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Learning Communities was a foreignconcept upon entering Collin CountyCommunity College District (Collin) inthe fall 2005. But after completing myfirst semester, I knew LearningCommunities were the mostinteresting, thought-provoking,academically-enriching classes.

When I was signing up for my first 12hours of college classes, I felt like adeer in headlights. I had no idea whatcourses I needed to sign up for until the academic advisorrecommended four courses to take including both historyand sociology.

She informed me that I could take the classes separate ortogether in a Learning Communities class titled “WhatDoes It Mean To Be an American?,” which combined thetwo-hour long courses into one two-hour course, and Iwould still receive six hours of credit. The idea soundedperfect and I immediately signed up for the course, LRCM8605.C03. The first day of classes, I did not know what toanticipate, but within the first 30 minutes, I knew what toexpect out of the course.

Two professors, two subjects, one grade

The course was taught by two professors working side byside integrating the two subjects into one unique class.Professor Pamela Gaiter, sociology, and professor LarryCollins, U.S. history, presided over the class. Theyinformed the class that the workload would be highbecause it is a two-course class, and we would receive thesame grade for both courses. They also gave us a briefoutline of the work expected of us before the semesterends.

We would have to complete two group projects, a midterm,final, weekly quizzes, two field trips, a service learningpaper or book critique and write four experiential learningpapers on either the various speakers or field trips.

Immediately, I knew that the class would not be easy, andthe work would be intensive, but it would be an amazing

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course. The course began with an outline of the readingswe would be required to finish for each week.

After two weeks of classes, groups were chosen and ourfirst group project was assigned. The assignment was tochoose an ethnic group in U.S. history from a list includinggroups from the Ku Klux Klan to Vietnamese refugees, andthen to create a presentation to inform the class about theparticular ethnic group. In addition to the presentation, wehad to type up a work-cited page and each member wasrequired to write a process paper informing the professorshow the other members in the group participated in theproject.

The class had five weeks to complete the project and beready to present their 15- to 25-minute presentation.Before the projects were due, we went on our first field tripto the Holocaust Museum, decided whether we were goingto participate in a service-learning project or write a bookreview, and heard our first speaker, who was a Holocaustsurvivor.

The field trip to the museum was informative, emotional,and allowed the class to observe first hand a historicalevent we had been studying. In addition to touring themuseum, we had lunch in downtown, which allowed theclass to communicate outside of the classroom.

The class period after we went on the field trip, we had todecide between the service-learning project and the bookreview. The service-learning project required the student toparticipate in an organization whose goal is to help thecommunity. Our choices included being a tutor at eitherWebb Elementary School or Caldwell Elementary School,being a Legal Aid, or being a conversation partner with anESL student at Collin. If a student chose to participate inservice-learning, that student would be required to attendthe particular organization once a week for a set period oftime followed by a written paper explaining theirexperience. If a student did not want to participate inservice learning, they could write a three to five page bookreview about a book they selected from a list given by theprofessors.

A course with discourse

After giving our first group presentations, our first twoexperiential learning papers were due and we had anotherspeaker attend the college. All of the speakers heldlectures in Pike Hall at the Central Park Campus. Thisspeaker was Ron Cowart, a Dallas police officer and aVietnam veteran who is a major influence in AsianAmericans experience in Dallas. All of our speakers relatedto the subjects we were studying out of our textbooks. Theprofessors’ goal was to give us an out of the classroomexperience to enhance our learning experience.

Following Cowart’s lecture, we took our midterm exam,which was one of two exams we took during the semester.In addition to the exam covering all the material from our




textbooks, the exam also included questions from the firstgroup presentations. Upon completing our midterm, we hadanother speaker, Victor Lewis, who spoke about theAfrican American experience. Like the other speakers,Lewis spoke about a subject we were in the middle ofstudying in class.

The next week, we went on our second class field trip tothe African American museum and the Latino CulturalCenter at Fair Park. Each field trip was taken during classtime and if the trip was to last longer than the time allowedfor the class, the professors would write a letter for astudent to whom ever they needed. Although this field tripwas not as emotional as the Holocaust museum, it didtouch close to home because it explained the AfricanAmerican and Latino experiences in North Texas. TheAfrican American museum had an amazing amount ofhistorical artifacts, paintings, and photography exhibit thatleft a profound impact on me upon leaving the museum.

