YUM …COOKIES! Do you need a good cookie recipe? Try one of Pastry Chef Jill McCord’s go-to recipes. Did you know that she and her students baked hundreds of cookies for “Camp Gingerbread,” a fundraising event for homeless children via the Shared Housing Center? Gingerbread cookies Yields: approximately 18 cookies Ingredients: 1 cup butter, room…
VETERAN FORGES A PATH FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW
(Above) Kayla Herrerra is a Collin County Health Department Outreach Worker who also serves in the National Guard. She said Collin College classes helped her adjust to life after the military. Kayla Herrerra has spent her adult life paving the way for others. It was not easy, but that was never an issue for this…
MIGHTY MATHLETES
Collin College student Vu Phan recently presented a math talk about inequalities and generalizations at St. Mary’s University at the Ninth Texas Undergraduate Mathematics Conference. He was awarded a Collin College Foundation scholarship earlier this fall and researches in the Center for Advanced Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences. In addition, mathematics professor Alan Graves announced the…
COLLEGE NEWS | DEC 2013
Professor Ceilidh Charleson-Jennings was named the 2013 Texas Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Collin College is very proud of Professor Charleson-Jennings’ achievement that marks the sixth Carnegie Professor of the Year for Collin College, a feat unmatched by…
A 24/7 CAREER COACH
A new resource is available to help Collin College students plan their future, Career Coach. Made possible by a grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board with funds provided by the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 2006, Career Coach as a link between the degree or certificate programs offered…