Lucia Cisneros (back row, red shirt, third from right) and Kyla Reedy (front row, blue shirt third from left) took part in a community college program organized by NASA. Parker Brooks (pictured below) attended the same program the following week. Photographer: Allison Bills Space may be the final frontier, but three Collin College students recently…
SIGN UP NOW FOR THIS YEAR’S COMMUNITY COLLEGE DAY AT THE CAPITOL
Get an up-close view of your state government at work, when Collin College students, staff and faculty travel to Austin for Community College Day at the Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7. Join more than 2,000 students, faculty, staff, trustees and administrators from across Texas as they meet with elected officials and tour the state capitol. This…
COLLEGE COLLECTS FOR MEALS ON WHEELS
Make a difference in the lives of Collin County’s elderly population by participating in the “Spring In To Action” Meals on Wheels Food Drive, Monday, March 16 – Thursday, April 2. The food drive is organized by the All College Council and benefits the Collin County Committee on Aging Meals on Wheels program. More information…
ZUMBATHON: ADVOCACY THROUGH EXERCISE
(above: students are participants at the Zumbathon fundraiser) “As a result of childhood obesity, today’s 10-year-old girls are expected to live five years less than their mothers,” said Traci Ramsey, Collin College physical education professor and Sugar and Spice student organization advisor. In honor of September’s Childhood Obesity Month, Sugar and Spice held a “Zumbathon”…
LEAD CAMP: THE INTERSECTION OF LEARNING AND FUN
(above: LEAD students who were strangers days before camp are now friends.) A day on the lake with watermelon, volleyball and dancing does not sound much like school. But for two busloads of Collin College students who travelled to The Prothro Center at Lake Texoma at the start of the fall 2014 semester that is…
QEP VIDEO CONTEST
With Collin College’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), students can take control of their academic courses and career path and win gift cards to further their academic studies. Through the QEP Video Contest, students can create a video explanation of the fourth Student Learning Outcome, “Know the degree requirements for completion,” from the new Academic Planning…