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Rafael Hines worked a variety of jobs before launching Success Link Outreach in 2016. The nonprofit organization provided food, tutoring, advocacy, mentorship and other resources for underserved and marginalized youth in Kansas City.
Teddi Dixon III will look for a remote job that allows her and her boyfriend, who will be a travel nurse, to work from home … on the road. They’ll be seeing the U.S.A. in a camper and saving money.
When Samantha Kuykendall returned to Metropolitan Community College last year for a third try at finishing her degree, she had life experience in her corner. “This would have been way easier at 18,” she says. “Four kids, two jobs and being a full-time student has definitely not been an easy path.”
The new $6.8 million facility, which began welcoming students in January, is home to MCC’s newly expanded agriculture program.
MCC, Swope Health and the Full Employment Council will partner to establish a six-month program to train certified medical assistants, at no cost for most participants.
At the Assessment Matters Regional Conference on May 2 at MCC, attendees will share insights and explore strategies for boosting student learning and more.
The 2025 edition of the MCC Chancellor’s Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Luncheon, held Jan. 17 at KC's Union Station, raised $482,000-plus.The event was notable not just for its dynamic speakers, including PBS' Henry Louis Gates Jr., but also for humor and several “standing O’s.”
For the fall semester, 3,160 students received the academic honor.
