HCC NOW! Magazine Spring 2015

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PRESIDENT’S CORNER

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will continue to be a leader in offering students access to educational offerings, whether it is in the evening, at an outreach center, or on-line; physical access will not be a barrier for students” Dr. Carter File Hutchinson Community College prides itself on being a True Blue community partner in South Central Kansas.

The College works to address the needs of our community and students and makes their needs the guiding principle for all we do. From involvement with the Hutchinson/Reno County Chamber of Commerce to help attract and retain local business to partnerships with the City of Hutchinson on fire science training Hutchinson Community College collaborates to help move the community forward.

The Spring 2015 semester saw the completion of the New Fire Science Facility located at 3211 E. 4th. This facility is co-located on the Hutchinson Fire Department training grounds. It is the goal that the partnership between the College and the City will provide for increased training opportunities for both students and Hutchinson fire fighters. The facility will allow the City and the College to offer regional training academies that will benefit the College, the City, and other fire services across the area.

The new facility houses classroomsboth traditional and tiered floor lecture rooms, a commons area that seats nearly two hundred people, a training facility to teach fire fighters about sprinklers and controls, a simulated house or apartment that can be filled with theatrical smoke to give the students a hands-on experience, and storage for the tremendous amount of gear fire fighters need to learn about and perform their jobs.

Another program that continues to go strong and be very beneficial to local area high school students is the Senate Bill 155 program partnership with local school districts.

Under Senate Bill 155 a high school student who takes a career and technical education course, recognized by the Kansas Board of Regents, is not charged for tuition. The college is reimbursed for tuition by the State of Kansas.

This program offers high school students the opportunity to explore career and technical education. It also gives students a chance to jump start their technical career or to develop the skills necessary to earn money to help pay for continuing their education. This program is beneficial on many different levels.

Concurrent education is another area where Hutchinson Community College and many local school districts partner

to give high school students early college experience. This provides many benefits for the student, including a lower cost of attendance and a shorter path to graduation for their degree. Whether they choose to obtain a bachelor’s degree or an associates of applied science, concurrent enrollment will have a positive impact on students’ educational future. Both Senate Bill 155 and concurrent education underscore the Hutchinson Community College commitment to cost-effective education for our students and the community.

Hutchinson Community College will continue to identify career and technical areas for program expansion and improvement based on industry need and graduate demand. The College will look for opportunities that present themselves in allied health, the trades such as welding, heating ventilation and air conditioning, machining, computers and technology, agriculture, and any other emerging area where the College can serve students educational needs and local employers’ workforce needs.

The transfer function to four-year universities will always remain a core function of Hutchinson Community College. The College will work to expand and strengthen the relationship with our four-year partners and to innovate to offer different transfer paths.

Hutchinson Community College will continue to be a leader in offering students access to educational offerings, whether it is in the evening, at an outreach center, or on-line; physical access will not be a barrier for students.

Hutchinson Community College is committed to serve the Community and the students who put their trust in the College by continuing to offer an effective, valuable, and affordable education, and producing educated citizens and a highly-skilled workforce.

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retirees Sylvia Call retires with 16 years of service to Hutchinson Community College.

Jon Colglazier has served 12 years as a custodian, primarily in a part-time role, in the Maintenance Department.

Call has served as the Administrative Assistant in the John F. Kennedy Library. She has provided support in both the collection and cataloging of library assets, assisted with the maintenance of library records and provided day-to-day assistance at the library desk with check out and reservation of library materials.

Sylvia Call

She also was an active member of the campus community and participated on campus committees.

In that time, Colglazier has primarily worked in Davis Hall, providing custodial support and cleaning services to that area. He spent numerous hours in the building to ensure it was clean and ready for the Allied Health programs located in the building.

JOhn Colglazier

Becky Griggs is retiring from Hutchinson Community College with 22 years of service to the institution.

Loretta Horton is retiring from Hutchinson Community College after 22 years of working for the College.

Griggs serves as the Radiology Program clinical coordinator, and she is responsible for arranging clinical experiences for all of the students in the Radiology Technology program.

Horton was a pioneer in the field of online education, taking her Health Information Technology (now Health Information Management) program to an online platform early in the development of online education.

