While Salina Area Technical College has routinely set new fall enrollment records over the past several years, spring enrollment numbers have been quietly growing as well. For the spring 2023 semester, the college reached a record headcount of 1,055 students enrolled in a record 7,921 credit hours. Those numbers represent a 22 percent increase in headcount [...]

If you were to ask Samantha Ribaudo eight years ago where she saw herself in the future, it likely wouldn’t be here. She didn’t anticipate the greasy hands, safety glasses and welding gear. She didn’t anticipate enrolling at a technical college in Salina, Kansas, or living with her older brother an hour and a half from [...]