Applications are now being accepted for spring 2008 SLA II. Complete application packets for SLA II, LEAD 2301 are available at www.ccccd.edu/sla and must be received no later than 5 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 2. Only 25 students will be accepted into the spring LEAD 2301 course. Students interested in the course must have a 2.5 cumulative grade point average and fill out an application packet. The application must be completed in its entirety to be considered for the class. There is no prerequisite for LEAD 2301. LEAD 2301 classes are offered during the spring semester from 8:45-11:30 a.m. Applications are available at the Center for Scholarly & Civic Engagement in Room F105 at the Spring Creek Campus or online at www.ccccd.edu/sla. Also, contact at rhughes@ccccd.edu or call 972.881.5900 for more information.

THE ARTS gallery will present “Go Figure!,” an exhibit of 2D and 3D art focusing on the human figure, Tuesday, Jan. 22-Saturday, Feb. 9. The gallery is located on the Spring Creek Campus, 2800 E. Spring Creek Parkway, Plano. THE ARTS gallery hours are: Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; and Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. For more information about this show or future shows, visit the gallery’s website at www.ccccd.edu/THEARTSgallery or call 972.881.5873.

The Auteur Film Series, “Secrets, Deceptions and Epiphanies: Fruit from the Cinematic Tree of Knowledge,” will present “A Lesson Before Dying” at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 5, at the Spring Creek Campus. For more information, visit http://www.ccccd.edu/auteurfilms.

Collin College will host world-renown poet Billy Collins as its Scholar-in-Residence 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 27, at the Spring Creek Campus Conference Center, 2800 E. Spring Creek Parkway in Plano. Collins is a two-time U.S. Poet Laureate and has published nine collections of his poetry over his career. The event is free and is open to the public. For more information, call the Honors Institute at 972.881.5120.

The Distinguished Speaker Series continues with Dr. Joan Fujimura, a professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she was founding director of the Robert F. and Jean E. Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies, at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 4. Dr. Fujimura will present "Epistemology in Action: Knowledge Production in Context." This talk focuses on the practical production of knowledge.The public lecture is set for 7 p.m. and a Conversation with Dr. Joan Fujimura at 10 a.m., Wednesday, March 5. For more information about the Distinguished Speaker Series, contact Regina Hughes, director, at rhughes@ccccd.edu or call 972.881.5900. Or visit the series’ webpage at www.ccccd.edu/speakerseries.