Collin College had a strong presence at the 大学学术支持计划（CASP） conference, Oct. 18-20. The conference, hosted jointly by the 德州发展教育协会 and the 大学阅读与学习协会德州分会, is designed to advance the knowledge and interest of post-secondary educators working in learning assistance, developmental education, tutorial services, and other programs of academic support and assistance. Associate Dean Cathy Thurman is on the board for TADE and co-hosted the conference in an online format this year. Collin College had 13 registered attendees and four presenters in the conference. CASP presenters from Collin College included: 利亚·贝克—— Developmental Math, McKinney Campus; 克里斯汀尤因 -发展数学，怀利校区； 米娜·贝里博士 -经济学，柏林； 琳达·卡波西 综合阅读和写作（INRW），普莱诺校区。

Collin College graduate, 拉尼娅Rawas, was awarded the 2021 NODA Outstanding Student 领导 Award at the 2021 NODA Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida. NODA is the Association for Orientation, Transition, and Retention in Higher Education. The Outstanding Student 领导 Award is a national award designed to give special recognition to students for their creativity, energy, enthusiasm, and outstanding abilities, which are the backbone of successful and dynamic orientation programs. Rawas was eligible for this award because she received the 2021 NODA Region IV Outstanding Undergraduate Student Leader-2 Year in March 2021. Rawas was also awarded the 2021 Collin College Student Employee of the Year and the 2021 Lebrecht-Hites Family Transfer Scholarship. Rawas is currently enrolled at the University of Texas at Dallas.

Collin College’s McKinney Campus was awarded the 激励服务奖 by 志愿者麦金尼 in October. The 激励服务奖 is presented to a public or private school, home school group, or another group that endeavors to teach and demonstrate serving others to its students through curriculum, programs, and community service initiatives.

The 金沙博彩模拟审判队 competed at the H-Town投掷邀请赛 Nov. 20-21 in Houston. The invitational tournament included 18 teams from some of the best mock trial schools in the country. The team competed head-to-head against the University of Arizona, Florida State University, the University of Texas at Dallas, and Dillard University in four separate scrimmages. The mock trial team gained valuable experience in advance of the American Mock Trial Association Regionals planned for Arlington in February. One of Collin College’s mock trial team members, 局局长Mayra Dantas本人交出密码, received the outstanding witness award for the tournament. Dantas scored as the best witness in three scrimmages and third-best witness in another scrimmage. Pictured above are Mock Trial Head Coach Benjamin Copeland and Dantas.

Collin College and Ranger College received a 真正的给予 of $314,279 from the 德州高等教育协调委员会 to support increasing computer information systems skills for students in continuing education programs. Funding was awarded from 阿博特州长的紧急教育基金.

In November, the Dallas chapter of the 美国公共关系协会 (PRSA) elected 丽莎Vasquez to its board of directors. Vasquez will serve as president-elect in 2022 and president of the chapter in 2023. PRSA-Dallas is the fourth largest chapter in the country, and Vasquez has been an accredited member of PRSA since 1996.

约翰·麦克雷蒂博士, professor of philosophy at the Plano campus, spoke at an author event and book discussion for 汉娜·阿伦特 by Samantha Rose Hill at the University of Texas at Dallas on Nov. 5.

辛迪白色, the college’s director of purchasing, has been elected president of the 德州公共采购协会（TxPPA） for 2022. TxPPA was established in 2008 and provides meaningful and relevant professional development opportunities for its members over a variety of public procurement topics while also strengthening professional relationships with others in the industry. The college is excited to have White represent the college in such a meaningful way.

The 金沙博彩警察局 held a sergeant promotional assessment board on Nov. 12. Officer Brittany Lemalu and Detective Adrian Ballin completed the assessment board and will be promoted to sergeant in December. The process includes a written examination, presentations, interviews, role-plays, verbal scenarios, and a written exercise. Police department supervisors from Texas Woman’s University PD, Wylie PD, McKinney PD, and Celina PD joined with assessors from human resources, the dean of students office, and Collin College PD to complete the promotional evaluation process.

贝勒·斯科特和怀特律师事务所 plan to hire 14 Collin College Health Professions students after an interview day planned by the college’s faculty and staff. Health Professions Clinical Coordinator Josh斯奈德 and Technical Campus 职业中心 Manager 杰西卡老 arranged the interview sessions on Nov. 18. 朱莉·韦斯科特博士, program director for Health Professions, called the event an incredible win for us and our students and thanked advisory committee member and chief nursing officer for 贝勒·斯科特和怀特律师事务所 Trang阮 for assistance in organizing the day.

The college’s 儿童发展实验学校 was awarded a four-year $838,000 grant from the Department of Education to provide childcare on-campus with a focus on serving low-income students. The first meeting to discuss the rollout was held on Oct. 29 with Barbara Batista, Natalie Greenwell, Lindsay Mvalo, and Lupita Murillo Tinnen.

More than 100 senior citizens will be warmer this winter thanks to the generous donations of Collin College Technical Campus faculty, staff, and students. During November, the Technical Campus provided over 100 queen-sized blankets for the 车上送餐 clients to snuggle up with during the cold weather. Organizers of the drive said Meals on Wheels tries to give each of their clients a blanket each holiday season, but never receives enough blankets.

瑞安·佩滕吉尔博士, professor of history at the Wylie Campus, was a featured guest on the 鲁瑟图书馆的故事 podcast on an episode named Communists and Community in Wartime Detroit in late October. https://open.spotify.com/episode/1SqJYLEt5siXgAXFfjkHVk?si=697c989360964abb&nd=1.

In January, Wylie Campus Dean 达芙妮巴布科克 will begin a three-year term as a Wylie Chamber of Commerce board member. Wylie Campus Provost 玛丽·麦克雷博士 closes out her three-year term with the chamber board in December.

Thirty-two new Vocational Nursing students have been accepted into the next program cohort, scheduled to begin at the Technical Campus in Spring 2022.

Associate Dean 凯尔Bellue is slated to receive his Doctorate of Education in Higher and Adult Education from the University of Memphis on Dec. 12. Bellue successfully defended his dissertation titled, “Removing Hidden Barriers: Using Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) to Examine Women’s Participation in the Military,” on Oct. 18.

Plano Campus Integrated Reading and Writing professors 凯伦Hanvey and 帕姆索耶 presented at the recent NISOD conference. Their presentation was titled “Pivoting with Corequisites in the time of COVID and Beyond.”

肖恩Ferrier-Watson published the poem, “Cosmic Dexterity,” in 躺在泥土里, vol. 190, Dec. 2021, which is currently online with print forthcoming, and “Silent Poet,” in 晚间街评, Spring 2022.

劳伦斯•卡特 and 菲利普·米切尔 participated in the Wylie Chamber of Commerce Cornament Cornhole Tournament, Nov. 5.