{"id":5999,"date":"2026-01-14T12:45:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T19:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sedaliabwm.org\/wordpress\/?p=5999"},"modified":"2026-01-14T12:45:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T19:45:31","slug":"sbw-scholarship-foundation-meeting-august-7-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sedaliabwm.org\/wordpress\/?p=5999","title":{"rendered":"SBW Scholarship\/Foundation Meeting August 7, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1912\" height=\"1434\" src=\"http:\/\/sedaliabwm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0012.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sedaliabwm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0012.jpg 1912w, http:\/\/sedaliabwm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0012-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1912px) 100vw, 1912px\" \/><figcaption>Dr. Brent Bates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The August 7 Dinner Meeting of Sedalia Business\nWomen was under the direction of the Scholarship\/Foundation Committee, Robin\nBalke and Valerie Dent, co-chairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Valerie Dent introduced the guest speaker, Dr.\nBrent Bates who is in his fourth year as president of State Fair Community\nCollege and his 23<sup>rd<\/sup> year serving State Fair Community College. His\ncareer spans almost 40 years working as a community college faculty member and\nadministrator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Bates spoke about the educational\nopportunities for women. He said that 71% of the students were women. He said\nthat the dental hygienist and health sciences were mostly women. The ROI\n(return on investment) on higher education is higher earning power for years of\neducation. SFCC has a strong trades program. By 2030, 66% of jobs will require\ntraining beyond high school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Scholarship winners will be announced at the September 4 Communications Committee annual Paddle Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1552\" height=\"1164\" src=\"http:\/\/sedaliabwm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0017.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6001\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sedaliabwm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0017.jpg 1552w, http:\/\/sedaliabwm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0017-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1552px) 100vw, 1552px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The August 7 Dinner Meeting of Sedalia Business Women was under the direction of the Scholarship\/Foundation Committee, Robin Balke and Valerie Dent, co-chairs. Valerie Dent introduced the guest speaker, Dr. Brent Bates who is in his fourth year as president &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/sedaliabwm.org\/wordpress\/?p=5999\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sedaliabwm.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sedaliabwm.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sedaliabwm.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sedaliabwm.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sedaliabwm.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5999"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/sedaliabwm.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6002,"href":"http:\/\/sedaliabwm.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5999\/revisions\/6002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sedaliabwm.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sedaliabwm.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sedaliabwm.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}