Celebrating the Life of Benoyd “Butch” Myers Ellison, KCKJC Class of 1959

Legacy Lives on through New Scholarship Established in honor and memory of Benoyd “Butch” Myers Ellison, KCKJC Class of 1959 Benoyd “Butch” Myers Ellison was born during segregation and WWII in Kansas City Kansas in April of 1939. When he…

Former KCKCC Instructor Honored in Virtual Scholarship Fundraiser

Former KCKCC Instructor Honored in Virtual Scholarship Fundraiser Plans for the 10th annual Philip Miller Memorial Scholarship Reading are underway. The reading honors Phil Miller, a former Kansas City Kansas Community College faculty member known for his love of poetry and for promoting literary writing…

Retirement in a Pandemic by Curtis V. Smith, Ph.D.

Retirement in a Pandemic by Curtis V. Smith, Ph.D. Three years ago, the thought of retirement seemed far away.  I was swamped working as the interim-dean for the Math-Science-Business and Technology Division, teaching microbiology in the evenings and participating on…