Crusader News

Crusader continues nine-year streak in placing for Best of Show

November 14, 2014

Seward County Community College’s student led newspaper, The Crusader, placed in a seventh place for ‘Best of Show’ in the two-year broadsheet category for the ninth year in a row at the annual National College Media Convention.

Phi Theta Kappa plans food drive

November 14, 2014

Phi Theta Kappa at SCCC/ATS has been involving the community in Liberal through community service projects, such as highway clean up and a Thanksgiving food drive.

Firearms simulator shoots for Dec. 2 grand opening

November 14, 2014

A firearms simulator at Seward County Community College/ Area Technical School will give the public an opportunity to sharpen marksmanship skills starting Dec. 2.

SCCC students make All-Kansas academic team

November 14, 2014

Two Seward County Community College students have been selected for the All-Kansas Academic Team. This academic team is a group of students made up of two students from each community college in Kansas.

Couple makes Veterans Day a family affair

November 14, 2014

Ruthie and Bert met in 1978 at Camp Pendleton in California. Ruthie, a Marine, worked in retail at the military PX; Bert, serving in the Navy, worked in a dental clinic across the deck from the PX building. This Marine and Navy Corpsman found common ground and have now been married for 32 years. On Tuesday, they celebrated Veterans Day together with co-workers at Seward, where both are employees.

Williams’ retirement brings memories, hopes for future plans

November 8, 2014

After working at Seward for 32 years, Dean of Administrative Services Tom E. Williams will retire after this semester. “I’m like that pair of pajamas...

Steps to staying safe during flu season

October 27, 2014

Flu season has finally started. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 199 cases of the flu were reported in the United States since Oct. 17.

Katy Redd fights through West Nile Virus

October 27, 2014

Behavioral science instructor Katy Redd returned to her classrooms last week. It was after midterm, but it was the first time she’d seen her Seward students since the first several classes in August. Redd had missed seven weeks straight, and some of those weeks she can’t even remember because she was hospitalized and in an intense battle to overcome West Nile Virus.

Trick-or-Treat Street provides safe environment for campus visitors

October 27, 2014

Seward County Community College/Area Technical School will host Trick- or- Treat Street from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 30, to give campus clubs a chance to interact with the community.

Enactus club ‘legacy project’ created to empower women

October 27, 2014

The local Enactus group is working on a “legacy project,” using the name of E-closet for a area being renovated in the old dorms on campus. The project is, in part, to collect business attire for women interviewing for jobs.

Food Service director wins $5,000 at Liberal Duck Race

October 8, 2014

Jerry Odle, Food Service director, won the 13th annual Duck Race and $5,000 with lucky duck No. 2123, on Saturday, Sept. 27.

Remodeling planned to transform jet to STEM learning center

October 8, 2014

A Fed Ex jet donated to the Liberal Mid-America Air Museum Foundation is being reconstructed into a STEM classroom. STEM includes the education of science, technology, engineering and math for students from kindergarten, middle school, high school and college. The Fed Ex donation program has donated more than 60 jets for educational purposes, often to aviation maintenance technology programs.