State Fair Community College held its graduation ceremony on Friday. These happy Roadrunners are pictured eagerly waiting outside for the ceremony to begin. According to SFCC, a record 857 degrees and certificates were awarded to 756 candidates for graduation during Friday night’s commencement exercises, including 431 associate of arts degrees, 255 associate of applied science degrees, 34 associate of arts in teaching degrees, two associate of science degrees, 80 professional certificates, and 55 skills certificates. The numbers include students who attended SFCC-Lake of the Ozarks, SFCC-Clinton and SFCC-Whiteman AFB.

State Fair Community College has announced the 2012-13 Theatre Arts awards and productions planned for its 2013-14 theatre season.

Philip and Pam Luetjen, of Cole Camp, announce the engagement of their daughter, Brittany Luetjen, of Cole Camp, to Jon Cody Mullins, of Tipton. He is the son of Rosalinda Mullins, of Tipton, and the late Barry Mullins.

David and Delorse Aery, of Warsaw, announce the engagement of their daughter, Jessica Aery, of Sedalia, to Jonathan Musslin, of Sedalia. He is the son of Paul and Barbara Musslin, of Sedalia.

Nine student actors at State Fair Community College performed “Cutting the Onion” on Saturday in the Studio Theatre. They didn’t know they were going to perform the play until they were actually doing it. In fact, the play didn’t even exist until the very moment they did it, and it will never exist again in the future.

Although it’s not as high-profile as State Fair Community College’s mainstage shows, the student-produced one-act play lineup delivers some of the best performances you’ll see all season. During Wednesday’s rehearsal, Dalton Pierce, Heather Hill and Stephen Klee mastered Russian accents in “The Boor,” an exploration of the thin line between anger and passionate love.

Two students received State Fair Community College’s top academic awards Thursday at the college’s 2013 honors convocation in the Fred E. Davis Multipurpose Center.

The Daum Museum of Contemporary Art on the State Fair Community College campus will sponsor “Sedalia Day at the Daum” from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday.

State Fair Community College will sponsor a professional development workshop May 21 called “The Importance of Outdoor Play” that discusses how important outdoor time is for a child’s health, social skills, imagination, gross motor skills and behavior.

Registration is underway for State Fair Community College’s summer youth basketball and cheerleading camps that will be at the Fred E. Davis Multipurpose Center. Instructors will include SFCC basketball coaching staff and student-athletes in addition to other college and high school coaches and athletes. Here are the camp dates: Roadrunners basketball camp, grades 3-12, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 10-12, cost $95. Shooting camp, 3-12, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 13 and 9 a.m. to noon June 15, $50. Lady Roadrunners basketball camp, 3-12, 9 to 11:30 a.m. June 17-20; 8-12, 1 to 3:30 p.m. June 17-20, $70. Lady Roadrunners Mother-Daughter overnight basketball camp, 3-12, 6:30 p.m. June 21 to 1 p.m. June 22, $60. Pee-wee camp, 4-8, 9 to 11:30 a.m. June 24-26, $50. Spirit Squad camp, K-8, 1 to 4 p.m. July 8-10; $40. For more information, go to sfccmo.edu/sportscamp or contact Winnie Craig at 530-5808 or wcraig@sfcc.edu.

“Give us a Weekend, We’ll Make You a Biker!” is the theme of State Fair Community College’s basic rider motorcycle course offered this spring and summer.

The State Fair Community College Horticulture Club is featuring new and different plants for Mother’s Day in the greenhouse behind the Potter-Ewing Agriculture Building on the SFCC campus.

The State Fair Community College Theatre Arts program will present a student theater showcase at 7 p.m. May 9 and 10 in the Thompson O’Sullivan Studio Theatre in Yeater Learning Center Room 126 on the Sedalia campus.

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The Punchline Players, State Fair Community College’s improv comedy troupe, will perform at 7:30 p.m. May 11 in the Studio Theatre in the Yeater Learning Center on the Sedalia campus.

State Fair Community College’s “Lucky Stiff” is incredibly stupid. But it’s supposed to be. While 1980s musical farces might not be the favorite genre of all theater-goers, this is one of the (dare I say) smarter ones, and the SFCC cast universally got into the spirit of the silliness during Wednesday’s opening night. The show continues Thursday through Sunday.

State Fair Community College’s Phi Beta Lambda and Business program students will hold its annual “Hire Attire” professional clothing sale for students and the community starting today in the Thompson Conference Center at the Heckart Science and Allied Health Center.

State Fair Community College will offer four-week yoga, yogalates and Zumba fitness classes through its office of Lifelong Learning starting next month.

Former State Fair Community College men’s basketball coach Bill Barton will be inducted into the Region 16 Hall of Fame.

Fischer Concrete Services of Sedalia is offering a $250 scholarship at State Fair Community College to help foster a student’s career in the construction industry.

State Fair Community College has announced the addition of five new staff members: