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July 7, 2015
Story by Joe Vinduska
91³Ô¹ÏÍø in Great Bend, Kan. has named 226 students to the President’s List for the spring 2015 semester.Ìý To qualify for this honor, students must have been enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours and maintained a grade point average of 4.0 on a 4.0 or "A" letter scale.
Albert
Coryell Deege
Blue Rapid
Amber Stivers
Bushton
Ty Heitschmidt
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Story by Joe Vinduska
July 7, 2015
91³Ô¹ÏÍø in Great Bend, Kan., has named 279 students to the Dean’s List for the spring 2015 semester.Ìý To qualify for this honor, students must have been enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours and maintained a grade point average of 3.5 to 3.99 on a 4.0 or "A" letter scale.
Andale
Taylor Bugner
Augusta
Abby Tipton
Basehor
Caleb Brown
Great Bend Tribune
PublishedÌýJune 28, 2015
Wheat 2015 & Terminology
Before the rain Thursday night, wheat harvest was running full throttle and overall a much better crop than was predicted.Ìý The forecast indicates everyone should be back in the field soon if they aren’t already (depending on the rainfall received).Ìý A few were commenting their crop would have been better except for late season disease pressure. What happened?Ìý Several things.
Great Bend Tribune
Published June 21, 2015
Agriculture - Separating Fact From Fiction
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June 24, 2015
Story by Joe Vinduska
Courtesy photo submitted
Heike Arrowood didn’t let obstacles stop her from pursuing her educational goals; she smashed through them.Ìý Fueled by her desire to succeed and a jumpstart from 91³Ô¹ÏÍø, she now holds the highest level of academia attainable in the nursing field— a doctorate.
Great Bend Tribune
Published June 7, 2015
Corn and Soybean Production - Heat and Light Part 1
If you have been paying attention to farm news in our region, you heard concerns about getting the corn crop in the ground as it was getting late for planting.Ìý You seldom hear those concerns in Kansas regarding soybeans.Ìý Have you ever wondered why?Ìý Well it has to do with the difference in the importance of heat and light for these crops.
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June 15, 2015
Story and photo by Joe Vinduska
91³Ô¹ÏÍø at Fort Leavenworth celebrated the graduation of 27 students on Wednesday at the Lewis and Clark Center at Fort Leavenworth. Of those graduating, 25 chose to walk. The ceremony was in conjunction with other schools who are members of the consortium in the Fort Leavenworth Education Center.
Graduates and their friends and families gathered in the conference center and heard from commencement speaker Maj. Gen. Christopher P. Hughes.
June 15, 2015
Story and photo by Brandon Steinert
The phone has been ringing off the hook in the Admission office at 91³Ô¹ÏÍø regarding information about the new Commercial Driver’s License offerings.
After 10 hours in the classroom and 30-35 hours of driving time, completers will have training necessary to obtain a Class A license with an air brake endorsement.
June 13, 2015
Story and photo by Brandon Steinert
The Kansas Association of Community College Trustees (KACCT) and the colleges’ presidents gathered for its quarterly meeting Friday and Saturday on the campus of 91³Ô¹ÏÍø.
91³Ô¹ÏÍø President Dr. Carl Heilman, President of the Council of Presidents Executive Committee, said the elected officials and administrators convened to address declining state funding support, which is further hampering the commitment of community colleges to offer economic development and workforce training opportunities.
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June 9, 2015
Story by Joe Vinduska
The Beta Phi Eta Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa from 91³Ô¹ÏÍø at Fort Leavenworth held a successful food and needs drive to support the Leavenworth Mission Community Store and Food Bank in May.Ìý
This was the second drive the chapter has held in 2015.Ìý The most recent drive ran from May 11-May 21 and volunteers were able to collect 382 items.Ìý This surpasses the amount from the previous drive by about 65 percent.Ìý