December 2006:
Number 512
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In This Issue...
Psychology professor given top award
Endowed chairs named
Guest speaker chronicles evolution in the classroom
Learning Communities, SLA spring up for upcoming semester
Collin tennis players teach Special Olympians court skills
Men's, women's basketball seek to repeat 2005-06 success
Book-in-Common hosts 'Big Fish,' author
Book Reviews -- Klosterman, Best American Nonrequired Reading
College News
Campus Dates
Top 10 -- Things About Finals
Recipe of the Month -- New England Lobster Roll
Annual craft fair has the goods
Transfer Tip
Quick Facts
The key to success is showing up
Five worst ways to choose a class
Banner Update
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 972.599.3142. Cougar News welcomes student and faculty submissions. Next deadline: Dec. 7 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; Teresa Danner, special contributor; Nick Young, photograpy and layout.

Psychology professor given top award
Jennifer O'Loughlin Brooks has always been a popular professor with students at Collin County Community College. Now this local psychology professor is number one for the entire Lone Star State.
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Endowed chairs named
Collin recently named two faculty members to the new endowed chairs of Scholarly and Civic Engagement and Nursing.
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Guest speaker chronicles evolution in the classroom
Arguably no other subject has drawn the ire and debate of the American consciousness as much as evolution has. Since Charles Darwin published “On the Origin of Species” in 1859 and “The Descent of Man” in 1871, arguments for and against the theory of evolution have burned bright inside and outside the classroom.
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Learning Communities, SLA spring up for upcoming semester
Both Learning Communities and the Student Leadership Academy are getting readying for spring.
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Collin tennis players teach Special Olympians court skills
Collin tennis players served up a good time for local Special Olympians.
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Men's, women's basketball seek to repeat 2005-06 success
The men's and women's basketball squads are preparing to embark on a new season. See what the coaches think about the 2006-07 season.

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Book-in-Common hosts 'Big Fish,' author
Book-in-Common organizers looks back at inaugural program.
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Book Reviews -- Klosterman, Best American Nonrequired Reading
Cougar News had a lot of time to read this month.
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College News
Students, faculty and staff are up to their old tricks. You know, academic pursuit, awards, appointments. The usual.
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Campus Dates
Mark these events on your calendar right now.
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Top 10 -- Things About Finals
December means finals for Collin students. Top 10 shows that finals aren't all that bad.
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Recipe of the Month -- New England Lobster Roll
Put on your Red Sox cap, Recipe of the Month is going north.
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Annual craft fair has the goods
The 15th annual Holiday Gift and Craft Fair is scheduled from 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 6, in the Spring Creek Campus Atrium.
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Transfer Tip
Know what courses and programs are designed to transfer.
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Quick Facts

The following table condenses ten years of data from IRO’s Headcount Statistics to summarize demographic trends among Collin’s credit student population.


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The key to success is showing up
We talked about workplace challenges in a previous article. One challenge we face before we even get to the workplace is getting hired and in most cases, getting hired means having a successful interview.
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Five worst ways to choose a class
With Wintermester and spring registration now in progress, learn the "do's" of planning a good schedule of classes by reading this humorous list of "don'ts."
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Banner Update
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December Employee Birthdays
Happy birthday to these employees.
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