All it takes is for people to make that first move toward changing their lives and ºìÐÓÊÓƵ’s Center for Adult Education (CAE) will take care of the rest. The CAE will show people how to get started on the path to a better life at an open house from 3-7 p.m., Nov. 7 at 1025 Main St. in Great Bend. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet with students, graduates, staff and partner agencies. Refreshments will be served. The open house is for both potential students and the general public.
Great Bend Tribune
Published October 27, 2019
October 23, 2019
Story by Joe Vinduska
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ºìÐÓÊÓƵ will host a safe sleep presentation by Physician Assistant Kelci Burkey of Clara ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Hospital and Clinics from 6-7 p.m., Nov. 14 in the Fine Arts Building, Room F-30.
She will discuss safe sleep and how to prevent sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Topics will include:
October 22, 2019
Story by Joe Vinduska
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A wide range of local artists’ work will be on display at the Shafer Gallery as part of the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ County Arts Council Friends and Acquaintances exhibit Nov.1 through Dec. 13. The show is underwritten by the Bill J. McKown Memorial Endowment distributed by the Golden Belt Foundation. Featured artists this year is new ºìÐÓÊÓƵ painting instructor Phil Jacobson and his wife, Mantra Cora.
October 21, 2019
Story by Joe Vinduska
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ’s Center for Adult Education will soon begin its nine-week GED Preparation Class. Orientation classes are the first step to obtaining the Kansas State High School Diploma through the GED Prep Program. Students must attend all orientation classes Nov. 18-21 to qualify for classes. The first day of actual classes is Nov. 25. The center is located at 1025 Main St. in Great Bend.
October 21, 2019
Story by Joe Vinduska
The first ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Student Recital of the school year will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday, October 24 in the Dorothy Moses Morrison Chapel, located in the Fine Arts Building, F-157. ÌýThe recital is free and open to the public.
October 16, 2019
Story by Joe Vinduska
It is important for peopleÌýto protect themselves from online threats and ºìÐÓÊÓƵ is offering three Cyber Security Awareness presentations at no cost to provide tips on what to do, what not to do and how to recognize malicious online content. The sessions are from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Building in room F-30. The sessions are as follows; Oct. 24 is for the general public, Oct. 28 is for Spanish speakers and Oct. 29 is for business owners.
October 15, 2019
Story by Joe Vinduska
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Student Services will lead a campus-wide celebration nurturing positive mental health, depression awareness and suicide prevention from October 21-25. The featured event is a presentation at 6 p.m., Oct. 24 in the Fine Arts Auditorium by Michele Hansen (LPC, LMAC) and Jim Yoder (Wichita Support Group Facilitator). A suicide loss tribute performance by the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Dance Team will precede the presentation.
October 15, 2019
Story by Joe Vinduska
Editors of ºìÐÓÊÓƵ’s literary journal “Prairie Ink†invite the public to a launch party for the publication’s tenth issue from noon to 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1 in the Cavanaugh Room, in the Learning Resource Center, L116.
The come-and-go social event will include refreshments and live readings from some of the published authors.
The “Prairie Ink†is intended as a venue for local authors to showcase their creative writing talents.
October 14, 2019
Story by Joe Vinduska
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ will host a blood drive from 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25 in the Technical Building in room T-186, the Case New Holland Training area. Free “I am Humankind†t-shirts will be given to all donors while supplies last.