There are a lot of different paths you can take on the road to a career in health care. The 2016 Health Science Career Information Expo is there to give you a little direction. Scheduled from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 15 at the Central Park Campus Conference Center, the expo includes resources for students…
HEALTH SCIENCES ACADEMY HONORS FIRST GRADUATING CLASS
The Plano ISD Health Sciences Academy honored its inaugural graduating class with a pinning ceremony May 21 at Collin College’s Spring Creek Campus. The graduates received medical certification training and earned dual credit through the joint venture between Collin College and Plano ISD. “We salute the hard work and determination of these graduates, and we…
RESPIRATORY CARE PROGRAM WINS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD
Collin College’s Respiratory Care Program has been recognized with the Distinguished Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) Credentialing Success Award from the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) for the third year in a row. The award is just one of several indicators of the strength of the college’s health sciences programs. Collin College is one…
CENTRAL PARK CAMPUS CONSTRUCTION ON SCHEDULE
Pardon our dust. Central Park Campus is improving. Two major construction projects on the campus are on schedule to open this coming school year. First up is a 23,500-square-foot conference center on the north side of the campus. The center, which is modeled after a similar facility on the Preston Ridge Campus, is scheduled to…
THE QUEST FOR ZZZs
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 40.6 million American workers, 30 percent of the civilian workforce, do not get enough rest.1 According to a 2011 Harvard Medical School study, sleep-deprived American workers ultimately cost their employers $63 billion in lost productivity. However, this problem is not unique to the U.S. Some of the…
HEALTH APPS FOR THE NEW YEAR
By Lisa Huang, MLS, MS, Health Sciences Librarian Photo by John Fingas (http://bit.ly/1fb9G5f) Most of us make New Year’s resolutions with good intentions. How long those resolutions last are another matter. There are no magic solutions, but there are ways to help us keep our resolutions right at our fingertips. Our smartphones can do a lot…