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CCC announces honor roll for fall 2022 (corrected)

*The previous published Honor Roll List for Fall 2022 was incomplete. Here is the complete and corrected Honor Roll list.* LIBERAL, Kan. — Seward County Community College is proud to announce its Honor Roll for the Fall 2022 semester. There are three Honor Roll divisions — President, Vice President and Part-time Vice President. President’s Honor Roll: Any student who completes at least 12 credit hours and has a semester grade point average of 4.00 will be listed on the President’s Honor Roll for that semester. Vice President’s Honor Roll: Any student who completes at least 12 credit hours and has a semester grade point average of at least 3.50 will be listed on the Vice President’s Honor Roll for that semester. Part-time Vice President’s Honor Roll: Any student who completes at least 6 credit hours, but less than 12 credit hours, and has a semester grade point average of at least 3.50 will be listed on the Part-time Vice President’s Honor Roll for that semester. Congratulations to all students in achieving Honor Roll status. PRESIDENT'S HONOR ROLL Mike Aguilar (Liberal, KS) Maricruz Aguirre (Liberal, KS) Anay Alvarado (Liberal, KS) Andrea Andrade (Liberal, KS) Raeleigh Angell (Hugoton, KS) Edwin Arana Escarsega (Satanta, KS) Todd Baffa (Keller, TX) Megan Berg (Sublette, KS) Hannah Black (Olla, LA) Chelsea Boese (Danville, KS) Kelsey Boman (Liberal, KS) Jace Bost (Liberal, KS) Paris Brienesse (Stockholm, Sweden) Kyler Brooks (Tyrone, OK) Victoria Bryan (Hugoton, KS) Adolfo Camacho (Liberal, KS) Brenda Cardenas Perez (Liberal, KS) Susana Carrillo (Plains, KS) Jason Ceniceros (Perryton, TX) Brian Chavez (Perryton, TX) Caitlyn Cook (Meade, KS) Denise Corral (Liberal, KS) Aaliyah Dang-Gutierrez (Guymon, OK) Matthew Davis (Plains, KS) Clara Maria Duarte (Betim, Brazil) Ashleigh Duncan (Cape Town, South Africa) Shayla Eastland (Guymon, OK) Elizabeth Erives (Hugoton, KS) Ariana Escalante (El Paso, TX) Mya Fabbro (Liberal, KS) Stormie Fernandez (Andrews, TX) Fiona Friessen (Liberal, KS) Alondra Fuentes (Liberal, KS) Santiago Gaitan (Liberal, KS) Adrian Gallegos (Garden City, KS) Carmen Garcia (Liberal, KS) Corban Garcia (Liberal, KS) Graciela Garcia (Plains, KS) Trent Gerber (Nazareth, TX) Nyssa Goitia (Liberal, KS) Laura Gomez (Adams, OK) Marco Gonzalez (Liberal, KS) Oscar Gonzalez (Liberal, KS) Jaxson Gregg (Fort Worth, TX) Dalia Guillen (Liberal, KS) Isabel Hernandez Garcia (Guymon, OK) Jennifer Hodge (Carlsbad, NM) Tirzah Howery (Liberal, KS) Kylee Hunt (Midwest City, OK) Alexis Jacquez (Liberal, KS) Kathy Johnson (Ulysses, KS) Trenton Kennedy (Satanta, KS) Elizabeth Knudsen (Liberal, KS) Vanessa Lambert (Liberal, KS) Edna Langa (Liberal, KS) Victoria Lavallee (Webster, MA) Sara-Gay Lawe (Liberal, KS) Tara-Gay Lawe (Liberal, KS) Marisol Lechuga (Liberal, KS) Jeanette Levick (Beaver, OK) Claire Mains (Guymon, OK) Luis Marquez (Liberal, KS) Armani Martin (University Park, IL) Brooklyn Martin (Guymon, OK) Cydney Mathews (North Augusta, SC) Taylor Melvin (Owens Cross Roads, AL) Crystal Mendoza (Plains, KS) Kacey Miller (Guymon, OK) Crystal Miranda (Liberal, KS) Veronica Montoya (Guymon, OK) Maizie Morris (Liberal, KS) Jazmin Munoz (Liberal, KS) Anahi Navarrete (Liberal, KS) Eric Nguyen (Liberal, KS) Sophia Nguyen (Liberal, KS) Elyzabeth Nunez (Ulysses, KS) Maria Olvera (Guymon, OK) Aileen Ortiz (Turpin, OK) Ashley Paniagua (Rolla, KS) Eh Paw (Guymon, OK) Jennifer Phan (Liberal, KS) Nicole Piper (Hugoton, KS) Ranse Radtke (Wichita Falls, TX) Gabriel Ramirez (Liberal, KS) Lucero Ramirez (Booker, TX) Rianna Rendon (Liberal, KS) Juan Reyes (Liberal, KS) Aidan Rice (Liberal, KS) Vanessa Rivas (Liberal, KS) Yahir Rivera (Beaver, OK) Chelsea Rocha (Liberal, KS) Alexis Rodriguez (Perryton, TX) Karina Rodriguez (Hugoton, KS) Sandra Rodriguez (Ulysses, KS) Tomas Rodriguez (Hooker, OK) Edgar Romero Hernandez (Liberal, KS) Duncan Rotich (Liberal, KS) Adriana Salcedo-Hernandez (Moscow, KS) Dalia Sanchez Leon (Liberal, KS) Deliya Say (Garden City, KS) Carson Schechter (Hugoton, KS) Kole Scott (Ajax, Canada) Autumn Seaton (Liberal, KS) Robert Stafford (Loganville, GA) Ashanti Thompson (Phoenix, AZ) Ashley Thompson (Liberal, KS) Juan Tinoco (Hugoton, KS) Adrian Torres (Ulysses, KS) Leilani Torres (Liberal, KS) Salvador Valencia (Liberal, KS) Nolita Viljoen (Liberal, KS) Amaris Villarreal (Tyrone, OK) Michelle Wahl (Satanta, KS) Brianna Ware (Liberal, KS) Ren Watt (Liberal, KS) Tyann Weis (Liberal, KS) Lorelei Widger (Moscow, KS) Alexis Williams (Plains, KS) Hannah Williams (Hooker, OK) Lacy Wilson (Liberal, KS) Katya Wolters (Hugoton, KS) Isaac Ybarra (Liberal, KS) Yailin Zamora (Liberal, KS) Vice President's Honor Roll Leslie Acevedo (Liberal, KS) Briana Adams (Liberal, KS) Maria Alba (Liberal, KS) Dylan Arnold (Tyrone, OK) Angelica Badillo (Hugoton, KS) Emma Bahl (Ulysses, KS) Ty Baker (Guymon, OK) Ashleigh Blanchard (Lawrence, KS) Alondra Bolivar (Liberal, KS) Sarah Bolliger (Liberal, KS) Olivia Breit (Liberal, KS) Cody Bremenkamp (Liberal, KS) Jazmin Caballero (Rolla, KS) Jovanni Camacho-Lerma (Liberal, KS) Paige Campbell (Plains, KS) Itzel Castillo (Turpin, OK) Malena Catala (Ituzaingo, Argentina) Jesus Chaparro (Guymon, OK) Erick Chavarria (Liberal, KS) Keanna Coburn (Olive Branch, MS) Alexander Corona (Liberal, KS) Cynthia Corral (Liberal, KS) Jose Correa (Ulysses, KS) Connor Cox (Wichita Falls, TX) Leonardo Cuenca III (Guymon, OK) Tristan Curless (Amarillo, TX) Eduardo Diego (Liberal, KS) Logan Dodge (Liberal, KS) Dhamar Dozal (Turpin, OK) Garrett Ellis (Buena Vista, CO) Leslie Estrada (Optima, OK) Zane Eylar (Balko, OK) Aroon Garcia (Liberal, KS) Miriam Garcia (Liberal, KS) Jesus Geron (Liberal, KS) Nohemi Gomez (Liberal, KS) Sebastien Gonzalez (Hugoton, KS) Lucas Gonzalez Ramirez (Medellin, Colombia) Ari Gordon (Plymouth, MN) Mariana Guillen (Ulysses, KS) Kavlyn Jennifer Hartmann Giacomelli (Toledo, Brazil) Aubreigh Haxton (Argonia, KS) Crystina Hernandez (Guymon, OK) Aquetzalli Herrera (Hooker, OK) Garrett Hull (Hugoton, KS) Illia Ivanov (Liberal, KS) Jailyn Johnson (Henderson, NV) Cristina Juarez (Guymon, OK) Obed Juarez (Hugoton, KS) Carl Kunselman (Satanta, KS) Audra Langley (Rolla, KS) Hugo Lopez (Liberal, KS) Izabel Lopez (Liberal, KS) Jacquelin Loredo (Tyrone, OK) Tommy Ly Ho (Liberal, KS) Amber Maddox (Perryton, TX) Cami Maravilla (Hugoton, KS) Odalis Marin (Liberal, KS) Tina Martens (Rolla, KS) Alexia Martinez (Liberal, KS) Tanya Mata (Liberal, KS) Brady McCabe (Elkhart, KS) Caden McCain (Tyrone, OK) Maggie