The academic year is quickly coming to a close and Lamar Community College is preparing for three big year-end celebrations: Nurse Pinning, Antelope Night, and the 79th Annual Commencement ceremony. All events are open to the public, so anyone wishing to join in celebrating the accomplishments of LCC students are welcome to do so.
Dates and times for the events are as follows:
“In the Garden”—And He walks with me, and He talks with me, and He tells me I am His own. And the Joy we share as we tarry there, None other has ever known.” This is a favorite hymn of many folk.
After a quiet week, high fire danger resumes in Colorado Sunday and Monday.
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper announced today that Executive Director Kim Hunter Reed, Ph.D., is leaving the Colorado Department of Higher Education (DHE). Reed will stay on as executive director through mid-June. She is returning to her home state of Louisiana to be the Commissioner of Higher Education.
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper along with the Denver Post Community Foundation, announced Kiowa, Bennett, and Limon as the host communities for this year’s Pedal The Plains bike ride.
The 188-mile, three-day tour will take place Sept. 14 - 16. The 2018 Tour includes a new gravel century ride. Registration is now open online at www.pedaltheplains.com.
Over 18 tons of beef products have been recalled due to possible contamination with staphylococcal enterotoxin and clostridial toxin according to the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Pinnacle Foods, Inc, of Fort Madison, Iowa, is making the recall of the heat-treated, shelf stable products due to a potential “processing deviation” that may have led to contamination. There are no confirmed reports of illness.
Lamar Community College has invited Dr. Kim Hunter Reed, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Higher Education, to serve as the keynote address for its upcoming 2018 Commencement ceremony.
The ceremony is set for 10:00 a.m. May 5 at the LCC Wellness Center. Over 200 degree or certificate-seeking students are eligible to walk in commencement, including fall 2017 graduates as well as spring and summer 2018 candidates for graduation.
The United States Bureau of Land Management has announced that Catherine Cook, who was the BLM Deputy Division Chief for Fluid Minerals in Washington, D.C., has been selected as the District Manager for the Rocky Mountain District in Colorado.
