The student news site of Seward County Community College

Crusader News

The student news site of Seward County Community College

Crusader News

The student news site of Seward County Community College

Crusader News

News

Katy Redd

­­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.
Crusader photo/Jose Medrano

Leaders in the Enactus project, Clara Cardova and Kaitlyn Carlile accept a donation from Al Shank that will be used to purchase clothing and needed items for women who are referred to the E-Closet.

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.
Family anchored on love not citizenship

Family anchored on love not citizenship

October 8, 2014
Married for five years, Nina and Andy Highfill have gone through the first steps of process in applying for citizenship through a marriage between an immigrant and an American citizen.

Enrollment numbers increase for Fall 2014

October 8, 2014
Fall 2014 enrollment numbers indicate an increase over last fall in both number of students and credit hours enrolled, according to a college news release.
SCCC/ATS Security Badge

2014 Clery Act Reports Filed

October 8, 2014
Each year across the nation, the Department of Education requires colleges to file campus security and crime statistics information.

Nursing students assist at health fair

October 8, 2014
By 6 a.m. Saturday, people were already lined up outside the Seward County Activity Center to get into the health fair. That caused Keeley Moree, health fair organizer, to start the fair earlier than the anticipated 7 a.m. to accommodate the crowd.
Seward welding instructor  sparks interest in program

Seward welding instructor sparks interest in program

October 8, 2014
Tattoo sleeves crawling up both arms and a full beard is not the ordinary image of a college instructor, but John Massey, new welding instructor at Seward County Community College/Area Technical School, is more than an ordinary instructor.
Enactus opens E-Closet project

Enactus opens E-Closet project

October 8, 2014
A community outreach project sponsored by ENACTUS, the student business and entrepreneurship group, was part of discussions at Monday’s regular Board of Trustees meeting. Business instructor Lisa Kennedy explained the project of the group she supervises.
3-D printer enhances learning environment for students

3-D printer enhances learning environment for students

October 8, 2014
Manufacturing Day was a chance for the drafting and design department to show off their new addition to the program. Their new 3-D printer has been attracting a lot of curious wanderers and Steve Merz, drafting and design technology instructor, as well as his students, were more than happy to walk anyone through the process of their new “toy.”
error: Content is protected !!
Activate Search
The student news site of Seward County Community College
News