Hopkinsville Community College News

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  • Local Briefs (Kentucky New Era)
    posted on March 11, 2010 at 04:12:31 pm
    Pennyroyal Hospice hires new executive director The Pennyroyal Hospice Board of Directors has hired Kelly Martin as the executive director, according to a news release from Barb Heneisen, the outreach coordinator.
  • Sports Briefs (Kentucky New Era)
    posted on March 4, 2010 at 06:55:03 pm
    Local LKS chapter slates bass tourney The Christian-Trigg County Chapter, League of Kentucky Sportsmen will have its kick off 2010 bass tournament Saturday at Lakeview parking lot at Highway 68 and Barkley Bridge.
  • History in him (Kentucky New Era)
    posted on February 27, 2010 at 07:07:46 am
    The man who would portray civil rights activist and former slave Frederick Douglass sat with his cane and an old leather bag as he listened to jazz from the next room.
  • Hundreds Participate In Kctcs Rally At Kentucky State Capitol (PRWeb)
    posted on February 26, 2010 at 08:53:28 am
    The chant, “K-C-T-C-S, No More Cuts!” reverberated through the Kentucky state capitol today as more than 600 Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) students, employees, faculty and others rallied to encourage legislators to make smart investments in Kentucky’s future by investing in KCTCS. (PRWeb Feb 26, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases ...
  • Donations down for higher education (Kentucky New Era)
    posted on February 14, 2010 at 11:11:23 pm
    Donations to 16 of Kentucky’s community colleges were down more than 15 percent last year, highlighting a national trend that suggests Americans are too wary of their own economic stability to give handouts to higher education.
  • Calendar of Events (Princeton Times Leader)
    posted on February 10, 2010 at 06:52:05 pm
    Feb. 10…A PARENT WORKSHOP is planned on Wednesday at 9 a.m. at the Caldwell County High School Library. The topic is “The Faces of Love.” Feb. 10…The RADIANT RED HATS will meet on Wed nes day at 11:30 a.m. at the Majestic House.
  • Education summit about changing school culture (Kentucky New Era)
    posted on February 9, 2010 at 02:06:53 pm
    Nationally renowned educator Dr. Anthony Muhammad delivered the keynote speech at this weekend’s education summit, telling teachers and administrators cultural change is not about the schools. It’s about changing the people in them.
  • Education summit opens doors for community development (Kentucky New Era)
    posted on February 6, 2010 at 12:51:47 am
    By Kevin Hoffman, New Era Staff Writer School administrators believe this weekend’s Regional Education Summit is the first step toward bridging the gap between teachers and their communities.
  • Allied health building not in Beshear's budget (Kentucky New Era)
    posted on January 21, 2010 at 03:28:00 pm
    Gov. Steve Beshear’s plan to limit cuts on higher education and continue expansion of state schools could have a crippling effect on some institutions if state lawmakers can’t secure the success of an expanded gaming bill.
  • Boasting record enrollment, HCC now struggles with funding, capacity worries (Princeton Times Leader)
    posted on January 20, 2010 at 08:31:23 pm
    Hopkinsville Community College — coming off a record enrollment — finds two major challenges facing that institution.
  • Gordon College president to step down (Macon Telegraph)
    posted on January 7, 2010 at 03:46:15 am
    Gordon College President Lawrence Weill announced Wednesday he will step down at the end of the academic year, with plans to eventually return to the classroom as a philosophy professor.
  • Ice storm, recession top year's coverage (Kentucky New Era)
    posted on January 4, 2010 at 04:28:44 pm
    A dark stigma hangs over a Hopkinsville street near where children come to play after school. Worn and wounded trees paint the backdrop for a trip down the Pennyrile Parkway. Hand-sanitizer and vitamin C supplements have pushed their way to storefronts and restaurant entrances, and new health precautions are being taken.
  • H1N1 vaccines coming soon for students (Kentucky New Era)
    posted on December 1, 2009 at 04:57:53 pm
    The Christian County Health Department will begin vaccinating students in schools for H1N1 in coming weeks and hopes to offer the vaccination to the general public by the beginning of next year.
  • KACo president's legacy: reforms (Lexington Herald-Leader)
    posted on November 17, 2009 at 11:04:16 am
    It was a bowl of soup that first tipped J. Michael Foster to the trouble that lay ahead for the Kent
  • Fort Campbell family weathers cancer, crashes, deployments (The Leaf Chronicle)
    posted on November 10, 2009 at 11:04:30 am
    When Daddy or Mommy goes off to war, life goes on for military families on the homefront.
