November 2006:
Number 511
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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 972.599.3142. Cougar News welcomes student and faculty submissions. Next deadline: Nov. 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 Palmer, special contributor; Ginny Topfer, special contributor; Nick Young, photography and layout
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Collin, SMU honor pre-admission students at reception
Collin welcomed the newest additions to one of the college’s most successful programs.
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| The Southern Methodist University/Collin dual admissions students: (from left) Jennifer Smart, Valerie Roberts, Carlos Valera, Faisal Nazary, Erin Johns, Nour Abusaad, Ziara Osbourne, Kathleen Farmer. Not pictured: Kristina Dinh, Remingston McDermott and Cody Smith. | The college and Southern Methodist University (SMU) held a reception Oct. 6 at the Spring Creek Campus for the newest members the pre-admission program.
Nine students from the fall 2006 and two students from spring 2006 were recognized. The students were: Kristina Dinh, Kathleen Farmer, Erin Johns, Remingston McDermott, Faisal Nazary, Valerie Roberts, Jennifer Smart, Cody Smith, Carlos Valera, Nour Abusaad and Ziara Osbourne.
Valera, 20, of Frisco, wanted to enter the program to help make an educated decision about where he was transferring.
"I believe whenever you want to make a big decision, you have to be well informed," Valera said of the pre-admissions program. "The pre-admissions program gives me the information to make a smart move."
Both he and Johns cited the availability of advisors -- academic and financial aid -- through the program to make sure classes transfer smoothly and procure financial aid for college.
Johns, 19, plans to study psychology at SMU and heard about the pre-admission program at orientation.
"You come into college not knowing what is going on sometimes," Johns said. "Getting financial aid or academic advising is very helpful. Going to them is a smart thing to do."
Collin has partnership programs with six universities – SMU, Texas Tech University, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Texas Woman’s University, the University of North Texas and The University of Texas at Dallas. Through these partnerships students attend Collin while working with advisors in their chosen majors from those universities.
Collin students receive access to a number of amenities at SMU including university libraries, tickets to lectures and sporting events, passes to university wellness centers and more.
Both Johns and Valera attended the SMU vs. Marshall football game Oct. 14. Valera would like to check out the SMU soccer team and Johns plans to attend SMU lectures.
"The program will give me the edge to get in the door at SMU," Johns said.
"It's important because the college should offer more than classes, but also help students make good choices regarding their life," Valera said. "Most students do not know they have options. Having Collin work with local universities lets students have new opportunities."
The SMU program is limited to 20 students per year and application can be made to the program for fall and spring admittance. For more information about the dual admissions program, call 972.985.3734 or visit http://transferu.ccccd.edu/smu.html.
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