Students win awards at Take 5 Film Festival
Six students from the college took home honors at the Take 5 Film Festival on April 4.
Winners include (name, category, title of piece):
•Jared Valburg, animation, “How to Assemble Your New Doomsday Device”
•Pam Merkel, documentary, “The Importance of Bees”
•Jacob Lewis, original music video, “Never Meant a Thing”
•Sam Tady and Bill Butts, narrative, “Writer’s Block”
•Dylan Magaster, sci-fi, “Invasion” —-Around 130 students and faculty from the college, as well as area high schools, such as Shawnee Mission West, Shawnee Mission Northwest, Paola, Louisburg, Eudora and Lawrence highschools, attended the one-day festival.
Scholarship deadline is May 1
The priority application deadline for JCCC Foundation Scholarships is Thursday, May 1. This includes a variety of general, department and restricted scholarships which are available based on both financial need and merit.
All applications received after the deadline will be considered depending on funds available. The list of scholarships and application instructions cane be found here: http:// www.jccc.edu/financialaid/scholarships/index.html
Contact the JCCC Foundation with questions about scholarships at (913) 469-3835 or foundation.dept@ jccc.edu.
Academic Excellence Challenge places second at state tournament
The college’s Academic Excellence Challenge team took home second place at the Kansas Academic Excellence Challenge State Tournament, April 3 and 4 in Salina.
During the competition, Brandon Hattesohl was also named an all-star for second place in the individual standings.
The team finished the competition with a 9-2 record. Students from the college who participated were Daniel Crist, Trevor Crookston, Brandon Hattesohl, Cody Hattesohl, Matthew Kelley, Jared Mullis, Rhiannon Pearson and Elliot Rogers.
Golden Girls place sixth in national competition
The college’s dance team, the Golden Girls, traveled to Daytona Beach, Fla., to compete in the NDA Collegiate National Championship April 10-12. In prelims, there were 17 colleges and universities from across the country in the Division III category, and the Golden Girls ended up placing sixth overall out of 10 teams competing in finals.
The NCA/NDA Collegiate National Championship is the largest cheer and dance competition in the world with a total of over 6,500 athletes from 304 teams representing 38 states and four different countries.
Videos and results from the competition can be found here: http://www. varsity.com/event/1817/2014_nca_nda_ college. Type “Johnson County” in the search box.
2014-15 Student Senate Executive Board elected
Elections for the 2014-15 Student Senate Executive Board concluded Thursday, April 10 and the results are as follows:
President: Jeffery Redmond
Vice-President: Elysia Chao
Secretary: Mpho Kekana
Treasurer: Ricardo Aristiguieta Pulgar
Parliamentarian: Joshua Powers
Visit https://www.facebook.com/ JCCCStudentSenate for more information as the group transitions.
Compiled by Stephen Cook, editor-in-chief, scook35@jccc.edu.