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Brenda Krumm, Dean of Outreach & Workforce Development
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Tracy Rhine, Allied Health Coordinator
800-SAY-NCCC ext 262 (Kansas Only)
620-431-2820 ext 262 (Outside of Kansas)
trhine@neosho.edu |
| Mrs. Rhine holds a Bachelor’s of Science in
Nursing from Pittsburg State University and has been the NCCC
Allied Health Coordinator since 1997. She received Instructor
certification from the Kansas Department of Health & Environment
in 1990 and is qualified to teach CPR, CNA, CMA, and CMA Update
courses and Alzheimer certification. She lives in Chanute with
her husband, Lester, and her sons Zach and Bryce. |
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Jo Jurgensen, Health Information Technology
Instructor/Coordinator
800-SAY-NCCC, ext 534 (Kansas Only)
620-431-2820, ext 524 (Outside of Kansas)
jjurgensen@neosho.edu |
| Ms. Jurgensen received her Bachelors degree from
the University of Kansas in Medical Record Administration in
1981. She has held various positions in Health Information
Technology since then, including manager, director and quality
control coordinator. Along with her position with NCCC, she also
holds a full-time position as the Manager of Health Information
Management at St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin,
Missouri. Ms. Jurgensen is also currently pursuing her Masters
Degree from Pittsburg State University in Technical Teacher
Education. |
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Jean Erwin, Medical Assistant Program
Instructor/Coordinator
800-SAY-NCCC ext 214 (Kansas Only)
620-431-2820, ext 214 (Outside of Kansas)
jerwin@neosho.edu |
Mr. Erwin has been employed with the NCCC since
2005. Mr. Erwin holds credentials as a registered respiratory
therapist (RRT), certified respiratory therapist (CRT),
registered pulmonary function technologist (RPFT), certified
pulmonary function technician (CPFT), registered medical
assistant (RMA), certified insurance & coding specialist (NCICS),
certified medical assistant (CMA), registered cardiopulmonary
technologist (RCPT), certified cardiology technologist (CCT),
certified professional coder (CPC), certified coding associate (CCA),
home health administrator (state of OK.), emergency medical
technician, exercise specialist (YMCA), rehabilitation
specialist, cardiovascular technologist and a nutrition
specialist. These registrations and certifications have been
accumulated during his many years of work and education
experiences in the health care field.
Jean brings to the classroom his work experience in the areas
of, medical assisting, billing and coding, respiratory home
care, respiratory therapy department management, cardiopulmonary
diagnostics, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, and vocational
education. |
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Sandy Robb, Lifetime Learning Coordinator
800-SAY-NCCC, ext 224 (Kansas Only)
620-431-2820, ext 224 (Outside of Kansas)
srobb@neosho.edu |
| Ms. Robb has two children, Ryan and Laura, five
grandchildren, Emily, RJ, Samantha, Jessica, and Elizabeth. Her
family is very important to her and she loves to travel. Ms.
Robb is retired from a full time 30 year career in social
services and enjoys the opportunity to work part-time for NCCC
with the Lifetime Learning Program. |
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Jackie Kinzer, Administrative Assistant to Outreach &
Workforce Development
800-SAY-NCCC, ext 205 (Kansas Only)
620-431-2820, ext 205 (Outside of Kansas)
jkinzer@neosho.edu |
| Ms. Kinzer moved to Chanute in September 2003
and joined the Outreach and Workforce Development office as
Administrative Assistant in February 2004. Ms. Kinzer brings
with her thirty plus years of clerical experience. While
beginning her new job at NCCC, she also attended and graduated
from the Kansas Massage Institute in Topeka. |
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Sarah Hart, Administrative Assistant with Allied Health &
Lifetime Learning
800-SAY-NCCC, ext 241 (Kansas Only)
620-431-2820, ext 241 (Outside of Kansas)
shart@neosho.edu |
| Mrs. Hart is a 2000 graduate of Humboldt High
School and has been an Administrative Assistant in the Outreach
& Workforce Development department since 2005. She lives in
Humboldt with her husband, Josh, and their three children,
Caleb, Addison, and Asher. |
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STARS Program
Bart Chaney, STARS Director
800-SAY-NCCC, ext 207 (Kansas Only)
620-431-2820, ext 207 (Outside of Kansas)
bchaney@neosho.edu |
| Mr. Chaney has lived in Kansas, Missouri, New
York, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, and Colorado. He graduated from
Grand Island Senior High School in Nebraska. After High School,
his family moved to Concordia Kansas where he graduated from
Cloud County Community College. He worked construction for a
couple of years and then moved to Hays KS where he earned his BS
in Psychology at Fort Hays State University. Denver Colorado was
his next move, where he worked in adolescent shelters and
psychiatric units. He returned to KS and FHSU to complete his MS
in Counseling in Higher Education and worked for the University
as a Residence Hall director for 5 years. He met his wife Lisa
while at FHSU. They moved to Southeast Kansas in 1995 where he
was employed with SRS as a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor
in the Chanute Area. They reside in Erie, where they started
their family with two wonderful children Heather, and Collin.
