For the second consecutive year, the college’s Purchasing Department has been awarded the Achievement of Excellence in Procurement Award from the National Purchasing Institute. The award is achieved by demonstrating excellence in procurement by obtaining a high score on a rating of standardized criteria. The program is designed to measure innovation, professionalism, e-procurement, productivity and leadership attributes.

Amy Lenhart, career counselor, received a Merit Award from the Texas Career Development Association, which is a part of Texas Counseling Association, at the 2007 Texas Counseling Association Conference in Corpus Christi in November. She received the award based upon her tenure in Career Services, for "being a strong advocate for career counseling and safeguarding the profession, for being committed to students and ensuring that they received the best professional service possible." 

Ceilidh Charleson-Jennings

Ceilidh Charleson-Jennings, chair of communication studies, has sold her narrative nonfiction book, Scent of the Missing: A Handler's Journey Beside a Search-and-Rescue Dog, to publisher Houghton Mifflin. Authored under the pseudonym Susannah Charleson, the book is slated for hardback release in 2009.