Bowling Green, KY (October 12, 2015) – The GED/NCRC Corrections Education program of Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College (SKYCTC) at the Warren County Regional Jail proudly announces that National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) student Joshua Fultz has achieved the NCRC Platinum Level of Certification. This is the highest of four levels of work skills training achievement and a level of success reached by only one-half of one percent (1/2 of 1%) of those who diligently study and test for their NCRC Certification nationwide.  Mr. Fultz is the first Warren County Regional Jail Corrections NCRC student to attain this Platinum Level of achievement and also the first student of the entire SKYCTC Warren County Adult Education Program to do so. Mr. Fultz has been in the NCRC program for only four and a half months and has made great strides in that period of time.  We also want to express our thanks for the continual support of our program and cooperation we receive from our Jailer, Mr. Jackie Strode and his staff. Without this cooperation and support, our GED/NCRC Program would not be possible.

The National Career Readiness Certificate program (NCRC) is a part of the ACT, a non-profit organization headquartered in Iowa City, Iowa, and dedicated to helping people achieve education and workplace success. The Act WorkKeys Assessments (which leads to the NCRC Certification) are research-based measures of foundational work skills required for success across industries and occupations. They have been used for more than two decades by job seekers, employees, employers, students, educators, administrators, and workforce and economic developers. The ACT WorkKeys (NCRC) assessments measure the cognitive (“hard”) skills and non-cognitive (“soft”) skills needed for success in the workplace. Skill assessments for the NCRC administered in the SKYCTC and Corrections Program cover three major areas: Applied Mathematics (which measures ability to apply mathematic principles to workplace problems); Locating Information (which measures the ability to find, analyze and apply information presented in workplace graphics) and Reading for Information (which measures the ability to understand and apply written information as presented in workplace documents).

ACT Work Keys (NCRC) test questions are based on situations in the everyday work world. That’s why employers nationwide require these tests or ask applicants for their ACT National Career Readiness Certificate to help them hire, train, and promote the most qualified candidates. The ACT NCRC is currently the most widely used employability credential in the country. Achieving the NCTC Platinum Certificate means that the individual has the necessary foundational skills for ninety-nine percent (99%) of the jobs in the ACT WorkKeys database.

SKYCTC GED/NCRC Corrections Instructor Lyndell Graven and Instructional Assistant Kathleen Stephens are proud to have had Joshua Fultz in their NCRC educational program and wish him the very best as he applies what he has learned and ventures out into the work world, where he will be best utilizing his NCRC education and training.  For information  about the ACT WorkKeys NCRC program at SKYCTC, call 270-901-1087 or at the Warren County Regional Jail (Corrections Program) contact Lyndell Graven at 270-843-4606, extension 104.

SKYCTC has the mission to improve the employability and quality of life of south central Kentucky citizens as the primary provider of: certificate, diploma, associate degree, and collegiate transfer programs; college and workforce readiness programs; workforce education and training; and adult and family literacy. 

When you hear about a problem such as sexual assault, it’s easy to mentally condemn such an act and then to leave it to somebody else to resolve the problem, but the Student Government Association at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College (SKYCTC) is encouraging faculty, staff, and students of the College to look up, step up, speak up and stand up, if they see signs of inappropriate sexual behavior.

SKYCTC, along with the other 15 colleges in the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS), have joined with colleges across the nation to combat sexual assaults on college campuses through the national “It’s On Us” campaign.

The faculty, staff and students of the College are going through a thorough online training provided by Campus Clarity that encourages each person to recognize the non-consensual signs of sexual assault, identify situations in which sexual assault may occur, intervene in situations where consent has not or cannot be given, and to create an environment in which sexual assault is unacceptable and survivors are supported.  Students are also encouraged to take a pledge to do their part to stop sexual assault.

Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College (SKYCTC) has once again been selected by the citizens of South Central Kentucky as the Best Community and Technical School in the area.

Each year the Bowling Green Daily News, along with the Amplifier publication, conducts a unofficial poll where readers can select their favorites in nearly 100 categories.  SKYCTC was once again selected the best in their category.

