Rapid City Stevens hosts signing ceremony for five student-athletes
May 6, 2021
RAPID CITY, S.D. – The high school sports season is quickly winding down.
So Rapid City Stevens held another ceremony on Wednesday to honor its students-athletes who will be competing at the next level this fall.
Grace Ellis, Fort Lewis College, Women’s Basketball
Grace Ellis signed a letter of intent to compete in women’s basketball at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado.
Ellis was a member of the Stevens girls basketball team that qualified for the state tournament and lost to Sioux Falls Washington in the state championship game.
They claimed $10,000 in prize money during the recent Hawk Tank Business Plan Competition.
The three students entered San Juan College s unmanned aerial systems program when it was launched in the fall of 2020.
FARMINGTON A group of drone program students at San Juan College didn t need to get involved in a new entrepreneurship competition to launch a business that would put their recently learned skills to use.
But the three partners say the Hawk Tank Business Plan Competition which they entered and won this spring, claiming a total of $10,000 in prize money certainly gave them a boost.
Mark Knight, Josh Bishop and Wes Bond entered San Juan College s unmanned aerial systems program when it was launched in the fall of 2020 as its first three students.
Carving his own path: Evan Kikla ’21 went from a less-than-stellar high school student to the Marine Corps, wildland fire fighting out West and then to William & Mary to study biology. After graduating on May 23, he will enter medical school in the fall. “And I would say that I would like to encourage all students, and especially all veteran students you don’t have to be on a time line and you don’t have to do what everyone else wants you to do,” Kikla said. (Courtesy of William & Mary/Photo by Stephen Salpukas)
WILLIAMSBURG It’s OK to find your way as you go, and most importantly to decide what’s right for you in your own time, according to Evan Kikla ’21.
Some Universities Are Now Mandating COVID-19 Vaccines for All Students and Faculty
Attending college in person may require vaccination at many privately owned institutions of higher learning.
As the spring semester comes to a close, colleges and universities are releasing plans for a safe reopening in the fall. Three prominent institutes of higher learning announced plans to require Covid-19 vaccines for all students and staff.
On March 25, New Jersey’s Rutgers University was first with an appropriately titled announcement “Our path forward.” The administration laid out plans for mandatory student Covid-19 vaccination. Faculty vaccinations are “strongly encouraged.”
Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, released its fall semester vaccine guidelines requiring students to upload proof of vaccination through the Fort Lewis App prior to enrollment.
Exemptions will be allowed for medical and religious reasons, and some institutions, such as Colorado College, are considering adding a third exemption for people who don’t want to get vaccinated for personal reasons.
None of the 13 colleges and 38 campuses in the Colorado Community College System will require vaccines for students or employees, Chancellor Joe Garcia announced Wednesday.
Schools will continue to follow recommendations of health authorities, he said in a news release, and the system will “continue to strongly encourage all students, faculty, and staff to not only get vaccinated, but to follow all other safety protocols.”
Since community college students are more likely to work part-time or full-time jobs, be parents and have limited resources, the community college system “seeks to remove barriers to educational pursuits and serve all learners as student-ready institutions,” Garcia said.