MCC North Express is proud to be a part of the Highlander neighborhood — a purpose-built community comprised of high-quality housing, thriving educational sites and recreational facilities, all led through the vision of the Seventy Five North Revitalization Corp. Find more information on this amazing community at seventyfivenorth.org.
Have a question? Give MCC North Express a call at 531-MCC-5000 or email us at mccnorthexpress@mccneb.edu. We look forward to seeing you soon.
Mcc It Express
The Ashton Building, 1218 Nicholas St. Millwork Commons is a collaborative community designed to inspire and support the work of innovators and creators by providing engaging spaces to work and live in, as well as connect and explore. The Ashton Building is a hub for tech, art, design and community growth.
• Career pathways in technology
• Connecting to opportunities in the community
• Pathways with MCC Equity and Inclusion
• Workforce, internships and student mentorship
• Real-world upskilling
MCC at Yates Illuminates
Yates Community Center, 3260 Davenport St.
Tucked inside the Gifford Park neighborhood on 32nd and Davenport streets is the Yates Community Center. The more than century-old, 30,000-square-foot structure offers classrooms, offices and multipurpose spaces, a commercial kitchen and an auditorium with a stage. Yates has direct access to crosstown thoroughfares on Dodge and 30th streets, as well as to the interstate. It’s close to the Omaha Public Schools Teacher Administration Center, Duchesne Academy, Creighton University, health care facilities, social service agencies and North Downtown. We are proud to be a part of a coalition of organizations working together to elevate and promote the lived experience of our diverse community.
Focusing On Community And Workforce Education
We curate a space that cultivates education by weaving diversity, equity and inclusive opportunities through individual creativity and expression for all.
• Professional development
• Adult education
• Career coaching
• Diversity, equity and inclusion
• Personal enrichment
Upcoming Programming
• College for Kids and Teens
• Freight Farm
• MCC Explore: Lifelong Learners
• Noncredit Food Pantry Management Certificate
• Noncredit Sustainability Certificate
• STEM Education
• Wellness
Visit mccneb.edu/CE/Yates for more information.
Other Learning Opportunities
Career Advancement
Career coaching provides participants the opportunity to meet with a career coach to start, continue or navigate their education to successful employment. Career coaching uses an individualized approach to focus on goal-setting; intention touch points; and assessments, tools and resources to help individuals find, fuel and pursue training opportunities to reach their employment goals.
MCC integrated education and training provides workplace and college readiness skills so participants can transition from school into livable-wage jobs more seamlessly and quickly.
The MCC Career Placement program prepares people for job success through a workforce preparation training series. After program participants complete the career placement program, they are offered interviews with area businesses. The College’s focus is to ensure individuals receive training and support to enter a high-skill, -demand and -wage job.
The program has been a resounding success: 85% who complete the MCC Career Placement Program receive jobs at an average wage of $25.83 an hour with a plan for advanced training opportunities.