Griggs has also served as an instructor in the program, teaching students in a variety of Radiology Technology and Allied Health Programs.

Becky Griggs

Griggs was also instrumental in helping organize and plan the new state-of-the-art Radiology lab located in the Bob and Lou Peel Allied Health Center.

Loretta Horton

Kathy Larson retires from Hutchinson Community College after working at HCC for 26 years.

Willa Luetters retired this spring after more than 17 years of employment at Hutchinson Community College.

Larson has served the last few years as an instructor in the Agriculture, Business, Computers and Technology department, where she has specialized in teaching nutrition, family and consumer sciences courses.

Luetters spent most of her career at HCC in the Business Office, performing a variety of functions over the years.

Larson was honored by her peers as the Golden Dragon Educator of the Year in 2012.

Kathy Larson

Larson also spent several years as a department chair for the Business, Family and Consumer Science department before the college reorganized departments a few years ago.

Willa Luetters

At her retirement, Luetters was a cashier and account specialist. She worked closely with the HCC Endowment Office on the various accounts for the Endowment Association. She was also instrumental in the adoption of a new electronic account system for the Endowment area.

Janice Mattson retires from Hutchinson Community College after working at HCC for 17 years.

Jeff Pelischek will retire as the Director of Bands at Hutchinson Community College this spring.

Mattson has served as a custodian in the HCC Residence Halls, working in each of the hall areas during her career.

Pelischek, a clarinet virtuoso, has directed the HCC Band and Pep Band program since the early 1980s and has logged countless hours at concerts, games and performances.

Mattson also served as the custodian for the HCC Child Care Center, taking a special pride in keeping the Center clean and efficient for the children and staff working there.

Janice Mattson

Horton has served the last eight years as the co-Chair of the Allied Health Department in addition to her duties with the Health Information Management program.

Jeff Pelischek

He has been recognized by the HCC students as the Dragon Educator of the Year in 2006, and was very popular as an instructor. He has also represented HCC nationally and internationally as a clinician and instructor in the reed instruments and jazz performance.

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ROBERT GLOVER 2015 Alumni of the Year

Glover, who has spent most of his life living in the golden sunshine of California, never forgot the hometown where he spent most of his childhood, and has been a loyal supporter of Hutchinson Community College scholarship programs through the Glover Family Scholarship, to help assist graduates of Lincoln Elementary achieve their goal of higher education.

Glover knows what it’s like to start with the odds a bit against you, and still succeed through hard work and dedication. Also, Glover comments, good luck is always welcome.

“No doubt that the main factor shaping my life, was that my father died of heart failure when I was sixteen, in 1946,” Glover said.

Glover, who was living with his mother at the time, became the unofficial head of the home.

His older sister had graduated from college, and was living in Topeka, while his brother had just returned home from military combat in Germany and hadn’t yet settled back into civilian life.

Never forget where you came from.

Robert Glover has never forgotten Hutchinson.

Retired mechanical engineer Robert Glover, a 1949 graduate, has been chosen as the Alumnus of the Year by the HCC Alumni and Friends Organization.

Glover was honored in absentia with his award as part of the 2015 HCC Graduation ceremonies.

“Robert Glover is an outstanding choice for this honor,” said Cindy Keast, Director of the HCC Endowment Association and Coordinator of HCC Alumni and Friends. “His support of our student scholarship program has been tremendous, and he is a very loyal supporter of HCC and advocate for the education opportunities HCC provides.”

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Glover, in the fall of 1947, joined five friends from Hutchinson High School in enrolling at HCC. They hung out together and took many of the same preengineering courses. Glover noted that his math instructor at Hutch High also moved to HCC that same year, and that gave him a good indication of what was to be expected in those courses.

For Glover, one of his most memorable courses wasn’t in science and math, but a Civics course taught by legendary HCC Dean C.M. Lockman.

“My instructors in pre-engineering, math, chemistry and physics were fine, but that’s just stuff you ground through the text, page by page,” Glover added.

“What was interesting, was Civics, as it was taught

by Dean Lockman. I’m sure we covered the text, but also dove into politics and some of the G.I.’s told of their experiences. Once I told of the various jobs I had held during the war, like being let out of school early to cut asparagus, right alongside German POW’s.”

