Coming Full Circle with Dr. Shawn Derritt, C’91 This month we met with Dr. Shawn Derritt, C’91 and current KCKCC Dean of Student Services! Dr. Derritt graduated from KCKCC in 1991 with an Associate of Arts in Psychology. He went…
Announcing the Summer and Fall 2022 Foundation Scholarship Recipients
It’s that time of year again! KCKCC Foundation has awarded 513 Summer and Fall 2022 scholarships totaling $346,756. We celebrated with scholarship recipients and donors on June 6th at the Foundation Scholarship Award Social (pictured left and below). Thank you…
From Incarcerated to In-Charge, Meet Jason Miles, C’92
From Incarcerated to In-Charge, Meet Jason Miles, C’92 This month we met with KCKCC/AVTS Alumnus Jason Miles, C’92. Jason is the Director of Welding for Zephyr Products Incorporated. He started with Zephyr, while he was in prison. He is now…
Meet KCKCC Culinary Arts Alumna Mary Fox C’19 & ’21
This month we are catching up with Mary Fox, a KCKCC alumna who majored in Culinary Arts and Business Administration. She was a member of the 2019 Skills USA Baking Team and National Technical Honors Society. Fox is now the…
Announcing the Spring 2022 Foundation Scholarship Recipients!
Each semester, we award hundreds of scholarships to outstanding KCKCC students through the generousity of your philanthropy. We are thrilled to announce this semester’s cohort of Foundation Scholarship Recipients. Join us in congratulating them on their great achievements! Spring 2022…
Meet Joanne Haen, KCKCC Retired Faculty Member
Meet Joanne Haen, KCKCC Retired Faculty Member This month we sat down with retired faculty member, Joanne Haen. We reminisced on her time as a journalism instructor, faculty advisor for the student newspaper and yearbook, and her lifelong love of…
Construction Technology Alumna, Cassandra Puletapuai C’17, forges a new career path
Cassandra Puletapuai changed the trajectory of her life after graduating from KCKCC’s Construction Technology program in 2017. Upon completion of the program, she started a small company that entailed minor repairs and remodeling projects. She also taught an upholstry class…
LAURA SCHMIDT, FOUNDER OF NOTES TO SELF SOCKS & KCKCC ALUMNA ‘83 CELEBRATES TEN YEARS OF BUSINESS
LAURA SCHMIDT, FOUNDER OF NOTES TO SELF SOCKS & KCKCC ALUMNA ‘83 CELEBRATES TEN YEARS OF BUSINESS Prairie Village, KS, July 13一Laura Schmidt and her team celebrate the ten year anniversary of her business, notes to self-socks, a woman-owned, made…
Meet Phil Dixon C’77, Historian, Author and National Advisor for the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
Phil Dixon, C’77, is a Negro Leagues Baseball author, speaker and historian. For more than 30 years, he has appeared on numerous television and radio programs nationwide speaking about the Negro League and its players. He has interviewed more than…
Getting to know Dr. Melanie Hopwood Simpson, C’86
Getting to know Dr. Melanie Hopwood Simpson, C’86 Dr. Melanie Hopwood Simpson graduated from the KCKCC Nursing Program in 1986 with an Associate of Arts in Nursing. Dr. Simpson has Bachelor’s Degrees in both Nursing and Human Relations, a Master’s…