Each spring, CBT selects 20 well-deserving high school seniors from across Columbia who stand out as exceptional leaders and students to join our 20 Under 20 class. Nominations and recommendations for this year’s class poured in from teachers, mentors, community leaders, and even a senator. The new class members are globally and socially minded students […]
Age: 18 College Plans: Attend American University and major in International Studies. Proudest Accomplishment in High School: Helping start the HHS Classical Fencing Club, earning my Eagle Scout rank, and winning State in my first year at DECA. Best Advice I’ve Ever Received: Stay true to yourself. Biggest Lesson Learned in High School: The importance of challenging yourself.
Age: 18 College Plans: Attend college at the University of Missouri, and in doing this am blessed with the opportunity to learn at one of the best Journalism programs in the country. There, I plan to get a degree in Strategic Communications and a minor in Political Science. After spending my time as an undergraduate
Eric Johnson Age: 29 Principal of Hickman High School For Eric Johnson, the accomplishment he’s most proud of is recent. In 2014, he became the principal of Hickman High School. Previously, Johnson was the assistant principal at Hickman for four years and taught World Studies and the African American Experience at Rock Bridge High School
Update: See Dave Griggs get roasted at the Alzheimer’s Association annual roast May 29 at the Holiday Inn Executive Center. Name: David R. (Dave) Griggs Title and company/organization: Owner/president, Dave Griggs’ Flooring America Age: 68 Years lived in Columbia/mid-Missouri: Columbia native Original hometown: Columbia Education: Graduate of Hickman High School, attended the University of Missouri
Airport to build second taxiway Columbia received a $702,000 federal grant to build a second taxiway, a windfall that Robert Selig, airport superintendent, says will cut down on crowded runways and make Columbia Regional Airport a more attractive spot for the aviation industry. The grant from the Federal Aviation Administration will fund 90 percent of
When my eldest son and I walk our dog in the early mornings, we hardly ever see anyone. We walk and we talk … and we play Rock Paper Scissors when the role of Pooper Scooper has to be determined. This has been our routine for the last few months. Not this past weekend, though.
The city of Columbia is now home to seven high schools, a large number for a town with a population near 113,000. But as the school list expands, are students benefiting from the diverse options?