After graduating from HCC, Glover and his group, with one exception, transferred to Kansas State, where they became engineers. The sixth transferred to Kansas University and became a medical doctor.

Glover joined the U.S. Navy during the Korean War, and was stationed in San Diego. For three and a half years, Glover was an engineering duty officer and supervised overhauling ships for their next tour of duty. It was while living in San Diego, Glover met his wife of 58 years, Jane.

Jane was a grade school teacher from Kansas, by way of Arizona. The duo were inseparable, and lived happily in California for most of the rest of their marriage. After leaving the Navy, Glover went to work for Richfield Oil in California. From there he went to another small engineering firm for a while, before leaving to found a new firm, Fluid Kinetics Corporation, with a coworker.

Fluid Kinetics produced industrial silencers to reduce the noise produced by large machines in the oil and power industry. The company was successful, and after 22 years at the helm of the company, Glover retired in 1992.

Glover and his family also owned a citrus orchard, an activity he enjoyed, although admittedly not profitably.

Basically, I’m a farmer at heart,” Glover commented.

“But it was difficult to make money growing oranges.

The money was in selling the land.”

Glover also has kept busy throughout the years restoring classic cars. One, a 1930 Packard is fullyrestored and now on display at the Murphy Auto Museum in Oxnard, California.

He and Jane, until her passing a few years ago, enjoyed traveling the country and world, and would spend their summers in Fort Collins, Colorado, where their son resides.

Despite all of his success, and his love of California, he never forgot Hutchinson. On a trip home to visit, he toured Lincoln Elementary and was impressed by the desire of the kids to achieve, despite social and economic hardships. Their determination resonated with the man who grew up during the Depression and war and had lost his father at such a young age. He decided then to give back.

He began by donating dictionaries to every Lincoln student, but that didn’t seem to be enough. So, Glover and his family decided to work with his alma mater and establish a scholarship to help those students attend HCC and get a start on their higher education. His first group of students entered HCC in 2005, and a steady stream have come through the college ever since. The scholarship, which has expanded to serve more students, helps pay the tuition for recipients, who must be enrolled full-time and maintain a grade point average of at least 2.0.

Glover is also proud of his family. His two daughters graduated from community colleges in California, and went on to attend state universities, just like their father. All three of Robert and Jane’s children received their college degrees, a fact Glover proudly notes.

Glover now lives in Ventura, and still supports the college through his family scholarship program. He is also the proud grandfather to four grand-children and two great-grandchildren, scattered about in California, Colorado and Arizona.

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Bunn and Schrag Named All-Kansas Hutchinson Community College sophomores Kristina Bunn (Derby) and Elliot Schrag (Buhler) have been selected to the Phi Theta Kappa All-Kansas Academic Team.

The team is sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa, The Kansas Association of Community College Trustees and the presidents of the state’s community colleges.

55 students were selected from the community colleges in the state of Kansas. LeAnn Bravi is sponsor for Phi Theta Kappa at HCC. Bunn is a meteorology student with a 3.92 grade point average. She is an officer for Phi Theta Kappa,

and is the treasurer of the HCC Circle K chapter. She is also a member of the HCC Student Government Association and a member of the HCC Honors Program. She plans to attend the University of Oklahoma following graduation.

Schrag is majoring in mechanical engineering at HCC with a 3.93 grade point average. He is a member of Phi Theta Kappa and of the CARES club on campus.

He also volunteers at the Kansas Bible Camp and the Dutch Kitchen. He plans to attend Kansas State University for further study.

Forensics Team Performs Well at Nationals Students on the Hutchinson Community College Debate and Forensics team took home several top honors at key spring tournaments.

The team competed at the AFA/NIET National Tournament at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon on April 4-6. HCC competed against over 90 two- and four-year schools attending from across the country. The team finished third in the nation among

Community Colleges, as well as placing 44th amongst all schools at all levels competing in the event.

HCC also competed at the American Forensics Association (AFA) District 3 Regional Tournament, held March 7, in Tyler, Texas.

Individually, the team earned 12 awards, and qualified nine events to the AFA National Tournament. The team was led by Caitlyn Ross (Meriden) who was first in after dinner speaking; and Autumn Masters (Wichita) placing first in program of oral interpretation.

The Blue Dragon team traveled to the KASIE State Forensics Tournament at Bethel College on February 21.

