Category Education

Community, Education

Ivy Tech’s Kokomo Region recognizes student achievement at annual Honors Day ceremony

KOKOMO, Ind. — Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo Region recognized students who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement and leadership at its annual Honors Day ceremony Thursday, May 7, at the Kokomo Event & Conference Center. Tyler Yeakley of Galveston, who…

May 8, 2015

Community, Education

Ivy Tech’s Kokomo Region to present top awards during commencement

KOKOMO, Ind. — Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo Region will present its top awards Saturday, May 9 during its annual commencement ceremony, which starts at 10 a.m. in the Kokomo Event & Conference Center. Two community leaders, a successful alumnus,…

May 8, 2015

Community, Education

Caston Distinguished Alumni selected for 2015

Fulton – Four alumni of Caston High School have been elected to Caston School Corporation’s Distinguished Alumni Class of 2015. This will be the fourth group to be inducted at Caston. This year’s Distinguished Alumni will be recognized and inducted…

May 6, 2015

Community, Education

Ivy Tech administrators receive Phi Theta Kappa international awards

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Steve Daily, chancellor emeritus of Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo Region, was honored Friday with the Michael Bennett Lifetime Achievement Award during NerdNation 2015, Phi Theta Kappa’s annual international convention held last week in San Antonio,…

April 22, 2015

Community, Education

Ivy Tech Kokomo Region honors outstanding employees

Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo Region recently presented its 2015 Employee Achievement Awards to honor faculty and staff who have demonstrated outstanding achievement and service within the College and its surrounding communities. Honored during the annual awards ceremony were: Jan…

April 22, 2015

Community, Education

All Saints Catholic Church announces this will be the last year for their parish school

Members of All Saints Catholic Church were recently told that their parish school will not be open next school year. Fr. Michael McKinney, pastor of All Saints, sent a letter dated April 9 that began, “It is with great sadness…

April 15, 2015

Community, Education, Nonprofits

Cass County Community Foundation announces $41,000 raised for Lewis Cass Marching Band

The Cass County Community Foundation is delighted to announce that the community has responded to help support the Lewis Cass Marching Band Trip to New York City for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Almost $21,000 had been raised by the…

April 14, 2015

Education

Ivy Tech Kokomo offering course to prepare students for advanced manufacturing jobs

Registration is open for a 10-week training program offered by Ivy Tech Community College that prepares students for certification in the advanced manufacturing skills needed to succeed in the high-growth, technical jobs of the 21st Century. The program will run…

April 12, 2015

Education

Ivy Tech students in Logansport, Kokomo honored for academic achievements

Students at Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo Region were recently honored for their academic achievement with induction into the region’s Phi Theta Kappa chapters, Alpha Phi Pi (APP, Kokomo Campus) and Beta Gamma Zeta (BGZ, Logansport Campus). Currently enrolled students…

April 7, 2015

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