Southeast Community College achieved an enrollment of 9,505 students for the 2024 Spring Semester, a 12% increase over the 2023 Spring Semester. This is the highest spring enrollment since 9,067 students were enrolled for the 2020 Spring Semester.
Stanley and Pauline Matzke had four children while Dora and William H. Hermann had five girls and three boys they were raising on their farm near Staplehurst, Nebraska. The families commemorated their relationship by establishing a scholarship at SCC.
Merlin Nitzsche enrolled in the Diesel Mechanic program in the 1960s, which helped him with his career in farming and manufacturing. Under the guidance of instructor George Anderson, he knew he was ready for his career.
Curt Utter was destined for a career in an industrial-related field after spending countless hours in his father’s business, Butch’s Welding & Repair Shop on Main Street in Milford.
Mark Morris graduated from SCC in 1980 planning to become a commercial electrical contractor. Advice he received from his program chair took him in a different direction.
Several members from the class of 1973 gathered on the SCC Milford Campus on Friday, Sept. 8, to reconnect and reminisce.
On Aug. 19, 2023, Myron Roker turned 100, and on Wednesday, Oct. 25, the oldest known living graduate of SCC toured campus with his son Bill and his wife Pam.
Going into the family business was not the original plan for Will Morris, the 2023 Southeast Community College Distinguished Alumni Award recipient from the Nebraska Community College Association.
