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A newsletter for the students, faculty and staff of the Collin College. Published semi-monthly. For information or submissions, call 972.599.3142. Cougar News welcomes student and faculty submissions. Next deadline: July 12. 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. Submit copy that is proofed, edited and saved in Word format. Cougar News staff: Lisa Vasquez, director; Mark Robinson, editor; Marcy Cadena-Smith, contributor; Justin Jones, contributor; Heather Darrow, contributor; Nick Young, photography and layout.
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Campus Dates
Metals, ceramics, sculpture, paintings, water colors, drawings and prints from Collin College advanced art students will be exhibited at THE ARTS gallery. “II Advanced Students’ Art Show” through Thursday, July 2, at the gallery located at the Spring Creek Campus. THE ARTS gallery hours are: Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; 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.
All campuses are closed Friday, July 3 for the Fourth of July holiday.
“femme/foto* photography scholarship exhibition” will feature six photography scholarship students from Monday, July 13-Friday, Aug. 7. Admission is free and open to the public. The gallery is located at the Spring Creek Campus, 2800 E. Spring Creek Parkway in Plano. A reception is set for 6:30-8:30 p.m., Friday, July 17. THE ARTS gallery summer hours are: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-7 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.
Summer II classes begin Monday, July 13. Registration at Collin College can be done through CougarWeb. Students can find a log-in button to CougarWeb at the college’s website or go directly to
http://cougarweb.ccccd.edu. Then go to the "Registration Tools" channel on the home tab. For help logging into the portal, call the Student Help Desk at 972.377.1777. Through CougarWeb, registration is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Students can also view the latest version of e-schedule outside of the portal at www.ccccd.edu/schedules.html. However, they will not be able to register until they log into CougarWeb. For more information about registration and admissions, visit www.ccccd.edu/aro/registration.htm. For more general information, visit the college website at www.ccccd.edu or call 1.877.COLLIN1.
The Texas All-Star Jazz Camp 2009 is set from Sunday-Friday, July 19-24, at the Spring Creek Campus Conference Center. Special guest artists include Bill Holman and Gregg Bissonette. Students 13 years or older with at least one year of study on their instrument are welcome to apply. Tuition is $265 and $310 with lunch. For more information, contact Kris Berg at 972.881.5108 or e-mail him at kberg@ccccd.edu.
The Summer Math Bridge program is designed for students entering college, who want a refresher math course before they take on college math classes. The program is set for Monday, July 20-Thursday, Aug. 6, at the Spring Creek Campus, Room H224. The course is on Monday through Thursdays from 10:10 a.m.-12:10 p.m. The campus is located at 2800 E. Spring Creek Parkway in Plano. Textbooks will be provided, but students will be responsible for providing their own calculators. Space is limited. Students must complete and return an application and take a free math assessment at any Collin College campus by Friday, July 10. Applications for the Summer Math Bridge program are available online at www.ccccd.edu/destinationcollege. They can be e-mailed to destinationcollege@ccccd.edu, faxed to Ashley Adkins/Destination College at 972.377.1739 or mailed to the attention of Ashley Adkins, F115, 9700 Wade Blvd., Frisco, TX 75035. For more information about the Summer Math Bridge program, visit www.ccccd.edu/destinationcollege or e-mail destinationcollege@ccccd.edu.
The deadline for registration in the Southern Methodist University (SMU) pre-admission program is Saturday, Aug. 1. The program is geared for our students who want to transfer to SMU, students with a grade point average of 2.95 with fewer than 30 transferable hours, or students with a grade point average of 2.7 with more than 30 transferable hours. If you need applications and/or more information, please let me know or go to our website http://transferu.ccccd.edu/smupreadmit.pdf or http://transferu.ccccd.edu/smu.html.
The Collin College Foundation is hosting its 2009-10 Scholarship Awards Ceremony at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 6, at the Embassy Suites Frisco Hotel and Conference Center, 7600 John Q. Hammons Drive in Frisco.
Fall registration is open to all students through Wednesday, Aug. 26, the third day of class. The fall semester begins Monday, Aug. 24. Registration at Collin College can be done through CougarWeb. Students can find a log-in button to CougarWeb at the college’s website or go directly to http://cougarweb.ccccd.edu. Then go to the "Registration Tools" channel on the home tab. For help logging into the portal, call the Student Help Desk at 972.377.1777. Registration is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Students can also view the latest version of e-schedule outside of the portal at www.ccccd.edu/academics/class_schedule.html. However, they will not be able to register until they log into CougarWeb. The college accepts VISA, MasterCard or Discover credit cards online. Personal checks are accepted in person or over the web using the college’s secure Webcheck program. For more information about registration and admissions, visit www.ccccd.edu/gettingstarted/register/. For more general information, visit the college website at www.ccccd.edu or call 1.877.COLLIN1.
The Spring Creek Campus will be closed from 3 p.m., Friday, Sept. 18-Sunday, Sept. 20 due to the Plano Balloon Festival.
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