A newsletter for the students, faculty and staff of the Collin County Community College District. Published monthly. For information or submissions, call 972.758.3849. Cougar News welcomes student and faculty submissions. Next deadline: Sept. 10. All submissions are due by 5 p.m. on the due date. Photos cannot be returned. Text should be emailed to mrobinson@ccccd.edu or sent on disk. Please submit copy that is proofed, edited and saved in Word format. Cougar News staff: Lisa Vasquez, director; Mark Robinson, editor; Marcy Cadena-Smith, contributor; Sydney Portilla-Diggs, student correspondent; Stephanie Hall, student correspondent; Ana Colores Palmer, student correspondent; Nick Young, photographer; Layout by Publications
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College News
The names of two members of the Collin Board Trustees will grace new public schools in Collin County. The Frisco Independent School District just announced that Collin Chairman Sam Roach will be the namesake of a new school under development—the Sam and Ann Roach Middle School. Also, doors opened to the new Dr. E.T. Boon Elementary School in Allen on August 8 with the dedication ceremony August 28. Chairman Roach has served as a college trustee since 1992 and Dr. Boon joined the board in 1990.
The July 20 edition of Inside Collin County Business featured Mark Langford, director of the Small Business Development Center as its “Portrait of a Leader.” Information and photos of the Preston Ridge Campus light tower and employees were included in the issue’s Education section.
Dr. Merry McBryde-Foster was named the dean of the Health Sciences and Emergency Services Division. McBryde-Foster comes from the Louise Herrington School of Nursing at Baylor University where she was an assistant professor. She earned her Ph.D. and master’s in nursing from Texas Woman’s University and her bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.
Dr. Toni Jenkins, executive vice president, was named the secretary of the North Central Texas Workforce Board.
Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Thom Chesney has been appointed to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s Academic Course Guide Manual Advisory Committee. The Advisory Committee serves as a forum for making decisions concerning the addition of new courses and the deletion of existing courses from the Academic Course Guide Manual. It also revises descriptions and course parameters for existing courses. It is a great honor to have Dr. Chesney chosen to fill one of only two available seats statewide among all community colleges and universities.
Former Collin student Kseniya Parakhin received a full scholarship to attend Southern Methodist University this fall. The Wylie resident received an associate of arts from Collin and plans to major in business and finance, go to law school and become an international corporate lawyer.
Several hundred Collin students received good news Aug. 4 at the CCCCD Foundation Scholarship Banquet. Two-hundred and six students were awarded scholarships totaling more than $100,000. Another $50,000 has been pledged for the spring semester. Last year, the foundation awarded 189 students with $138,000 in scholarships for the fall and spring semesters. For more information about the foundation or scholarship opportunities, call 972.548.6611 or visit their website at http://foundation.ccccd.org.
Collin student Siulan Thomas was named a finalist for the 20/20 Vision Regional Director’s Council, a 10-person, student-led body from colleges and universities nationwide. If chosen, Thomas will go to Washington, D.C., for hands-on training for a one-year term where she will serve as a regional representative for 20/20 Vision, a non-profit watchdog organization which attempts to involve the public in environmental and global security issues during the legislative process.
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