Lisa is employed at Greenbush Education Center as a Research
Analyst. After more than 11 years with SRS, Mr. Chaney is
enjoying the opportunity to return to assisting students in post
secondary education reach their academic, career, and life goals
as Director of the STARS, Student Support Services program. |
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Steve Kramer, STARS Counselor
800-SAY-NCCC, ext 206 (Kansas Only)
620-431-2820, ext 206 (Outside of Kansas)
skramer@neosho.edu |
| Mr. Kramer hails from Pasadena, California and
graduated from Imperial High School in 1995. He then started
college at Ambassador University in Big Sandy, Texas. In 1997 he
was informed of the imminent close of University because of
funding issues; graduated with an Associate of Arts in Liberal
Arts, and Transferred to Texas A&M University- Commerce in
Commerce, Texas. He completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Radio/TV
in 1999 and worked at KSHB Channel 41/38 in Kansas City,
Missouri for a short time. It was at this time that he became
very active in Summer Camp Ministry and worked as a Canoe
Instructor and Wilderness Leader in Orr, Minnesota during the
summers from 1999-2001. He also served as a lead counselor at a
bi-annual Christian camp in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from
1999-2003. Following a short respite in Colorado, Mr. Kramer
went back to Texas A&M University in 2003 and started a Master’s
program in Counseling. During his time at TAMU-C he worked as a
counselor in the Counseling Center at the University. He
graduated with his Masters of Science in Counseling and received
his Certification as a Nationally Certified Counselor in 2005.
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Tonya Bell, STARS English/Reading Specialist
800-SAY-NCCC, ext 507 (Kansas Only)
620-431-2820, ext 507 (Outside of Kansas)
tbell@neosho.edu |
| Mrs. Bell is the STARS English/Reading
Specialist at Neosho County Community College. She started her
tenure at NCCC in July 2001 as the Director of Public Relations.
In July 2002, she moved into the Director of Enrollment
Management and Marketing position. A year later, she began
working on an abbreviated contract as the Director of Public
Relations and Marketing, allowing more time to focus on pursuing
her master’s degree. In her last semester of graduate school,
she began teaching as an adjunct instructor for NCCC. After
completing her degree in December 2004, she also began teaching
as a part-time lecturer in the communication department at
Pittsburg State University. In September 2005, Mrs. Bell was
hired into her current position at NCCC as the STARS
English/Reading Specialist. She continues to teach part-time at
Pittsburg State and works on contract in public relations for
NCCC helping cultivate external relationships with college
constituents. Mrs. Bell earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s
degree in Communication from Pittsburg State University. She and
her husband Brad and their two sons, Bryce and Gage live in
rural Neodesha. |
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Rita Drybread, STARS Math Specialist
800-SAY-NCCC, ext 298 (Kansas Only)
620-431-2820, ext 298 (Outside of Kansas)
rdrybread@neosho.edu |
| Mrs. Drybread began working for the STARS
program in May 2001. She also teaches developmental math as an
adjunct instructor for NCCC. She received her bachelor’s degree
in Mathematics Education from Pittsburg State University.
