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HCC Secures Transformational Title III Investment
Highland Community College has been selected for a Title III Strengthening Institutions Program grant to support One Highland: Powering Rural Futures, a five-year initiative designed to strengthen student success, institutional effectiveness, teaching and learning, and support for rural students....
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Scottie Gold wins award from Rural Community College Alliance September 16, 2026 | By Melissa Bower
Highland Community College’s “Scottie Gold” initiative won an Innovation and Access Award from the Rural Community College Alliance. Scottie...
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Highland Community College Adult Education Receives Patterson Family Foundation Grant to Expand Services in Rural Kansas July 16, 2026 | By Stephanie Peterson
Highland Community College Adult Education has been awarded a $139,000 grant from the Patterson Family Foundation to expand educational and workforce...
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‘Mistakes and Progress’ Exhibit...
The Yost Art Gallery at Highland Community College in Highland, Kansas, is currently showcasing “Mistakes and Progress,” an exhibition by artist Caitlin Penny. The exhibit will be on display through Friday, March 7. Caitlin Penny is a relief printmaker who specializes in reduction printmaking,...
HCC Hosts Statewide Meeting of Kansas...
HIGHLAND, KS – Highland Community College (HCC) proudly hosted the Kansas Association of Community Colleges (KACC) meeting from May 29 to May 31, 2025, bringing together trustees and presidents from all 19 community colleges across the state. Held on HCC's Atchison Campus, the multi-day event...
Carnegie Classifications Designates...
HIGHLAND, KS – Highland Community College (HCC) has been designated as an “Opportunity College and University” by the Carnegie Classifications. The designation recognizes HCC as a national model for advancing student success and long-term economic outcomes. The Opportunity Colleges and...
HCCTC Students Recognized at the Business...
Students from Highland Community College Technical Center (HCCTC) Business Professionals of America (BPA) chapter were among the nearly 7,000 attendees representing nearly 800 school chapters who attended the 2025 BPA National Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida, May 7-11. While in Orlando,...
Highland Community College Successfully...
HIGHLAND, KS – Highland Community College (HCC) is pleased to announce the successful resolution of a Settlement Agreement with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), originally executed on August 28, 2023. The agreement addressed allegations that Black students at HCC experienced...
HCC Hosts 43rd Annual Art Day: “Story...
Highland, Kan. – Highland Community College welcomed nearly 900 students to campus for the 43rd Annual Art Day on Thursday, April 17, 2025. This year’s theme, “Story in Stone: A Paleolithic Art Day,” inspired young artists to explore ancient techniques and storytelling through stone-age...
HCC Hosts 43rd Annual Art Day: “Story...
Highland, Kan. – Highland Community College (HCC), Kansas’s first college, proudly presents its 43rd Annual Art Day Thursday, April 17, 2025. Taking place across the HCC campus at 606 W Main St, Highland, Kansas, this all-day event invites high school students and the community to explore...
Students Selected to PTK All-Kansas...
HIGHLAND, Kan. – Alpha Zeta Gamma, Highland Community College's chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, has named Zachary Polubinski (Plainfield, Illinois) and Ava Weishaar (Valley Falls, Kansas) to the All-Kansas Academic Team for 2025. Polubinski and Weishaar will be honored in Topeka April 11, 2025....