  • Miliary families on homefront serve, too (The Leaf Chronicle)
    posted on November 9, 2009 at 11:47:49 pm
    When Daddy or Mommy goes off to war, life goes on for military families on the homefront. CW3 Ross Lewallen, 39, has been an Apache pilot for about 11 years. He has had two deployments to Iraq, another to Korea and is now deployed in Afghanistan.
  • HCC sets fall enrollment record (Kentucky New Era)
    posted on November 4, 2009 at 04:07:16 am
    Record-high enrollment at Hopkinsville Community College has administrators cautiously optimistic about its future with the looming threat of budget cuts.
  • KCTCS Launches Advocacy Website (PRWeb)
    posted on October 29, 2009 at 08:45:28 pm
    A new Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) advocacy website has been launched to encourage citizens, students, faculty, business leaders and policymakers to join the statewide advocacy campaign Kentuckians for Community and Technical Colleges. (PRWeb Oct 30, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/KCTCS/Advocacy_Website/prweb3134064[[[SHIFTIN ...
  • KCTCS head asks for help (Kentucky New Era)
    posted on October 22, 2009 at 11:30:22 pm
    With community college enrollment skyrocketing locally and throughout the state, officials hope to keep all the funding they can.
  • Justice Bill Cunningham speaks at Campaign School (Kentucky New Era)
    posted on October 20, 2009 at 03:00:42 pm
    Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Bill Cunningham spoke during the "Campaign School" event Saturday at Hopkinsville Community College.
  • Weekly Meetings (Kentucky New Era)
    posted on October 19, 2009 at 06:30:12 pm
    CLUBS AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
  • Community college dedicates refurbished library (Kentucky New Era)
    posted on September 23, 2009 at 08:22:54 pm
    Hopkinsville Community College dedicated its remodeled library Tuesday and announced an exhibit about Abraham Lincoln.
  • Hoffman joins news staff to cover education beat (Kentucky New Era)
    posted on September 23, 2009 at 08:07:54 am
    Kevin Hoffman, who has been the Kentucky New Era’s assistant sports editor since May 2008, today joined the news staff and will cover education as his main assignment.
  • ACT scores show slight increase (Kentucky New Era)
    posted on August 11, 2009 at 12:43:59 pm
    ACT test results from the March 10 exam are in, and scores from the district increased nearly half a point.
  • KCTCS Ready to Welcome Additional Veterans (PRWeb)
    posted on August 5, 2009 at 04:12:23 pm
    The Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) stands ready to educate a new generation of veterans as the federal government ushers in the most comprehensive veterans post-secondary education benefits since the 1944 G.I. Bill. (PRWeb Aug 6, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/08/prweb2720774.htm
  • McClendon signs with Motlow (The Leaf Chronicle)
    posted on August 3, 2009 at 10:37:01 am
    Two years ago, just after Christmas break, Zamarios McClendon wasn't so sure that his lifelong dream of playing college basketball was ever going to come true.
  • Library, theater group have no knowledge of acting workshop (Kentucky New Era)
    posted on July 23, 2009 at 07:28:06 pm
    A Tennessee company is promoting a children’s TV and film workshop in Hopkinsville, but the two agencies that the company’s representative says he is working with say they have no knowledge of Premier TV or the workshop.
  • ALA announces 25 libraries to host “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War” traveling exhibit (American Library Association)
    posted on July 16, 2009 at 01:04:05 am
    CHICAGO – The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office, in collaboration with the National Constitution Center (NCC) in Philadelphia, announces that 25 libraries have been selected to host a new traveling exhibit, “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War.” One copy of the exhibition will travel to public, academic and special libraries from mid-2009 through 2013. The ...
  • Education notes: July 8 (Lexington Herald-Leader)
    posted on July 8, 2009 at 10:19:53 am
    awards/recognition ■ Thirty-two of Kentucky's top college students were honored as memb
  • KCTCS Honors Outstanding Faculty and Staff at New Horizons Awards Banquet held May 18 (PRWeb)
    posted on May 30, 2009 at 12:18:23 am
    Fifty Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) faculty and staff members were recognized at the New Horizons (an annual conference for KCTCS faculty and staff) awards banquet held May 18 at the Crowne Plaza in Louisville. (PRWeb May 30, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/05/prweb2476914.htm