We congratulate the faculty and staff of SKYCTC for being recognized for providing high quality, flexible and affordable educational services to the citizens of South Central Kentucky.

 By JIm Turner

In addition to honoring veterans in attendance during the annual Veterans Day Ceremony in a beautiful outdoor setting Wednesday, faculty and staff of Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College were encouraged to become associate members of SKYCTC’s Student Veterans Alliance.

Assistant Professor of Psychology Teresa Ward said she envisions SKYCTC’s “becoming the college of choice for veterans. Every day would be Veterans Day at SKYCTC.”
Ward, who is co-advisor of SKYCTC’s Veteran Veterans Student Alliance and is an Air Force veteran herself, handed a $20 bill to SVA President Chris Hickman, enough for two years’ membership.

“If faculty and staff join the SVA, we can have our own large banner for Veterans Day parades in our service area and send one or more SVA officers to the National Student Veterans of America Conference,” said Ward, who presided over the gathering of students, faculty, other veterans and anyone else who wanted to pay tribute to those who serve and have served.

Hickman spoke about the organization’s mission and noted that as a member of the Indiana National Guard he is about to conclude his twentieth year of service but plans to reenlist for another six-year stint.
Provost Maggie Shelton introduced the featured speaker, SKYCTC Director of Student Success Shawn Stovall.
A native of Russellville where he was a successful athlete, Stovall graduated from WKU’s ROTC program as a second lieutenant in the mid-eighties as a Distinguished Military Graduate. A field artillery officer who attended airborne and ranger schools, he served in Germany before being called to support Desert Shield/Desert Storm. He served seven years and achieved the rank of captain as a Battalion Fire Support Officer in the 8th Infantry.

After leaving the military, he worked in a variety of leadership roles in manufacturing, healthcare and consulting before becoming part of the leadership team at SKYCTC. His wife Carla was present for the ceremony.

\Stovall read a letter he has kept in his army trunk for decades from a friend in the marines, congratulating Shawn on the birth of his first child. The letter was filled with good-natured ribbing from an old buddy. It was light hearted as he told about his experiences in helicopter training.

“He died shortly after that when his helicopter went down,” Stovall said, emphasizing the risk that members of the military take regularly.

Stovall said that while many veterans have good jobs like the one he relishes at SKYCTC, there are far too many veterans who have physical, emotional and financial problems. He talked about veterans who are not only unemployed but also homeless, noting that has happened in his own extended family.

He urged everyone present to support veterans and other organizations designed to assist them, including SKYTCTC’s SVA.
Student Robey Carson began the program by singing the National Anthem.
To learn more about the Student Veterans Alliance, email either Stovall at shawn.stovall@kctcs.edu or Ward at teresa.ward@kctcs.edu.

-Jim Turner

By ALYSSA HARVEY aharvey@bgdailynews.com

The Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center is set to unveil its new holiday event, Gingerbread Home for the ARTS.

“The event is something to bring the community into SKyPAC and to show we care. It’s a fun event, and we want everyone to be included,” said Betty McGuire, event co-chairwoman and assistant to executive director Jan Zarr.  “We just think arts education is important. I’ve taken a lot of calls about participation. We want it to become a family tradition and to kick off the holiday season.”

Gingerbread Home for the ARTS will be Friday and Saturday at SKyPAC, 601 College St. Proceeds will benefit SKyPAC’s education programs.

“It was brought to us by Jan Zarr,” McGuire said. “He was able to do it at his last venue at Topeka, Kan., and they’d been doing it for 14 years.”

Fourth- and fifth-graders from the area and kids from the Bowling Green Boys & Girls Club will be bused in to hear readings by Kentucky Poet Laureate George Ella Lyon in three sessions Friday.

“The children will tour gingerbread entries that will be in the main gallery and go to Renshaw Education Wing to decorate gingerbread house cookies,” said Erin Biggers, SKyPAC special events coordinator and co-chairwoman.

