August 2005:
Number 496
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In This Issue...
Collin police purchase bicycles
Trustees choose McKinney for new building
Teacher certification program nets $10,000 award
Collin combats identity theft
Credit cards are big business
Campus Dates
Student News
Faculty and Staff News
College News
Meeting the giants of animation
Collin graduates new class
Recipe of the Month: Santa Fe Chicken
Help Career Services & Co-op help you – fill out this survey
Know Which Courses and Programs are Designed to Transfer
MOVIE REVIEW: Geek is Chic
Quick Facts
What in the name of Fred Flintstone are vitamins anyway?
August Employee Birthdays
Correction
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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 972.758.3849. 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. 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; Nick Young, photographer; Heather Darrow, contributor; Layout by Publications

Collin police purchase bicycles
The Collin County Community College District (Collin) police force is putting the pedal to the metal – the bicycle pedal.
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Trustees choose McKinney for new building
It is now a matter of when, and not of where regarding the new location for Collin’s administrative offices.
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Teacher certification program nets $10,000 award
The teacher certification program was the first such program for a community college in the nation when it was accredited in 2000.
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Collin combats identity theft
By Stephanie Hall, Student Correspondent
With the possibility of identity theft a very real threat, Collin has taken measures to protect its students from becoming victims of this malicious crime.
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Credit cards are big business
By Sydney Portilla-Diggs, Student Correspondent
As Collin students make plans to matriculate to four-year universities, they may feel the pinch of increasing debt. In fact, college undergraduates nationwide are accumulating an increasing debt load on their way to a bachelor’s degree.
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Campus Dates
Check out the upcoming events at Collin, including an exhibit that will feature the art pictured at the right.
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Student News
Collin students have been up to some pretty spectacular things.
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Faculty and Staff News
Read about some faculty and staff members' accomplishments
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College News
Check out some of the quick hits from Collin news.
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Meeting the giants of animation
By Heather Darrow, Special Contributor
A Bunch of Short Guys and Collin’s Applied Graphic Design Technology program’s Industry Giants 2005 kicked off with a special treat this year.
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Collin graduates new class
Collin County Community College District (Collin) held its 2005 commencement ceremonies at The University of Texas at Dallas May 13.
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Recipe of the Month: Santa Fe Chicken
See what's cooking at Collin.
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Help Career Services & Co-op help you – fill out this survey
By Deborah Anglin
The Career Services & Co-op offices are here to serve both the students and faculty, but we want to know what else we can do to help. Please complete a survey to help us learn how to best serve you.
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Know Which Courses and Programs are Designed to Transfer
As a community college student, it is important to understand that there are various types of college credit.
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MOVIE REVIEW: Geek is Chic
Hollywood lets us all embrace our inner-nerd
By Mark Robinson

When you really think about it, it was only a matter of time before we all became geeks. How else do you explain not only the creation, but the success of so many comic book-based movies?
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Quick Facts
The following table presents “reverse transfers” to Collin in Summer I and Summer II 2005 from top 13 universities.
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What in the name of Fred Flintstone are vitamins anyway?
Everyone knows they are supposed to take vitamins, but most probably do not know why.
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August Employee Birthdays
See which faculty and staff members are turning a year older.
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Correction
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