For the seventh year in a row, Salina Area Technical College has been recognized as a Military Friendly® School by Viqtory, the publisher of G.I. Jobs, STEM Jobs and Military Spouse magazines. This year, Salina Tech was awarded the Silver designation, putting it in the top 20 percent of Military Friendly schools nationwide. Only one other [...]
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 [...]
Like most industries, manufacturing seems to change and adapt toward efficiency as technology evolves. A new program at Salina Area Technical College will prepare students for setting up and maintaining automated machinery — a skill in high demand in the greater manufacturing workforce. The Industrial Maintenance and Automation program will train students on various components [...]
New Tax Credit Program benefits Kansas Taxpayers The Kansas Department of Revenue & Kansas Legislature has established the Community College & Technical College Contribution Tax Credit Program. The program will run from July 2022 through 2026. The credit shall equal 60% of the total amount contributed during a taxable year for contributions made to a [...]
A decade-long streak of enrollment growth continues for Salina Area Technical College this fall, with the college again posting new records. According to data collected for the Kansas Board of Regents on the 20th day of fall classes, Salina Tech has 857 students, up five from the 852 in the fall of 2021. On a full-time [...]
The Chronicle of Higher Education has ranked Salina Area Technical College in the top 2 percent of two-year colleges across the United States, based on its graduation rate. The Chronicle’s annual Almanac is published each August, and compares thousands of colleges across the country each year on a wide variety of metrics. This is the fourth [...]
With the start of a new school year, Salina Area Technical College welcomes several people to new leadership positions at the college. Jennifer Callis, who had previously served as Vice President of Student Services, has been named Vice President of Instruction, succeeding Stanton Gartin in that role. Callis earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Business [...]
Brenda Gutierrez, executive director of the Salina Area Technical College Foundation, attended her first meeting of the Kansas Community and Technical College Development Officers’ Conference held at Colby Community College. During the two-day conference, participants from across the state took part in a variety of events, including a ... read more at Salina Post
Three recent graduates of Salina Area Technical College’s Computer Aided Drafting program and one Diesel Technology graduate placed this past week at the SkillsUSA national competition in Atlanta, Georgia. In all, more than 6,500 high school and college students participated in the national competition. According to the school, the team of Clayton Knipp and Ashton Richards, [...]