The next class period, the second group presentationswere assigned, and the professors allowed the class tochoose their groups. The presentations were over culturallyethnic minority groups in America including Mexican,Cuban, Asian and African Americans. This project had thesame requirements, as the first project except the projectrequired us to integrate new terms and ideas we hadlearned since our last project. When the project wasassigned, we were studying Native Americans experience,and we had a Native American flutist, William Gutierrez, asour next speaker. Gutierrez’s flute playing was a highlightof the class because it was extremely emotional andsoothing at the same time.

After Gutierrez came to speak and play his flute, our lasttwo experiential learning papers were due. At this point, wewere in the final stretch of the class. Two weeks later,following Thanksgiving break, our second grouppresentation was due. These presentations were enjoyablebecause in addition to the presentation, groups broughtfood, music and clothing from the particular group theychose for their project.

One class period we had a culturally infused feastincluding Saudi Arabian, Mexican and Asian food. After ourfeast, we went back to work when the professors handedout the final exam take home essay and our final examreview.

The final exam essay required us to explain the fivedifferent groups we had studied over the semester. Thispaper allowed me to reflect back on what I had learnedabout the American experience for African, Hispanic,Asian, European and Native Americans. The in-classportion of the final included all the material from the mid-term to the final, instead of it being comprehensive.

Final thoughts

On the first day of class, the professors asked us to write a



paragraph on why we took the course and what wethought it meant to be an American. My answer to the firstpart of the question was I took the class because Ireceived six hours of credit in one class and as for what itmeans to be an American, I simply stated that “Being anAmerican, is being free.”

After completing this course, my answers have drasticallychanged. Even though I signed up for the class becausethe courses were required, I learned more about myself,our country, and the importance of an education. It is oftenthe belief of students that the professor makes a course,and in this case, we were honored with two amazingprofessors who created an incredible class.

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The Student Leadership Academy is arigorous semester-long leadership experienceunique to Collin. The course is designed toencourage leadership, integrity, professional development,scholarship and service. The curriculum fosters skillsthrough lecture, guest speakers, student facilitation andteam projects. The students earn three credit hours uponcompletion.

Only 25 students will be accepted into the fall LEAD 1301course. Students interested in the course must have a 2.5cumulative grade point average and fill out an applicationpacket. The application must be completed in its entirety tobe considered for the class. There is no prerequisite forLEAD 1301.

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Students who have plans this summer for a vacation orroad trip should take along a Collin County CommunityCollege District (Collin) sign, T-shirt, hat, notebook, plushCougar* or any item with the college’s name, logo and/ormascot. Photograph yourself with your Collin item andsubmit it to Cougar News.

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Animation giants offer a peek into theirworld By Shawn Stewart Special Contributor

The Industry Giants 2006:Giant Steps Forwardcomputer graphics,animation and gamingforum at Collin offeredstudents and guests a rare,behind-the-scenes glimpseinto the imaginative worldof digital movie effects andvideo game design, not tomention a sneak preview ofsome of the summer’sbiggest blockbusters.

Industry Giants took place June 10 in the John Anthony Theatreat Spring Creek Campus. Hosted by Collin’s Applied GraphicsDesign Technology department and the regional animators’ guild,A Bunch of Short Guys, Industry Giants included presentationsby a distinctive lineup of speakers working in all areas ofanimation and special effects for film, television and games.Geeks ruled the day.

The audience at the John Anthony Theatre was full of self-proclaimed animation, gaming, film and computer nuts--myselfincluded. It’s easy to tell fans apart from the “norms,” both by ourcasual dress code, (baseball caps, T-shirts, sneakers, socksoptional) and by the number of acronyms and technical gibberishwe sprinkle into everyday speech: Maya, MMORPGs, FACS,“parenting,” “ambient occlusion pass,” “mo-cap,” etc.

An impressive amount of technology was brought to bear on theforum. The Short Guys brought with them three cameras and adigital switcher to record the day’s events.

