Students in the automotive technology program at Salina Area Technical College now have their own hybrid vehicle to work and learn on, thanks to a donation from Conklin Cars. On Monday afternoon, the Salina dealership donated a 2010 Toyota Prius to the college, the first hybrid in the college’s stable of vehicles from which students [...]
Enrollment at Salina Area Technical College rose 27% in the fall of 2018 compared to the previous fall, according to information collected on September 20th for reporting to the Kansas Board of Regents. According to the enrollment data, Salina Tech had a total of 435 Full Time Equivalent students, compared with 342 at this time in 2017. [...]
Richard Fairchild (left), auto collision repair instructor at Salina Area Technical College, talks with Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach during a tour of the school Tuesday morning. [TOM DORSEY / SALINA JOURNAL] “Salina Tech is a great school and has just the right programs that the job market demands,” Kansas Republican gubernatorial candidate [...]
Driving a big rig down a stretch of highway was fun for Tripp Goossen until he ran into a wall and shattered his windshield. Tripp Goossen, 16, of Beverly, uses a truck driving simulator Tuesday afternoon during an open house at Salina Area Technical College. [TOM DORSEY / SALINA JOURNAL] Luckily, the 16-year-old Beverly teenager [...]
When Darcy Heitmann first saw the orange 1976 Firebird, he was working in the parts department of the Pontiac dealership in Grand Island, Neb. It was 1981, and the five-year-old car with a dented quarter panel was a trade-in, and was waiting to get the dent fixed in the dealer’s body shop the first time he [...]
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