McCook Community College

Mid-Plains governors approve salaries for certain employees, president OGALLALA, Neb. — Mid-Plains Community College governors approved a 4.25% increase for staff and a 5% increase for the college president at a regular meeting Wednesday in Ogallala...

There are very few places in the world like a junior college. McCook is little to no one’s final destination, and when I first got here fresh out of high school this was a hard concept for me to grasp. Basic college rule says that this is the time in your life where you are supposed to meet your best friends and wish that these years would never end. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — Renelle Mooney, a McCook Community College business instructor, has been named winner of the Gene Budig Outstanding Faculty Award. The announcement came Friday during MCC’s Commencement Ceremony at the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center...

McCOOK, Neb. — Major expenditures approved by the Mid-Plains Community College board of governors Wednesday night included a one-time cost of $34,560 for software from Jenzabar and an annual maintenance fee of $23,300 for a total $57,560; a $63,900 production printer and setup from Capital Business Systems Inc., and athletic insurance from Hub/Dissinger Reed for $99,900 and catastrophic insurance from Zurich for $5,866...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook Community College Theater is having auditions for “Swashbuckling Scallywags at the Bilgewater Inn and Groggery,” a slapstick comedy by Mark Hardiman. Auditions are set for Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday from 5-7 p.m. at the Weeth Theatre in Tipton Hall on the campus...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — A major remodeling project for McCook was advanced Wednesday during the Mid-Plains Community College board of governors’ regular monthly meeting. A not-to-exceed price of $10.4 million with Samson Construction for remodeling of the old Elks Club into the McCook Community College East Campus was approved. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — Meeting in McCook on Wednesday, the Mid-Plains Community College governors will be asked to waive one requirement so an architectural firm can be used for an electrical building on the North Campus of North Platte Community College. The firm, Wilkins Architecture Design Planning, had already provided qualification documents for planning the East Campus renovation for McCook Community College...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Meeting in North Platte Wednesday, the Mid-Plains Community College board of governors broke ground on a major building project, approved a new three-year contract with the college president and agreed to sell a small parcel of land in McCook...

McCOOK, Neb. — The following is the McCook Community College commencement address given by student speaker Kimberlee Sweeney at today’s graduation: 1. No great things are ever accomplished unless you try. Hello! Welcome graduates, families, faculty, and staff to this year’s graduation. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — Sheri Hink-Wagner has been named McCook Community College’s winner of the Gene Budig Outstanding Faculty Award. The announcement came Friday during MCC’s Commencement Ceremony at the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center. Hink-Wagner was selected by the college’s Gene Budig Award selection committee and submitted to the Mid-Plains Community College Cabinet. Budig who was an MCC graduate, provides a $1,000 award each year to recognize and honor outstanding educators...

McCOOK, Neb. — For someone who admittedly always hated school, Kimberlee Sweeney is proof that with the right motivation, a person can conquer all sorts of life’s obstacles. On her first day of kindergarten in Indianola, Sweeney came home from school and unenthusiastically told her mom the first day was, “Fine.”...

McCOOK, Neb. — Following an executive session, the Mid Plains Community College board of governors approved a 3.85% increase in administrative salaries and 3.85% hourly increase for classified staff, the latter half divided equally and half by percentage...

McCOOK, Neb. — Nearly 400 of the brightest and best students from 15 area high schools will be in McCook Wednesday for the annual Inter-high Day Scholastic Competition. Nearly $20,000 in scholarships and another $25,000 in free tuition credits are up for grabs at this annual competition...

McCOOK, Neb. — In preparation for the move into the new Child Development Center in Walsh-Brady Hall McCook Community College has set up an online for numerous daycare items. The auction will ends at 7 p.m. Monday, March 8. Bidding is only available online. Bidders must have an account to bid. You can sign and register with Goggle, Facebook, or AirAuctioneer account...

