Cadet Justin Bethel is just old enough to have a vivid memory of the moment when the towers fell on Sept. 11, 2001, and it is now his duty to carry the meaning of that to younger student soldiers.
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. 18. This year, the St. Martin of Tours Award will be given to Rear Admiral Tina A. Davidson, USN, Ret. Rec…
EMPORIA – Emporia State University congratulates more than 800 undergraduates named to the university honor roll and dean’s lists for spring 2021. A student from the North East Kansas area and the award includes:
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Benedictine College has decades of cherished history as a small, close-knit, Catholic higher education campus, but the ranks of Ravens are notably enriched of late.
St. Joseph, Missouri — Missouri Western State University conferred a total of 455 undergraduate and graduate degrees and certificates in the Spring 2021 semester. Graduates came from 17 states and seven foreign countries.
The names of more than 5,700 graduates at the University of Kansas for fall 2020 and spring 2021 have been announced by the University Registrar. A ceremony for 2020 and 2021 graduates took place May 23.
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GivePulse, an international network that matches volunteers with causes, has presented its Embracing Change Award to Benedictine College.
Director of Technical Education Lucas Hunziger, HCC Technical Center, predicts the educational programs and enrollment will be on an upward swing for the 2021-2022 schoolyear at the Atchison campus. The existing Diesel Technology Program has had a reputation of being one of the greatest in t…
The Highland Community College Technical Center celebrated the opening of the the new Diesel Technology Building on Tuesday. The state of the art facility will allow HCC to expand their current Diesel program as well as bring one, possibly two new programs to the Atchison Area.
LAWRENCE – Annika Wallace, Atchison, is a recipient of the Alexis and Craig Stevens Performing Arts Scholarship the University Of Kansas Department of Theatre & Dance recently announced.
Kansas State University has announced spring graduates and honors.
Washburn University has announced its President’s List honorees for the spring 2021 semester. To qualify for the President’s List, a student must complete at least 12 graded credit hours and earn a semester grade point average of 4.0.
Isaac McCracken of Atchison, Kansas, received a Bachelor of Political Science and a Bachelor of Environmental Science from Baylor University. McCracken was also placed on the Dean’s List both Fall and Spring Semesters, which requires a 3.7 or higher GPA.
In 2019, Benedictine College and the Seymour Institute on Black Church and Policy Studies created a partnership that sent college students to Boston to work as tutors and mentors for middle school students through the Martin Luther King Summer Scholars Program.
Business Technology students from Highland Community College Technical Center participated in the Virtual Business Professionals of America National Leadership Conference, “Envision, Empower, Ignite” from April 26 to May 8.
Local educators have faced challenges like none before, yet as they look to classroom careers, teachers in training refuse to be discouraged.
Washburn University has announced its Spring 2021 Dean’s List honorees. To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must complete 12 graded credit hours and earn a semester grade point average of 3.4 to 3.99.
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The 42nd Annual Telly Awards has recognized the video series “Hebrews: The New and Eternal Covenant,” featuring Dr. Andrew Swafford, associate professor of Theology at Benedictine College.
University of Saint Mary Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Michelle Metzinger has announced the Spring 2021 Dean’s List. The following USM students ended the semester with a 3.5 GPA or better.
Matthew Lobdell of Everest, KS has completed the requirements for the Associate of Applied Science degree from Cloud County Community College. Students completing the degree requirements were conferred degrees following the 2021 Commencement ceremony.
Washburn University has announced its Spring 2021 Dean’s List honorees. To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must complete 12 graded credit hours and earn a semester grade point average of 3.4 to 3.99.
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI -- Jessica Wilkes, Atchison, graduated with a M.A. in Education from Avila University's Class of 2021, the University's 104th graduating class.
Jessica Wilkes of Atchison, KS graduated with a M.A. in Education from Avila University’s Class of 2021, the University’s 104th graduating class.
MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE – It is with great pleasure that Southern New Hampshire University congratulates the following students on being named to the Winter 2021 lists of academic honors of distinction. The winter term runs from January to May.
