Trudi Kuntzsch

Sometimes a commute can be doable.
Maria Dahlquist

Maria Dahlquist used to rise in the wee hours each morning to arrive by 5:30 a.m. at a job she hated.
Hannah Danner

Hannah Danner likes a challenge. As a Mass Communications major at Benedictine College in Atchison, she focused in the areas of journalism, photography, and graphic design. She’s naturally drawn to opportunities that stretch her creative skills, keen eye, and command of language.
Amanda Pounds

Amanda Pounds didn’t intend to wind up back home. Following high school, she began her journey at Kansas State University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in business and finance, with a plan to see what doors might open in places other than her hometown of Beloit in North Central Kansas. It’s not that she […]
Rachel Heinen

Rachel Heinen’s first assignment toward earning her Remote Work Certification was a simple one: Set up a home office and make it a place you want to work every day.
Amber Hernandez

Sometimes, you get an idea in your head and you just can’t shake the thought.
Melissa Rickford

As parents try their best to balance career and family, they can find themselves at a crossroads. A place of impasse where the two worlds never seem to be in sync, but in opposition with one another. It’s a familiar push and pull for professionals in a modern world, and one that Melissa Rickford knew […]
Toni Standley

Sometimes, you come to a point in your professional life where you truly think, “I just can’t do this anymore.”
Grace Hammer

When Grace Hammer earned her agribusiness degree from Kansas State University in 2017, she knew her ultimate goal was to live and work in western Kansas.
Scott Sproul

For years, the answer to the question of rural economic development was a single strategy: Recruit a company to the community. The strategy may have offered a seed of development, but long term growth could be stunted if an industry suffered a downtown, or a talent pool was difficult to find.