The former president of Fort Hays State University is a finalist for a similar position at a West Virginia university.
Fairmont State University, located 90 miles south of Pittsburgh, Pa., announced that Dr. Mirta M. Martin was one of five finalists for the position and will interview on campus later this month.
Other finalists are:
• Rocco Fucillo, State and Local Community Relations Specialist, West Virginia University
• Dr. Robert Mock, Former President, Johnson and Wales University, Charlotte Campus
• Dr. Robert Glenn, President, Athens State University
• Richard Harvey, Dean of the School of Business Fairmont State University
Martin resigned from FHSU in November. In recent months, Martin also has been a finalists for administrative positions in at universities in Alaska and Louisiana.
On a flight to Florida, Mary was preparing notes for one of the parent
education seminars she conducted. The elderly woman sitting next to
Mary explained that she was returning to Miami after having spent two
weeks visiting her 6 children, 18 grandchildren and 10
great-grandchildren in Boston. Then she inquired what Mary did for a
living.
Mary told her that she was an educational psychologist, fully expecting
the elderly woman to question her for free professional advice.
Instead the elderly woman sat back and said, “If there’s anything you
want to know, just ask me.”
PHILLIPSBURG, Kan. – The TMP-Marian volleyball team improved to 6-1 with a pair of wins in Phillipsburg Tuesday. The Monarchs swept the Panthers 25-18, 25-23 then swept Hill City 25-18, 25-22.
Head down to the library this week for a variety of free programs.
Bingo: Now a monthly event, be sure to check out bingo at the library Thursday, Sept. 7 at 4 PM. There are refreshments and prizes and all ages are welcome to play.
Jerry Barlow: Celtic guitarist Jerry Barlow will perform at the Hays Public Library on Saturday, Sept. 9 at 2 PM. Barlow is a finger-style guitarist who tours all over the country. This concert is sure to delight audiences of all ages.
Remembering 9/11: Sixteen years ago, the United States was rocked by a terrorist attack that resulted in the loss of nearly 3,000 Americans. On Monday, September 9 at 6 PM, the library will play a documentary in the Schmidt Gallery in memorial of this day that changed the course of U.S. history.
For more information on these and other programs, visit hayslibrary.org or call 785.625.9014.
SALINA, Kan. – Karee Dinkel set a new Hays High record for a nine-hole tournament, shooting a one-under par 34 to win the Salina Central Invitational golf tournament Tuesday at the Salina Municipal Golf Course. Dinkel broke the old mark of 35 set by Tamara Munsch in 1998 then matched by Robin Hantla in 2002 and Maddie Curry in 2011. Two of the previous three were set in Salina.
Emily McGuire fired a 41 and finished third to help the Indians to a second place finish, four shots behind Manhattan.
Team Finish
1. Manhattan 174
2. Hays High 178
3. Great Bend 193
4. Emporia 201
5. Hutchinson 204
6. Concordia 204
7. Salina South 207
8. Salina Central 207
9. Newton 209
10. Topeka West not enough for team score
Junction City not enough for team score
Clay Center not enough for team score
Top 10 Medalists
1. Karee Dinkel-Hays High 34
2. Ellie Cobb-Salina Central 36
3. Emily McGuire-Hays High 41
4. Macy Meyers-Manhattan 42
5. Cami McAtee-Manhattan 43
6. Katie Donovan-Concordia 44
7. Delaney Wisdom-Manhattan 44
8. Meredith Kinney-Hutchinson 44
9. Halley Sanders-Great Bend 44
10. Kit Kingsley-Newton 44
John Richard Schrock is a professor at Emporia State University.
September 1, 2017, was a deadline for high school instructors of academic college credit courses to have a masters degree and 18 graduate credit hours in the topic being taught.
High schools offer many such dual-credit or concurrent courses in cooperation with nearby higher education institutions. Those universities, community colleges and technical colleges are accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). And the HLC set September 1, 2017 as a deadline for instructors of college credit courses having a degree higher than the course level being taught.
Therefore, if a high school teacher is teaching a math or biology class or other general education academic course for dual credit in college, that teacher must have a masters degree and at least 18 graduate credit hours of math or biology or the other academic field, respectively.
Many Kansas students are now graduating high school with a year or more of college dual-credits, but in many cases their teachers lacked those qualifications. The decline in dual-credit courses this fall would have been dramatic. Therefore the Kansas Governor and the heads of the K-NEA, the Kansas State Department of Education and the Kansas Board of Regents requested more time to meet this requirement.
The HLC responded by allowing: “…the opportunity for institutions with dual credit programs to seek an extension of the deadline from September 2017 to September 2024 as to faculty teaching in the dual credit program only.”