The team earned 19 individual honors in forensics, and was first place Top Community College and finished in first in Division I Team Sweepstakes and won the overall Open Team Sweepstakes crowns.

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Allied Health Live Training Scenario The Allied Health Department at HCC held a department-wide Interprofessional Education (IPE) simulation on Wednesday, March 18.

The students were presented a simulation with a patient who goes into cardiac arrest following surgery in a local hospital.

Students from the associate degree nursing program, along with physical therapist assistant, respiratory therapy, pharmacy technician and radiology programs were involved in the scenario simulation. The scenario was completed four times, with students able to participate in one hands-on experience lasting approximately 20 minutes.

Students who participated in the scenario were then able to view the other simulations through closed-circuit television in the Shears Technology Justice Theater. All students were debriefed by instructors following the scenario runs as a group to improve their understanding and response in future patient treatment situations.

“This is our first event of this magnitude,” said Debra Hackler, co-Department Chair for Allied Health and Director of Nursing. “HCC has been a leader in simulation training in our EMS and Fire Science departments, and we are looking to add this aspect to our education experiences in the Allied Health area. For students to learn in a live-action situation gives them the type of experience they will need when they enter the health care field.”

Bright Named Vice President

Brett O. Bright has been named the Vice President for Student Services for Hutchinson Community College.

Bright replaces long-time Vice President Randy Myers, who retired in December.

Bright comes to HCC from Texas State Technical College in Marshall, Texas. For the last two years, he has served as both the Associate Vice Chancellor and Vice President of Student Services at TSTC. In that time, he supervised the recruitment, placement, marketing, admissions and registration functions for the College. He also served as the chief student affairs officer, and was the crisis management leader for the institution, and supervised the Department of Public Safety on the campus.

Prior to his assuming the Associate Vice Chancellor role, Bright worked as the VP for Student Services since 2010. He helped guide a new marketing initiative for TSTC, and also helped develop a new extension center and worked out a series of articulation agreements with local ISD’s in the area.

Bright was the Director of Student Development at Weatherford College (Texas) for one year, and served three years as the Vice President for Student Services at Connors State College (Warner, Okla.).

Bright has also had stops at Neosho County Community College, New Mexico State University and Murray State (Okla.) College, where he held a variety of positions in the student affairs areas.

Bright received a Bachelor’s of Arts in Counseling from East Central University (Ada, Okla.) in 1995 and completed a Master’s of Education from East Central in 2000. He also has post-graduate work in Educational Administration from New Mexico State University.

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DEDICATION of Fire Science Center

Public Safety Education took a giant step forward for both Hutchinson Community College and Reno County with the official opening of the new Fire Science Center.

The official dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony for the new facility at Hutchinson Community College was held on Sunday, April 26, in conjunction with the annual Presidential and Presidential Leadership project presentations and reception.

The ceremony began at 2 p.m. at the new facility, located on the Hutchinson Fire Department Fire grounds on Fourth Street, with a large crowd of area public safety personnel, students, faculty and staff in attendance. Speakers from both HCC, and the Hutchinson Fire Department were on hand for the dedication ceremony.

A reception immediately followed allowing the crowd to tour the new facility, which was completed in early December.

The facility features new training areas, locker rooms, a fire simulation area and additional classroom space for several public safety programs at HCC. The building also featured a new full-color mural wrap with photos of both HCC and Hutchinson fire personnel in action.

The wrap was installed by the Lowen Corporation and was initiated and funded by Bob and Ann Bush.

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The new Fire Science Center will not only provide training and classroom space for HCC, but will also serve as a regional training hub for public safety education in the Midwest.

HCC and the Hutchinson Fire Department will both utilize the building for training and have cooperative programs where students can work alongside active fire personnel to enhance the educational experience.

Ag Wins National Title at NACTA The HCC Agricultural Judging teams competed at the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) championships in Moline, Illinois in April.

The HCC teams won first in Crops and HCC won national championship in the overall sweepstakes event. The Crops team included: Jon Corn (Inman), Joseph Neville (Andale), Andrew Archer (McPherson), Spencer Yenni (Lindsborg), Kevin Zerbe (Wamego). The crops team is coached by Steve Sears.

