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: Aug. 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; Garrison Reid, special contributor; Lisa Huang, special contributor; Nick Young, photography and layout.
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Student News
Three Collin students earned an invitation to attend a 10-week summer research program in the chemistry and physics department at Texas A&M University-Commerce. All three students are members of the Center for Advanced Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences (CASMNS), a specialized program for highly motivated, talented students majoring in mathematics or natural sciences. The three students, all from Plano, are Amulya Yadlapalli, Mahsa Fardin and Brian Hanes. The application process in the summer research program is extremely competitive. Many students vie for just ten open slots in the program. The program is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
Collin guitar students placed first in the Eastfield College Guitar Festival in July. Students took the entire college category placing first, second and third. The first prize went to Charles Heasley, the second to Jay Armstrong and the third to Chris Uecker. In addition, a former student, Vanessa Corder (formerly Testoni), placed second in the university undergraduate category.
Communication student Brad Simmons' screenplay, “When Love Finds You,” recently scored in the top 25 percent of entries submitted to the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards and now enters the second round of competition. An alliance of Hollywood producers, agents and development executives established the PAGE Awards to give up-and-coming screenwriters a chance to be read, evaluated and optioned outside the usual pitch-to-agent framework. “When Love Finds You” is Simmons' first completed screenplay.
The Collin Jazz Lab Band will participate in the Centrum/Port Townsend Jazz Festival in Washington, which features guests from all over the world.
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