Month: June 2018

Nine Wyandotte County students graduate at Emporia State

Nearly 1,100 students were candidates for graduation at Emporia State University this spring, including several from Wyandotte County.

The Wyandotte County candidates for graduation included:
• Brianna Nicole Bell of Bonner Springs, Kansas, with a Master of Science degree in Educational Administration.
• Nicole M. Bishop of Bonner Springs, Kansas, with a Master of Arts degree in English.
• Vicky Lynn Herbster of Bonner Springs, Kansas, with a Master of Science degree in School Counseling.
• Laura Jo Castillo of Kansas City, Kansas, with a Bachelor of Science in Business degree in Accounting.
• Brandon Goodwin of Kansas City, Kansas, with a Master of Science degree in Educational Administration with a concentration in Educational Administration Prek-12.
• JaShawn Markeyce Wallace of Kansas City, Kansas, with a Bachelor of Science in Education degree in Social Sciences.
• Tyrone T. Weaver of Kansas City, Kansas, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Recreation.
• Dakoda W. White of Kansas City, Kansas, with a Bachelor of Science in Business degree in Business Administration and a minor in Music.
• Justin Robert Wieser of Kansas City, Kansas, with a Master of Science degree in Health, Physical Education and Recreation.

Two Wyandotte County residents win cruises

Two Wyandotte County residents will be sailing the Caribbean in January after their names were drawn in Power Cruise second-chance drawings at the Kansas Lottery.

Susan Rezin of Kansas City, Kansas, won in the second of three Power Cruise second-chance drawings.

Sharon Gilbert of Edwardsville, Kansas, won in the first of three Power Cruise drawings on May 14.

The Kansas Lottery will hold one more drawing with five winners to bring the total number of Power Cruise winners to 15. The deadline for the third and final drawing is 11:59 p.m. June 11, with winners announced June 19.

To become eligible to win a Power Cruise grand prize, players must enter the drawings by submitting Powerball tickets through the Kansas Lottery PlayOn® Players Loyalty program. Eligible Powerball tickets can be winning or non-winning, but must be purchased between April 14 and 11:59 a.m. June 10, 2018.

The Kansas Lottery is one of 20-plus lotteries taking part in the Power Cruise promotion. The privately chartered Power Cruise will depart from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on a five-night cruise to Nassau and CocoCay, Bahamas. Lottery winners and guests from all over the country will enjoy a vacation onboard the Royal Caribbean’s Majesty of the Seas, setting sail in January 2019.

University of Kansas offers three-year path for a four-year degree

by Stephan Bisaha, Kansas News Service

The University of Kansas is offering a three-year path to a bachelor’s degree.

The “Degree In Three” program is a partnership between KU, six school districts and three community colleges. Students will begin earning college credit in high school. They will then be able to complete an associate’s degree in one year at one of the partnering community colleges and finish their final two years at KU.

Lowering the number of years to earn a degree — and, subsequently, the number of years paying tuition — can greatly reduce the cost of higher education for a student and is one of the primary motivators for the program. It originally started about three years ago, but KU and its partners decided to have a formalized version of the program start this fall.

Missouri students can also use the program to pay the equivalent of in-state tuition at KU’s Edwards Campus in Overland Park.

The program is also being pitched as a way to avoid the headaches and uncertainty of getting colleges to accept transferred credits.

“It’s heartbreaking to see a student come from high school or come from the community college and have taken the wrong classes,” Carolyn McKnight, director of community engagement and business development at KU, said. “These streamlined programs provide students the opportunity to really focus on their careers.”

The institutions partnering for the program:
• Blue Valley CAPS
• Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools Diploma+
• Olathe 21st Century Academies
• Shawnee Mission Signature Programs
• Southland CAPS
• Summit Technology Academy
• Johnson County Community College
• Kansas City Kansas Community College
• Metropolitan Community College
• KU Edwards Campus

Stephan Bisaha, based at KMUW in Wichita, is an education reporter for the Kansas News Service, a collaboration of KMUW, Kansas Public Radio, KCUR and High Plains Public Radio covering health, education and politics. Follow him on Twitter @SteveBisaha. Kansas News Service stories and photos may be republished at no cost with proper attribution and a link back to the original post.

See more at http://kcur.org/post/university-kansas-offers-three-year-path-four-year-degree.