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The Faculty Member of the Year award was presented to Dr. C.D. Clark, associate professor of physics. Commerce Bank provided a $1,000 stipend for Dr. Clark in recognition of this honor. Dr. Clark has provided exemplary service to the department, college, and university by serving on the university promotion, general education, and commencement committees. He has researched, developed, and shared techniques for effectively delivering a high-quality educational experience for FHSU online learners.

New NCK Tech faculty and staff members include: Steven Ammon is from Sylvan Grove, Kansas and will be the instructor for Automotive Technology on our Beloit campus. Steven has his Associate of Applied Science degree from NCK Tech in Automotive Technology.

Thomas More Prep-Marian filled their parking lot with snow cones, bounce houses, music and a mechanical bull to celebrate the 2022-23 school year. Students were able to test their skills on the rock wall and practice their aim at the dunk tank. The TMP cheerleaders opened the evening with a performance that featured upbeat music, dancing and stunts.

Kali DeBey is a nursing student at Fort Hays State University. Like many non-traditional students, she must balance the immense demands of full-time work, a challenging academic program, and her responsibilities as a wife and mother of three boys, ages 4-11. Kali works as a surgical scrub technician in the operating rooms of the Hays Medical Center. This year, she decided to pursue her dream of becoming a registered nurse.

Dear Readers, What do you do when you get the bottom of a bag of potato chips? And if you don’t keep chips around, pretend I’m asking what you do when you get to the bottom of the box or bag or can of your favorite salty or sweet snack. By “bottom,” I mean that variable snacking moment when you shake the container in hopes that a mid-size piece may float and rise on the sea of crumbs. Recently, when I reach for a snack and find only a bag of bits returned to the cabinet by those-who-shall-not be named, I’ll finish it (provided said snack has not gone stale.) So I’m curious how others behave when they reach this snack nadir, not that our choices in this regard mean anything.