There will also be a now sold-out Spice Up the Night, which will feature three chefs – Jason Lindsey of Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College Culinary Program, Jarrad Miller of Bowling Green Country Club and Andy Henderson of Wild Eggs – in an event similar to Food Network’s “Chopped.” The chefs will be assisted by local celebrities – Abraham Williams, executive director of the Housing Authority of Bowling Green, former professional wrestler Hillbilly Jim and Warren County Sheriff Jerry “Peanuts” Gaines. There is a waiting list for Spice Up the Night.

The final activity will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday for the public. More than 20 professional bakers, community organizations and individuals will have gingerbread houses displayed for judging. People can vote for a favorite for $1 per vote, six votes for $5 or 12 votes for $10.

“All of the houses that are entered in the contest are going to be displayed in the gallery,” McGuire said.

A culinary committee of Theresa Shea, co-owner of Tea Bayou, Mike Riggs, culinary arts co-program coordinator at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College, and Lindsey will judge the houses.

“We’ll announce the winner at the Charlie Daniels performance on Sunday,” McGuire said.

People can design their own gingerbread homes Saturday as well with a $5 wrist band.

“Everything is provided, but if anyone wants to provide their own special candy, they can,” McGuire said.

There will be $5 photos with Santa, free entertainment and a market of Kentucky artisans.

SKyPAC is also partnering with the Boys & Girls Club. Kids are making and designing ornaments for a gingerbread ornament tree in the SKyPAC lobby. People can buy an ornament for $20.

“It’s a fund which we’ll use to have a special art workshop at the Boys and Girls Club,” Biggers said.

By Jim Turner
Many notable service learning projects are appreciated by those who are served but remain virtually invisible. Corinne Owens’ volunteer work will likely remain visible for many years to come.

A 2015 graduate of Franklin-Simpson High School, Owens is a freshman at Southcentral Kentucky Community & Technical College. A requirement in her First Year Experience class at SKYCTC’s Franklin Center is performing a minimum of 10 hours of service to assist a non-profit agency or group.

Artistic by nature, she enjoys creating works of art and appearing in theatrical productions. She aspires to be an art teacher after completing her college education. So it was natural for her to choose a project in which she could use her arts skills on her way to an Associate of Arts degree from SKYCTC.

Corinne is very familiar with Community Action of Southern Kentucky. Her mother, April Owens, has worked for the Bowling Green-based social service agency for six years. From her middle school years on, Corinne has volunteered by helping with the agency’s Golf Classic, sorting commodities and doing some cleaning.

Her FYE project: Painting a 24-square foot mural on a wall of Community Action’s Transportation Department.

She spent seven full days outlining one of Community Action’s GO bg transit busses, adding a map of the routes of the 22 vehicles, and then painting portions of the bus on the 3.5 X 7 foot surface. Most of those days came during her Fall Break week from SKYCTC in October.

The result is a beautifully done work of art for anyone who walks the Community Action halls to see.

GO bg is Bowling Green’s Public Transit, “striving to be a transportation option for all of the community.” It began in 1989 when Community Action of Southern Kentucky was awarded a non-profit permit for the 10 counties in the Barren River Area Development District to provide transportation for the elderly and the disabled as funds became available. Funding came in 1993 through a United Way Venture Grant. The service has grown ever since.

“The people who work for Community Action don’t get enough credit for their hard work,” Owens told her FYE classmates in reporting on her service learning project. “I had the pleasure to meet some of them, and I wouldn’t trade this moment for anything.”

Community Action Transportation Director Donna Tooley says there is no way for her to adequately express the gratitude and admiration the 29 employees involved with Go bg feel for Corinne Owens. “We are thrilled and so proud of it. Anyone who comes into our department sees it as soon as they enter the front door,” she says. “We got her to sign the original sketch of the mural. It’s going to be framed and will hang in our downtown office.”

“It really made me happy to see the faces light up on the bus drivers and other staff who work at the office,” Owens says. I feel I helped make their days brighter in the time I was there. It’s a feeling I got that never can be replaced.”