The following higher education schools chose not to apply for an extension: Allen County, Barton County, Highland, Independence, and Kansas City Kansas Community Colleges; Salina Area Technical College; and Emporia State and Fort Hays State Universities. Therefore high school academic dual credit courses taught under their purview should now all have instructors who have a masters degree and at least 18 graduate credit hours in the subject taught.
The following schools did apply to HLC and received an extension, usually to 2022: Butler County, Cloud County, Coffeyville, Colby, Cowley County, Dodge City, Fort Scott, Garden City, Hutchinson, Johnson County, Labette, Neosho County, Pratt, and Seward County Community Colleges; Flint Hills, Northwest Kansas, and Wichita Area Technical Colleges; and Kansas, Washburn, and Wichita State Universities. High school academic courses under their purview may have instructors who do not yet have the credentials but may continue teaching until 2022. Some institutions are working with high school instructors to bring them up to the HLC standard.
A few higher education institutions have not yet replied to my inquiry: Manhattan Area and North Central Kansas Technical Colleges; and Kansas State and Pittsburg State Universities.
In both high school and higher education, the need for a teacher credentialed higher than the level being taught has universally been recognized for academic courses, such as college general education courses in math, sciences, etc. At both high school and college levels, the only exception is for technical courses such as welding taught by a master welder, an art technique course taught by a noted artist who has had public exhibitions, or a higher ed course in forensic sciences taught by a veteran policeman.
Long ago, the Kansas Legislature established the opportunity for secondary students to take college credit work, intending that it would be for a few exceptional students—the few Doogie Howser child prodigies. And it was allowed only on the recommendation of a high school administrator. Today, everyone seems to have a Doogie Howser.
The quality and rigor of a course is dependent on the teacher. And while there are some advanced high school courses that are taught by excellent and qualified teachers, a very substantial number of regular high school courses have also been given college credit, in turn making a four-year college degree barely a three-year degree.
High school students taking academic dual credit courses this fall would be well advised to inquire if their teacher is qualified to teach the course for college credit. They are paying college tuition and deserve a college-level course. And the future accreditation of the overseeing higher education institution depends on following the HLC rules.
Regent schools that have requested an extension
Butler County Community College
Cloud County Community College
Coffeyville Community College
Colby Community College
Cowley County Community College
Dodge City Community College
Flint Hills Technical College
Fort Scott Community College
Garden City Community College
Hutchinson Community College
Johnson County Community College
Labette Community College
Neosho County Community College
Northwest Kansas Technical College
Pratt Community College
Seward County Community College
University of Kansas
Washburn University
Wichita Area Tech College
Wichita University
Regent schools that have NOT requested an extension
Allen County Community College
Barton County Community College
Emporia State University
Fort Hays State University
Highland Community College
Independence Community College
Kansas City Kansas Community College
Salina Area Technical College
No reply
Kansas State University
Manhattan Area Technical College
North Central Kansas Tech College
Pittsburg State University
John Richard Schrock is a professor at Emporia State University.
Whether the Democrat Party, liberalism, progressive, or mainstream media, it’s all one and the same thing as they exhibit total insanity with their rhetoric about Donald Trump.
Readers don’t have to go very far to read Trump trash talk, if you know what I mean. It’s a daily thing in local media. The coverage of Trump nationally (and locally) clearly shows leftist insanity. Most need to be committed for therapy and rehab. It’s being called the “Trump derangement syndrome.”
If Trump is not fit, competent, or sane enough to be president of these United States what does that say about his opposition? These anti Trumpers should be in straight jackets. Calling Trump insane is like the pot calling the kettle black! It’s interesting to note Trump’s approval numbers are far better than all those leftists trying to destroy him.
What’s a stronger word than the word insanity? Whatever you want to call it, that’s the ideological left I refer to above. If Trump is batty, the left is battier. If Trump is crazy, the left is crazier.
I choose to believe Trump is just what this country needs at this point in our history. Make America great again and drain the swamp rings loud and clear with grassroots Americans that voted for Trump and will vote for him again. I choose to believe Trump will prevail because he has the support of Americans that count. Knock our president all you want, he is resilient even with some in his own party acting like Democrats.
The other night Sean Hannity on Fox News showed a list of Trump accomplishments and the list was a mile long. Just to name a few, the economy is better, illegal immigration down, a million new jobs, fewer on food stamps, consumer confidence up, and much more. In seven months he has accomplished more that is positive than most presidents in a full term. Of course, media dwells on negativity 100% of the time and doesn’t dare mention any positives.
Total insanity is the norm from the left. An African American woman who is a Missouri state legislator said Trump should be assassinated. And, of course, she pays no penalty for such a totally insane remark. Media chose to ignore what she said. Had a Republican made such a comment about Obama, off to jail he or she would go.
