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2009 Graduation and Honors
 Kentucky State Senator Ken Winters will be the featured speaker at the 2009 West Kentucky Community & Technical College Graduation Ceremony at 7 pm May 15.
More than 250 candidates for graduation are expected to participate in the ceremony which will be held for the first time in the Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center. Tickets are required.
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Gericke and Maley Selected WKCTC Teachers of the Year
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Dr. Kevin Gericke |
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For the second time in more than a dozen years, there was a tie in the selection of the 2009 Teacher of the Year at West Kentucky Community & Technical College, college officials announced Thursday.
The student body selected Don Maley and Dr. Kevin Gericke as teachers of the year from among 14 faculty members named. The selection was announced during a reception in the Clemens Fine Arts Theatre Lobby. (more) |
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High Schoolers Start Merger into College
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 The 50 students met on the West Kentucky Community & Technical College campus for orientation, which included discussion of upcoming classes, a tour of the bookstore and a chance to get to know each other. (more) |
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 Marshall County resident Janie Pogue was in a scary situation. The mother of two grown children, she and her husband were doing fine until the company she worked for was bought out and the new owners shutdown her store. (more)
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Students Learn Spring Break More than Party Time
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Traveling to Mexico for spring break isn’t anything new for many partying college students in the United States. But a group of students and faculty from West Kentucky Community & Technical College recently found out that traveling to Mexico could be an experience invaluable to their education.
Students from Bowling Green, Maysville and West Kentucky community & technical colleges were among 11 members of the March 7-14 trip, coordinated by WKCTC Spanish teacher Carolyn Perry and English teacher Pat Blaine. The course, titled “Culture of Mexico for Non-Spanish Speakers,” met the associate in arts and associate in science cultural diversity graduation requirement in social interaction. (more)
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Lay Family Foundation Gives More Money to Middle College
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| The St. Louis-based Lay Family Foundation has donated an additional $60,000 to the Commonwealth Middle College at West Kentucky Community & Technical College. (more) |
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Two WKCTC Students Nominated to ALL-USA Academic Team |
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Crystal Herron |
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Cole Hackett
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A desire to give something back through volunteerism has marked the lives of two West Kentucky Community & Technical College students who were recently nominated to the USA TODAY's 2009 All-USA Community College Academic Team.
Sponsored by the American Association of Community Colleges, Phi Theta Kappa, and USA TODAY, the All-USA Academic Team consists of outstanding two-year college students who are selected based on outstanding academic achievement, campus and community service, and an essay about their most significant endeavor while attending a community college. Paducah residents William Cole Hackett and Crystal Herron are following different paths as WKCTC students who expect to transfer to 4-year universities after they graduate from WKCTC.
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