米歇尔•米伦, dean of Academic Affairs/Workforce at McKinney Campus, has been named president of the 2022年德州健康信息管理协会（TxHIMA）董事会, a state association of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). AHIMA is the premier association of health information management (HIM) professionals worldwide. Serving 52 affiliated component state associations and more than 103,000 health information professionals, AHIMA is recognized as the leading source of HIM knowledge and a respected authority for rigorous professional education and training.
The 英语作为第二语言 program recently acknowledged its English language learners at the Celebration of Achievement (the first on-site celebration since 2019). At the celebration, 23 ESL students were recognized for progress in the program, and nine students were honored for completing the program. Attended by more than 50 supportive family members, friends, faculty, and staff, the event included remarks from campus and program leadership and heart-warming testimonials from program students.
Collin College is proud to lead the North Texas consortium of 项目完成. 到目前为止，已有410名金沙博彩学生获得了超过50万美元的助学金。 This month, the college was notified it will be getting an additional $750,000 to support up to 500 more students this year. This is part of the Texas Reskilling Grant through Governor Abbott’s GEER funds which the college passes on to students returning to complete their degrees.
The 柯林书院基金会 received an Award of Honor in the 飞马座奖 competition sponsored by the Dallas chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). The foundation’s entry was for the 2020 virtual scholarship reception in the Events/Observances category.
PRSA-Dallas officially announced the Board of Directors for 2022 with 丽莎Vasquez slated as president-elect.
12月10日，金沙博彩举行了自2019年秋季以来的首次现场毕业典礼。 About 550 graduates walked across the stage and celebrated their incredible accomplishments. Thanks to the entire team that put the event on, especially 詹妮弗等待, the college’s new registrar. Check the Collin College YouTube page for a recording of the ceremony, including a speech from 尊敬的安吉拉·塔克, Collin County’s 199th District Court Judge.
In 2017, Collin College set a goal to increase the number of graduates by 241 each year over the previous year through 2030. From that baseline, the college’s goal was to reach 4,533 graduates in 2021. 汤姆·马丁博士 and the 院校研究处 have determined the college awarded 5,315 degrees and certificates last year, beating the goal by 782.
玛丽·巴恩斯-蒂利博士 was a guest on the Plano Chamber of Commerce podcast 普莱诺脉冲 in December. Listen to her episode on Soundcloud (http://tinyurl.com/y2fde99s) or Apple Podcasts (http://tinyurl.com/qowxdvx).
同乐会Charleson-Jennings, professor of Communication and Speech, has been selected as the community college representative for the 20-member 全国通信协会（NCA） Future Conventions Task Force, charged with creating and developing future NCA annual conventions as hybrid and more accessible events.
Representatives from 金沙博彩县农业局 signed a $30,000 endowment agreement with the 柯林书院基金会 on Jan. 10 to benefit the college’s agriculture students. The memorial endowment honors former 金沙博彩县农业局 board member 布奇额寇卡 who passed away last year. Members of Aycock’s family and 金沙博彩县农业局 representatives were in attendance.
Allen Public Library has asked Professor 曾罗德里格斯 to host a Pandemic Economics 101 presentation in January.
香农·贝茨博士 Great Ideas for Teaching Speech (GIFTS) presentation was accepted to the Southern States Communication Associations (SSCA) 92nd Annual Convention, April 6-10, in Greenville, South Carolina.
李维·r·布莱恩特博士 published “Wild Things” in 话语之后：事物、情感、伦理, edited by Bjornar J. Olsen, Mats Burstrom, Caitlin Desilvey, and Thora Petursdottir, Routledge, 2021.
At the October 2021 National Convention of the 全国律师助理协会联合会, student 莫妮卡菲利普斯 was awarded an NFPA student scholarship based on a competitive application process.
On Nov. 19, IT/Cybersecurity had virtual events throughout the day to support five different companies: TEKsystems, CISCO systems, Aspire Systems, Citigroup, and McAfee. Ninety students attended these sessions, the biggest turnout the college has had for a virtual career fair.
凯尔Kundomal (Frisco Campus), 业索尼娅蚀刻 (McKinney Campus), and 玛莎Chalhoub (iCollin) presented “Online Presence: Designing to Connect” at the 美国两年制大学数学协会（AMATYC） National Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. This talk focused on sharing different course design methods that enhance student-to-professor and student-to-student interaction in an online setting.
Professor 詹妮弗大米 completed her two-year commitment as a 项目访问 Fellow. 项目访问 is a mentoring and research program sponsored by the American Mathematics Association of Two-Year Colleges. As part of her fellowship, Rice conducted a research project on “Concept Exploration Through Discussion Board in College Algebra” and presented the results at the conference in Phoenix, Arizona, in October 2021. Rice plans to continue this research by changing the modality from online discussion boards to face-to-face instructor-led discussions. Rice spoke at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Frisco Post 8273 monthly meeting on Nov. 2 as a representative of Collin College about Student Veterans of America and the Collin College Veterans Day Parade.
The Wylie Campus Veterans Canned Food Drive collected 1,789 donations, and the campus was named the 2021 Champion.
Health Information Management Director 丽迪雅丹东, in her role as president-elect of Dallas Fort Worth Health Information Management Association (DFWHIMA), and with the help of faculty 4月亚当斯, 旋律Timmons, and 亚历克斯·赖特 and students •库克, 因陀罗Natarajan, and 尚Periasamy, organized the first in-person DFWHIMA workshop since the start of the pandemic. The first speaker at the event was Collin College adjunct faculty member Dr. Salman Moti.
Medical Assisting Advanced Practice Program Director 莱昂Deutsch will serve a two-year term on the Texas Health Community Impact Collin 领导 Council.
金伯利·哈里斯博士, professor of Music, was accepted to present “Perfect Practice Makes Perfect: Rubrics in The Blended/Online Music Courses” at the Online Learning Consortium Innovate 2022 Conference.
索尼娅·佩奇博士, professor of Math, was appointed to the 2021-2023 American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC) Nomination Committee.
李鲍威尔, associate dean of Academic Affairs at the Farmersville Campus, attended the Chair Academy Conference, The Elements of 领导, in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he presented an hour-long presentation titled, “Targeted Professional Development for Adjuncts at Collin College.”
芭芭拉·巴蒂斯塔 was appointed to Vice President of 认证 for the Collin County Chapter of 德州幼儿教育协会（TxAEYC） Board. 她以前是一名在逃成员。
大卫Montequin, reference librarian at Celina Campus, graduated from Texas Woman’s University on Dec. 10 with a Master of Library Science Degree. He was nominated for membership in Beta Phi Mu the Library and Information Science Honor Society.
The Celina Campus via its Celina Campus Community Connections (C4) Committee sponsored three Celina ISD families for Christmas. 这些物品包括玩具、衣服和食物。