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Sallee Has Photo Selected for Catalog Cover

02.14.12
Hutchinson, Kan. – Kent Sallee, the Logistics Coordinator for the Hutchinson Community College and Area Vocational Emergency Medical Sciences department, has had a photo selected for the cover of the 2012 Progressive Medical International Catalog. PMI is a worldwide supplier of medical equipme ...

Purdue Places Eighth Internationally in Cisco Challenge

02.14.12
Hutchinson, Kan. – Hutchinson Community College and Area Vocational School has announced that Harry Purdue (Hutchinson) placed eighth in the International Cisco® Networking Academy® NetRiders Skills Challenge, December 2.  The NetRiders Challenge an interactive contest designed ...

Area Agencies Partner with College on Upcoming Health Fair

02.14.12
Hutchinson, Kan. –  The Hutchinson Community College Student Success Center office will hold their annual student health and wellness day “Leap into Wellness”, on Wednesday, February 29.  The event will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Parker Student Union.  The event ...

SGA to Hold Blood Drive

02.14.12
Hutchinson, Kan. –  The Student Government Association at Hutchinson Community College will host a blood drive on campus in conjunction with the American Red Cross. The blood drive will take place on Wednesday, February 29, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Parker Student Union.  Donatio ...

Board Meets Theatre Students

02.09.12
Hutchinson, Kan. – The February meeting of the Hutchinson Community College Board of Trustees began with introduction of two student groups. The board met sophomores April Childs (Lyons) and Brandi Wishon (McPherson) to begin the monthly meeting.  Childs and Wishon were selected to the Ph ...

Vice President's Honor Roll for Fall 2011 Announced

02.09.12
Hutchinson, Kan. –Hutchinson Community College has announced the honor rolls for the Fall 2011 semester, including grades through the end of the interterm session.  1,194 students have been honored with selection to the two honor roll listings, with 582 achieving the Vice President’ ...

Fall 2011 President's Honor Roll Announced

02.08.12
Hutchinson, Kan. –Hutchinson Community College has announced the honor rolls for the Fall 2011 semester, including grades through the end of the interterm session.  1,194 students have been honored with selection to the two honor roll listings, with 612 achieving the President’s Hon ...

Annual Winter Jazz Clinic and Concert

01.19.12
Hutchinson, Kan. – The Hutchinson Community College music department will host the annual Winter Jazz Concert and Clinic January 26-27, 2012.  Thursday evening, the HCC Instrumental Jazz groups will perform a concert with featured musicians Jamey Aebersold (saxophone), Eric Gunnison (pia ...

Document Security Expert Kicks Off 2012 Dillon Lecture Series

01.19.12
Hutchinson, Kan. – Frank Abagnale, an author, lecturer and consultant in the area of document security, will be the first speaker for the 2012 Ray and Stella Dillon Lecture Series at Hutchinson Community College.  Abagnale will lecture on January 31, at 10:30 a.m. in the Hutchinson Sports ...

Board Holds January Meeting

01.12.12
Hutchinson, Kan. – The Board of Trustees of Hutchinson Community College heard an update on the campus master plan at the monthly board meeting on Thursday, January 12.The board also reviewed several routine employment items and declared several desks from the Industrial Technology Center as s ...

Welding Students Place At Contest

01.11.12
Hutchinson, Kan. –Welding students at Hutchinson Community College have posted strong showings at a recent Shielded Metal Arc (also known as Stick) welding contest. HCC sent 18 students to the Manhattan Area Technical College competition on November 16th.  HCC competed against 101 student ...

Play Festival Comes to HCC For Second Year

01.11.12
Hutchinson, Kan. –Hutchinson Community College Theatre will host the 24-Hour Play Festival, February 17-18.  The production will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 18, at the B.J. Warner Recital Hall in the Stringer Fine Arts Center on the HCC campus. Tickets can be purchased at t ...

Annual Martin Luther King Forum Features Dotson

01.11.12
Hutchinson, Kan. – The Hutchinson Community College Social Sciences Department will hold a forum to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, with Dr. Junius Dotson to speak on the campus.  The forum will be on Sunday, January 15 at 3:00 p.m. at the B.J. Warner Recital Hall at the Stringer F ...

Student Organizations Conduct Food Drives

12.20.11
Hutchinson, Kan. – Two student groups at Hutchinson Community College and Area Vocational recently conducted very successful food drives for local food banks. The Part-Time Practical Nursing program in McPherson collected 14 boxes of food items for donation to the McPherson County Food Bank.&n ...

Board Hears United Way Report

12.08.11
Hutchinson, Kan. – The Board of Trustees of Hutchinson Community College heard a report on the college’s participation in the annual United Way campaign, at the monthly board meeting on Thursday, December 9. Dr. Charlene Widener, the Delos V. Smith Endowed Chair for Fine Arts at HCC and ...

Collins Receives Prestigious PTK Scholarship

11.22.11
Hutchinson, Kan. – Hutchinson Community College and Area Vocational School is pleased to announce that Josh Collins (Hesston) recently received a $7,500 scholarship from Phi Theta Kappa. Collins, a 2011 general studies graduate of HCC, is one of 10 community college students from throughout th ...

Harding Has Paper Selected for Publication

11.22.11
Hutchinson, Kan. –Charles Harding, Instructor of Computer Science, at Hutchinson Community College, has had an article accepted for publication in The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society. Harding’s paper A Light in the Abyss: Using Technology to Prepare for the Unk ...

Enrollment is Ongoing for Quick Term

11.22.11
Hutchinson, Kan. – Hutchinson Community College and Area Vocational is now enrolling for the Quick Term session. Quick Term classes are offered between semesters. The time frame for Winter Quick Term classes is December 1, 2011 - January 15, 2012. Courses in the Quick Term program will be off ...

HCC Launches Fast Forward

11.22.11
Hutchinson, Kan. – Hutchinson Community College and Area Vocational School is launching FAST FORWARD, a new package of hybrid courses that will offer more flexibility for students and their busy schedules, minimizing the number of evenings on campus while maximizing their credit hour potential ...

HCC Jazz to Host Second Concert and Clinics

11.11.11
Hutchinson, Kan. – The Hutchinson Community College music department will host the second Jazz Concert of the semester on Thursday, November 17.  The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the B.J. Warner Auditorium in the Stringer Fine Arts Center.  Tickets for the concert are just $7. ...

IN THE NEWS:

  • ESPN featuring Darius Johnson-Odom
    -- ESPN Sport Science segment featuring former Blue Dragon Darius Johnson-Odom. Dec 03, 2011
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  • Father's care grows into vocation
    -- Ricky Turley dreamed of becoming a nurse since the days he cared for his father. Dec 07, 2011
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  • SkillsUSA champions - Charlie and Dennis Unsderfer
    -- SkillsUSA champions magazine for Fall 2011 published the gold medal winners of the summer SkillsUSA Nationals Championships. Oct 12, 2011
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  • Title: Surefire prospects - Technical ed's trend is upward
    -- When Scott Duling graduated from high school a couple of years ago, he, like most grads, had a couple of options: He could go straight to work or he could go to college. Oct 4, 2011
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