February 2006:
Number 502
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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: Feb. 7. 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; Jennifer Baker, student correspondent; Nick Young, photographer; Layout by Publications
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Faculty and Staff News
A number of individuals were honored at All College Day Jan. 6. The award winners were:
• Associate Faculty Award – Betty Correll
• Full-Time Faculty Award – Pamela Gaiter
• Innovator of the Year – Molly Boyce
• Ambassador of the Year – Linda Kyprios
• Unsung Hero Award – Hershell Hanks
• Unsung Heroine Award – Melanie Tracht
• Part-Time Rose Award – Pat Peters
• Rose Award – Ron Jackson
One hundred and twenty individuals participated in the fall Team Wellness Challenge, but only one team came out with the grand prize. Beat the Nuts from the Spring Creek Campus was the grand prize winner. Peggy Breedlove is the team captain. Runners-up included: Health Nuts, Shirley Terrell-captain, Spring Creek Campus; Nursing Team, Christine Linert –captain, Central Park Campus; Retro Dog Walkers, Rita Parker –captain, Preston Ridge Campus; Phyllis Martin's Team, Phyllis Martin-captain, Courtyard Center; "Sabrina Belt's Team", Sabrina Belt-captain, CCCCD@Allen.
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| Byrd Williams, Chair of the Collin photography department. | The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston purchased 16 prints for exhibition from Byrd Williams, Collin photography department chair. Ten of the photographs were Williams’ work and six others were shots taken by his father, grandfather and great-grandfather. Some of the prints date back to the late 19th century. Williams was asked by museum curator Anne Tucker to present his work to the board of trustees, who voted to purchase the 16 pieces, which are being exhibited in the “New Acquisitions” portion of the museum. In printing photos taken by his father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Williams used latter-day processes and materials in order to show the photos as they originally would have been printed.
Director of Continuing Education Janet Sheppard was interviewed briefly by Al Roker while standing outside The Today Show studios in New York City Dec. 6. True to her commitment and dedication to the college, Sheppard said in the interview that Collin is the “best college in Texas.”
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| Thom Chesney | Vice President of Academic Affairs Thom Chesney and the academic deans in his division recently coordinated a community service project. On Dec. 10, Dr. Chesney was joined by the academic deans and others as they staffed all three shifts at Allen Community Outreach. They moved boxes, unpacked and repacked gift bags, and sorted toys as part of their group Academic Affairs Service Project. Participants included Juanita Austin, Ann Beheler, Bill Blitt, Susan Evans, Gary Hodge, Regina Hughes, Wayne Jones, Cameron Neal, Gerry Perkus and Sherry Schumann.
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