Three other teams finished in the top five with Agricultural Knowledge third, Horticulture second and Soils fourth.

This marked the second year in a row HCC was the top overall team, and the ninth time HCC has won the sweepstakes since 1995. In order to qualify for sweepstakes, HCC had to compete in at least 7 of the 12 contest available, and HCC fielded teams in 11 of the 12 events.

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The HCC Quarterback Club and Hutchinson Community College Athletic Department welcomed four new members into the Hall of Fame on February 28, 2015.

Ted Crank

Crank has one of the longest-standing records in Blue Dragon Track and Field. A national champion in the 1500-meters in 1976, Crank set a time of 3:46.6 that still stands today as the time to beat in that event. The Hutchinson native, who still owns the Hutchinson High records in the 1600- and 3200-meters, helped lead HCC to an eighth-place finish in cross country in 1975, and was the Region VI cross country champion in 1975. After HCC, he attended Kansas, where he competed in both cross country and track and served as a team captain for both squads.

Richard “Dick” Gisel

Dick Gisel led HCC to outstanding finishes as both a player and a coach for the Blue Dragon basketball teams. The Buhler graduate helped HCC to a fifth-place finish in 1957 under Charley Sesher and played for Sam Butterfield’s 1958 team that finished eighth. He was named to the all-tournament team as well. After a career at Kansas, he returned to Reno County, first as a coach at Buhler, then as an assistant to Gene Keady.

He took over the program after Keady left for Purdue, and led the team to the top spot in the national polls in 1975 and an eighth-place finish at the NJCAA Tournament. He coached four years at HCC with three conference titles and one Region VI crown.

Jerry Kershaw

Jerry Kershaw is legendary with Blue Dragon fans as the voice of HCC. With a 55-year radio career at local station KWBW, Kershaw called an astounding number of HCC games, and had the privilege to call both the 1988 and 1994 NJCAA Championship games that the HCC men’s basketball team won. With nearly a 1,000 basketball broadcasts to his credit, Kershaw worked with all the Blue Dragon greats, including Butterfield, Keady and Stange. A member of the NJCAA Hall of Fame, Kershaw called his 50th NJCAA Tournament season in 2014.

Tom Worthing

Tom Worthing established HCC women’s basketball as a team to contend with. During his 12-year stint as head coach, Worthing led his team to five 20-win seasons, nine top-three Jayhawk conference finishes and three trips to the Region VI semifinals. He was the winningest coach in women’s history until he was passed

by John Ontjes in 2015. 31 of his players earned post season honors, and he still has three players listed in the top 10 in career scoring. Worthing, in addition to his coaching duties, also spent 25 years teaching mathematics at the college.

Randy Stange Leaves with a Legacy

A career as a player, coach and athletic director that spanned 23 years will come to an end after this athletic season as Hutchinson Community College Director of Athletics Randy Stange announced his resignation in February.

Stange will become the Athletic Director for the Springfield, Missouri Public School system, the largest school system in the state of Missouri, where he will oversee all Springfield public school athletic departments.

Just the fourth athletic director in the 85-year history of the athletic program at Hutchinson Community College, Stange was named to the position in 1997. During his 18-year tenure at Hutchinson, Blue Dragon athletics won 27 Jayhawk Conference championships and 28 Region VI championships in all sports.

“I’m very pleased with how this department progressed,” Stange said. “I wanted all of our sports to be successful. Everybody works together here and I like the fact that we have a real family atmosphere here.

It’s not the most important thing, but it was important to me.”

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Royals Caravan Stops at HutchCC

The Royals Caravan made a stop on the Hutchinson Community College campus on January 29.

The Caravan is part of a traveling group to promote Royals baseball and make connections with the fans of the team. Outfielder Lane Adams, pitcher Brandon Finnegan, Hall of Fame pitcher Jeff Montgomery and broadcaster Joel Goldberg were in the group that posed for photos and signed autographs for eager fans and HCC students. More than 200 people, including HCC students, faculty and staff attended the event held in the HCC cafeteria.

Jazz Festival Renamed to Honor Jazz Founder A reunion of HCC Jazz Alumni highlighted the annual Hutchinson Community College Winter Jazz Festival.

