Our Scholarships Can Help You Make the Financial Grade
 You don’t need perfect grades to qualify for some of the more than 350 scholarships offered through the DCCCD Foundation. There are scholarships for DCCCD students districtwide, and there also are some offered only to students at your college. And, unlike loans, scholarships are a gift you don’t have to pay back.
There are plenty of non-DCCCD scholarships you can apply for as well. Our Scholarship Resources page has links to online databases where you can search for scholarships that match your background and interests and also lists other resources with information about paying for college.
Application deadlines vary. Here are three scholarships with application deadlines coming up soon:
- The Ted Pohrte Distance Learning Scholarship Fund, established in honor of a pioneer in distance learning, pays up to $450 per year to students on a degree plan who enroll in at least six hours of distance learning classes. Deadline to apply is Nov. 30.
- Max and Rosa Goldblatt Award in Community Service. The scholarship pays $600 ($300 per semester) to a community service-minded student at each of the seven DCCCD colleges. The deadline for applying is early January.
- Morris K. Udall Scholarship. Scholarships of up to $5,000 and 50 honorable mentions of $350 to sophomore and junior level college students committed to careers related to the environment, tribal public policy or Native American health care. Get your application to your college’s Financial Aid Office by Jan. 22.
The Financial Aid Office at your college has information on these and many other scholarships.
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Reverse Transfer: Earn a Degree the Easy Way
 Did you know there is a program that allows you to earn an associate degree from DCCCD long after you’ve moved on to a four-year university? And at no cost to you?
The program is called reverse transfer, and it’s another benefit of being a student at DCCCD.
Traditionally, courses you take at DCCCD can be applied toward a degree at a four-year university. The “reverse” in reverse transfer means that courses you take at a four-year university are applied toward an associate degree at DCCCD.
Why take advantage of reverse transfer if you plan to obtain a bachelor’s degree? Having another degree on your résumé can be a big plus in the job market.
“Reverse transfer gives students the opportunity to put on their résumé, ‘I also have an associate degree,’ ” notes Gregg Williams, district director, Transfer Services/Articulation and University Relations. “That can help when looking at job offerings, or in jobs currently held where an associate degree can help you move up.”
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Learn What Improvements in eCampus Mean for You
 Are you among the thousands of DCCCD students who use eCampus? If so, good news: eCampus soon will be better than ever.
Perhaps you use eCampus — sort of a virtual campus for students and faculty — to collect announcements from your professors or to check course syllabi. You might also use its collaboration tools, such as blogs, e-mail, instant messaging, video/audio conferencing, Wikis and journals. Other eCampus resources include:
- chat rooms
- course content
- library resources
- news media resources
- online courses
- a personal calendar that syncs with your handheld electronic device
The improved version, which Emilio Ramos, who is in charge of eCampus, expects to be in place by the Winter term, will incorporate many of the latest Web 2.0 tools, making eCampus a richer experience while increasing its usefulness. For instance, you will be able to easily interface with Facebook and Twitter and sync with your iPhone. In addition, the new version has drag and drop capabilities that the present version lacks, plus the ability to customize the user interface.
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Don’t Delay! Take Our Online Survey — You Could Win an iPod!
 Time’s running out to take a 10-to-15-minute survey online and enter into a drawing to win a free iPod nano or a $150 iTunes gift card.
DCCCD is conducting a survey about how you use the media and spend your time. Your participation in the survey will help the district with its future planning. All responses are confidential.
You can take the survey anytime up until 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18.
Thank you for participating, and good luck in the drawing.
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Put Travel, Event Planning on Your Career Horizon
 Do you think overseeing a convention, coordinating a trade show or planning an elaborate vacation takes skill? You’re right! And by enrolling in DCCCD’s Travel, Exposition and Meeting Management (TEMM) program, you can learn the skills needed to embark on an exciting career in the travel and hospitality industry.
Our program, offered at Richland College, is taught by working industry professionals who are passionate about their jobs in and out of the classroom. Your future career will get a jump-start with the wealth of networking opportunities you’ll gain in the travel and hospitality hub that is the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Career Voyages for in-demand occupations lists the hospitality industry as one of the nation’s top job markets for employment through the year 2016.
Richland’s TEMM credit program includes an associate degree and two certificates.
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Student Success Story: Loretta Allen
 Loretta Allen knew when she graduated from high school that she wanted to be an event planner. And she found that the Travel, Exposition and Meeting Management degree plan at Richland College was more specific to what she wanted than any of the four-year degrees she checked out.
“The great thing about Richland’s program is that the classes are taught by people in the industry. They say, ‘Here’s what the book says, but here’s what’s real-life.’ That program really gave me the footwork to understand how things work in the hospitality industry. With their internships, you get the chance to actually take part in the industry. Before you know it, you’re doing the job you were learning about.”
Allen earned her degree while working full time. She interned at Crowne Plaza at Dallas Market Plaza, with the Intercontinental Hotels group. She has since become group sales manager at the Hotel Palomar near Southern Methodist University.
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Spring may not be in the air, but Spring registration at your DCCCD college is.