Currently, she is pursing her master’s degree in education from
Friends University. Mrs. Drybread, a native of Colony, Kansas,
resides on the lake in Buffalo with her husband Shane and their
three girls, Kayla, Hannah, and Erin. |
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Upward Bound
Maranda Collins, Director of Upward Bound
800-SAY-NCCC, ext 504 (Kansas Only)
620-431-2820, ext 504 (Outside of Kansas)
mcollins@neosho.edu |
| Mrs. Collins has been working with the Upward
Bound Program for five years and is currently the director of
the program. She has greatly enjoyed her time spent with NCCC
and finds the position with Upward Bound very rewarding. She has
a Bachelor's Degree from Kansas State University and a Master's
Degree from Texas A&M University. She lives in Chanute, Kansas
with her husband, two children, two cats, one dog, and 100
sheep. Her free time is spent remodeling the house, managing the
clothing store she owns in Chanute, volunteering at the First
Christian Church, and traveling. |
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Laurie Kerns, Administrative Assistant for Upward Bound
800-SAY-NCCC, ext 220 (Kansas Only)
620-431-2820, ext 220 (Outside of Kansas)
lkerns@neosho.edu |
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Heather Garrett, ABE Instructor
800-SAY-NCCC, ext 510 (Kansas Only)
620-431-2820, ext 510 (Outside of Kansas)
hgarrett@neosho.edu |
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Krista Clay, ABE Coordinator
800-SAY-NCCC, ext 510 (Kansas Only)
620-431-2820, ext 510 (Outside of Kansas)
hgarrett@neosho.edu |
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Wade Collins, Talent Search Field Counselor
800-SAY-NCCC, ext 517 (Kansas Only)
620-431-2820, ext 517 (Outside of Kansas)
wcollins@neosho.edu |
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Marie Moore, Director of Talent Search
800-SAY-NCCC, ext 271 (Kansas Only)
620-431-2820, ext 271 (Outside of Kansas)
mmoore@neosho.edu |
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Kim Vanatta, Developmental Lab Coordinator
800-SAY-NCCC, ext 268 (Kansas Only)
620-431-2820, ext 268 (Outside of Kansas)
kvanatta@neosho.edu |
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Nicci Wiltse, Administrative Assistant with Talent Search
800-SAY-NCCC, ext 201 (Kansas Only)
620-431-2820, ext 201 (Outside of Kansas)
nwiltse@neosho.edu |
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Karen Bertles, College-Bound Class Project Director
800-SAY-NCCC, ext 269 (Kansas Only)
620-431-2820, ext 269 (Outside of Kansas)
kbertles@neosho.edu |
A native Kansan, Mrs. Bertles has lived the past
16 years in Franklin, Ohio. She returned to Kansas in August,
2006 and started work with the GEAR UP Grant and NCCC shortly
after that.
Mrs. Bertles has a BSE in Art and Psychology from Emporia State
and a MS in Special Education from Pittsburg State. She taught
high school for several years before she became the Student
Teaching Supervisor for Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where
she worked for 6 years. She was then employed by Dayton Public
Schools as a Special Education Program Supervisor for 4 years.
Mrs. Bertles and her husband, Dave, live in Neodesha. They have
two grown sons. |
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Collette Lefebvre-Davis, ABE/GED Satellite Program
Instructor
620-223-2700, ext 440
cdavis@neosho.edu |
| Mrs. Lefebvre-Davis is the newest member of the
ABE /GED team. She hails from Springfield, Massachusetts and is
a graduate student pursuing her MA at Pittsburg State
University. She has taught the ABE/GED satellite program at Fort
Scott Community College since April 2007. Since that date the
program has had over twenty participants and eight successful
students who have received their GED. Some of these students
scored in the ninety-ninth percentile nationally! Mrs.
Lefebvre-Davis also has worked on various archeological digs
with the National Park service. She is pursuing her MA in
history and archeology. |
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