Bowling Green, KY (December 3, 2015) – Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College (SKYCTC) recently showcased the collaborative efforts between David Jones’ art students and Bertena Varney’s sociology students. The two year collaboration looks at the sociological aspects of comic book heroes and how super heroes impact culture and self. 

 “The students are asked to create a comic book hero and then design and create a comic book cover based on that character”, said Varney.  “I ask my student to focus on a positive aspect of themselves and create a character on that trait.  Many of my students struggle with finding that positive quality in themselves.”

 Ashton Garrison, a first year student at SKYCTC currently taking art with David Jones, said “I enjoyed this project but it was challenging to come up with my own character”.

Molly Lee, a second year SKYCTC student taking classes with both Ms. Varney and Mr. Jones, based her character, Lady Truth, on civil rights activist Sojourner Truth because she said, “you really don’t many characters of color in comic books. I thought there should be a strong African American female comic book hero”.

 “We hope to continue this collaboration since it gives students a unique look at super heroes in our culture,” said Varney

SKYCTC has the mission to improve the employability and quality of life of Southcentral Kentucky citizens as the primary provider of: certificate, diploma, associate degree, and collegiate transfer programs; college and workforce readiness programs; workforce education and training; and adult and family literacy

Bowling Green, KY (December 3, 2015) – The Diversity Committee of Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College (SKYCTC) recently showcased holiday celebrations around the world

 According to diversity committee co-chair, Gary Beagle “The Celebrations Around the World event was born out of a desire to promote diversity on campus and to provide a fun, yet educational, experience for strike the students right before finals, similar to the well-received Global Fest last spring. The Diversity Committee reached out to several instructors whose classes focus on cultures about having their students put together displays about of instead of about various cultural celebrations around the globe. We had over 20 displays on main campus and 10 at the Franklin campus, as well as one at the Glasgow Health campus. Many displays incorporated foods involved in their celebrations and the committee provided refreshments from Triangle Café, a local Bosnian bakery, and Mercadito Hispano, a local Hispanic bakery. A door prize that included video rentals and international snacks was provided by donations from Committee members. We also had a drawing for a Barnes and Noble gift card for the students who created displays”.

The event was attended by more than 250* students signing in throughout the day. Co-chairs, Teresa Ward and Gary Beagle, were very excited with the number of students who wanted to participate, as well as the number who came to learn about other cultures. Several students commented that they hoped it would be an annual event at SKYCTC.

Bowling Green, KY (December 11, 2015) – Each year, Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College (SKYCTC) recognizes Faculty and Staff that demonstrate exemplary work ethic, extraordinary impact and a positive connection with students and colleagues at SKYCTC though their Awards of Excelence.  These awards are presented to an individual in the categories of outstanding: support staff member, administrative staff member and faculty member at SKYCTC.  Individuals are nominated by their peers and winners are selected by a committee of faculty and staff representatives. This year’s winners are Kristie Lee, Support Staff; Kyle Barron, Administrative Staff, and Jennifer Shoemake, Faculty.

Kristie Lee, recipient of the New Horizons Support Staff Award, currently serves as the Assistant to the Dean of Arts and Humanities. Other SKYCTC Support Staff New Horizons Award nominees were: Sharon Gibson, Daniel Harris, Sonya Corder, and Kalvin Minton.

Kyle Barron, recipient of the New Horizons Administrative Staff Award, is the Director of Student Life and Engagement at the College and oversees the College’s Student Ambassador Program. The other SKYCTC Administrative Staff New Horizons Award nominee was Brooke Justice.

Jennifer Shoemake, recipient of the New Horizons Faculty Award, serves as an Associate Professor of Nursing at the College’s Glasgow Campus.  Other SKYCTC Faculty New Horizons Award nominees were: Janel Doyle, and Kim Otto.

SKYCTC New Horizon Winners will join faculty and staff selected from each of the 16 colleges in the Kentucky Community and Technical College (KCTCS) at a banquet in their honor where overall winners will be selected.

Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College congratulates this year’s Award of Excellence recipients.

