Its athletics teams compete as the Nighthawks and its mascot is Nico.

The college was established in 2007 after a successful $450 million bond election in November 2005.

Classes began at its current location in August 2008 with an enrollment of 4,000 students.

During the first two years in the program, students are taught by Texas A&M faculty in engineering on the NLC campus.

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