Kearney training program graduates seven more
KEARNEY -- Central Community College has announced the graduation of seven more students from the Central Nebraska Welding Scholarship Program in Kearney.
The program was designed to train people unfamiliar with welding so they can be productive welders in the manufacturing environment.
The just-completed training class began on Aug. 1 and ran five weeks. The students met three nights per week, training until 10 p.m. each night. The classes were held at Kearney High School's shops and taught by Dennis Senff, a welding instructor with Central Community College.
Students graduating from the class were Corey Ash, Adam Todd, Michael Lierman, Timothy Moore, Tyler Stumbough, David Torres and Crystal Vansyckle. All seven students have been hired by Chief Agri-Industrial Division in Kearney.
The next class is planned for sometime in January, and there is room for 10 students. Those interested in becoming students should contact Nebraska Workforce Development's office in Kearney at (308) 865-5404 or make direct contract with one of the metal fabricators in their community.
Area students part of Hastings College play
Several Central Nebraska members are part of the cast and crew of "The House of Blue Leaves," to be presented Oct. 2-5 in the Scott Studio Theater on the college campus.
Senior Corey VomWeg of Hastings is stage manager.
Cast members include Paul Martin of Doniphan as Artie Shaughnessy; Danae Garfield of Aurora as Bunny Flingus; Jordan Binfield of Doniphan as the M.P.; and Kris Wilcox of Doniphan as the Man in White.
Zach Boyd of Hastings is head of the properties crew; and Dani Bachman of Grand Island and Ashley Isaac of Bradshaw are members of the box office and public relations crew.
CCC-Hastings names Judicial Board
HASTINGS -- Eight students have been elected to the Judicial Board at Central Community College-Hastings for the 2008-09 academic year.
The Judicial Board is authorized by the campus administration to hear and judge cases involving student violations of rules and regulations in the residence halls and on campus. New officers and members from the Grand Island area are: Jeanene Kaslon of Ashton, an academic transfer/secondary education major, bailiff; Justin Wieczorek of Grand Island, a video production major, court clerk; and Tim Ward of St. Paul, a business administration major, chief justice.
Laura Harrahill of Palmer, a media arts/video production major, is a new member of the board.
Activities
Matthew Palmer of Grand Island is participating in the Cooperative Education Program at Central Community College-Grand Island. Palmer, an information technology major, is working as a help desk support intern at the Midland Area Agency on Aging in Hastings. Palmer is a 1999 graduate of Stanley-Boyd High School in Stanley, Wis.
Janae Riha of Grand Island will perform along with the dancers and members of the music ensemble during Nebraska Wesleyan University's production of "Children of Eden." The production will be staged at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 2 through 4 and Oct. 9 through 11 with matinee shows at 2 p.m. Oct. 5 and 12. All shows will be in McDonald Theatre at 51st and Huntington Avenue in Lincoln.
Graduates
Kara L. Knapp of Hastings was among more than 900 students who received degrees from the University of Kansas in Lawrence after the 2008 summer session. She received a bachelor of arts in speech-language-hearing. Knapp is a Hastings High School graduate and the daughter of Randy and Brenda Knapp.
Honors
The family of Tracy Kreklow of St. Paul was among honor families acknowledged on Sept. 20 at Family Day 2008 at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Kreklow is the daughter of David Wells and Chris Surprenant. She is a middle grades education major.
Scholarships
Aaron Blender, a Northwest High School graduate from Grand Island, has been awarded a scholarship from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D., for the fall 2008 semester.
