A newsletter for the students, faculty and staff of the Collin County Community College District. Published monthly. For information or submissions, call 972.599.3142. Cougar News welcomes student and faculty submissions. Next deadline: July 10 All submissions are due by 5 p.m. on the due date. Photos cannot be returned. Text should be e-mailed 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; Stephanie Hall, student correspondent; Nick Young, photographer; Heather Darrow, special contributor; Luai Bseiso, special contributor.
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Faculty, Staff and Student News
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Lisabeth Lassiter | Collin’s League of United Latin Americans Council (LULAC) swept the District III awards, as advisor Lisabeth Lassiter was named the Advisor of the Year.
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Kyle Wilkison | Professor Kyle Wilkison co-chaired the 10th annual Cotton and Rural Conference at the Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum in Greenville, April 22. This year’s theme was “The Price of Cotton.”
The Texas A&M University-Commerce Department of Secondary and Higher Education named Collin’s Executive Vice President
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Toni Jenkins | Dr. Toni P. Jenkins an alumni ambassador. Dr. Jenkins was one of 28 individuals honored by A&M-Commerce during the Alumni Forum. The title is the highest award an academic department can bestow upon a graduate, and it recognizes career achievements.
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Levi Bryant | Northwestern University Press will publish professor of philosophy Levi Bryant’s “Transcendental Empiricism of Deleuze.”
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Linda Qualia | Dr. Linda Qualia, director of Counseling, was one of only two community college administrators published in the book, “Stories of Inspiration: Lessons and Laughter in Student Affairs,” published by the Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. Dr. Qualia, whose story is titled “A Healing Journey,” finds herself in good company with the likes of the University of Wisconsin, American University, the University of Missouri, and others who contributed to the compilation of stories about their work in student affairs and the impact they make in students’ lives.
Dean of Social and Behavioral Sciences Gary Hodge and Regina Hughes, director of the Center for Scholarly & Civic Engagement, recently presented at the Southwest Regional P-16 Conference in Austin. Their presentation, “Engaged Scholarship: Partnering for Excellence in Student Learning Outcomes,” focused on the development and implementation of the Center for Scholarly & Civic Engagement, a program designed to bring together students, faculty and community members and involve them in academic initiatives to spotlight scholarship, community involvement and leadership. Conference officials billed the presentation as the “model” program for scholarly and civic engagement.
The Wellness Team Challenge winners for spring 2006 were announced. The grand prize winners were Donna Okaro’s Queen’s Bees and Peggy Breedlove’s Beat the Nuts. Runners up were: Do-Nuts of Allen, Allen; Caldwell Ladies, Central Park Campus; Courtyard Cougars, Courtyard Center for Professional and Economic Development; Retro Dog Walkers, Preston Ridge Campus; Health Nuts, Spring Creek Campus; B.S. Team, Rockwall. The Spirit Award was given to Toni Jenkins’ Leadership Team.
Student News
Collin's Men's and Women's Tennis teams finished third and sixth, respectively, in their national tournaments after winning their Region V Championships. This is the 16th straight year that the men's team has won the Region V Championship.
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Collin men's & women's tennis |
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