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Carolina Recchi, a tech entrepreneur who is co-chief executive officer and co-founder of EdSights, will be the next speaker in the Entrepreneur Direct series from Fort Hays State University’s Center for Entrepreneurship.
Admission is free to the campus community and the public. She will speak from noon to 1:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 19, in Eagle Communications Hall in the Robbins Center at Fort Hays State.
The event includes a reception.
EdSights uses artificial intelligence to help universities increase graduation rates. The company works with universities all over the nation and recently secured $1 million in funding from Techstars, Rondo Ventures, and the Kauffman Foundation.
Recchi, 25, with her sister and co-founder Claudia, immigrated to the United States from Italy to attend college. Carolina graduated from Babson College, Wellesley, Mass., with a degree in international business. She is a 2018 Techstars accelerator program graduate.
To date, her company has saved colleges $1.8 million in tuition revenue. Carolina is 25 years old.
Entrepreneur Direct is a speaker series presented by the Center for Entrepreneurship, housed in Fort Hays State’s W.R. and Yvonne Robbins College of Business and Entrepreneurship.
Art Slam, an evening of art, food, karaoke, poetry and more, will raise funds for a program for survivors of domestic violence and for a student art organization at Fort Hays State University.
The evening goes from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday in the atrium of the Center for Art and Design on the university campus.
Tickets for the meal of chili, desserts and hot chocolate are $5, or $4 if the meal ticket is purchased in advance.
To purchase meal tickets before the event, contact an Arts for Social Change member or email Michaela Nietfeld at [email protected].
Proceeds will be split equally between Arts for Social Change, a student organization, and the social program From Victims to Social Entrepreneurs, a support program for survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking.
The program is administered by Dr. Ziwei Qi, assistant professor of criminal justice, and Dr. Hsin-Yen Yang, associate professor of communications studies.
For more information about this event, contact Amy Schmierbach, professor of art and design and sponsor of Arts for Social Change, at [email protected] or by phone at 785-628-4272.
Hays Post and Eagle Radio are seeking nominations for Teacher of the Month for 2019-20!
Through April, Hays Post will solicit nominations from through the area from parents, students and colleagues. Nominate your favorite educator by sending the following information to [email protected].
• Your name and telephone number (will not be published).
• Teacher’s name
• Teacher’s school
• Tell us why you are nominating this teacher
Regardless of the outcome, Saturday’s game at Northeastern State will be the final of the season for the Fort Hays State football team. Coach Chris Brown announced Tuesday during his weekly press conference that his team will not be going to any bowl game even if the Tigers are invited.
“Our goal this year and our expectations this year was to win the conference and get to the playoffs and win in the playoffs. A bowl was not going to be an option for us,” Brown said. “That we would not take a bowl game or play in a bowl game because that’s not who we are not right now.”
“Our expectations are playoffs and winning conference championships and we said that from the get-go that we would not play in a bowl game.” Brown said. “I told our team yesterday (Monday) that this is going to be our last game.”
FHSU fell out of the NCAA II Super Region Three rankings after their double-overtime loss to Northwest Missouri State Saturday, ending their hopes of a third straight playoff appearance.
Brown has guided to the Tigers to the postseason each of the last four seasons. In 2015 the Tigers lost to Minnesota Duluth in the Mineral Water Bowl, their first postseason appearance since 1995. The following season they beat Eastern New Mexico in the C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart of Texas Bowl.
The last two seasons the Tigers have advanced to the NCAA II Playoffs, losing at home to Ferris State in the second round in 2017 and falling in the first round at Indianapolis last season.
Fort Hays State closes out their season Saturday at winless Northestern State. Kickoff is at 2 p.m.
By KIM BALDWIN McPherson County farmer and rancher
I have many childhood memories of taking road trips with my family. Some trips involved a nice Sunday drive taking the back roads and seeing new sites. Other trips involved crossing multiple state lines, overnight stops in small towns and eating picnic lunches at rest areas.
These trips allowed me to see much of the United States — oftentimes many parts of this country far beyond the interstates.
