Welcome to Cowley County Community College

2012-2014 - When Trevor Reichle began attending Cowley College in 2012, he joined the Cowley Press as a staff reporter, covering everything from campus events to sports. In 2013, he became the paper's co-editor-in-chief, focusing on news coverage, assigning stories, and continuing to report. During his time with the Cowley Press, Trevor learned a lot about covering a variety of stories, meeting deadlines, and writing for print. After graduating from Cowley in 2014, he transferred to Wichita State University.

2018-2019 - In 2018, Trevor graduated from Wichita State University with a bachelor's degree in journalism while working full-time in restaurants and bars to make ends meet.

In 2019, He became a news producer with KWCH, the local CBS affiliate in Wichita. There, Trevor started producing the 9 p.m. newscast during the week and on weekends before transitioning into a producing role at KWCH's morning show - the #1 rated local morning show in Kansas.

2021-2022 - In 2021, Trevor won a Heartland Emmy for best morning newscast in his market, along with the rest of the KWCH team, for their coverage of school closures during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In January 2022, He became the Executive Producer of KWCH's morning show, leading coverage for local, state, and national news. In August of 2022, the show won the Kansas Association of Broadcasters first place award for AM/Noon Newscast in the state.

Since September 2022, Trevor has been a regional news producer with Gray Media, KWCH's parent company. In that role, he produces newscasts for markets all across the country, including right here in Kansas.

2017 - Arturo graduated from Cowley College with a degree in Mass Communications and Journalism.

2018-2019 - He transferred to Kansas University for the 2017-2018 school year and made lasting friendships, but it wasn't for Arturo academically. He attended the school for one year and transferred to Fort Hays State University, where he completed his degree in 2019.

In 2019, following his graduation, Cowley College Director of Mass Communications Meg Smith assisted Arturo in securing an Internship with Dr. Harold (Doc) Arnett, the Marketing Director at SCK Health.

2020-2021 - Having previously met William Newton Hospitals Sarah Johnson when she was the Marketing Director at Cowley College and completed a work-study position under her direction for a semester. In 2020, Arturo saw Sarah working in Arkansas City, starting discussions regarding an internship in the Marketing Department at William Newton Hospital, which he began a short time later.

Through his internships and recommendations from Cowley College, Arturo secured a paid internship in Jewell/Republic County at FHSU in 2021.

2022 - Since 2022, Arturo has been working at his first official job as a marketing and communications coordinator at The National Auction Association, a 501 c6 organization. Since then, he has received a promotion to Marketing Specialist. 

2017-2018 -

Lissa Winter graduated from Wichita South High School in 2017 at 18 years old. After graduation, she struggled with many career changes, not knowing what she wanted to do and not wanting to go back to school until she figured it out.

One day, when Lissa was 19 years old, she saw an application for a daycare and figured, “Why not? She loved kids.” She applied for the job, and Lissa was offered a floating position at a local Wichita daycare center, where she fell in love with teaching and nurturing children to be the best they can be! 

2019-2024 - At age 20, Lissa had her daughter and realized she wanted to be able to tell her that she had put myself through college. So, in the fall of 2022, Lissa returned to school to earn her Childcare Directors License! She had no idea how she would manage to accomplish being a 23-year-old full-time college student, a full-time mom to a (then) two-year-old, and a full-time employee at the daycare she worked at!

However, what was supposed to be only one semester turned into Lissa graduating from Cowley College in May 2024 with her Associate of Applied Science in Childcare and her Technical Certificate in Childcare at 25 years old with a 4-year-old. Lissa can now say, "The whole two years of school, four summer classes, seven classes in one semester, sleepless nights, exhaustion, procrastination, etc., was all worth it in the end."

Present -

In April of 2024, Lissa was the recipient of a Spotlight Award for having an impact on Early Childhood Education. Many families whose children she cared for nominated her for the award and said sweet things about her.

As of the beginning of September 2024, Lissa has accepted an On-Site Director position with the YMCA CDC that would not have been possible without her degree.