Salina Tech Students Eager to Learn

By |2021-01-07T14:33:11-06:00January 7th, 2021|Categories: Construction, Electrical, news, Salina Tech in the news, Zuncategorized|

Andy Houltberg, Executive Director of the Ashby House, points to one of the Ashby House facilities while teaching the Salina Area Technical College construction students what services the shelter provides for the community. The students will be helping with the electrical work and construction inside the historical house that was moved to the Ashby House over [...]

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High schoolers participate in Manufacturing Day

By |2018-11-08T19:08:31-06:00November 8th, 2018|Categories: Automotive, CAD, Construction, Diesel, Electrical, High School, HVAC, Machine Tool, Welding, Zuncategorized|

Chrisxavier Cease, a junior at Abilene High School, gets hands-on experience using a welding simulator Wednesday at Great Plains Manufacturing's inaugural Manufacturing Day. [ALLEIGH WEEMS / SALINA JOURNAL] Ellsworth High School junior Ashley Woods has a history of working with machinery. From growing up helping her father with the family ATV to taking small gas [...]

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Salina Tech enrollment jumps 27%

By |2018-11-08T18:52:18-06:00October 2nd, 2018|Categories: Allied Health, Auto Collision, Automotive, CAD, CDL, Construction, Dental Assistant, Diesel, Electrical, GenEd, High School, HVAC, Machine Tool, Medical Assistant, Police Science, Practical Nursing, Registered Nursing, Welding, Zuncategorized|

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. [...]

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Salina Tech summer camp preparing students for the future

By |2018-09-10T13:57:02-05:00May 24th, 2018|Categories: Community, Construction, Diesel, Electrical, Welding, Zuncategorized|

Rising Salina South High School freshman Colton Jensen has aspirations of becoming a welder. “It’s what I love to do and if I could pick any career it would be in welding, for sure,” he said. Kirk Heimer, 12, of Assaria, works on a project in the diesel and hydraulics class during the Salina Area [...]

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Technical skills learned at day camp

By |2017-12-22T14:21:54-06:00May 25th, 2017|Categories: Community, Diesel, Electrical, Welding, Zuncategorized|

A student in Salina Tech's summer camp welds together a bug sculpture to take home. Skills used for welding, electrical wiring, diesel mechanics and operating hydraulics aren’t just for the guys. During summer day camp conducted Monday through Wednesday at Salina Area Technical College, both girls and boys learned how to weld, wire outlets [...]

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Salina Tech students’ house-building project viewed

By |2017-12-22T14:35:56-06:00June 30th, 2016|Categories: Community, Construction, Electrical, HVAC, Zuncategorized|

After years of building homes with Salina Habitat for Humanity, about 40 Salina Area Technical College students got the opportunity this year to be a part of building a more elaborate house from the ground up. The students, who were a part of four Salina Tech programs -- HVAC, computer-aided drafting, construction technology and electrical technology [...]

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