McCOOK, Neb. — The chairman of Wyoming’s U.S. Commission on Civil Rights advisory committee will be the featured speaker during presentations at Mid-Plains Community College campuses in North Platte and McCook Jan. 17. Dr. Robert Byrd will speak at 11 a.m. in the McDonald-Belton Theater on the North Platte Community College South Campus, 601 W. State Farm Rd., North Platte...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Mid-Plains Community College governors accepted a $942,268 bid from Paulsen Inc. of Cozad to build a roadway between U.S. Highway 83 and Willow, leading to the North Platte Community College south campus. Meeting in North Platte Wednesday, also accepted an audit report from Dana F. Cole and Co., and held an 18-minute closed session regarding personnel and negotiations. No action was taken after the board reconvened in open session...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — The Mid Plains Community College board of governors will consider a bid to build a roadway between U.S. Highway 83 and the North Platte Community College South Campus this week. The items is part of the agenda for the regular meeting, which begins at 6:30 p.m. at the NPCC North Campus, 1101 Halligan Drive...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook Community College is offering a class, “Implicit Bias Training For Law Enforcement Personnel” on Dec. 21 from 1-4 p.m. at room 224 of Barnett Hall. The cost is $55. Implicit Bias Training is for law enforcement personnel and this course satisfies three hours of continuing education for law enforcement...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook Community College and McCook High School are set for opening night for the musical comedy, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” Friday at 7 p.m. with additional performances Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. at The McCook High School Auditorium...

McCOOK, Neb. — A public hearing on the purchase of a tract of Cherry County real estate for the Mid-Plains Community College Valentine campus is one of the main items on an MPCC board of governors meeting set for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in McCook. It will be in McMillen Hall Room 213 on the McCook Community College campus...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Bill Hoyt has spent a lifetime looking out for those around him. He wouldn’t have it any other way. “I’m a guard dog by nature,” Hoyt said. “I have no problem focusing my time and energy taking care of those in need.” It’s a philosophy he developed at an early age thanks to his background in agriculture. Hoyt was raised on a farm south of McCook where he had many day-to-day responsibilities, including caring for his family’s animals...

McCOOK, Neb. — Morgan Peterson of Imperial was named winner of the 2021 Hormel Youth Entrepreneurship competition through McCook Community College. Peterson was one of four finalists for the competition who made business plan presentations Saturday. She received $5,000 for her business, ImpERFECT Confections...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The proposed budget for Mid-Plains Community College would leave the levy unchanged for the 2021-22 fiscal year and lead to a relatively small increase in property taxes. Under the proposal, which will be voted on Sept. 15, the levy would remain at 7.456 cents per $100 of valuation. Of that, two cents would go toward the capital fund and 5.456 cents would be for operations...

McCOOK, Neb. -- McCook Community College’s Summer Kids Theater Camp will present two performances of “James and the Giant Peach Jr.” Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m. The musical will be at the Weeth Theater in Tipton Hall on the MCC campus. There will be a free-will donation...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A generous donation by the Nebraska Grain and Feed Association could soon make Grain Bin Safety training available to even more individuals in Mid-Plains Community College’s service area and beyond. The NEGFA, which has provided 125 years of service to Nebraska’s commercial grain and animal feed manufacturing businesses, announced its dissolution in May...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Meeting in North Platte Wednesday night, the Mid-Plains Community College board of governors approved Shooting Sports and eSports as official student clubs, with more information to be provided later. After a closed session, the board also approved minor amendments to a negotiated agreement...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A McCook Community College instructor who was an instrumental part of the campus for almost 40 years, passed away Wednesday. Janet Stalder was hired Aug. 14, 1981, as a full-time business and office technology instructor and taught accounting/business, business and technology and computer science classes to thousands of students...

McCOOK, Neb. -- English teacher Lisa Beans was named the 2021 winner of the McCook Community College Gene Budig Award for Outstanding Faculty. The announcement came at the college’s Commencement activities Friday in the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center...

BELOW LEFT: Laura Nokes and sons Trevor and Parker accept the McCook Community College’s President’s Award from Mid-Plains President Ryan Purdy on behalf of their late husband and father, Garrett, at this morning’s MCC Commencement Ceremonies. “He loved the sport of rodeo,” Laura said, “and he was passionate about it. ...

McCOOOK, Neb. -- Like a lot of high school seniors, Genevieve “Evie” Hopkinson, didn’t really know exactly what she wanted as graduation approached at Springville High School in Spanish Fork, Utah. Attending college -- anywhere -- was not an appealing path. She just wanted to get started working full time, earn some money, eventually open up her own business and maybe travel...

McCOOK, Neb. - McCook native Garrett Nokes will be posthumously honored with a President’s Award at McCook Community College’s commencement ceremony May 7. Nokes was a coach for the Mid-Plains Community College rodeo team from the fall of 2014 until his passing in February of this year. He made a tremendous impact on both the team and the college during that time...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Since the mid-1980s McCook Community College’s Family and Consumer Sciences department (FACS) and the Child Development Center (CDC) have been educating infants through college students in the lower level of Walsh Brady Hall. That space is getting a complete remodel this summer...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The portfolio works of five Mid-Plains Community College students pursuing Fine Arts degree is on display through April 30 at the Wrightstone Fine Arts Gallery at McCook Community College. An opening reception is set for Friday from 5-8 p.m. in the gallery, which is open to the public...

