February 2007:
Number 514
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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: Feb. 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; Sheri Mackey, contributor; Nick Young, photography and layout
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Collin, A&M-Commerce team up to provide scholarships
Cooperation, makes it happen.
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| Recipients of a scholarship to Texas A&M University-Commerce were honored Jan. 12 by officials from both schools. The honorees were: Bobbie Blair, Amber Bowman, Kacie Dykes, Madison Gibbs, Mike Green, Jennifer Jacobs, Rachel Jones, Jaymie McIntire, Justin Ryan, Monica Serrano, Beth Stewart and Judy Tisdale. Also pictured (far left) from A&M University-Commerce Dr. Yvette Underdue Murph and Becki Blackwell and (far right) Mary McRae, Collin's vice president of student development and Barbara Money, associate vice president of student development. |
A dozen college students are glad this maxim holds true.
On Jan. 12, officials from Collin and one of its dual admissions partners, Texas A&M University-Commerce (A&M-Commerce), paid tribute to 12 transfer students who received $1,000 scholarships as they entered the four-year institution.
The scholarship recipients were: Bobbie Blair, Amber Bowman, Kacie Dykes, Madison Gibbs, Mike Green, Jennifer Jacobs, Rachel Jones, Jaymie McIntire, Justin Ryan, Monica Serrano, Beth Stewart and Judy Tisdale.
“We’re thankful that you’ll be joining our student body,” Dr. Yvette Murph, A&M-Commerce assistant vice president, said. “We wanted you to make sure that you felt at home on campus. As transfer students, you slip in and you slip out. We wanted to make it possible to become part of the community and to be introduced to some of the faces at A&M Commerce.”
Bowman, 20, of Trenton, plans to study interdisciplinary education at A&M-Commerce and is very appreciative of the scholarship.
“Any money helps out,” she said.
Hoping to enter the law enforcement profession, Green, 19 and from Allen, will study criminal justice at A&M-Commerce. He chose the university because his cousin is enrolled there.
“(Becoming a police officer), has been a childhood dream that has never went away,” he said. “(This scholarship) is very important. I’m applying for loans so any extra help I can get ... I’m all for it.”
Stewart chose A&M-Commerce because it has “one of the best social work programs in the area.”
The 20-year-old Royse City resident wants to study social work and work with children in hospitals -- prepping them for surgery, playing games and making them as comfortable as possible in less-than-sunny situations.
“I don’t have to get student loans this semester,” she said. “Students are working and going to school and we have to get loans and eventually pay them back. It’s a big burden.”
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