For the 40th Anniversary of the Jazz Festival, the event was renamed the Bryce Luty Jazz Festival, and honored the achievements and legacy of former HCC Jazz Director Bryce Luty, who taught at HCC from 19751998.

“After 39 years under the title HCC Winter Jazz Clinic, we are giving this jazz festival that features area high school and middle school jazz bands the title that seemed inevitable, “The Bryce Luty Jazz Festival,” said Nick Schroeder, Director of Jazz Studies at HCC. “We honor the founder of jazz activities at HCC, Bryce Luty. Bryce has had a tremendous impact at HCC and throughout the area, mentoring, recruiting and performing with local high school programs to establish jazz as a force in Kansas.”

The Instrumental Jazz Music program at Hutchinson Community College hosted their annual High School Jazz Festival on January 29-30 at the Stringer Fine Arts Center on the HCC Campus. The event brought together students from middle and high school jazz band programs on the campus for two days of workshops, practice and clinics. More than 500 students, representing area schools attended the event from around the state of Kansas.

This year, in honor of Luty, former HCC musicians returned to campus to perform as part of The Bryce Luty All-Star Alumni Big Band. In addition, Glennda Hill, a noted vocalist and jazz performer returned to her hometown to honor Luty and perform with the jazz groups.

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REtirements Continued from Page 3 Lucinda Turner retires from Hutchinson Community College after working at HCC for 29 years.

Lucinda Turner

Turner has spent her entire career in the HCC Maintenance department, working as a custodian at several campus buildings. Most recently, she has served as the custodian of the Robert Smith Science Center, and was key in helping the staff and faculty remain comfortable during the construction and renovation of the facility.

Turner has been very popular with the staff and students, with her cheery smile and dedication to keeping the building clean and beautiful.

Spring Break Fire Mitigation in Reno Co.

2015 Young Kansans Named Diego Esparza (Macksville) and Grace Suiter (Hutchinson) were selected as the 2015 Young Kansan Award Winners.

The duo was selected as the top spring graduates through a vote of HCC faculty and staff. They each received a cash award and a plaque, courtesy of the award sponsor First National Bank. The awards were presented in a ceremony on campus on May 5.

Hutchinson Community College Fire Science students took part in the 11th Annual Hazardous Fuels Mitigation Project in conjunction with the Kansas Forest Service, March 22-28.

Kansas Forest Service Fire Management funds this project with grants received from the US Forest Service. This grant is designed to cover the cost of fuels reduction in areas where life or property could be harmed in the event of a wildfire. The Hutchinson area was chosen for the project due to its susceptibility to wildfire and has had some of the largest and most destructive wildfires in Kansas.

This year’s project focused around Sand Hills State Park, Prairie Dunes Country Club and surrounding areas. More than 30 HCC students participated in this hands-on training event. The students worked alongside Kansas Forest Service employees and other qualified firefighters from six states and 16 different agencies.

Esparza served as the HCC Student Government Association President this year. He graduated this year with an associate of arts degree, and concentrated on accounting studies. In addition to his duties as SGA President, Esparza was also a resident assistant in the dorms, and was a member of HALO and Circle K. He has also been elected as the state Governor of Circle K International. He also represented HCC this spring in the Leadership Reno County class. He plans to attend Kansas State University and pursue a business degree.

Suiter was active as a student ambassador for the last two years, and was selected as the female Ambassador of the Year for 2015. Suiter received her associate of arts degree in May. She was a member of the HCC choral groups. She was also very active in her church and other organizations in the community. She plans to attend Fort Hays State and major in counseling.

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Blue Dragon Notes

blue dragon notes BRYANT ANDERSON is the new CEO for the PrairieStar Health Center in Hutchinson. He began his new position in April of this year. He and his wife, Tess, have two boys, Cade and Cole.

DOUG BARR has been named the Deputy Warden of Support Services at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility. He has worked at HCF for more than 26 years and resides in Hutchinson.

SHANNON BRAND is a new officer and branch manager for the First National Bank location in Mount Hope. She is a volunteer EMT for the Mount Hope Ambulance Service in her spare time.

JIMMY BYARD is a new master sergeant at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility. He started at HCF in 2001 as a corrections officer.

SHANNON KYLER DEMEL is the new principal at O’Laughlin Elementary School in Hays. She played basketball and softball at HCC. She and her husband, Dustin, have three children.

