Scholarship applications for the 2008-09 year are being accepted by the Collin College Foundation through Monday, May 5. Applications are available online by visiting http://foundation.ccccd.org. Students will be notified in June and July if they received a scholarship. The Scholarship Awards Ceremony is set for Tuesday, August 5. For more information, call 972.599.3145. 

Collin College will host an Earth Day Celebration Tuesday-Wednesday, April 15-16 at its Preston Ridge Campus, 9700 Wade Blvd., in Frisco. Events will focus around the theme of “It Is Easy To Be Green! Recycle – Reuse -- Renew Our Planet.” Through various activities and lectures, attendees will learn how to make choices that will improve quality of life and benefit the environment. All events are free and open to the public. Visit the Earth Day website here. For more information, contact E.J. Hanford, Earth Day committee chair, at ehanford@ccccd.edu or 972.377.1589.

The Distinguished Speaker Series presents Dr. Michael Shermer, founding publisher of Skeptic magazine and executive director of the Skeptics Society, at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 15. Dr. Shermer will present "Why People Believe Weird Things." This lecture will focus on pseudo-science. The public lecture is set for 7 p.m. and a Conversation with Dr. Michael Shermer will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday, April 16. 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.

The Collin College Chamber Singers will perform an informal spring concert at 11:30 a.m., Friday, April 18, at the Spring Creek Campus Atrium. The event is free.

The Collin College Chamber Singers will perform their spring concert at 8 p.m., Friday, April 18, at the Spring Creek Campus, Room C104. The event is free.  

The Expressions vocal jazz group will perform at 7 p.m., Sunday, April 20, in the Spring Creek Campus cafeteria. Tickets are available at the door and are $10. Children under 6 are free. Proceeds benefit student scholarships.

The Collin Theatre Center concludes their 2007-2008 season with Blithe Spirit, the smash comedy hit of the London and Broadway stages. The ingenious plot tells how novelist Charles Condomine invites into his placid country home an eccentric, breezy medium in order to learn the language of the occult. Directed by Robin Armstrong. Blithe Spirit will be in the Black Box Theatre at the Spring Creek Campus. Performances are April 24-26, 30, May 1-3 at 8 p.m., with matinees April 27, May 3-4 at 2:15 p.m. Tickets are $8 for general admission, $6 for students and senior citizens. For tickets, call the Collin Theatre Hotline at 972.881.5100 or visit www.collintheatrecenter.com. A TTY information line for deaf patrons is available at 972.881.5117.  Performances on Sunday, April 27 at 2:15 p.m. and Friday, May 2 at 8 p.m. will be sign-interpreted for patrons who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing.

Free oral HIV testing will take place Tuesday, April 22 and Tuesday, April 29, at the Spring Creek Campus. Testing is not automatic. The representative from the Greater Dallas Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (GDCADA) will conduct a risk assessment and evaluation prior to testing, as well as offer education about how to avoid risky behaviors. To schedule an appointment call the GDCADA representative at 214.725.5916, Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Contact Counseling Services at 972.881.5126 for more information.

The Auteur Film Series, “Secrets, Deceptions and Epiphanies: Fruit from the Cinematic Tree of Knowledge,” will present “Sense and Sensibility” at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 24, at the Spring Creek Campus, 2800 E. Spring Creek Parkway, Plano. The event is free and open to the public. Some content may not be suitable for all ages. For more information, visit www.ccccd.edu/auteurfilms.com.

The spring Humanities Art Exhibit is scheduled from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Friday, May 2, at the Spring Creek Campus atrium.

The Collin College Chorale will present their spring concert at 8 p.m., Monday, May 5, at the John Anthony Theatre. The event is free.

Collin College's Fire Rescue Camp 2008 is set from Monday, June 9-Friday, June 13, at the Central Park Campus in McKinney. The camp is for boys and girls, age 14-18, interested in the activities of fire-rescue personnel. Teenagers will participate in hands-on training exercise learning the skills of professional firefighters. Program concludes with skills demonstration for family and friends. Times are 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Thursday, and  8:30 a.m.-noon,  Friday.