Rotary Club of Kilgore’s 2026 sole train is on track to shoe 400-plus students before they head back to class next month. Club members are putting the finishing touches on this year’s inventory ahead of the annual shoe-and-sock distribution Friday and Saturday. “We have 406 pairs of shoes,” Rotarian Linda Sartor said Sunday. “All of […]
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Kilgore College Press Release | Meghan Potter, technical theatre instructor, was honored with Kilgore College’s Hamilton F. and Kathryn G. Beeson Teaching Award for 2026. She was also KC’s nominee for the Minnie Stevens Piper Professor Award. Established in 1993, the Beeson Award recognizes outstanding teaching excellence and includes a $1,500 stipend for the recipient
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After two decades, grant-funded program continues helping workers, students, laypeople cultivate skills KEDC Release | Kilgore College’s Risk Management Institute is not confined to any one classroom or lab, nor is there any single focus for workforce training. The 20-year-old program reaches from industrial floors to church groups, from high school students preparing for graduation
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The ninth year for SkillsUSA at Kilgore High School was a big one, and it’s not over for the district’s Health Science students with members bound for their National Leadership & Skills Conference this week. They locked up district- and state-level accolades, earning a trip to nationals in Atlanta, Georgia, alongside advisor Cheyenne Kirkpatrick –
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Press Release | Kilgore College will host a variety of camps for children and youth this summer, offering opportunities in athletics, fine arts and recreational activities. Camps scheduled this summer include pickleball, football, dance, softball, basketball and acting. For more information and registration links, visit www.kilgore.edu/summer-camps. Camps offered this summer: Pickleball Youth Camp: Football Youth Skills
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Two ceremonies scheduled; Blue Ribbon Medals of Excellence to be presented Press Release Kilgore College will hold two commencements this week to honor its spring graduates. Graduation ceremonies are set for 2 and 6 p.m. Friday, May 8, in Dodson Auditorium. The procession will include 478 graduates with 537 degrees and certificates set to be awarded.
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Shubert’s last is just the beginning for the East Texas Community Philharmonic Orchestra Friday night. The Studio Kilgore’s Shannon Roberts was in the midst of working on a key goal, finishing her Masters, when the idea struck last semester. “One of the pieces I had been studying was Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony,” she said. “It just
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Kilgore College Press Release | Kilgore College biology instructor Curtis Ivory has been selected as a member of the 2025–26 cohort of CCPI-STEM Fellows, a national honor that recognizes community college faculty and leaders committed to advancing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and student success. The CCPI-STEM Fellows program, supported through national STEM
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Kilgore College Press Release | The Kilgore College Board of Trustees on April 20 named Dr. Staci Martin as the sole finalist for the position of president of Kilgore College. Under Texas law, a public institution must name a sole finalist and observe a 21-day waiting period before final action may be taken to appoint
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KC Press Release | Kilgore College is launching its new Diagnostic Medical Sonography (DMS) program and is currently accepting applications for its inaugural class, set to begin in fall 2026. The program will prepare students for careers in a variety of healthcare settings, including hospitals, clinics, physician offices, public health facilities and laboratories. Students will
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