Absent from Kansas University’s first home game of the season was the raucous student section, the “who’s who” of former players sitting a few rows behind the KU bench and the rest of Jayhawk Nation cheering their squad on inside Allen Fieldhouse — arguably one of the best atmospheres in all of college basketball.
More than 120 Independence High School juniors invaded Independence Community College West Thursday to tour and check out the technical programs offered at the campus. Programs visited included vet tech, EMT, Allied Health, cosmetology and culinary.
It was a celebration on the grounds of Independence Community College Wednesday as ground was broke for the newest addition, Fab Lab ICC 2.0, a 6,400 square foot expansion of Fab Lab ICC.
The monthly meeting of the Independence Community College board of trustees opened Thursday evening to a packed room with Isaias McCaffery, History and Geography instructor, speaking to the board regarding recent events at ICC.
Words like amazing and humbling come to mind for Fab Lab ICC director Jim Correll when asked how he feels about the Fab Lab receiving a grant award from the Federal Economic Development Administration (EDA) for $350,000 to help fund the construction of the Fab Lab expansion building.