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Seniors from the Class of 2020 returned to Atchison, Kan., to walk across the stage with their friends from the Class of 2021 during joint Commencement Exercises held at Benedictine College on Saturday, May 15.
GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA — The following local students are among approximately 665 Bob Jones University students named to the President’s List for high academic achievement during the Spring 2021 semester:
WICHITA — Jameson Parks, an Atchison High School senior is among a group of 10 high seniors to be awarded Wallace Scholarships collectively totaling $285,000 to attend Wichita University College of Engineering for four years, WSU Strategic Communications announced Friday, April 9 in a press …
EMPORIA – Emporia State University congratulates more than 800 undergraduates named to the university honor roll and dean's lists for fall 2020. Students from this area who received honors include:
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) office of Federal Student Aid needs your help reaching Kansas high school seniors, current college students, and their parents to remind them to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid form. As Kansas’s April 1 deadline approaches, th…
EMPORIA – Emporia State University announces Makenzie Leigh Dougherty, of Atchison, was among the graduates earning degrees in December 2020. Dougherty earned a bachelor’s of science degree in elementary education with a minor in health.
Highland Community College recently announced its Fall 2020 President’s and Dean’s honor lists.
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The Benedictine College Music Department invites the public to two concerts involving the various bands and ensembles of the Department of Music.
Benedictine College has shifted its annual Scholarship Ball to a virtual setting for Saturday, Feb. 27, which has opened the event up to alumni and friends of the college all over the world. The show is set to begin at 7:00 p.m. Saturday night, and can be seen at www.benedictine.edu/WatchSB.…
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Social Justice Week at Benedictine College will focus attention on important social issues in Atchison, the United States and around the world.
LAWRENCE — More than 7,100 undergraduate students at the University of Kansas earned honor roll distinction for the fall 2020 semester.
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In recognition of Black History Month, Benedictine College’s MLK Day Committee and Black Student Union are pleased to welcome Glenn North, executive director of the Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center and poet laureate for Kansas City’s 18th & Vine Historic, to the campus for a spe…
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(Editor’s Note: The following article was written by Benedictine senior McKenna Elder, and printed in the college newspaper, The Circuit. It was reprinted with permission.)
Pittsburg State University has released the honor rolls for the 2020 fall semester.
TOPEKA — Washburn University recently announced its Fall 2020 President’s List and Dean’s List honorees.
TOPEKA — Washburn University recently announced its Fall 2020 President’s List and Dean’s List honorees.
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Maur Hill-Mount Academy carries on school activities the third week of January without any reported positive cases or quarantines among students or staff members related to the COVID-19 virus.
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The community is invited to join Benedictine College on Monday, Jan. 18, for a joint march and event hosted by the The Black Student Union and the Atchison Ministerial Alliance for Martin Luther King Day.
The number of COVID-19 cases confirmed positive in the Atchison area appear to be on downward trend in comparison to the number of persons in quarantine due to direct contacts with an infected person.
TOPEKA -- Washburn University is pleased to announce the students in its fall 2020 graduating class. Nearly 400 students completed their courses for associate, bachelor's and master's degrees.
Washburn University is pleased to announce the students in its fall 2020 graduating class. Nearly 400 students completed their courses for associate, bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
The Office of the Registrar at Northwest Missouri State University announced students named to the Academic or President’s honor rolls at the end of the 2020 fall semester.
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Within the first week after classes resumed in area schools the numbers of students and staff in quarantines remain higher than positive cases like before the recent holiday break.
GREENVILLE, South Carolina – The following area students are among approximately 600 Bob Jones University students named to the President’s List for high academic achievement during the Fall 2020 semester.
SEWARD, NEB. — Mikayla Lowe, Atchison, was one of 244 students named to Concordia, University, Nebraska’s honors list for the Fall 2020 semester.
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Higher numbers of students quarantined in area schools has seemingly been the norm for December in comparison to the positive COVID-19 cases.
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