Growing a vegetable garden on one of the Salina Community Garden plots definitely has many benefits.
For many people, one of the biggest benefits is simply more space. Many city backyards may have shade trees or other obstacles that make growing a nice garden difficult. In these situations, a community garden plot may offer the perfect solution.
Fortunately, here in Salina we have community garden plots available that offer great space and gardening opportunities for many residents. Each year, the city of Salina and K-State Research and Extension-Central Kansas District sponsor community gardens that make garden plots available to many local families. Every year, these families benefit from better tasting, more nutritious food, good exercise and the camaraderie of community gardening.
K-State Poly launches fire and hazmat training course
The Salina Journal
Kansas State University Polytechnic announced it will offer a training course on unmanned aircraft systems for firefighters and hazardous materials personnel.
The four-day course will use K-State’s UAS technology, with the first course being Oct. 5-8 at Crisis City Training Center southwest of Salina. Working with Salina-area firefighters and our partners at Crisis City Training Center, we have created a course that offers a one-of-a-kind UAS training in which we can train students on fire, hazmat, and search and research scenarios, said Kenton Dreiling, assistant UAS flight operations manager at K-State Polytechnic. Students who take this course will understand how to best use an unmanned aircraft in a fire or hazmat situation with the overall mission to protect and save lives.
Friday, Dec. 18, 2020
A grant awarded to K-State Polytechnic will assist the campus in offering smart manufacturing courses to workers displaced by the coronavirus pandemic. Faculty involved, clockwise from top left, are Mark Jackson, Siny Joseph, Michael Pritchard and Troy Harding.
MANHATTAN Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus has received a $398,100 grant from the Kansas Department of Commerce to support the needs of the advanced manufacturing industry in Kansas by reskilling and upskilling workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
K-State Polytechnic will use the funds to purchase equipment to upgrade and expand instructional offerings related to information technology and advanced manufacturing. Training equipment will also allow for the development of apprenticeship degree programs in areas of advanced and smart manufacturing.
Holm Auto Good News: Bill to help alleviate NOAA pilot shortage
Jean Kozubowski
Flying into a hurricane to collect real-time weather data might be the dream storm-chaser job.
Under a new program in legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., passed by both chambers of Congress and sent to the president for his signature, it could be possible to train for the job and have college expenses paid at the same time.
Moran’s fiscal year 2021 Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies bill included $1.5 million within NOAA to support programs aimed at recruiting and training pilots for service in the Commissioned Officer Corps of NOAA. Moran is chairman of the subcommittee.
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