CAMPUS DATES | SEPT 2013

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Art Exhibit: FLOW

Tuesday, Aug. 15 – Saturday, Sept. 7

Gallery hours are available at: http://www.collin.edu/theartsgallery/

Spring Creek Campus

The artists of the collaborative group “The Culture Lab” submit 100 multiples to create an immersive installation. Works will be seen on the floor, walls and hanging from the ceiling, but all works will flow together in a creative way.

Participating artists include Piotr Chizinski, Sarah Haven, Brian Jobe, Shreepad Joglekar, Ryder Richards, Sue Anne Rische, Ian Thomas, Dryden Wells and Jon Whitfill.

Labor Day

Monday, Sept. 2

All campuses closed.

Welcome Week

11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 3 – Thursday, Sept. 5

Student Life invites you to come out and attend the Welcome Week celebration to welcome new and returning students to Collin College.

Sept. 3 at Central Park Campus

Sept. 4 at Preston Ridge Campus

Sept. 5 at Spring Creek Campus

Star Party

8 – 10 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 10

Preston Ridge Campus Quad

The Physics Department at Collin College invites you to join a sky-gazing session featuring the celestial objects of the summer sky.

Service Learning Community Partner Fairs

10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept.10 – Thursday, Sept. 12

Service Learning is service-based experiential application of knowledge in real-world situations in which the service benefits the community. Service-learning projects are a component of a credit-bearing class, aligned with specific academic learning objectives and associated with a grade.

Sept. 3 at Preston Ridge Campus

Sept. 4 at Spring Creek Campus

Sept. 5 at Central Park Campus

Constitution Day

Tuesday, Sept.17

All Day

Celebrate Constitution Day and learn more about the U.S. Constitution through Collin College festivities.

11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Spring Creek Campus Atrium

Constitution game show, reading of the Constitution, court cases and comment boards

11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Preston Ridge Campus Conference Center

Symposium on gay rights

11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Central Park Campus Conference Center

Roe V. Wade presentation

Transfer Fair

10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 18

Spring Creek Campus

Visit with dozens of colleges and universities including Texas Woman’s University, University of North Texas, The University of Texas at Dallas and Texas A&M University Commerce. University and college representatives will be in attendance to answer your transfer and student life questions.

Emergency Preparedness Fair

10 a.m. – noon

Wednesday, Sept. 25

Preston Ridge Campus fair in the Cougar Den.
Spring Creek Campus fair in the Atrium.
Central Park Campus fair in the Atrium.

Join us for a look at:

Potential natural and manmade threats to North Texas residents, planning for an emergency or disaster, creating an emergency kit and staying informed during an emergency or disaster.

Auteur Film Series: Edward Scissorhands

 7 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 26

Spring Creek Campus

A sensitive, artistic cyborg is adopted by an Avon saleswoman.  He tries to live with her family in suburbia, where he falls in love and deals with other disasters.

Seminar: Relationships: Is yours healthy?

Have you ever wondered wheather you or someone close to you is in a unhealthy relationship? Learn about warning signs and resources.

1-2 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 29

Preston Ridge Campus Conference Center – Sections N and S