Three years and three schools later, Horton finds home at Pikeville By
January 20, 2021 - 3:34 pm
Former Fairmont Senior and WVU player Taevon Horton is one of four players scoring in double figures on average at Pikeville University. Photo courtesy of Pikeville Athletics
It hasn’t quite been three full years since Taevon Horton was named the Bill Evans Award winner as West Virginia’s top high school basketball player.
The former Fairmont Senior standout is now at his third college since his Polar Bear playing days ended, though he’s continued to excel on the hardwood.
After spending his freshman season as a walk-on at West Virginia University and his sophomore campaign at Missouri State-West Plains, Horton settled on the University of Pikeville a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) located 4 hours south of Horton’s hometown.
Tulia senior awarded President Scholarship to Culver-Stockton College
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Hayden Montgomery of Tulia has been accepted to the Culver-Stockton College for the fall semester.
The THS senior was awarded the President Scholarship which will provide $13,000 per year for four years. The scholarship is awarded based on academic credentials and academic standing.
Culver-Stockton, which is located in Canton, Missouri, is a four-year institution affiliated with the Christian Church. It’s a part of the Heart of America Athletic Conference and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.
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Iowa Wesleyan University s campus is a short walk away from Southeastern Community College. The two institutions announced a new partnership Tuesday.
Two Iowa institutions announced Tuesday they will form a public-private alliance that will encourage student transfer and aim to boost enrollment at both institutions.
Iowa Wesleyan University, a private liberal arts institution in Mount Pleasant, and Southeastern Community College, a two-year public college in West Burlington, will form the Southeast Iowa Higher Education Alliance. The alliance will operate as an independent nonprofit.
The two institutions will continue to operate independently and maintain their own boards, leadership, employees and programming. Presidents at both hope the alliance will create an easy transfer path from Southeastern to Wesleyan, which are only a five-minute walk apart.
John Lafeyette Green Jr., a seven-year president of Washburn University in the 1980s, died Jan. 5 in Overland Park. He was 91.
While Green was born in New Jersey on April 3, 1929, he was a Kansas native, spending many of his early years in Topeka before serving in the U.S. Army s 2nd Armored Division during the Korean War.
After receiving degrees from Mississippi State University and Wayne State University, as well as a doctorate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, Green served in various higher education administrative positions before being named Washburn University s 11th president in 1981.
Green oversaw various milestones for the university, including establishing the School of Applied Studies and Continuing Education and splitting the School of Nursing from the College of Arts and Sciences. During his tenure, the university built West Hall, Petro Allied Health Center and the Bennett Computer Center, according to the university. Green was also president when t