Northwest College students filed into the Moyer Building and then into the doors of the Johnson Fitness Center for lunch on the first day back at school last Wednesday.

The building is serving as the temporary dining facility until the completion of a new temporary dining facility near the soccer fields is completed, which will then serve students until the new student center is finished.

NWC staff also have the kitchen up and running at Heart Mountain Hall, where some staff are working to cook the food then deliver it to campus. It’s not quite as simple as it was in the old student center last semester, but it’s working out.

“I think it’s coming along very well in fact,” NWC President Lisa Watson said  as she walked around with college board chair Mark Wurzel last Wednesday during lunchtime, going past Baky Durolyyeet, a student from Turkmenistan, who was welcoming students into the temporary dining hall.

The use of the gym is expected to continue until at least the end of February. College spokesperson Carey Miller said the new temporary dining facility is still on schedule to be completed by the end of February, but they’ve been told some needed electrical panels are running late.

“Possibly end of March or April, but we do not know yet,” she said. “Supply chain delay.”