Christian Lorenz Scheurer – Visual Storytelling and UniverseCreation Conceptual Art Director

Scheurer offered a unique glimpse into the thought processesbehind creating conceptual art for feature films "The FifthElement," "Titanic" and "The Matrix," and video games like "FinalFantasy," "Spore" and "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King."Scheurer is one of many team members whose work falls intothe realm of conceptual art or pre-visualization, part of the pre-production process for most movies and video games.











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He’s a graphic artist by trade, one who likes to dream upfantastic people, places and things. The more freedom he isgiven, the more outlandish his designs are. His work resemblesthat of H.R. Geiger ("Alien").

“All my pictures tell a story,” he said. “I always leave the viewerwanting to know more about the universe I’ve created.”

That’s why his concept art always has people in it, boarding atrain or walking around, involved in some action... low-techgliders mixed with high-tech cities. He calls this adding “drama”to a picture--the element of the unknown, the curious. On thevideo game "Final Fantasy IX," Scheurer moved from painting oncanvas to painting directly into Photoshop, to save time andmoney.

“It was liberating,” he said.

Now, instead of having just one flat canvas, he could have “layerupon layer upon layer of images,” he said, which led him toconclude: “It’s great if you get paid on the job to learn new tools."

Pointing to one drawing, he added: “I could never have createdthat with markers and wash.”

Scheurer believes very strongly in creating back stories for all ofhis people, places and things. In fantasy, he says, this isparticularly important, to help the audience relate to an otherwisealien environment. For example, he proposes that the movieAlien was based entirely on the lifecycle of the creature. There isthe “facehugger” parent, the embryo alien implant, the violent“birthing” scene, and finally the fully grown alien terrorizing thespaceship.

“If the director [Ridley Scott] had told Geiger to avoid all of thishistory of the alien itself,” he said, “then there would have beenno story.”

Scheurer created matte paintings of the NYC library buried underhundreds of feet of snow and concept drawings of the “supercell”hurricane for the motion picture "The Day After Tomorrow." Hemade cutaways of the electromagnetic spaceships for "TheMatrix" and concept drawings of the historic ocean liner breakingapart for "Titanic."

Creating matte paintings is very much “a Zen-like experience,”he said. Since the artist is painting environmental landscapes,with lots of repetitions elements, the artist has to repeat tohimself, “stone stone stone, rock rock rock, sky sky sky,” whilepainting. He told graphic artists in the audience to alwaysquestion why something has to be the way it is, even whenquestioning the producer, the one signing the paychecks.

“They don’t always understand visual arts,” he said.

Why, for example, is it awkward to mix a Japanese building witha European interior? Even the guys who are “on the trigger for$10, $15 million” don’t always understand this. That’s why it’simportant, he said, to occasionally step back from other projects




and create your own material, “your own IP,” he called it.

Copies of his book, "Entropia," a fantasy story told throughstamps, is available at Amazon.com. Examples of his work canbe seen at www.christianlorenzscheurer.com.

Loni Peristere – Zoic Studios – Visual Effects Creation for“Serenity” Peristere is co-founder and creative director of Zoic Studios(www.zoicstudios.com) in Los Angeles. His work includescreating special effects for commercial, episodic and featureanimation projects, like "Battlestar Galactica," "CSI" and "BuffyThe Vampire Slayer."

He received a 2003 Emmy Award for his visual effects work onthe series "Firefly."

Peristere graduated magna cum laude from the University ofMassachusetts in 1995. He won the Paul Tucker Award for hisshort film “Twilight” in 1996. That brought him to the attention ofcompanies in Hollywood.

“You must have a consistent vision of where you’re going andwhat you want to do in this business,” he said. “Otherwise, it’seasy to get off-track and lose your way.”

Though he discussed at length his work as visual effectssupervisor on the film "Serenity," the theme of his presentationwas actually “persistence of vision,” a double-take on the old filmphrase, meaning “the phenomenon by which still images, whenprojected in rapid succession, give the appearance of motion.”

This is what makes movies and TV possible. Peristere redefinethis phrase to mean “keeping a consistent vision” about who youare and where you are going, both in life and in the film industry.In the mid-1990s, through his work at a visual effects company,Peristere met Joss Whedon, creator of "Buffy The VampireSlayer." The two became fast friends based on a mutual loveaffair of old movies, including ironically the musical "Seven Bridesfor Seven Brothers." A scene from the movie became inspirationfor a fight sequence in one episode of "Buffy." (In fact, Whedonwas such a fan of old musicals that he created an entire song-and-dance episode of "Buffy" in season six. As comical as itsounds, vampires dancing and singing, the episode is actuallyquite touching.)