SHELBY DRYDEN is the Indirect lending manager for Heartland Credit Union in Hutchinson.

Prior to joining the HCU staff she worked as a marketing consultant for The Hutchinson News.

BRAD EVENSON is the new sales manager for the Greater Hutchinson Convention and Visitors Bureau. He will help book group business into the area and oversee the CVB social media.

MARKUS GOLDEN was drafted in the 2015 NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals. He was the 49th pick in the second round.

He played for HCC in 2010, where he recorded 90 tackles as a freshman.

BRAD GRIFFIN is the new head coach of the Southwestern College football team. He was a two-year starter and team captain for the Blue Dragons in 1996-97. He and his wife,

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Katie, have two daughters, Brielle and Bayler.

TERI HANSEN is the new managing editor of the McPherson Sentinel. She has a long career in journalism and newspapers including work with the U.S. Army.

DAN HAWKINS lives in Wichita and serves in the state House of Representatives. He is an employee benefits consultant when not serving the residents of House District 100.

MICHAEL HOLLAND has been promoted to Senior Vice President and Manager of Real Estate Lending at First National Bank. He comes to the bank with more than 17 years of experience in the real estate industry.

MICHELLE KING was recognized as an outstanding alumnus at Dyersburg State Community College in April. King served as the director of the HCC Child Development Center for several years.

COURTNEY KIRK is a new Agency Services Assistant at Fee Insurance Group. She has lived in Hutchinson for 23 years.

DR. LINDSAY KUBINA is the new Student Resource Representive for the Highland Community College-Wamego Center. A native of Buhler, she received her doctorial degree from Kansas State.

JOSH LANNING is the new Attica High School principal. He was most recently a teacher in the Fairfield district. He and his wife have three children.

KATHIE MOORE was recognized with the Joan M. Finney Outstanding Service Award at Washington Days 2014.

She received the award in recognition for meritorious service in advancing the Kansas Democratic party. She lives in Reno County and has retired from the United States Postal Service.

MAGGIE MYERS, ‘86 has joined the St. Rose Health Center as a family nurse practitioner. She lives in Great Bend and has four grown daughters and 11 grandchildren.

RYAN PATTON has been promoted to Corrections Manager II at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility. He has worked at HCF since 2003 and was a Unit Team Manager prior to his promotion.

WILLIAM PERCY was inducted posthumously into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. Percy had a 48-year coaching career that included a stint at HCC. He amassed a career coaching record of 223-160.

BETH PISANO is an accounting assistant for the Hutchinson Community Foundation. She and her family live in Reno County, where she is an active volunteer in the community.

CASSIE SMITH is the new executive director for the Kingman Area Chamber of Commerce. She will promote local area businesses and travel in addition to the new smartphone app “Go Kingman County” that has all local resources in one area.

JOHN WALKER has been named the Director of Admissions for Central Christian School in Hutchinson.

AARON WOODS was in Medicine Lodge recently to shoot his new music video on the town’s Main Street. He and his Aaron Woods Band recorded part of the video for his son “It Feels Like Rain” in November.

AMBER ZVOLANEK, ‘13 is the executive director for the Russell Area Chamber of Commerce.

She spends time with family and friends when not working, and caring for her two dogs, Ellie and Milo.

Wedding Bells & In Memoriam

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We’d like to share your career news, weddings & engagements, educational news and in memoriam updates.

Contact the Alumni & Friends at 620-665-3348 or by emailing: alumni@hutchcc.edu

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Sarah Wagler / Jordan Julian

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Elise Beguelin / Mitchel Arnett

Tenae Sarah-Riss / Sean Jeffrey Emily McGrane / Jordan Stiles

Linda Lee “Lynn” Ward, 65, Cheney, September 26th, 2014 Jennifer M. Adams Knudsen, 44, Phoenix, Arizona, October 6th, 2014 Norman Dean “Bud” Sepp, 78, Nickerson, October 11th, 2014