McIntyre (Liberal, KS) Aileen Medrano Baray (Liberal, KS) Jesus Mendoza (Liberal, KS) Encarnasiona Mendoza Perez (Guymon, OK) Maddison Miller (Fort Madison, IA) Aidan Moore (Nazareth, TX) Haydee Munoz-Rodriguez (Garden City, KS) Nayeli Norez (Turpin, OK) Osbel Oceguera (Liberal, KS) Erick Ortiz (Beaver, OK) Seyun Park (Gyeonngi-Do, Korea, Republic of (South)) Ricardo Patino Richard Patte (Guimuiic, France) Carlos Perez (Liberal, KS) Lindsey Perez (Liberal, KS) Jefferson Perez Canil (Liberal, KS) Armando Pineda (Liberal, KS) Akele Powdrill (Liberal, KS) Angelica Quezada (Liberal, KS) Avery Ragsdale (Fort Gibson, OK) Alexa Ramirez (Liberal, KS) Liset Ramos Zamora (Liberal, KS) Connor Raney (Pflugerville, TX) Chelsea Ray (Elkhart, KS) Kylie Regier (Liberal, KS) Brianna Rich (Elkhart, KS) Alejandra Rios Ronquillo (Liberal, KS) Brady Ritzmann (Arvada, CO) Kayla Rocha (Meade, KS) Edwin Rojo (Moscow, KS) Perla Romero (Liberal, KS) Jennifer Rosales (Sterling, CO) Katelyn Ross (Guymon, OK) Trenton Rowan (Erie, CO) Natalie Rubio-Acosta (Ulysses, KS) Rosaleyn Rutiaga (Liberal, KS) Leonardo Salcedo (Rolla, KS) Jessica Sales De Souza (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil) Maria Sandoval (Santa Cruz De La Sierra, Bolivia) Braden Stevens (Tyrone, OK) Sedona Stinson (Albuquerque, NM) Adrian Urias (Liberal, KS) Unique Vickers (Liberal, KS) Tiana Winn (Park City, KS) Evelyn Ybarra (Liberal, KS) Jose Zamora (Liberal, KS) P/T Vice President's Honor Roll Ashley Acevedo (Liberal, KS) Taylor Ackley (Ulysses, KS) Edith Acosta Sanchez (Liberal, KS) Logan Aguilar (Liberal, KS) Yohana Aguilar (Wray, CO) Sergio Aguirre Portillo (Garden City, KS) Maylea Alexander (Satanta, KS) Danica Amerin (Hugoton, KS) Ashley Anaya (Liberal, KS) Kacen Anthony (Satanta, KS) Ahtziri Arana Alvarado (Satanta, KS) Ivan Armendariz (Liberal, KS) Arabella Ashby (Ulysses, KS) Marisol Avalos Rodriguez (Optima, OK) Harrison Bachman (Meade, KS) Samantha Banman (Plains, KS) Chantal Barron-Calva (Ulysses, KS) Crystal Barron-Calva (Ulysses, KS) Lacee Beck (Goodwell, OK) Alejandra Berumen (Plains, KS) Shawn Blackburn (Keyes, OK) Brody Boisvert (Sonoita, AZ) Kyra Bowden (Satanta, KS) Sara Bower (Ulysses, KS) Mackenzie Bradford (Liberal, KS) Robert Breeden (Hugoton, KS) Hanh Brockett (Turpin, OK) Breckin Buttry (Liberal, KS) Elena Camacho (Liberal, KS) Jesus Campos (Liberal, KS) Donna Cano (Yuma, CO) Maria Cardoso (Liberal, KS) Anthony Carmona Andrade (Liberal, KS) Valerie Carrillo (Goodwell, OK) Veronica Carrillo (Plains, KS) Gabrielle Cepero (Hooker, OK) Karely Chacon (Satanta, KS) Jonathan Chavez (Garden City, KS) Braleigh Childress (Elkhart, KS) Chloe Christensen (Topeka, KS) Diana Cisneros (Liberal, KS) Dakota Compaan (Rolla, KS) Miriam Covarrubias (Liberal, KS) Luci Cowser (Rolla, KS) Whitley Cruz (Hugoton, KS) Jose Deanda Marquez (Liberal, KS) Melissa Dearing (Liberal, KS) Valeria Delgado (Ulysses, KS) Cristian DonJuan (Hugoton, KS) Nathalie Donjuan (Liberal, KS) Krystal Dorado Barrios (Liberal, KS) Karina Duran (Liberal, KS) Zulema Duran (Satanta, KS) Stacey Enns (Moscow, KS) Lizeth Erives (Guymon, OK) Sanjua Espinoza (Guymon, OK) Luz Estrada (Liberal, KS) Paola Estrada (Liberal, KS) Zemira Field (Ulysses, KS) Ryan Flenniken (Liberal, KS) Alan Flores (Liberal, KS) Jakeline Flores (Liberal, KS) Tyson Flores (Ulysses, KS) Denisse Flores Vallejo (Liberal, KS) Ryleigh Foster (Fowler, KS) Lexanni Franz (Liberal, KS) Brianna Frisby (Plains, KS) Maria Gallegos (Liberal, KS) Jovanni Garcia (Liberal, KS) Juan Garcia (Plains, KS) Bo Garza (Lubbock, TX) Ashley Gibbons (Ulysses, KS) Shiloh Goetzinger (Hugoton, KS) Lorenzo Gomez (Ulysses, KS) Karen Gomez Najera (Liberal, KS) Evelyn Gomez Romero (Liberal, KS) Guadalupe Gonzales-Montoya (Liberal, KS) Samantha Gonzalez (Liberal, KS) Esmeralda Gutierrez (Liberal, KS) Jacqueline Gutierrez (Liberal, KS) Kylee Hammel (Liberal, KS) Teryn Harp (Liberal, KS) Ayden Harper (Hugoton, KS) Riley Hay (Nashville, TN) Jalyssa Head (Liberal, KS) Griffin Heger (Hugoton, KS) Alaina Hernandez (Liberal, KS) Alexis Hernandez (Liberal, KS) Bryan Hernandez (Ulysses, KS) Monica Hernandez (Liberal, KS) Lexi Hittle (Ulysses, KS) Ainsley Horinek (Sublette, KS) Amanda Howe (Sudbury, MA) Rachel Hutton (Turpin, OK) Hannah Isaac (Meade, KS) Kaleb Jaquez (Ulysses, KS) Nicole Jorgenson (Ketchum, ID) Elizabeth Juarez (Plains, KS) J Kappelmann (Liberal, KS) Jackson Keeler (Ulysses, KS) Rosa Kendall (Liberal, KS) Kara Kunselman (Satanta, KS) Marioly Lara (Liberal, KS) Tenea Laverne (Roseburg, OR) Valeria Lechuga (Liberal, KS) Marguerite Lee (Brookings, OR) Matthew Leonard (Sublette, KS) Meng Jie Li (Langfang, China) Maria Loewen (Satanta, KS) Sydlin Loewen (Ulysses, KS) Briseyda Lopez (Liberal, KS) Carlos Lopez (Garden City, KS) Jose Lopez (Liberal, KS) Laura Love (Sublette, KS) Benjamin Macias (Tyrone, OK) Santiago Macias (Hugoton, KS) Chloe Maisttison (Pocatello, ID) Hailey Maldonado (Hugoton, KS) Jaden Manzano (Ulysses, KS) Sophia Marin (Liberal, KS) Bianca Marino Isaac Martin (Hugoton, KS) Issac Martinez (Garden City, KS) Jovanna Martinez (Liberal, KS) Leslie Martinez (Hugoton, KS) Nate Mccarthy (Boise, ID) Rachel Mchenry (Agenda, KS) Marissa Mendoza (Hugoton, KS) Jennifer Mendoza Simon (Liberal, KS) Marisella Meraz (Ulysses, KS) Steffany Mijarez (Plains, KS) Lilli Moke (Sublette, KS) Arely Molina Caraveo (Liberal, KS) Bryan Montoya (Hugoton, KS) Francisca Morales (Liberal, KS) Juliana Moreno (Liberal, KS) Jennifer Mosso Ocampo (Liberal, KS) Gladis Munoz Marin (Guymon, OK) Kristi Nava (Liberal, KS) Brittany Navarrete Pando (Ulysses, KS) Ana Ngo (Liberal, KS) Jewels Noland (Hugoton, KS) Sandra Norez (Turpin, OK) Katie Norman (Liberal, KS) Emily Nunez (Ulysses, KS) Brianna Ordonez (Hugoton, KS) Angela Ortega-Murillo (Johnson, KS) Erich Ortiz (Liberal, KS) Josue Ortuno (Liberal, KS) Yesica Ovalle (Laverne, OK) Alexis Paredes (Liberal, KS) Makenna Pelton (Ulysses, KS) Rocio Perez (Ulysses, KS) Lakota Persing (Hugoton, KS) Chase Phelps (Ulysses, KS) Rodrigo Pineda (Liberal, KS) Maria Ramirez (Liberal, KS) Cade Reynolds (Hugoton, KS) Matthew Rice (Liberal, KS) Evelyn Rios (Liberal, KS) Shea Robertson (Elkhart, KS) Yamilet Rojo (Moscow, KS) Jessica Romero (Oxford, FL) Dalila Rosales (Liberal, KS) Natalie Rosales (Liberal, KS) Suheila Rosas (Hugoton, KS) Mary Rose (Liberal, KS) Madison Ross (Satanta, KS) Miranda Salas (Satanta, KS) Martha Saldana (Hugoton, KS) Jaylee Schield (Sublette, KS) Amber Scott (Hooker, OK) Kaleb Scripsick (Kismet, KS) Abigail Slocum (Hugoton, KS) Frank Solorio (Liberal, KS) Katrina Spencer-Clymer (Leoti, KS) Grayden