The two hit it off so well that Peristere was promoted to visualeffects supervisor on the second season of "Buffy."

“Going to Joss Whedon university for my grad school was thecoolest thing that I could ever have asked for,” he admits.

It took Peristere only a few minutes to use his first Whedon-ism,“uber-photo-reality,” to the delight of all us geeks, whendescribing a special effects shot. In "Buffy," everything is calleduber-this or uber-that, for something extraordinary, like Buffy’sarch-nemesis “the uber-vamp.” During season two, Peristereperfected the technique of “dusting” vampires, or killing them.Dusting was a digital green-screen/morphing technique usedwhenever a vampire, after being staked through the heart, would




fly apart like a cloud of dust. In creating the effect, Peristereadmitted that he was inspired by the 1960’s Hammer Draculamovies. Often in Hammer films, Dracula would die either bysunlight or by staking and dissolve into what looked like a puddleof bubbling, wet, green sand.

In his effect, Peristere took that notion one step further, making itmore visually exciting, by allowing this to happen in the middle ofa fight sequence, on the fly. (This probably also kept the networkcensors happy, by cutting down on the amount of blood in whatwould have otherwise been a bloody TV series.) Dusting becamea "Buffy trademark"--even made its way into pop culturevernacular, “I dusted him,” became a favorite saying, so much sothat the Zoic website states, “[d]usting demons is our specialty.Zoic has proven themselves to be the experts on vampireeffects.”

This is no idle boast. "Buffy" probably did more in its seven-season run to expand the vampire mythos than all the Hammerfilms combined. The series is a lovely example of pre-millennialparanoia.

“We have an ethical responsibility to create stories which livebeyond our lifetimes,” said Peristere, who not surprisingly was aliterature major in college and frequently references Homer andAristotle.

“We must create stories that last.”

As a result, Peristere’s company, Zoic, won several awards forthe series: nominated for outstanding special visual effects for aseries, 2003 Primetime Emmy Awards; and winner foroutstanding visual effects in a television series 2003 VESAwards. The company created many other digital effects for theshow: magic potions, disintegrating demons, giant caverns andthe “flat out destruction of Sunnydale” in the final episode.Peristere went on to serve as visual effects supervisor andsecond unit director for the movie "Serenity," another film by JossWhedon, based on the TV series "Firefly." Over the past nineyears, their working relationship progressed to the point wherethe "Buffy" scribe will often write into his script, “Spaceship fliesthrough space. (Loni will come up with something really coolhere!)”

Undoubtedly, Peristere hopes to work on the next Whedonproject, the one about “that chick with bracelets,” as he called it,Wonder Woman. Peristere believes that the future of storytellingis in “the birth of the interactive narrative as a very realistic wayof life. The technology that we are developing today in videogames is going to allow us in the very near future to create veryrealistic worlds, people, places, things. It will enable us to haveworld-creation become the normal part of entertainment.” Let’shope there’s still room for traditional narratives like "Buffy."

T. Dan Hofstedt – Sony Pictures Imageworks – Animating“Monster House” Hofstedt is animation supervisor with Sony Pictures Imageworks(www.sonypictures.com/imageworks/company/bios/thofstedt.html).Hofstedt discussed his work on the animated “performancecapture” feature "Monster House," due for release July 21.




Hofstedt is a wonderful and gifted animator. His gift forcaricaturing both likeness and action of a character has servedhim well over a 21 year career in feature film animation. (Triviaquestion: His first job after graduating from Cal Arts, the Disneyfarm school, was as an animator on the Emmy Award-winningTV series, The Smurfs.) And he does wonderful voiceimpressions of his characters as he is giving presentations.

He is a delightful presenter. Hofstedt is a 12-year veteran of WaltDisney Feature Animation. "The Lion King," "Aladdin" and"Pocahontas" are among his credits. Hofstedt served as seniorcharacter animator on The" Polar Express" from Director RobertZemeckis. "The Polar Express" was the first film to employImagemotion™, the motion capture system developed byImageworks. In regards to "The Polar Express," I have to admitnot being overly impressed with the technology originally.

