Pratt Community College signee Trevon Evans has just been named Best Boys’ Basketball Player in the 2014 Catchy Awards. The awards are sponsored by CatchItKansas.com, a statewide news and media source for high school athletics, and nominees represented 47 schools in 28 different categories. The public cast 12,500 votes in an online poll, and Evans received more than half of all votes cast.

The Pratt Community College soccer program is heading into its fifth year of existence and celebrating another success as a men’s soccer alumnus goes pro. Former forward Nik Bohne is the first to sign a professional contract and will play with the Wichita B-52s for the 2014-2015 season. Bohne is originally from Wichita and played at Pratt Community College during the 2011 – 2012 and 2012 – 2013 seasons.

(Topeka, Kansas) - "Recognizing reverse transfer as an important element of a seamless educational system, Kansas state universities, community colleges, technical colleges, Washburn University and Washburn Institute of Technology, agree to work together to develop a process to assist students to complete coursework for and attain all certificates and degrees for which they are eligible," was the opening statement of a document signed by all 32 public postsecondary institution presidents.

At right, Ohio National Team Coach Kipp Kahlenbeck ​with PCC Wrestling Coach Ken Kepley 

The mission of Pratt Community College is maximum student learning, individual and workforce development, high quality instruction and service, and community enrichment. One of the ways that PCC fulfills the mission of community enrichment is by looking for ways to provide facilities and expertise to organizations and institutions across the nation to help them grow and excel. 

On June 18, the Kansas Board of Regents approved the tuition and fees increase at Wichita State University. Full-time undergraduate Kansas residents will now pay 4.4 percent more in tuition and 7 percent more in fees, increasing the total cost to $7,3226 for one year of study at the standard 15-hour course load per semester.

Other increases across the state include a 4.9 percent tuition hike at the University of Kansas, and a Kansas State University increase of 5 percent in tuition and 7.4 percent in fees.