Stapleton (Meade, KS) Bryson Stejskal (Ulysses, KS) Roxana Stone (Plains, KS) Jose Tarango (Ulysses, KS) Hephzibah Tebowei (Lagos, Nigeria) Kyle Toon (Boise City, OK) Alexia Torres (Liberal, KS) Carlos Torres (Liberal, KS) Joshua Tsai (Redlands, CA) Naomi Vagher (Ulysses, KS) Lucero Valle Lopez (Kismet, KS) Brooke Vaughn (Guymon, OK) Celina Vigil (Liberal, KS) Sean Wagner (Satanta, KS) Bryton Wallace (Plains, KS) Clarysa Webber (Sublette, KS) Jarron Wilcox (Billings, MT) Steven Young (Liberal, KS) Abigail Zabel (Satanta, KS)

SCCC will host Taste of Kansas international potluck Jan. 30

LIBERAL, Kan. — After two years off the radar, the popular Taste of Kansas will return to Seward County Community College in recognition of Kansas Day. Sponsored by the SCCC Inclusivity & Civility Team, the event focuses on the power of food to bring people together. “Taste of Kansas is an all-campus potluck but with a twist,” said team member Annette Hackbarth-Onson, SCCC Dean of Student Success. “We are asking employees and students to something from their history, culture, background, family etc. to share with others. It is a perfect opportunity to celebrate the fact that while we may come from many different places, we are all living and working together here is Kansas.” Organizers are still soliciting donations to the meal, which is offered free of charge to all on campus. Previous years of Taste of Kansas drew between 150 and 300 people, with food from more than 50 cultural traditions served in the SCCC library. This year, Taste of Kansas will take place in the SCCC Student Union. With a student population comprised of people from more than 20 countries of origin, SCCC has the ingredients for a multicultural feast, said I&C committee head Casandra Norin. She hasn’t decided what to contribute yet, but has received requests for the Chinese smashed cucumbers she prepared in 2020. “There’s a surprising range of recipes represented, from Asian specialties prepared by employees like me, who have lived overseas, to the regional Mexican dishes our Adult Learning Center students brought at our last Taste of Kansas,” she said. “They arrived and set up their table, everyone descended and the food was gone.” Because Kansas Day — the anniversary of Kansas’ recognition as a state in 1861, on the eve of the U.S. Civil War — falls on the weekend, the event will take place the Monday after the official calendar date. Even so, the meal will feature several favorites familiar to Kansas natives. “We always make sure to offer chili with cinnamon rolls, chicken and noodles with mashed potatoes, and bierocks,” said I&C team member Charity Horinek. “Like me, most Kansas kids remember eating all those combinations in the school cafeteria. But it’s not common in other parts of the country.” With that in mind, organizers expect to see other regional favorites originating far from Kansas: Louisiana gumbo, Minnesotan wild rice, and Indian samosa. Hackbarth-Onson plans to contribute vegan dishes she has mastered, along with a family heritage recipe for molasses cookies. “My ancestors were coal miners in Pennsylvania, and the cookies were a hearty food they often carried with them when they went down in the mines to work,” she said. “The recipe I have came from my grandmother.” Hackbarth-Onson