Tag: students

Two area students recently graduated from their schools of higher education. Audrey White-Dold of Iola participated in graduation ceremonies at Butler Community College in El Dorado. Jennifer Nicole Ensminger of Moran graduated from Missouri State…

MANHATTAN — Nearly 3,220 students completed degree requirements from Kansas State University in spring 2019. The graduates are from 101 Kansas counties, 48 states and 48 countries. Area students are listed with their degree and,…

Big changes next year are expected to help the Bowlus Fine Arts Center connect to a wider audience. The center will add a new position to expand educational programs for students, with more events, a…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A blanket ban on signs and restrictive permits for protests at the Kansas Statehouse constitute “an unnecessary and impermissible prior restraint on political expression at the core of First Amendment expression,”…

Iola High School’s forensics team continues to excel in its competitive acting and speaking competitions in 2019, winning a league championship and pulling in two other top-two finishes. In winning the Pioneer League Meet March…

(This is the fourth in a series of articles about college in Kansas.)   LIBERAL ? Hefty college debt won?t saddle Bryan Medina. He?s on a fast track to an energy career that he hopes will…

Educators can get reasonably close to figuring out which of their high school seniors are serious about college by counting who takes the American College Test. Last year, 52 Iola High School juniors and seniors…

Area students were named to the fall 2018 honor roll of Pittsburg State University.  To qualify for the Dean’s Scholastic Honors, a student must maintain a 3.6 GPA and have no grade lower than a…

Members of the Iola Fire Department are putting on a different hat — going from firefighters to fire-preventers — as part of National Fire Prevention Month. The Fire Department has visited with more than 950…

School librarians at USD 257’s elementary schools purchased 104 books, courtesy of a $750 donation from the Iola Kiwanis Club, plus an additional $375 matching grant from Usborne Books. The final tally resulted in 104…