McCOOK, Neb. — Meeting in McCook Wednesday, Mid-Plains Community College governors approved a $199,900 bid from Master’s Transportation for a 2020 39-passenger Freightliner M2 106 Executive Coach bus for North Platte Community College. Among those receiving recognition were:...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Mid-Plains Community College governors will consider the retirement of a long-time McCook Community College teacher plan for the next three years of capital improvements and instructional equipment. Meeting in McCook Community College McMillen Hall 213 at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, the board will also conduct a closed session regarding personnel and negotiations, consider bids for a bus for North Platte Community College, consider moving the next board meeting from May 19 to May 26...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Mid-Plains Community College governors gave administrators and classified staff salary increases delayed during last year’s pandemic uncertainties. Noting that MPCC was one of the few colleges that reopened last fall with minor capacity restrictions while maintaining precautions, the board approved, retroactive to July 1, 2020 a 2 percent increase in administrative salaries including the president’s as well as a 35 cents-per hour increase for classified staff wages...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Two major building-related projects and an executive session regarding personnel are on the agenda for Wednesday night’s meeting of the Mid-Plains Community College board of governors. It is set for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the North Platte Community College north campus, 1101 Halligan Drive in North Platte...

McCOOK, Neb. -- McCook Community College’s Social Justice Club and Student Services invited students, faculty and staff in a celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Monday at the MCC Student Union. Members of the club led informal and education discussions about Dr. King and his influences...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Mid-Plains Community College governors voted against purchasing land adjacent to the Imperial campus, picked an engineer for roadway connecting the U.S. Highway 83 to the North Platte South Campus, and approved bonds for refinancing the Health Complex in North Platte and the Events Center in McCook...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Mid-Plains Community College’s two art instructors are coming together for a showcase of their works at a new exhibit at the Wrightstone Fine Arts Gallery at McCook Community College. The works of MCC Instructor Rick Johnson along with North Platte Community College Instructor Dik Haneline will be on display now through Feb. 28 at the Wrightstone Gallery...

McCOOK, Neb. -- By popular demand “A Christmas Carol,” Charles Dickens’ heartwarming, holiday classic returns to virtual life in an on-demand recorded collaboration between McCook Community College Theater and Southwest Nebraska Community Theater Association Dec. 15-28...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Mid-Plains Community College will consider the purchase of property adjacent to the Imperial Community Campus at the board of governors’ regular meeting Wednesday. Previously tabled, the purchase will be discussed in a closed session, followed by the possible authorization of the president to enter into a real estate purchase...

OGALLALA, Neb. -- Meeting in Ogallala Wednesday, the Mid-Plains Community College board of governors approved a 4% raise for faculty for 2021-22. The agreement with the Mid-Plains Faculty Association also includes a retirement contribution match of up to 9.25%...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Mid-Plains Community College will close Nov. 25 for Thanksgiving break. That includes all campuses in McCook, North Platte, Broken Bow, Imperial, Ogallala and Valentine. The college will reopen Nov. 30.

McCOOK, Neb. -- Mid Plains Community College governors selected an architect for McCook Community College’s East Campus and North Platte Community College’s Health and Science Center. Meeting in McCook Wednesday, the board awarded the contracts to ADP Wilkens of Kearney...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Applications officially open Nov. 1 for the next round of the Hormel Entrepreneurship Competition and a chance at a share of $25,000. This competition is open to residents in seven area counties who have business ideas or plans to expand an existing businesses...

