WINTER/SPRING 2006:
Volume 3, Issue 2
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Financing Higher Education:
Increasing number of students seek financial assistance
While  Cindy Garcia worked as a waitress, she imagined what it would be like to stand in front of a classroom full of third graders. She is now pursuing a degree in education at Collin County Community College (Collin) because of the generosity of individuals in the community. Garcia is acting on her dream, but there are more dreamers than scholarships to go around.
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Red carpet rolls out March 4 for sponsors of
Plain & Fancy Ball Texas-Style
 Because student need for financial aid is at an all-time high (see related story, above), the college is now seeking supporters for the second annual Plain and Fancy Ball.
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Where are they now? Former student fights bioterrorism
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Elizabeth Dalton
Senior Program Analyst, Anteon Corporation
To stop terrorists from gaining or using biological weapons; to protect the public if they do |
 | Her life sounds like a spy novel: Flowing past officers of every branch of the military, winding through the Pentagon’s outer ring, opening doors marked “Classified Personnel Only” with her thumbprint...Though it sounds like a work of fiction, this is practically an everyday occurrence in the life of Elizabeth Dalton, a biological weapons expert and former Collin student.
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College expands throughout Collin County
 Due to student enrollment growth, Collin is expanding facilities at the Preston Ridge Campus in Frisco. Plans are underway to build a 50-60,000-square foot facility for classrooms and faculty offices between Founders and Heritage halls (site pictured at right). The new building will make the campus more comprehensive in order to offer more courses.
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Collin honors 2005 'Living Legends'
 Recently, Collin recognized pillars of the community at its annual Living Legends Tribute, underwritten for the second consecutive year by Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano.
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Faculty/Staff Highlights
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Student Highlights
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Did you know?
Collin is growing faster than any college or university in Texas! Check out our interesting statistics.
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