Allen Community College trustees are one step closer to naming their next president. Trustees met privately Thursday to discuss who will replace college president John Masterson, who will retire at the end of the upcoming…

Dr. Bruce Moses’s career in education had taken him from Northeast Arkansas Community College in Bentonville to Northwestern University, one of the premier academic institutions in the world. But despite that impressive trajectory in his…

John Marshall had one bit of hesitation before deciding to toss his hat in the ring to become the next president at Allen Community College. That’s because Marshall, who for the past 14 years has…

There’s a warm spot in Dr. Carmen Simone’s heart for education in rural environs. “I’m a rural gal,” Simone explained, having grown up in western North Dakota. “I believe so strongly in the rural mission…

The Allen Community College Board of Trustees will have three special meetings at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 6, 8 and 13 in the Spencer Ambler Board Room at ACC.  The meetings will take place in executive…

Three candidates to replace the retiring John Masterson as Allen Community College president will be in town in the coming days to meet the public. The College Board of Trustees announced they have scheduled times…

Iola City Councilman Mark Peters will not attempt to simultaneously hold a seat on the Allen Community College Board of Trustees. Peters told the Register after Monday’s Council meeting that he will decline the seat…

Generations of Americans grew up learning about the history of Thanksgiving through the same lens.  Pilgrims, settling in the New Land and struggling to survive, are saved from the brink of extinction, courtesy of Native…

Allen’s women’s and men’s basketball teams played on the road last week. The women went 0-3, losing for the first time this season. The men went 0-2.  The women lost 72-59 last Monday at Seminole…

With Allen Community College President John Masterson set to retire, the college is altering its long-term planning process a bit. College trustees approved Masterson’s request Tuesday to institute a “bridge plan” for the rest of…