Archive By Section - Education
After extensive search by the eduKan Board of Directors, Adam K. John Ph.D. MBA, has been appointed to CEO of the award-winning consortium to support six community colleges in Kansas and manage the online technology platform.
July 19, 2015
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Education
The family of Ryan Joseph Bealer created a scholarship fund for Great Bend High School male graduates wishing to enter the engineering. The scholarship is a way to continue to honor Ryan and promote his values. Ryan gifted spirit and talents touched lives in memorable and unique way.
July 17, 2015
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Education
The new chief executive officer of the eduKan Consortium, Dr. Adam K. John, brings years of experience in higher education.
July 17, 2015
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Education
A student-led campaign led to Columbia University becoming the first university in the United States to divest from prison corporations.
July 16, 2015
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Omar Etman
Deseret News
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Education
Some of the Republican Party’s most promising presidential candidates in 2016 are governors or former governors running on their executive experience. Unlike senators, whose experience typically consists of votes and position statements, governors have to govern, leaving a record of hard choices, hurt feelings and other debris behind. That record of choices provides a window into a candidate’s core values and leadership style that is hard to get from a senator.
July 16, 2015
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Eric Schulzke
Deseret News
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Education
Barton Community College has named 279 students to the Dean's List for the spring 2015 semester. To qualify for this honor, students must have been enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours and maintained a grade point average of 3.5 to 3.99 on a 4.0 or "A" letter scale.
July 12, 2015
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Education
Six students from the Fort Hays State University Marketing and Management Association attended the 2015 Phi Beta Lambda (FBLA) National Leadership Conference recently in Chicago. The students competed in business events and participated in professional development activities after qualifying at the Kansas State Phi Beta Lambda conference.
July 12, 2015
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Education
California high school English teacher Dana Dusbiber took to Valerie Strauss's education blog at the Washington Post recently to make an impassioned if familiar argument: Stop teaching Shakespeare in high school.
July 08, 2015
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Eric Schulzke
Deseret News
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Education
Hours of study and preparation seem to go out the window every time Katie Fisher sits down to take an exam.
July 08, 2015
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Mercedes White
Deseret News
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Education
A new teacher training program announced by the Boston-based Woodrow Wilson Foundation in partnership with MIT aims to upend teacher training by awarding degrees based on mastery of specific skills, not time in the classroom. (See a Q&A with Patrick Riccards of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation here.)
July 06, 2015
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Eric Schulzke
Deseret News
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Education
Nearly 460 Kansas State University students have earned graduation honors with their May 2015 degrees.
July 05, 2015
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Education
The Spring 2015 Honor Roll for Garden City Community College has been announced. The considerations were based on degree-seeking students enrolled in eight (8) hours or more for the Spring 2015 Semester.
July 05, 2015
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Education
Approximately 4,575 undergraduate students at the University of Kansas earned honor roll distinction for the spring 2015 semester. The students, from KU's Lawrence campus and the schools of Health Professions and Nursing in Kansas City, represent 96 of 105 Kansas counties, 47 other states and territories, and 38 other countries.
July 05, 2015
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Education
Michael Abbott of Great Bend is part of cast and crew presenting "The Nerd," a hilarious and popular comedy by Larry Shue.
July 05, 2015
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Education
Religious schools and universities that have barriers against homosexuality may be under the gun after Friday's gay marriage ruling, given both oral arguments in April and the fine print of Justice Anthony Kennedy's decision last week.
July 02, 2015
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Eric Schulzke
Deseret News
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Education