NURSING IS A FAMILY AFFAIR AT SKYCTC

Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College (SKYCTC) held their joint pinning/capping ceremony for nursing students at the Cave City Convention Center on Wednesday, December 9, 2015. SKYCTC has been producing highly trained nurses for the region since 1957.

Many, if not most health care workers enter the field as a result of the impact that a family member or friends, who have worked or are working in the healthcare field, have had on them. However, it is unusual to see those family members going through training together.

This year’s group of graduates from the SKYCTC nursing program included twin sisters – Kayla and Kendall Jones, mother and daughter – Stephanie and Gabby Trent and father and son – Taylor and Harlan Dile - making this graduating class unique and an example of the family connection in the healthcare industry.

Harlan Dile decided to become a nurse after helping to care for his ailing mother-in-law. He and his son Taylor both graduated from the Registered Nursing program at this years ceremony.

“One of the best things about going to school with my son is getting to see him every day since he no longer lives at home, however, it was hard to watch him struggle and worry with course work knowing that all I can do is offer encouragement. His mother and I are so proud to see him grow and prosper as he has and will continue to do”, said Harlan Dile

Twin sisters, Kayla and Kendall Jones, not only attended classes together but also still live together.

According to Kendall, “Going to school with my twin sister was wonderful, most of the time. I always had someone that I could go to if I needed clarification on a topic but living under the same roof, riding to school together, and having all of our classes together had its challenges. Let's just say no matter how much you love your family you can always use some time to yourself”. “I wouldn’t change a thing”, said Kayla Jones.

During the ceremony there were 43 RN’s pinned from the Glasgow Health Campus and 31 RN’s capped from the Bowling Green Campus. They are listed by county of origin.

Glasgow Health Campus RN Pinning

Allen County– Laura Branham, Emily Carver and Melissa Green

Barren County– Sheena Choate, Harlan Dile, Taylor Dile, Carol Everett, Pamela Greer, Michael Kinslow, Christina Leber, Amber Thomason, and Stacy Vance.

Edmonson County– Mazie Holt

Green County– Jamie Squires

Hart County– Kristy Poynter, Gabrielle Trent, and Stephanie Trent

LaRue County– Danielle Mehicic

Metcalfe County– Cierra London, Sarah Petranek, and Jessica Scott

Monroe County– Myra Graves, Whitney Jobe, Kayla Jones, and Kendall Jones

Taylor County– Lisa Appleby

Warren County– Sara Browning, Tiffany Crabtree, Bethanie Kotelnicki, Emily Lewis, Frederick, Karmen Penrose, Valerie Phillips, Sherri Rawls, Ashley Siegle, Chris Simpson, Alexus Slappy, Dustin West, Kimberly Wood, Jacqueline York.

Clay County, TN– Machkenzie Clements

Macon County, TN– Gina Davis

Bowling Green RN Capping

Allen County – Michele Del Ray, Gabrielle Roberts, and Carrie Ann Turner

Barren County– Heather Buford, Cheyenne Milan, Chelsea Northrup, and Beverly Smith

Butler County– Haley Jeffries and Brittany Moore-Felty

Edmonson County– Sarah Sanders

Logan County– Leslie Martin and Nickolas Price

Simpson County– Heather Gosnell, Rachel Kenady, Tricia Kenyon, Susan Lee, and Amy Pritle

Warren County– Alicia Bachicha, Jessica Beville, Laura Hanner, Sara Hennessey, Molly Herman, Rahila, Nick Rouse, Melanie Skees, Jennifer Teel and Elena Fielder Walblay

Sumner, TN– Jennifer Jackson

AARON MUDD amudd@bgdailynews.com

As Kentucky’s manufacturing workforce dwindles, a job training program at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College is trying to create a pipeline of skilled workers for regional manufacturers. 

“We’re seeing a lot of people retire, a lot of baby boomers retire,” said Teresa Montgomery, a human resources manager with Morgantown-based Delta Faucet. 

Delta Faucet joins 15 other manufacturers as partners of SKY FAME, SKYCTC’s chapter of the Kentucky Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education. 

