Hazard Community And Technical College

• New Heartland Chief Must Reach Out to Community

The Board of Trustees seems to have found a good fit for the next president of Heartland Community College. Allen Goben, president and CEO of Hazard Community and Technical College in Kentucky, will take over July 1 from Heartland's first and only president, retiring Jon Astroth.

• The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
• May 10, 2010

• Henderson College Names President Kristin Williams to Lead Two-Year School

It's too soon to say what plans Kristin Williams, who was named Thursday as the next president of Henderson Community College has for the school, but she has said the community will have a role in determining its direction. Williams, currently interim president and CEO of Hazard Community and Technical College in Hazard, Ky., will succeed Patrick Lake as college president in January."I'm very excited about the opportunity to come and serve the whole region," Williams said. "The college seems like it's doing really great work, and I'm excited to explore more possibilities with the community.

• Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
• November 19, 2010

• Heartland to Pick President Tuesday

NORMAL - The Heartland Community College board is expected to choose its new president when it meets Tuesday night. Finalists are Vicky Smith, president, Neosho County Community College, Chanute, Kan.; Doreen Larson, student affairs vice president, Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, Mass.; and Allen Goben, president, Hazard Community and Technical College, Hazard, Ky.

• The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
• April 29, 2010

• Spotlight On: Seven Eastern Kentucky Members

Seven banks and their presidents in 4 different counties of Eastern Kentucky have pledged in excess of $1 million to Hazard Community and Technical College. This was part of their Fulfilling the Promise Major Gifts campaign, which celebrated raising more than $4.6 million dollars on August 8, 2006.

• Kentucky Banker Magazine
• Nbr. 957, October 2006

• U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration, States to Convene Drug Abuse Summit in Hazard, Ky.

ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and the states of Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia will host a one-day summit on drug and alcohol abuse at mining operations in the Southern Appalachia region on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2004, at the Hazard Community and Technical College in Hazard, Ky. Mine operators, miners, public health experts, and representatives of industry, labor and state governments are encouraged to attend. Recent toxicology reports from mining accidents indicate the presence of drugs or alcohol in some of the victims," said David Dye, acting assistant secretary of labor for mine safety and health. "Use or abuse of alcohol or drugs in the mining environment can significantly impair a miner's a...

• U.S. Newswire
• December 02, 2004

• A fundraising boost: community corteges are learning about alumni in the quest for more financial support.

... Babitz, president of the Monroe Community College (N.Y.) Foundation. When she came on board 15 years... can take them to four-year colleges or technical and professional programs. Community college atten... college that raised the most money was Hazard Community and Technical College (Ky.). That gift w...

• University Business
• Vol. 8 Nbr. 10, October 2005

• Planning Tool

NORMAL - When President Allen Goben arrived at Heartland Community College last summer, he was impressed with the on-campus services offered to students. He now wants to work harder at getting them ready before they walk in the door. Goben thinks the answer will be Heartland's Guided Path to Success, or GPS. He described GPS as a career planning service that will be provided free to all K-12 districts in the Heartland Community College district.

...At Goben's former post, Kentucky's Hazard Community and Technical College, he said retention...

• The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
• June 21, 2011

• America's best community colleges: what fifty little-known two-year schools can teach the rest of American higher education.

... (at number thirty-five), a job-focused technical institute in rural Hazard County, Kentucky (number...

• Washington Monthly
• Vol. 42 Nbr. 9-10, September 2010

• Agency to Hold an Open House On Mining Rules

HAZARD, Ky. The federal agency in charge of regulating s... meeting is set for Monday at Hazard Community and Technical College, with another meeting Tuesda...

• Charleston Daily Mail
• July 28, 2010

• Heartland Gps: Guided Path to Student Success

Millions attend college annually for learning, career opportunities and a better life. More importantly in this economy, learners are enhancing abilities to think, solve problems and create positive solutions. Under the right circumstances, anyone can learn anything and create success. We know from national best practices that the "magic success formula" is simple; high expectations plus high support equals success. Heartland Community College will partner with students, K- 12 schools, universities, families, businesses and our communities to create the right circumstances where learning and progress occur.

... a career counseling approach, though, Hazard Community and Technical College's team (Hazard, Ky...

• The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
• April 07, 2011