McCOOK, Neb. — Mid-Plains Community College governors will make a recommendation for an architect Wednesday for the McCook Community College East Campus. Besides the MCC East Campus — the old Elks Club — governors will recommend an architect for the North Platte Community College Health & Science Center...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Mid-Plains Community College campuses in McCook, North Platte and Imperial have new looks for the fall semester. MPCC’s temporary switch to remote learning in March due to COVID-19 put the college ahead of schedule construction-wise as the quiet campuses allowed crews to start early on a series of planned improvements...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- The Mid Plains Community College board of governors approved Specialized Engineering Services of Ogallala as engineers for the HVAC upgrade at Brooks Hall in McCook, approved a proposed budget for publication prior to a public hearing Sept. 16, and took steps to purchase property on State Farm Road for $181,500, about seven acres for a rodeo practice arena...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The most important thing any of McCook Community College students will learn this year began before they arrived on campus. “We wear masks so we can stay open,” said Kelly Rippen, MCC Vice President. It’s a message that has been repeated in the weeks leading up the start of fall classes Sunday and a message that was repeated frequently during staff preparation days, student move-in days and new student orientation. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- They’re the frontline workers – the first to respond when someone is injured or sick. They take control of emergency situations, provide immediate care, calm fears and often block the door between life and death. With the ongoing pandemic, emergency medical technicians are needed more than ever. Many communities rely on volunteer EMTs to work with fire and emergency service departments in their areas...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The following is the text of McCook Community College student speaker Trevor Oberg's speech today at MCC commencement ceremonies: “The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that looked like they couldn't be done” Arnold Palmer...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A McCook Community College instructor who is known for his passion about his program, his students, his college, and his community, has been named winner of the Dr. Gene Budig Outstanding Faculty Award for 2020. Art Instructor Rick Johnson, who began teaching in the fall semester of 2004, was nominated by several colleagues and fellow staff and ultimately selected by the Budig Award selection committee and submitted to the Mid-Plains Community College Cabinet. ...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Mid-Plains Community College will host commencement ceremonies Friday at campuses in McCook and North Platte. The McCook Community College ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. in the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center. That will be followed by the North Platte Community College commencement ceremony at 3 p.m. in the McDonald-Belton Gymnasium on NPCC’s South Campus, 601 W. State Farm Rd...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Trevor Oberg admits he was an average student when he attended McCook High School. He golfed, but not really at the level you might expect for someone hoping to compete in college. McCook Community College Golf Coach Tyler Loop took a chance. In part because of his work ethic and determination and the subsequent results, Oberg has been named McCook Community College’s Student Commencement Speaker. Ceremonies are set for 10 a.m. Friday at the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center...

McCOOK, Neb. -- For the better part of four decades, Roger Wilson immersed himself into almost every aspect of McCook Community College. He came to McCook in 1970 as a biology instructor and retired in 1999. He then coached women’s basketball for a year. In 2002, he was elected to the Mid-Plains Area Governing Board and served for eight years and retired again – believing in term limits...

McCOOK, Neb. -- As Mid-Plains Community College campuses prepare for the return of students this fall, the board of governors is making sure facilities will be there to serve them over the long term. A number of current and future building projects were among the items on the agenda for Wednesday’s meeting at the McCook Community College student union...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- All MPCC campuses – those in McCook, North Platte, Broken Bow, Imperial, Ogallala and Valentine – are now reopened after being closed to the public March 30 to limit exposure to COVID-19. While they have reopened, there are new safeguards in place...

McCOOK, Neb. -- In March, when lack of COVID-19 testing became a key issue in the battle to flatten the coronavirus curve, a McCook Community College graduate shifted her biomedical research pursuits in Texas to help administer a backlog of COVID-19 tests...

MCC’s ‘Bridge’ program has sophomore excited for college McCOOK, Neb. -- One year ago, McCook High School graduate Bria Simmons spent most of her summer dreading the thought of college. She just wanted to get out of McCook, and planned to start her academic life fresh in Omaha. ...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- The Mid-Plains Community board of governors approved several major expenditures during a meeting Wednesday. They included $116,270 to Halls Electric and Services for server room electrical upgrades on the North Platte Community College north campus; $66,823.64 to ConvergeOne for four 10-gig switches for the server room, and $102,870 for athletic and catastrophic insurance for Gallagher...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Three members of the local theater community have signed on to take part in a virtual presentation of ‘Thinking of Her…’ a romantic one-act play by Chicago playwright Jack Helbig produced by McCook Community College Theater and Cutlass Artists...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- A number of electronic upgrades are on the agenda for the Mid Plains Community College board of governors meeting. It will be at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday the NPCC North Campus, 1101 Halligan Drive in North Platte, as well as through distance learning locations in McCook, Ogallala and Broken Bow...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Mid-Plains Community College is moving ahead with plans to begin the fall semester Aug. 23 as originally scheduled. MPCC will continue to follow directed health measures outlined by the state pertaining to COVID-19 to provide safety for students, staff and visitors...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Mid-Plains Community College is moving ahead with plans to begin the fall semester Aug. 23 as originally scheduled. The college made the announcement Friday stating that MPCC is working ensure proper safeguards are in place to provide a safe learning environment for students, staff and visitors. MPCC will continue to follow directed health measures outlined by the state pertaining to COVID-19...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Mid Plains Community College governors got a virtual, preliminary look at an upcoming budget that will take a $250,000 reduction in state aid into effect. The board extended President Ryan Purdy’s contract for three years at the same compensation level as 2019-20, as he declined an increase in this year’s package. Health care expenditures were increased for administrative and non-negotiated staff, but compensation was not increased...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- The Mid-Plains Community College board of governors will discuss a real estate purchase in executive session and then vote on whether to purchase property connecting the North Platte Community College South Campus to Highway 83...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Mid-Plains Community College will resume its Registration Days as planned in June and July. The events, which give prospective students opportunities to sign up for classes, tour campuses and ask questions about becoming a MPCC student, were cancelled in April and May as a precaution against coronavirus...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Mid-Plains Community College students not eligible for federal financial aid may still be able to pay for college through the GAP program. “GAP funding is designed to assist students who are non-degree seeking in providing the education they need to enter the job market,” said Sharon Kircher, MPCC Business and Community Education coordinator. ...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Mid-Plains Community College governors will consider a change order, furniture bids and, following an executive session, real estate purchase at Wednesday's meeting. The meeting will be conducted at the North Platte Community College north campus, with remote locations in McCook, Broken Bow and Ogallala...