said she looks forward to hearing similar stories from other cooks and diners. The whole point of the event, she added, is not just to enjoy a great meal, but to get to know one’s fellow Kansans. “In Inclusivity and Diversity work, we often talk about celebrating differences while finding common ground, and I can’t think of anything more universal than food,” she said. Norin added a quote from the Chicano activist Cesar Chavez sums up the experience. “We’ve got a quote up in the hallway with our Taste of Kansas posters: If you really want to make a friend, go to someone’s house and eat with them … the people who give you their food give you their hearts.” To participate in Taste of Kansas, cooks may register in advance through this link: https://forms.office.com/r/h7uxmBSc7U). For more information, contact one of the Taste of Kansas team members: 620-417-1106, 620-417-1125, or 620-417-1161. ###

Early Childhood Ed series begins

Thursday workshop first of four Early Childhood Education is in short supply in Liberal, and a newly formed group seeks to address that challenge. As part of the Southwest Kansas Early Childhood Coalition, Seward County Community College will host the first of four education workshops on campus this week, from 6-8 p.m. Thursday in SU 214. The training session costs $10, and includes dinner and no-cost childcare for those who register in advance (through Wednesday). The first of four monthly training sessions, Thursday’s session focuses on the importance of care for the caregiver. “Self-Care for Early Childhood Professionals,”presented by Stephanie Keller of a statewide infant-toddler specialist network, offers more than just helpful hints. “This professional development activity will help you cognitively, physically and emotionally bounce back each day,” organizers stated. Future workshops will focus on positive parenting, wrestling with safe sleep, and sensory stimulus in infant and toddler environments. “We want to support early childhood education professionals, whether that takes place in a preschool, daycare, or a more structured organization,” said SCCC B&I Director Norma Jean Dodge. “It’s important work that often goes unrecognized.” To provide additional support, the coaltion is offering gift cards to help cover gas costs for those who attend from outside Liberal. Participants who attend all four monthly training sessions will receive an early childhood literacy gift set valued at $200. Each training session is approved for credit through the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Members of the Southwest Kansas Early Childhood Coalition are Child Care Aware od Kansas, KCCTO-KITS Infant-Toddler Specialist Network, Kansas Children Service League, Liberal Area Coalition for Families, Russell Childhood Development Center, and SCCC. For more information about the Thursday event and the entire series of workshops, or to register, call 620-417-1170.

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SCCC receives grant through Patterson Family Foundation for ventilators

LIBERAL, Kan. – Seward County Community College recently purchased three ventilators for its respiratory therapy program with funding through a grant by the Patterson Family Foundation. The

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