I admit some of my words are pretty strong in this letter, but they pale in comparison to leftist rhetoric wanting to destroy a duly elected president and there is nothing they won’t do to accomplish that goal. Americans need to stand up to the agenda coming from the left of distract, distort, and demonize, all of which amount to untruths when it comes to reality.
Let’s be clear, Trump’s comments about Charlottsville were not out of line. If ever a mountain out of a mole hill was made from nothing, this story qualifies as the ultimate “nothing burger.”
What Trump said about Charlottesville, when listening to the left (and some weak establishment Republicans). one would think there were never any words by a country’s leader more controversial in world history. The New York Times had to print a retraction four times about what our president actually said.
Fair minded people know that no matter what Trump said about Charlotsville it wouldn’t be good enough for the insane – no matter what! Damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t.
As I said before in some of my other writings, this is not a time in our history where we are experiencing politics as usual. We are in unprecedented times where the left lies daily about every thing they disagree with.
As I see it, the insanity from the left has escalated to the point of being totally and completely immoral.
GOODLAND, Kan. – Shannen Chin set a new 18-hole record at TMP-Marian, firing a 3-over par 74 to win the Goodland Invitational Tuesday at the Sugar Hills Golf Club. Chin breaks the old mark of 78 held by Karee Dinkel. Chin was 6-over on the front nine then blistered the back nine with birdies at 12, 14 and 16 while making pars at the rest of the way for a 33.
Rylie Cook of Johnson-Stanton County finished second with a 77. Kerrigan Rudolph of Goodland took third with an 80.
The Monarchs finished fifth in the team standings.
TEAM
1. Syracuse 368
2. Colby 390
3. Goodland 399
4. Stanton County 405
5. TMP-Marian 425
6. Oakley 447
7. Holcomb 465
8. Dundy County, Colo. 479
The Hays High boys soccer team advances to the finals of the Titan Classic in Wichita Tuesday, beating Wichita Southeast 3-2 in overtime. The Indians will face Wichita South in the finals Saturday afternoon at 3 pm. The host Titans edged Wichita Trinity 2-1.
TMP-Marian gives up a goal in the 79th minute and loses to Salina South 2-1 at the Maize South Invitational.
DETROIT (AP) – JaCoby Jones and John Hicks hit two home runs and the Detroit Tigers had six homers in all in a 13-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.
Tigers starting pitcher Anibal Sanchez threw only five pitches and was knocked out of the game in the first inning after getting hit by Whit Merrifield’s single in the right leg. Sanchez, who was charged with one earned run when Merrifield later scored, left the game with a calf injury.
Reliever Myles Jaye (1-0) replaced Sanchez and pitched 2 1/3 innings. He allowed one hit, two walks and a wild pitch, leaving in the third inning with the Tigers holding a 7-1 lead.
Jason Vargas (14-10) took the loss, allowing seven earned runs and six hits, a walk and a hit batter in two innings of work.
GREAT BEND —Down to seven council members, there were no worries of voting ties at the Great Bend City Council meeting Tuesday night at the Great Bend Events Center. Mayor Dr. Mike Allison confirmed the 4-3 vote to reinstate suspended Great Bend Police Chief Cliff Couch.
Council member Dana Dawson made the motion to reinstate Couch, stating that problems existed between Couch and former City Administrator Howard Partington. Allison followed Dawson’s comment stating the problem was a situation where an employee (Couch) decided he did not have to do what his boss Partington asked him to do.
Couch was suspended with pay on July 24 and was awaiting a hearing regarding his suspension. With his reinstatement, there is no need for the hearing.
Dawson, Brock McPherson, Cory Zimmerman, and Mike Boys all voted for the reinstatement. Along with Vicki Berryman and Joel Jackson, council member Allene Owen voted against the reinstatement because she wanted to address the allegations in the hearing that were made by Couch.
At the June 5 council meeting, Couch accused Partington and Allison of misconduct and unethical procedures. Partington eventually retired on August 16, after 36 years in the position, because of what he called malicious attacks towards him over a policy dispute. Council member Wayne Henneke resigned his Ward 2 position the following day stating stress and turmoil in the city as his reason.
The city council also voted 7-0 Tuesday night, in front of a packed room, to have a procedures audit to be conducted on the city from a certified public accounting firm, another motion presented by Dawson.
DOUGLAS COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating an armed robbery and asking the public for help to identify suspects.
Just before 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, a business in the 800 Block of Mississippi in Lawrence reported an armed robbery, according to a media release.
Two suspects described as white men brandishing firearms entered the business and left with an undisclosed amount of cash from the register. They fled on foot northeast from the building. Responding officers did not find the suspects.
