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Highland Community College Sees 12.3% Increase in Student Enrollment with image of an outdoor graduation ceramony with graduates facing away from camera toward the podium with a speaker who isn't visible from the view.

Highland Community College Sees 12.3%...

September 30, 2026 Melissa Bower

Highland Community College (HCC) has reported a 12.3% increase in student enrollment for the Fall 2026 semester, according to preliminary 20th-day enrollment data released September 30 by the Kansas Board of Regents (KBOR). The early data shows HCC serving 2,579 students this fall, compared...READ MORE

Graphic reads Exciting News Highland Community College secures Title III Transformational Investment with flyer of four graduates smiling in a group photo

HCC Secures Transformational Title III...

September 24, 2026 President Vincent Bowhay

Highland Community College has been selected for a Title III Strengthening Institutions Program grant to support One Highland: Powering Rural Futures, a five-year initiative designed to strengthen student success, institutional effectiveness, teaching and learning, and support for rural students....READ MORE

Scottie Gold Initiative Return, Reconnect & Achieve - Graphic includes a student in graduation gown and a background graphic with two students sitting together on a couch looking at a laptop.

Scottie Gold wins award from Rural Community...

September 16, 2026 Melissa Bower

Highland Community College’s “Scottie Gold” initiative won an Innovation and Access Award from the Rural Community College Alliance. Scottie Gold is a program for students who may have taken classes at Highland Community College in the past, but their education has been put on hold. The...READ MORE

A quilted artwork with a pink profile of a womans face is shown. Text reads: MADE IN KANSAS. STEPHANIE ALANIZ. YOST GALLERY. SEPT 14 - OCT 23 on a yellow background.

Fall Brings New Artist to Yost

September 11, 2026 Melissa Bower

The Yost Art Gallery is hosting “Made in Kansas,” an exhibition by Emporia print maker Stephanie Alaniz Sept. 14 to Oct. 23. The show is free and open to the public. “We are excited to have Stephanie share their work with us at Highland,” said Brigitte Bruna, Highland Community College...READ MORE