COLLEGE NEWS | JULY 2013

Former Collin Theatre Center student Thomas Charles LeGalley served as the associate costume designer for the Tony Award winning Best Musical “Kinky Boots.”  He is currently a costume and scenic designer living in New York and was the 2008 recipient of the National Partners of the American Theatre Award for Design Excellence.

Professor of philosophy Levi Bryant had two more articles published in peer-reviewed journals:

  • “Speculative Realism and Politics:  Towards a Borromean Critical Theory” in Speculations
  • “Posthuman Technologies” in Technology

As part of service learning, 50 emergency medical services/paramedic students contributed 1,536 hours of volunteer time to the Texas Special Olympics, Settlers Long-Term Care Facility and Camp Star in Allen.

Angelique Campbell, women’s basketball team member, has been announced as a winner of the 2012-2013 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Award for Exemplary Academic Achievement. To be recognized for exemplary academic achievement, a student must hold a 3.6 GPA or higher.

Collin College women’s tennis team was named as 2012-2013 NJCAA Women’s Tennis All-Academic Team.  To be recognized, all-academic teams must have a 3.0 or higher team GPA.

Collin College’s chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, the International Honor Society in education, recently donated more than 500 books to Barron Elementary in Plano.  This will allow grade level books to be placed in the homes of Barron’s students this summer to help in the school’s efforts to promote the importance of continual reading.

Professor of psychology Salena Brody received an honorable mention for the Social Psychology Network’s International Action Teaching Award.