Fran Brownell
Pratt Tribune
Pratt Community College 33rd Annual Scholarship Auction 2021 is set for Friday, May 7, and will be an online event again this year with a display-case commemorative football autographed by Kansas City Chiefs Quarterback Patrick Mahones as a headline auction item.
“We are excited to have the Mahomes-autographed football,” said Executive Director of Institutional Advancement and Alumni Relations Barry Fisher. “I know there are lots of KC Chiefs fans out there who would love to have this displayed at their home or business.”
Fisher said he had hoped for an in-person event this year, but the COVID-19 situation again made that difficult.
Pratt Tribune
The benefits of networking, for a community and for students connected to that community, were amplified at the February 20 meeting of the Pratt Community College Board of Trustees, via a new phone system that augmented Zoom communication. Several agenda items centered around student achievements and the benefits of being connected to the PCC family were discussed by trustees during the virtual meeting. I have to share a personal call I got from a Pratt Community College student, said trustee board chairman Dwane DeWeese.
DeWeese said his caller told him that he was very pleased with the lineman program that we have here at PCC because not only did he get an excellent education, he stepped right into a job here in Pratt because of the network that went along with it. The student told DeWeese that he had made a very good decision to come here to Pratt, it changed his life.
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Fran Brownell
Pratt Tribune
Pratt Community College President Dr. Michael Calvert presented highlights of PCC’s 2019/2020 Economic Impact and Community Engagement Report to Pratt City Commissioners meeting in regular session at 5 p.m. Monday, February 1, at Pratt City Hall, which was also broadcast via Zoom.
Highlights of the PCC economic impact report presented by Calvert included: $23.4 million average deposits in local financial institutions; $6,327,308 annual payroll for 293 employees, full and part-time; $2,450,027 annual PCC purchases of goods/services in Pratt; $988,000 student purchases of goods/services in Pratt; $404,437 visitor purchases of goods/services in Pratt.
Calver also noted that community service projects conducted by PCC students and staff had a value of $73,463, based on current minimum wage of $7.25 hour.