April 30, 2018 – Collin College will honor the Class of 2018 with a commencement ceremony at 7 p.m., Friday, May 11 at the Allen Event Center, 200 E. Stacy Road in Allen.
Eric Hogue, the mayor of Wylie, will deliver the commencement address. Mayor Hogue was elected as the 45th mayor of Wylie in 2008, making him the longest continually serving mayor in the city’s 130-year history. A graduate of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Mayor Hogue is also a real estate consultant, minister with the Cottonwood Church of Christ, president of the Texas School for the Deaf Governing Board, chairman of the board for Baylor Scott and White Lake Pointe Medical Center, and chairman of the F.O. Birmingham Land Trust. He is also a published author of “Clinky the Clown and the Secret of Happyville,” a children’s book for 9-to-12-year-olds.
Mayor Hogue has been recognized several times for his community service. He was named the 2014 Wylie, Texas Citizen of the Year by the Wylie Chamber of Commerce. He was awarded the 2014 Community Builder Award from the Masonic Grand Lodge of Texas. He has been awarded the Community Ethics Award by the Rotary Club of Wylie East Fork, and was named as one of the 21 Leaders for the 21st Century in Collin County, Texas.
Founded in 1985, Collin College held its first graduation ceremony on May 16, 1987. Since its inception with a lone campus in McKinney, the college has grown to offer classes at seven locations throughout the district with three new campuses under development.
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Collin College serves more than 53,000 credit and continuing education students annually and offers more than 100 degrees and certificates in a wide range of disciplines. The only public college in the county, Collin College is a partner to business, government and industry, providing customized training and work force development. In addition, the college operates the Collin Higher Education Center, which serves 3,200 additional students each year in partnership with The University of Texas at Dallas, Texas Woman’s University, Texas A&M Commerce, Texas Tech and the University of North Texas.