McCOOK, Neb. -- With McCook Community College restricting public access to college facilities most activities and events at have been cancelled. However, one annual event is continuing this spring – albeit in a new “virtual” format. The MCC annual paint-in exhibition is up and running on Facebook, with more than 300 pieces of art from area high school students...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Mid-Plains Community College is restricting public access to college facilities effective immediately. The decision was made Monday afternoon in an attempt to limit the exposure of MPCC students and employees to potential cases of COVID-19...

McCOOK, Neb. -- More than 250 of the brightest and best students from 15 area high schools will be in McCook Wednesday for the annual Inter-high Day Scholastic Competition. Nearly $30,000 in scholarships and free tuition credits are up for grabs at this annual competition...

IMPERIAL, Neb. -- Mid-Plains Community College will break ground on its Imperial Campus expansion March 13. The public is invited to attend the ceremony from noon to 1 p.m. (MT) at 1324 Broadway St., in Imperial. Refreshments will be provided. The MPCC Imperial Campus provides the Chase County region with both traditional and non-traditional classes, business and targeted industry trainings and a variety of avocational and recreational courses...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- The Mid-Plains Community College board of governors approved a three-year contract for audits, a bid for Imperial Community Campus expansion and a new contract with instructors Wednesday night. The board also learned that the college ranks at the top for student success as compared to peer institutions...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Falls, knife fights, battles for control – they don’t just happen.  At least they shouldn’t.  That’s according to Mark Hardiman, theater and speech instructor at McCook Community College. For a little over a month, he has been helping the cast of North Platte High School’s upcoming production of “West Side Story” learn the ins and outs of stage combat...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Several McCook Community College groups and members of the community celebrated students with disabilities Saturday at the annual Blue Out basketball games to raise money and awareness locally. This year enough money was raised to create a special education scholarship for a sophomore majoring in Special Education at MCC. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Spring classes begin this week at McCook Community College and college officials have announced some of the key dates for key events this semester. The Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center will host four home MCC basketball games this week (Friday 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. and Saturday 2 and 4 p.m.) and one more home game later this month (a women’s game Jan 29 at 6 p.m.) In addition to the MCC games, the Events Center will host several other events in the coming weeks including:...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Paulsen Inc. won the bid for paving repair, and a software contract was approved by the Mid-Plains Community College board of governors Wednesday night. Paulsen Inc. submitted the winning $406,000 bid to remove and replace asphalt and concrete on the North Campus west parking lot, and replace it with new concrete...

