Education

HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. –Hopkinsville Community College was selected to participate in NASA's BalloonSat Venture for Community Colleges. An HCC team of 3 faculty members and eight students attended the BalloonSat Workshop in Huntsville, Ala., Jan. 29 through Feb. 1. According to NASA, the objective of the venture is to involve community college students in the development...

PADUCAH, Ky. — West Kentucky Community and Technical College was recently named one of the nation's 25 Best Online Colleges of 2015 by BestColleges.com. "We are honored to be recognized by BestColleges.com," said Connie Heflin, WKCTC dean of online learning. "The mission of our Online Learning Department is to provide consistently high quality course content...

WASHINGTON — The Aspen Institute announced Wednesday, March 18, that West Kentucky Community and Technical College in Paducah, Ky., is a Finalist-with-Distinction for the 2015 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. Selected from 1,123 community colleges nationwide, this is the second time WKCTC has been awarded this honor along with $100,000 in prize funds to...

FRANKFORT, KY. –The Association of American Colleges and Universities and the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education announced today that Kentucky is the seventh official state partner in its continuing national initiative, Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP): Excellence for Everyone as a Nation Goes to College. Using LEAP resources and the outcomes frameworks developed in...

HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. — Military Times has announced its Military Times Best: Colleges 2018 rankings, formerly known as Best for Vets. Hopkinsville Community College is ranked 17th in the two-year college list. HCC has been included in the list for eight consecutive years, since the Military Times’ rankings began. “We are honored to again be included in...

HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. — The Community College Futures Assembly issued a call for Bellwether Award nominations in the fall of 2018 and 30 finalist colleges in three categories were competitively chosen from the applicants. Hopkinsville Community College was among that list of finalists. The field of Bellwether nominations was very competitive this year with over 200...

HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. — Hopkinsville Community College officials recently received notification that the college has achieved rankings in "Best Community Colleges" by WalletHub. HCC ranked 24th in a tie with Columbia-Greene Community College in the "Best Community College in the U.S." list and second in the state of Kentucky.  “We are excited to be recognized for...

PADUCAH, Ky. — West Kentucky Community and Technical College will host its annual Job and Transfer Fair for its students and alumni from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 11 in Haws Gymnasium. Representatives from over 50 businesses and 10 universities will be on campus to talk with students about job plans for the...

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky’s public and independent colleges and universities conferred a record 65,829 degrees and credentials during the 2015-16 year, representing a 2.7 percent increase from the previous year and a 32.5 percent gain over 10 years. Council President Bob King said, “All of our institutions have been implementing strategic initiatives that have helped...

LEXINGTON, KY. – After impressive seasons with the University of Kentucky football team last fall, senior linebacker Avery Williamson, junior defensive end Alvin “Bud” Dupree and sophomore punter Landon Foster have been named preseason All-Southeastern Conference performers by College Sports Madness, the website announced Monday. Williamson was named to the second team, while Dupree and...

PADUCAH, Ky. — University representatives will visit the campus of West Kentucky Community and Technical College tomorrow for the 2015 Transfer Fair. The annual fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in WKCTC's Matheson Library. The fair is free and open to the public. Representatives from the following universities will be on...

MARSHALL COUNTY, KY. – Recently Mrs. Jill Boone, senior guidance counselor at Marshall County High School invited representatives from University of Kentucky, Brescia University, University of Louisville Speed School of Engineering, Mid Continent and Murray State University to visit the campus of MCHS. Each representative shared information about college life with the interested students. Students...

KENTUCKY — An interactive report released today from the Kentucky Center for Education and Workforce Statistics includes feedback on recent graduates from Kentucky’s public high schools and their transition to college, success in the first year of college, college completion and workforce and education attainment. “For the first time our high school feedback report will...

MADISONVILLE, Ky. — Madisonville Community College hosted the annual elementary and middle school math contests on April 14 and April 28. Initiated 36 years ago by retired MCC mathematics professor Dr. Roger Warren, the math contests are an effort to help the K-12 schools promote mathematics and recognize high-achieving students. The 2017 math contest coordinators...

MADISONVILLE, Ky. – Eleven Murray State University education majors from the Madisonville Community College Campus recently spent three weeks as student teachers in Belize. Elementary and learning and behavior disorders dual certification students Heather Starks and Amanda Morrow and elementary education students Tyler Forsythe and Kaity Young were chosen to experience the teaching opportunity of...

OWENSBORO, Ky. — Sorgho Elementary School, Whitesville Elementary School, College View Middle School and Apollo High School have earned 2016 National Healthy Schools Bronze Awards for leading comprehensive health, physical activity and wellness efforts during the 2015-16 school year. They join Highland and Meadow Lands elementary schools and Daviess County Middle School, who were 2015...

MADISONVILLE, Ky. — At the first Hopkins County Board of Education meeting since the beginning of the 2016-17 academic year, MNHHS senior football players were honored. Madisonville-North Hopkins High School Head Football Coach Jay Burgett and MNHHS Principal Tommy Ransom attended the meeting along with 14 senior players as they were recognized as the board’s...