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November 14, 2024:
November Affiliation Newsletter
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September Affiliation Newsletter
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- May Affiliation Newsletter
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- February Affiliation Newsletter
- February 7, 2024:
- January Affiliation Newsletter
- December 7, 2023:
- December Affiliation Newsletter
- November 7, 2023:
- November Affiliation Newsletter
- April 14, 2023:
- Kansas Governor Laura Kelly signed the Strategic Affiliation Plan bill. The plan now moves on for review by the Higher Learning Commission, the accrediting body for FHSU, Northwest Tech, and NCK Tech.
- March 29, 2023:
- HB2290 passed via a unanimous vote in the Kansas Senate today. The bill now moves on to Governor Kelly for her signature.
- March 21, 2023:
- The Senate Committee on Ways and Means recommended SB2290 for passage. It now moves on the the full Senate for consideration.
- March 15, 2023:
- Presidents Mason, Burks, and Schears testify before the Senate Committee on Ways and Means in support of HB2290. Watch the video of the testimony.
- March 8, 2023:
- NCK Tech President Eric Burks provides an update on the Strategic Affiliation Initiative.
- March 2, 2023:
- HB2290 passed by the Kansas Legislature on a 121-1 vote. The bill was referred to the Senate Ways and Means Committee on March 6. Follow the progress of the bill in the Kansas Senate.
- February 22, 2023:
- House Higher Education Budget Committee approves SB2290.
- The Strategic Affiliation bill now moves to the full House of Representative for a vote (date TBA). Follow the progress of HB2290 in the Kansas Legislature.
- February 21, 2023:
- Watch the video of President's Mason, Burks, and Schears testifying before the House Higher Education Budget Committee.
- February 20, 2023:
- Presidents Mason, Burks, and Schears discuss the Strategic Affiliation Initiative with Tiger Media Network reporter Kerrigan Hutton.
- February 8, 2023:
- Presidents Mason, Burks, and Schears host town hall meetings on the FHSU and NCK Tech Hays campuses.
- February 3, 2023:
- House Bill 2290 introduced in the Kansas House of Representatives.
- February 2, 2023
- Presidents Mason, Burks, and Schears hosted a town hall meeting on the FHSU and NCK Tech Hays campus.
- The three presidents also hosted a town hall meeting on the campus of NCK Tech.
- January 18, 2023:
- Fort Hays State University’s governing body, the Kansas Board of Regents, unanimously approved the affiliation plan. Within the next few weeks, we will introduce a bill in the Kansas Legislature.
- January 16, 2023:
- The NCK Tech Board of Trustees unanimously approved the affiliation plan.
- January 11, 2023:
- The Area of Board Control, the governing body for Northwest Tech, unanimously approved the affiliation plan.