LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas has announced 10 Atchison County students have earned honor roll distinction for the fall 2019 semester, KU News announced earlier this week in a press release.
Topeka, Kan. – Washburn University School of Law is seeking volunteers to serve as judges and clients for the American Bar Association Law Student Division Regional Client Counseling Competition on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020 at the law school. Washburn Law will be hosting teams of law students f…
The University of Kansas announces that some area residents have earned their degree as a result of the fall semester. Recognition ceremonies were held in mid-December.
Clifford Hawk, a long-time agriculture instructor, was recently named Faculty Emeritus by the Highland Community College Board of Trustees, according to and was honored with a reception Dec. 4 in Sabetha where he currently resides.
The Kansas Board of Regents recently recognized Director of Technical Education Lucas Hunziger, Highland Community College Technical Center, for excellence in Carl Perkins Career and Technical Education reporting.
Washburn University’s Board of Regents has approved plans to design and build a new home for its law school on the campus at the corner of 21st Street and Washburn Ave.
Two area students are among the 725 graduates from the University of Kansas representing 46 Kansas counties, 36 other states and 27 other countries have been announced by the University Registrar.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., July 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — According to a new report from HigherEdJobs, the leading job and career site for higher education professionals, the total number of jobs in higher education increased during Q4 2018 at both private and public institutions.
PATON, Iowa (AP) — Andy Peterson, an industrial technology manufacturing teacher at Southeast Valley Middle School in Burnside, is excited to get back to school in the middle of July — even after he sacrificed his summer off.
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The Highland Community College Board of Trustees will gather for a special session at 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 11, in the Administration Building Conference Room on the Highland Campus.
Highland Community College Board of Trustees announced they will interview an additional presidential hopeful to lead the college after President David Reist retires at the end of the schoolyear.
The Highland Community College Board of Trustees has narrowed the nationwide search to find a new HCC president to three candidates.
The Highland Community College Board of Trustees overseeing operations of the first college established in the state of Kansas will gather for two special meeting sessions to review applicants to hire a new president.
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The names listed here have been provided by Kansas State University based on information compiled by the Office of the Registrar.
Benedictine College has announced that Curtis Martin, the founder and CEO of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, will give the keynote address for the 2018 Commencement Exercises, set for 10 a.m. May 12 in the Ralph Nolan Gymnasium on the college campus.
Benedictine College’s observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day is set for 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 14 in O’Malley-McAllister Auditorium.
Benedictine College has received a $300,000 grant from the Sunderland Foundation in Overland Park toward completion of Westerman Hall, the science and engineering building now under construction on the college’s campus.
Benedictine College’s Department of Nursing has announced the expansion of its program.
Benedictine College announced the hiring of Kevin P. Brown as its new director of college ministry. Brown takes over for David Trotter, who left the college to work in a new program at FOCUS Fellowship of Catholic University Students. Brown began his duties at Benedictine on Dec. 4.
The Kansas World Language Association has announced that Dr. Julie Sellers, associate professor of world and classical languages at Benedictine College and an Atchison resident, is the recipient of its 2017 World Language Teacher of the Year award. She will go on to represent the Kansas asso…
Benedictine College student Hannah Voss, a senior from San Antonio, is a finalist in the 2018 Rhodes Scholarship competition. The Rhodes Scholarship is the oldest and most celebrated international fellowship award in the world, and arguably the most famous academic award available to America…
Dr. Pat Castle, the founder of LIFE Runners, the largest Pro-Life team in the world with over 6,300 runners/walkers, will be on the Benedictine College campus Monday, October 30.
Preliminary fall enrollment figures released today by the Kansas Board of Regents show a slight decline in system-wide enrollment.
The Benedictine College Music Department and the Kremmeter Series are co-sponsoring a concert at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2 in the O’Malley-McAllister Auditorium on the Benedictine College campus.
The annual Fellin Lecture is coming to Benedictine College for the 21st year. The Fellin Endowment Fund sponsors the lecture series, presented each year by the Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica Monastery in order to support the liberal arts orientation of Benedictine College.
In 1987, President Ronald Reagan delivered his famous “tear down this wall” speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Thirty years later, the Berlin Wall has now been down longer than it stood and Benedictine College welcomed the man who penned those famous words for the president. Former Wh…
More than 3,700 Kansas State University students have earned semester honors for their academic performance during the spring 2017 semester.
Elizabeth Walz, Atchison, is a member of the Southwestern College Enactus team that was crowned regional champions April 10 in Dallas, Texas. Walz and her teammates have earned the opportunity to compete at the 2017 Enactus United States National Exposition May 21-23 in Kansas City.
Southwestern College junior Elizabeth Walz has been named recipient of the Kansas Society of CPAs Mary Ellen Kirkpatrick Leadership Scholarship. The scholarship is for $2,500 and Walz will be recognized at an upcoming KSCPA function. She competed for the award against accounting students at …
Benedictine College plans to rename its yoga classes and change their content to ensure the classes focus only on physical exercise and not spiritual or cultural elements.
More than 30 students were awarded scholarships for the spring 2017 semester by Kansas State University Global Campus. The scholarships totaled $31,900 and went to degree-seeking distance students across the U.S.
Administrative assistant and engineering graphic technology students from Highland Community College Technical Center attended the Business Professionals of America State Leadership Conference Feb. 16 to 18, in Wichita, Kansas.
Due to inclement weather, Benedictine College’s Martin Luther King Jr. event has been canceled. Kevin Willmott, the event’s guest speaker, will not be coming from Lawrence on that day. The college is working to reschedule the event.
An outstanding group of students were recently recognized for their campus leadership, scholastic excellence and service in their community. A record 100 students were selected from Mississippi College and inducted into Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges on Dec.…
Atchison County local Amber Kelly was one of three students chosen as part of the Kansas Department of Agriculture’s annual Taiwan Agricultural Youth Exchange Program. The program ran from Dec. 4-10.
Park University announces December graduates
There will be a “white out” beginning at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3 during the Benedictine College men’s basketball game against Peru State in the Ralph Nolan Gymnasium.
The Benedictine College Music Department's Symphonic Band and Brass Ensemble will present a “Remembrance Concert” on 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13 in O’Malley McAllister Auditorium.
Free admission to BC game for Atchison residents
Area schools faced either lockdown or evacuation Friday morning when two chemicals were accidentally mixed on MGP grounds, creating a thick cloud that engulfed a portion of the city.
Benedictine College announced Monday that it will not be holding its annual trick-or-treating event in the dorms on Monday, Oct. 31.
Benedictine College was recently recognized as the largest private college in Kansas by the Kansas Independent Colleges Association, growing by nearly 100 percent in the past 10 years.
Benedictine College will be hosting a recital 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25, in the O’Malley-McAllister Auditorium.
For the 10th year in a row, Benedictine College has been named as one of the best colleges and universities in the U.S. News Media Group’s list, “America’s Best Colleges.”
Following up on the 9/11 Patriot Day memorials, Benedictine College will honor all those who have served or are currently serving the country in any branch of the military during its “Stars and Stripes” celebration on Saturday, Sept. 17.
Work continues on Benedictine College’s Westerman Hall. According to Marketing and Communications Director Steve Johnson, crews are starting the demolition of the existing concrete awning that extends around the ground floor on the back side of the building.
Atchison resident Isaac L. McCracken has been chosen to become a member of the National Society of High School Scholars. The society recognizes top scholars who have demonstrated outstanding leadership, scholarship and community commitment. The announcement was made by NSHSS founder and Chai…
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