“The Southcentral Kentucky Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education (SKY FAME) chapter is a partnership of regional manufacturers whose purpose is to implement dual-track, apprenticeship-style training that will create a pipeline of highly skilled workers,” Kelcie Richart, the program’s advanced manufacturing technician success coach, said in an email. 

Richart said KY FAME began in the Georgetown-Lexington area as a partnership with Toyota. SKY FAME was established as the program’s seventh chapter in September, she said. 

The program selects 30 students gifted in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. Over the course of the five-semester program, students will divide their time between going to classes twice a week and working for a company three times a week. 

Manufacturers are involved in the program from beginning interviews to choosing which student they hire after finishing the program. 

“What I hope students recognize is that manufacturing isn’t dark, dirty and dangerous,” Richart said. “It is a field that is bright and upcoming.”

Richart estimated that program graduates could make between $40,000 and $50,000 annually.

Manufacturers get a lot out of the program as well. 

“It helps everybody grow and expand the knowledge within our maintenance departments,” said Tye Burklow, manager of public relations with the Franklin Precision Industry, which is a program partner. 

“This gives us an opportunity to bring people in and give them the knowledge while also making our companies stronger,” he said. 

SKYCTC will host a recruitment event at 6 p.m. Jan. 14 at its Franklin-Simpson Center at 175 Davis Drive in Franklin.

The Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College Board of Directors will hold their next meeting January 21st at the KATI Campus beginning at 4:00 p.m.

The meeting is open to the public.

by AARON MUDD amudd@bgdailynews.com Jan 10, 2016

“I am hopeful that higher education is one of the top priorities that they will support because the future of Kentucky lies in our ability to provide a trained workforce,” said Phil Neal, president of Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College. 

Since 2008, KCTCS has lost $38.5 million in appropriations from Kentucky’s legislature. As a result, it’s partnering with businesses and other organizations across the state for its Fuel the Force campaign. 

“Everybody’s not going to be able to go to Western (Kentucky University) to get a four-year degree,” said Abraham Williams, executive director of the Housing Authority of Bowling Green, which is one of the campaign partners. 

For Williams, funding technical education is something Kentucky will have to do eventually or face a labor shortage.

“I think the biggest thing is to try to find additional funding,” he said.

Alex Downing, president of Franklin Bank and Trust, said its partnership with SKYCTC goes back many years. “We have a passion for our region, for economic development and for the education of our youth,” he said. 

It’s also a cause that everyone can benefit from, he said. 

“Postsecondary education provides opportunities to people in this area to hopefully encourage them to stay in this region, to give back to this area,” he said. 

Those involved in the campaign will tap their relationships with legislators to collect just over $420 million for KCTCS’ operating budget over the next two years, Neal said. The money would be used to “bring on the programs and services to continue to train a highly skilled workforce for the companies that are the basis for our economy,” he said.

For Scott Williams, president of Owensboro Community and Technical College, the limited funding has had consequences. 

“It really starts to the hamper the ability of the student to get the support they need,” he said. 

Restoring funding could help colleges assist students with job placement, developing soft skills and student success, he said.  “I think specifically it’s workforce development,” he said. 

By AARON MUDD amudd@bgdailynews.com

Heather Rogers, associate vice president of institutional advancement at SKYCTC, said the project would “take the college to the next level.” 

“We have several campuses, but this will make our main campus really the showcase of our colleges and the community,” she said. 

The $22 million project is a 75,000-square-foot building that, if fully funded, will be parallel to Warren Central High School’s football field.

Rogers said officials hope to break ground this summer and complete the project by 2017.

As much as $16.5 million of the total cost has already been secured through bonds from the state legislature, Rogers said, noting the bonds must be repaid. 

“Our students voted to initiate an $8 per credit hour fee that over 20 years will pay back those bonds,” she said. “So really our students are funding the majority of the building.” 

That leaves $5.5 million, which will be raised in the community through corporate donations and private donors, Rogers said. Committed partners include The Medical Center, Franklin Bank and Trust and Farmer’s National Bank, among others. 

Rogers said the building has many purposes.

