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Education

Four Ivy Tech Kokomo Region students named to All-Indiana Academic Team

Four students from Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo Region have been named to the All-Indiana Community College Academic Team. They will be among students from around the state honored April 21 at an awards banquet in Indianapolis, sponsored by the…

April 2, 2015

Education

Applications being accepted for first ASAP class in Kokomo Region

With a new coordinator at work, Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo Region is accepting applications for the first group of students to enroll in its new Associate Accelerated Program (ASAP). ASAP provides select Ivy Tech students with the opportunity to…

April 1, 2015

Education

CCCF names 2015 Lilly Endowment Community Scholar

Good news travels fast. A few seconds after being called to his school’s main office this morning, Joe Bean, a Pioneer High School senior, took out his cell phone and sent a message to his sister, Kaley. Two years ago,…

March 30, 2015

Community, Education, Nonprofits

CCCF announces $20,000 Match Opportunity for Lewis Cass Marching Band Trip to Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade

The Cass County Community Foundation is excited to announce a new $1 for $1 match opportunity to support the Lewis Cass Marching Band Trip to New York City for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The match period will begin on…

March 27, 2015

Education

29 students to compete at Central Indiana Regional Spelling Bee

The public is invited to the Kokomo Event & Conference Center Tuesday, March 24, as 29 elementary and middle school students compete at the Central Indiana Regional Spelling Bee sponsored by Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo Region and Hoosier AM…

March 23, 2015

Community, Education, Nonprofits

Logansport HS unveils new student art gallery

Logansport High School held an open house March 18, 2015 for a new art gallery that will display the work of its student and alumni artists. The high school was the recipient of a $20,000 grant awarded by the Cass…

March 18, 2015

Education, Nonprofits

Cass County Reading Railroad awarded grant from PNC

Reading Railroad of Logansport has received a $12,970 grant from the PNC Foundation to enhance early literacy skills for at-risk preschoolers enrolled in the United Way of Cass County’s Reading Railroad Begindergarten™ program. PNC provided the funding in support of…

March 10, 2015

Education, Government

Senator Head welcomes local students to Statehouse

State Senator Randy Head (R-Logansport) recently welcomed the following students to the Statehouse who served as Senate pages in January and February:

March 6, 2015

Education

Ivy Tech Kokomo Region receives two state ‘Awards for Excellence’

Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo Region has been honored with two Postsecondary Career and Technical Education Awards for Excellence from the Indiana Department of Education. The awards were presented recently in a public ceremony at the Indiana Government Center in…

March 3, 2015

Community, Education, Nonprofits

Community Foundation announces 2015 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Finalists

Cass County Community Foundation President Deanna Crispen is pleased to announce Cass County’s 2015 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program finalists: Joseph Bean, of Pioneer High School Kayla Brandt, of Logansport High School Brittany Gehlhausen, of Lewis Cass High School Jonathan Phillips, of…

February 22, 2015

Education

Ivy Tech announces Fall 2014 Dean’s List

Ivy Tech Community College’s Kokomo Region has announced the following Cass County students have been named to the dean’s list for the Fall 2014 session:

February 17, 2015