Strategic Area 1: Student Success

FHTC Student Receives Arlene Eichorn Scholarship. Katelyn Hatch, Dental Hygiene program, received the Friends of CareArc Arlene Eichorn Scholarship for 2023.
Backpack Jeff. Backpack Jeff and Dove delivered a motivational and goal-setting presentation to students and employees. His message targeted the importance of setting a destination and creating your path to get to that destination.
Placemaking Steering Committee-Regional Development Association (RDA). Brylee Davis, student in the Power Plant Technology program, is serving on this community economic development committee as a representative of the College.
ESU Master's of Library Science Graduate Student. A part-time librarian in training will start providing library support to students over the next few weeks.
Culinary Students Community Service. Julia Zinke and Brock Constable will serve desserts at the Main Street Annual Auction February 18. The Culinary program is also providing two desserts that evening for auction.

Strategic Area 2: Employee Development and Support

Annual CTE Conference February 6-8. Steve Loewen, Nancy Robinson, Kim Dhority, and Bryan Crouch attended this professional development conference in Manhattan.
Crosswinds Support. Employees (and students) have access to a Crosswinds counselor on-campus Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons. Becca Rankin is also available via Zoom.

Strategic Area 3: Optimized Programs and Facilities

Winter Weather and Facilities. Shout-out to the maintenance crew for their support on slick mornings in clearing paths for employees, students, and guests.
Parking Signage - Main Entrance. Thanks to Marketing, Graphic Design, and Maintenance for their support in creating and installing signage for the main entrance north lot identifying Short-Term Parking, Future Wranglers Parking, and Reserved-FHTC Parking (and updated Accessibility Parking signage).

Strategic Area 4: Dynamic Partnerships

Hispanics of Today and Tomorrow (HOTT) and KansasWorks--Spanish Parents Night. Eva De Hoyos built on existing strong partnerships by facilitating and hosting the College's first (with plans for annual) En Esto Juntos! Spanish Parents Night Tuesday, February 7. The event was well-attended and the entire presentation -- the whole evening ... from my welcome to the tours -- was in Spanish. What an honorable program to celebrate the members of our Hispanic community and integrate our recruitment and informational presentations to native Spanish speakers.
Agriculture Summit. The College hosted agriculture teachers, implement dealers, and farmers/ranchers Friday, February 3, for a discussion to learn the needs of our agriculture industry and how we can best address those needs. This discussion is ongoing with a goal to implement one to two action items by August 2023.
Prairie Fire Award. Congratulations to Simmons Pet Foods as the inaugural recipient of the College's Prairie Fire Award to be presented annually to recognize dynamic partners.
Emporia Main Street, RDA, Crosswinds. In other areas of these updates, the report notes dynamic partnerships that we deeply value as a member of the community.

February 13, 2023 Meeting