“One, it will provide sort of a one-stop shop for students when they come in to register, pay their bill,” she said, adding that the school’s admissions office, financial aid and student services will be centralized and more convenient for students. 

The building also promises to offer students more space to meet, including a suite for student organizations and a new library and learning commons. 

“We have a library, but it’s very small,” she said. “So this will allow us to expand our library, expand the computer lab space.” 

However, what might be most appealing to students is the addition of an on-campus dining hall.

“Right now we do not have any food service on campus besides vending machines,” Rogers said, adding it will “give the students a place for breakfast and lunch” along with an outdoor courtyard area. 

A wing devoted to health care professions on the second floor will feature rooms that “will look just like an operating room or just like an emergency room,” she said. 

The opposite wing devoted to science and technology, Rogers said, will allow SKYCTC to develop an engineering pipeline to Western Kentucky University. 

Lowell Guthrie, who chairs the campaign, said the building will help accommodate future growth and offer people the chance to improve their level of education. 

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READ THE BOOK - JOIN THE CONVERSATION

Win a free book at a give-away near you on

Monday Feb. 8th at 12:15

• SKYCTC Main Campus
  Building F Conference Room
• Franklin-Simpson Center LRC

• Glasgow Health LRC B-302

Imagine a society where firemen start fires, a time when technology and pleasure rule. Would you take a stand? Or would you  conform?

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READ THE BOOK - JOIN THE CONVERSATION

Win a free book at a give-away near you on

Monday Feb. 8th at 12:15

• SKYCTC Main Campus
  Building F Conference Room
• Franklin-Simpson Center LRC

• Glasgow Health LRC B-302

Imagine a society where firemen start fires, a time when technology and pleasure rule. Would you take a stand? Or would you  conform?

For more information go the the Book Club Homepage:
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Staff – BG Daily News

Several local companies were named to the 12th annual Best Places to Work in Kentucky list, according to a news release from the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.

The companies were Connected Nation, Bowling Green; Bluegrass Cellular, multiple locations; Independence Bank, multiple locations; PBI Bank, multiple locations; Southcentral Kentucky Community & Technical College, multiple locations; Van Meter Insurance Group, multiple locations; Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, multiple locations; Assured Neace Lukens, multiple locations; Central Bank, multiple locations; Edward Jones, multiple locations; Farm Credit Mid-America, multiple locations; Hilliard Lyons, multiple locations; Hosparus Inc., Louisville and Bowling Green; and ARGI Financial Group, multiple locations.

The Kentucky chamber and Kentucky Society for Human Resource Management honored the companies. The list is presented by Kentucky Career Center and the State Information Data Exchange System.

The winning rankings will be announced at an awards dinner April 20 at the Lexington Convention Center. The selection process, managed by Best Companies Group, is based on an assessment of each company’s employee policies and procedures and the results of an internal employee survey.

By Joe Corcoran• WKU Public Radio - Jan 27, 2016

A new collaborative effort in Warren County is looking to train workers to fill high-tech manufacturing jobs in the region.

The South Central Kentucky Manufacturing Career Center includes businesses, schools, employment agencies and non-profits.

The center will train up to 16 people at a time at South Central Kentucky Community and Technical College. Courses are to begin at the center Feb. 2.

Students will take a 12-week course focusing on the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering, and math.

Greg Head is vice-president of the manufacturer Davert USA, which has a location in Bowling Green. He says the collaboration has to overcome stereotypes about manufacturing.

"The dark ages are over. The equipment that we have in our manufacturing plants requires someone with STEM curriculum.” Head says high-tech employers are looking for workers who can “see the holistic picture.”

A 2013 report issued by area businesses said the south-central Kentucky region will have 4,500 hundred job openings in manufacturing-related fields by the end of this year.

That number is expected to double to 9,000 by 2020.

The school’s Vice-President for Outreach, Jim McCaslin, says students will learn skills that will make them attractive to area manufacturers.

"I hear people talking in restaurants saying, I want to go work in this place, or that place--because they know what kind of salary it pays. This will give them all the entry-level information they need to get their foot in the door."