It’s an approach I do with my children today to change the scenery and see new things and places from time to time. We like to call them adventure trips. Some of our adventure trips have taken just an hour while others have required an overnight stop.
These trips have allowed my children and myself to explore nearby counties, visit historical sites and see new places together. It has allowed us the opportunity to explore some great parks, walk through neat museums and experience small communities that we’d otherwise probably not visit.
My husband recently purchased a farm implement located a few hours north of us in Nebraska. We could have had the seller deliver it to us for a fee, or we could go get it and bring it home. We decided to go get it. My daughter and I joined my husband and hit the road on a Saturday morning.
When we got to our destination, I began noticing the signs identifying all of what this town had to offer: ball fields, downtown, park and the “World’s Largest Porch Swing.” This was becoming my kind of trip!
After we got the implement loaded and strapped down for the drive home, we decided to follow the signs to see the world’s largest porch swing for ourselves. It was impressive. My daughter thought it was fun to swing on this enormous contraption. You had plenty of room to decide where you wanted to sit. And once you made your seating selection, you would begin the process of getting the seat to sway back and forth.
After a few minutes of experiencing this swing, my daughter and I went to explore the city playground. She played for at least 30 minutes. From climbing ladders, navigating rock walls and sliding down giant slides, it was a fun little pit stop before heading home. It was a great area that was clearly a source of pride for this particular community.
The experience made an impression on my daughter. When we returned home she told her older brother of the swing, and the playground and even the public restroom that was within the firehouse.
After telling about her experience she asked me when we could take her brother back to the swing. She wanted to take him on an adventure trip. We would have never even known of this fun little town had it not been for pulling off the highway and exploring.
We would have never known the world’s largest porch swing was just a few hours north of our farm, and we would not have created some great memories had we just loaded up that piece of equipment and turned right around and headed home.
So often, I feel, we think the destination is the goal of a journey. But maybe the goal should be something different. Maybe the journey should allow for some exploration and discovery along the way.
There are some hidden gems in rural America, all you have to do is allow yourself some time and some alternative routes to explore and enjoy.
“Insight” is a weekly column published by Kansas Farm Bureau, the state’s largest farm organization whose mission is to strengthen agriculture and the lives of Kansans through advocacy, education and service.
RUSSELL — The Russell County Association of Churches will host the annual Community Thanksgiving Service at St. John Lutheran Church, 425 N. Main, Russell, at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24. Community members wishing to sing with the Community Choir are asked to arrive at St. John by 5:45 p.m. that evening for rehearsal.
Pastor Michael Ketchens of Trinity United Methodist Church will deliver the Thanksgiving message. The offering taken during this service will benefit the Russell County Food Pantry.
“ Thanks to the generosity of sponsors, the Community Thanksgiving Service will be broadcast live on KRSL Russell Radio (990 AM and 98.1 FM) and rebroadcast on Thanksgiving Day at 10 a.m.,” the church said a news release.
For more information, contact St. John Lutheran Church at (785) 483-5358.
Fort Hays State University’s Department of Mathematics will host the 41st annual Math Relays on Thursday, Nov. 14.
Students in grades nine through 12 will compete in six tests throughout the day. The six tests are number sense, trigonometry, algebra, geometry, applications, and calculations with calculators.
Tests can be completed by individual students or by teams of three.
45 schools ranging in size from 1A to 6A are expected to bring around 600 students to compete.
Awards will be presented at the end of the day. All students take the same tests, but when it comes to scoring they are only scored with students in the same grade. Individual and team winners are recognized in each grade level for each test.
Along with individual awards, each school receives points based on how their students perform. The three schools in each classification with the most points earn plaques.
“The Math and Computer Science departments would like to thank the FHSU community for their continued support of this event,” said Dr. Bill Weber, assistant professor of mathematics.
“It is a wonderful opportunity for FHSU to make a positive impression on these prospective high school students who often cite Math Relays as one of the experiences which helped them decide to attend FHSU post-graduation.”
In November 2019, Hays Post was rated by NewsGuard, an international organization that employs trained journalists to rate and review thousands of news websites for credibility and transparency.
