December 2005:
Number 500
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In This Issue...
Collin cultivates competitive dancers
Basketball players jump into community service
Collin, SMU welcome new dual admissions students
Second student leadership course slated for spring
Libraries extend hours during finals
Students take learning beyond classroom
Counseling services available for students
Alumna starts new hospitality career
Calendar of Events
College News
Faculty and Staff News
Former student owns restaurant in Rockwall
Transfer Tips - The Campus Visit, Part II
Re-careering: Crisis or opportunity?
Music genres swirled with mash ups
PTK inducts new members
Health and Fitness -- Holiday foods have their value
Quick Facts
December Employee Birthdays
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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: Dec. 2 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; Layout by Publications

Collin cultivates competitive dancers
Collin’s dance program has grown in leaps and bounds from having only two levels of dance courses to providing an array on dance components that are designed to prepare its aspiring dance students with the techniques and abilities to become successful dancers.
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Basketball players jump into community service
Collin basketballers are racking up assists on and off the court.
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Collin, SMU welcome new dual admissions students
Southern Methodist University (SMU) hosted a dual reception to welcome the Collin dual admissions students Oct. 12.
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Second student leadership course slated for spring
The college’s Student Leadership Academy will offer LEAD 2301 this spring as a follow up to its initial course, LEAD 1301.
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Libraries extend hours during finals
Burn the midnight oil during finals at Collin libraries.
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Students take learning beyond classroom
Students participating in a service-learning pilot program at Collin are able to take what they learned in class and make an impact outside in the real world.
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Counseling services available for students
With finals and the holidays quickly approaching, the months of November and December can leave students feeling stressed out and anxious.
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Alumna starts new hospitality career
At 44, Gesina Cuvi (pictured at right) has started her career. Tthe Plano resident has been named the human resources assistant at the Embassy Suites Hotel Dallas/Frisco after earning associate’s degrees in culinary arts and hotel/restaurant management from Collin. She also earned certificates in those areas.

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Calendar of Events
There is a lot going on at Collin during December.
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College News
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Faculty and Staff News
See what Collin faculty and staff are up to.
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Former student owns restaurant in Rockwall
Kim Hoegger In 2001, Kim Hoegger attended Collin and one of the courses she took was Basic Food Preparation.
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Transfer Tips - The Campus Visit, Part II
Questions you should ask during a campus visit.
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Re-careering: Crisis or opportunity?
“Re-tooling, re-focusing, revitalizing” careers are words we have invented to talk about developing a new career, or “re-careering.”
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Music genres swirled with mash ups
It is said among naysayers and artistic doomsdayists that everything is derivative. Music, art, literature – it is all dependent on the past, lines already crossed, envelopes already pushed.
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PTK inducts new members
Phi Theta Kappa inducted a new batch of members during a recent ceremony.
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Health and Fitness -- Holiday foods have their value
This holiday season, eat that pecan pie without guilt. Pecan pie – and other holiday delicacies – may not shrink your waistline, but they do have some nutritional value.
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Quick Facts
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December Employee Birthdays
Another candle is added to the cake to these Collin employees in December.
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