November 15th, 2014 January 3rd, 2015

Jack E. Mattison, 84, Hutchinson, February 23rd, 2015

Joan M. DiNitto, 82, Haven, December 12th, 2014

Betty Jean Brooks, 85, Hutchinson, January 27th, 2015

John ‘Corky’ Hendrix, 72, Alva, Okla., February 23rd, 2015

Georgia “Ann” Bedinghaus, 71, Hutchinson, January 30th, 2015

Preston MacKenzie Mobley, 21, Wichita, March 1st, 2105

Martin V. West, 95, Tulsa, Oklahoma, December 22nd, 2014

Tanner A. Flores, 24, Hutchinson, October 24th, 2014

Virginia A. Dean, 88, Hutchinson, December 23rd, 2014

Peter Christopher Melton, 29, Wamego, Oct. 25th, 2014

Marcella L. Hockenbury, 96, St. Louis, Missouri, December 27th, 2015 Bryce Luty, 77, Hutchinson, December 29th, 2014 Jane Crosby Cooper, 79, Hutchinson, January 3rd, 2015 Gary Dean Trummel, 84, Coldwater, January 9th, 2015 Dale D. Wilson, 79, Hutchinson, January 9th, 2015

Ida Jane Moore, 78, Montezuma, January 30th, 2015 Jerry G. Mitchell, 66, Hutchinson, February 3rd, 2015

Rosalee M. Bontrager, 88, Ellsworth, March 2nd, 2015 Jeremy A. Burdick, 41, Hutchinson, March 4th, 2015 Gerald J. Drake, 83, Hutchinson, March 4th, 2015

Sandra L. Gray, 67, Larned, February 4th, 2015

Elda M. Matous, 81, Wichita, March 4th, 2015

Norma Lea Euker, 86, Hutchinson, February 8th, 2015

Marilyn K. Hoffman, 59, Pretty Prairie, March 6th, 2015

Kenneth L. “Ken” Byard, 69, Lyons, February 10th, 2015 Jackie Jean Edwards, 65, Hutchinson, February 10th, 2015 Michael G. Smyres, 73, Windom, February 12th, 2015

John Harvey Quick, 89, Hutchinson, March 16th, 2105 Harlan R. Hays, Greeley, Colorado, March 31st, 2015 Paul Alan Fisher, 64, Sterling, April 11th, 2015 Joseph H. Heim, 82, Hutchinson, April 13th, 2015

Friends Remembered

Catherine C. Alexander, Casper, Wyo., January 22nd, 2015

Jan Montford, 70, Augusta, October 22nd, 2014

Alicia Marie Ginest, 49, Stafford, November 17th, 2014

and staff are indicated by italics.

Ray ‘Max’ Lundstrom, 84, Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 9th, 2014

Ray J. Waldo, 81, Wichita, December 22nd, 2014

Jacklyn K. Pennington, 51, Hutchinson, Nov. 8th, 2014

Alumni, former students, current students

Keith L. Christner, 84, Hutchinson, February 17th, 2015

Joshua Clare Miller, 36, McPherson, October 19th, 2014

Dr. Eugene Ralph Wells, 84, Hutchinson, Oct. 31st, 2014

November 22nd, 2015

Michael Kent Taylor, 74, Hutchinson, January 13th, 2015

David W. Ross, 69, Wichita, December 15th, 2014

Jay Lee Ferguson, 78, Newton, October 30th, 2014

June 27th, 2015

Richard Lee ‘Dick’ Mettlen, 96, McPherson, December 6th, 2014

Merle Harris, 78, Scottsdale, Arizona, October 19th, 2014

Daniel E. Peterson, 68, Hutchinson, Oct. 29th, 2014

May 17th, 2015

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PUBLIC NOTICE Hutchinson Community College is seeking comments from the public about the College in preparation for its periodic evaluation by its regional accrediting agency. The College will host a visit October 19-20, 2015, with a team representing the Higher Learning Commission.

Hutchinson Community College has been accredited by the Commission since 1963. The team will review the institution’s ongoing ability to meet the Commission’s Criteria for Accreditation.

The public is invited to submit comments regarding the college: Public Comment on Hutchinson Community College The Higher Learning Commission 230 South LaSalle Street, Suite 7-500 Chicago, IL 60604-1411 The public may also submit comments on the Commission’s Web site at www.ncahlc.org. Comments must address substantive matters related to the quality of the institution or its academic programs. Comments must be in writing.

All comments must be received by September 21, 2015.