McCOOK, Neb. -- It’s show week at McCook Community College, and the Theater Department is adding a post-show discussion at Sehnert’s/Beiroc Café after the final performance Sunday. “A Welsh Christmas Remembered” opens Friday with at 7 p.m. performance at the Weeth Theater in Tipton Hall on the MCC campus. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- It’s show week at McCook Community College, and the Theater Department is adding a post-show discussion at Sehnert’s/Beiroc Café after the final performance Sunday. “A Welsh Christmas Remembered” opens Friday with at 7 p.m. performance at the Weeth Theater in Tipton Hall on the MCC campus. ...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — More recent high school graduates from area schools are choosing to attend Mid Plains Community College campuses, according to a college official. Kelly Rippen, area vice president of student affairs, told the board of governors Wednesday night that 17% more students from the 36 area high schools are choosing MPCC...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook Community College Music Department will present a voice master class Friday from 3:30-5 p.m. in Tipton Hall, room 103. James Meny, “Voice Trainer to the Stars,” will conduct free master classes in the latest and most advanced techniques used by the most famous stars! Artists who use this technique include: Carrie Underwood, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Idina Menzel, Aerosmith, Beyoncé, Paramore, and more than 200 Grammy award winners...

IMPERIAL, Neb. -- Mid-Plains Community College will expand its campus in Imperial to better meet the needs of students, businesses and industries in the southwest corner of its service area. Enough funds have been raised to begin the project - possibly as early as this spring...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Mid-Plains Community College governors will take steps Wednesday that will affect the cost of education at its campuses. Meeting in North Platte, the board will consider proposals for room, board and tuition rates for the 2020-21 academic year...

McCOOK, Neb. — Members of McCook Community College's international club experienced a truly "American experience" Sunday afternoon when they visited Darrell Meister's herd of American bison pasturing north of McCook. No one in the club had ever seen an American bison "up-close and personal" until Sunday when Meister and his herd of 31 animals hosted "show-n-tell" in tall grass pastures near Red Willow Lake...

LINCOLN, Neb. -- A McCook businessman has been honored with the 2019 Mid-Plains Community College Distinguished Alumni Award. Tom Bredvick was recognized Sunday during the Nebraska Community College Association’s annual meeting in Lincoln. He was nominated for the award by MPCC President Ryan Purdy and members of MPCC’s cabinet...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The public is encouraged to come see the renovations at McCook Community College’s von Riesen Library at ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday at 4 p.m. before the October meeting of the Mid-Plains Area Governing Board meeting in McCook...

McCOOK, Neb. — A new agreement between Mid-Plains Community College and the University of Nebraska at Omaha will make it easier than ever for students to continue their study of graphic design. Graphic design students from Mid-Plains will now have the option of transferring directly into UNO’s School of the Arts to pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art and Art History’s graphic design program...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The 2019 Burr Oak Canyon Tree Symposium is set for Oct. 17-18 and McCook Community College is accepting registrations for the event. This has been a highly popular event in the past and space is limited to the first 100 applicants. This event includes several options to tour the relict stand of trees in nearby Burr Oak Canyon...

McCOOK, Neb. — Open auditions are tonight and Tuesday for McCook Community College Theater Department’s Dylan Thomas-inspired performance piece based on “A Welsh Christmas.” Auditions are at 7 p.m. each night at the Weeth Theatre in Tipton Hall. The production will run Dec. 6 and 7...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook Community College Theater Department, under new director Mark Hardiman, has announced that auditions for a Dylan Thomas-inspired performance piece based on “A Welch Christmas” will be Sept. 9 and 10 at 7 p.m. at the Weeth Theatre in Tipton Hall. The production will run Dec. 6 and 7...

IMPERIAL, Neb. — Mid-Plains Community College is now part of a statewide network to help graduates find jobs in the state. Meeting in Imperial Wednesday, the board of governors agreed to enter into the Nebraska Statewide Workforce Educational Reporting System interlocal agreement...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — The Mid-Plains Community College board approved bids for furniture, parking construction and extended the college president’s contract through the 2021-22 year. President Ryan Purdy now has a contract that calls for a salary of $239,200 for the 2019-20 school year, with a 4% increase each year, plus an addition 1% contribution to the president’s retirement fund...

McCOOK, Neb. — This year’s winner of the Dr. Gene A. Budig award for outstanding faculty was awarded posthumously to Clay Grizzle, speech and theater instructor. The award was announced this morning at McCook Community College graduation ceremonies in the Graff Events Center...

McCOOK, Neb. — Portfolio works from McCook Community College graphic design and visual communication students is on display this week at the Wrightstone Fine Arts Gallery on campus. This exhibition includes works of sophomore students in a portfolio class as well as first-year students. In addition, students who have interned at local businesses and organization will have some of their design work on display...

McCOOK, Neb. — Several years removed from graduating from high school in St. Francis, Kan., Alyson Marin found herself a long ways away from where she thought she’d be – just working for paychecks. She’d gone to college for two years, even studied abroad, but still, her life was lacking… something...