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 & City of Salina sign Police Science agreement

By |2017-12-22T13:56:51-06:00November 27th, 2017|Categories: Creative, Design, High School, Police Science, Zuncategorized|Tags: |

Salina Tech President Greg Nichols, front row, left, and Salina City Manager Jason Gage, seated, right, signed an agreement that will allow Salina Police to teach Police Science classes to juniors and seniors in the Salina School District. Behind them are Salina Tech's Vice President of Instruction, Stephani Johns-Hines, Salina Police Chief Brad Nelson, and [...]

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Young mother on path to success

By |2017-12-22T13:58:02-06:00November 6th, 2017|Categories: Allied Health, High School, Zuncategorized|

Patricia Haas (left), a family consultant with Heartland Early Education Center, Cristina Nieto, Jordan Dickey and her son Maverick Wylie, and dad, Maverick Wylie, went to Washington, D.C., for the National Headstart Association 2017 Fall Leadership Institute and Parents as Leaders Training. [Sarah Brown / Salina Journal] When Salina teenagers Maverick Wylie and Jordan Dickey [...]

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Salina Tech partners with USD 305 on Public Safety

By |2017-12-22T13:59:21-06:00October 15th, 2017|Categories: High School, Police Science, Zuncategorized|

Salina Police Chief Brad Nelson hopes a new high school public safety pathway being implemented by the Salina School District and Salina Area Technical College will help remedy a shortage of officers in his department. Beginning in the fall of 2018, juniors at Salina Central and Salina South high schools will be able to enroll in [...]

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Salina Tech enrollment up 6 percent

By |2017-12-22T14:17:35-06:00September 29th, 2017|Categories: High School, Zuncategorized|

Enrollment at Salina Area Technical College rose just more than 6 percent in the fall of 2017 compared to the previous fall, according to data collected on the 20th day of classes for the Kansas Board of Regents. According to that enrollment data, Salina Tech is serving a total of 615 students, compared to 580 in [...]

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Chronicle ranks Salina Tech fifth in the nation

By |2017-12-22T14:19:19-06:00August 23rd, 2017|Categories: High School, Zuncategorized|

Salina Area Technical College announced today that they have been ranked fifth in the nation for graduation rate among two-year colleges by The Chronicle of Higher Education. “Among those statistics is what portion of a college’s students graduate in 150 percent of the “normal time;” three years for two-year colleges and six years for four-year colleges.” [...]

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Colleges cooperate in providing transfer agreements

By |2017-12-22T14:25:55-06:00February 26th, 2017|Categories: GenEd, High School, Zuncategorized|

Traditionally, many students attended the same university for their entire college career. As higher education expenses have exploded, however, more students are electing to begin their college education at a less-expensive two-year college before transferring to a four-year institution. Transfer or articulation agreements are formal agreements between two or more colleges or universities documenting the transfer [...]

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