Unfortunately, the few scenes I saw from "Monster House,"though beautifully animated and full of character, did not changemy mind about the underlying technology, Imagemotion™."Monster House" makes extensive use of “performance capture,”a new digital motion-captured technique in which actors arecovered with luminescent dots and those dots are then recordedby the computer to create a representative wireframe image ofthe character’s body and facial movements.

Hofstedt called this a “rig.” Recording broad gestures--walking,standing, sitting--go back to "Titanic," 10 years prior, butrecording facial gestures is relatively new. The computer uses analgorithm, called the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) toestimate emotions on the live-action actors and to transposethose onto the animated characters. (By comparison, in moretraditional a keyframe animation, every nth frame is actuallydrawn by hand and then filled in by other artists who are knownas “inbetweeners.”)

One lovely example of keyframe animation is the “monsterhouse” itself, which is personified as a character in the movie,eating people and spitting them out. The monster house isanimated as a traditional character, with facial features: windowsfor eyes, door for a mouth. The full resolution, or wireframe, “rig”for the house included 40,000 controls which could beindividually manipulated to give the house character. Everyshingle, porch board, and slat of siding could be tweaked andtorqued to make the house bristle, frown, talk and even walk. It’sa lovely piece of animation that required no motion capturewhatsoever.

By contrast, Imagemotion™, performance capture, or motion-capture as it is still called (“mo-cap”) is supposed to imbibe theanimated character with movements which are more natural thancan be otherwise achieved by traditional, hand-drawn animation.

Hofstedt calls tracing a “legitimate tool for animators,” going backto the loose interpretations of the early Disney animations to themore tightly “rotoscoped” movies, like "Heavy Metal." Historically,that’s correct. But after seeing several scenes of "MonsterHouse" at the presentation, I’m not sold. I’m not convincedmotion capture added much natural movement to the final look of



the characters in this movie. The characters in "Monster House"are so stylized and exaggerated, caricatures basically, thattraditional keyframe animation would have sufficed.

Hofstedt admitted that his animation team would simply use theactors facial motion data “as a reference point,” and wouldconstantly accentuate movements, gestures and words to makethem more dramatic or emphatic. That begs the question: Whyuse a motion capture at all? Unless the movie is aiming forphoto-realism, like "The Polar Express," motion capture seems awaste of the time and talents of actors like Steve Buscemi andJason Lee, who “play” two characters in "Monster House."

Or better yet, James Cameron’s "Avatar," which may include thefirst fully C.G. character that is indistinguishable from a realhuman being. Watch for a tricky bit of casting on this one.

Let’s hope that Director Robert Zemeckis can make better use ofthis technology in his upcoming, photo-realistic “performancecapture” movie version of "Beowulf."

Scott Peterson - Digital Anvil – Designing for Tomorrow’sGame Platforms Game Designer Peterson, with Digital Anvil/Microsoft Game Studios, gave arather technical presentation on game console improvements andhow designers are using increased power to create more visuallycompelling game environments. Peterson counts "Freelancer,""Brute Force" and "Enwor" are among his game credits and"Spawn," "The Nutty Professor" and "Spy Kids" among his filmcredentials.

DNA Productions – "The Ant Bully" Dallas-based DNA Productions ("Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius")discussed their production and development work on theanimated feature "The Ant Bully," to be released this summer instandard and IMAX versions. The animation was impressive, asone would expect from the makers of Jimmy Neutron, but thereal key lies in the story. The original children’s illustrated book,though imaginative, got less than stellar reviews onAmazon.com. “With the current popularity of the animatedmovies 'Antz' and 'A Bug's Life,' this title is timed just right forsuccess,” writes one reviewer of the original, “but the book fallsshort.”

Adapting 10-page children’s book into a 90-minute feature film isalways daunting... so much story must be added. If anyone is upto it, DNA is. You can find their website at www.dnahelix.com.

The Applied Graphic Design Technology department at Collin isa graphic design and new media discipline within the Fine Artsdivision. Academic degree and certificate programs include:graphic design, 3D animation, digital video, multimedia,Internet/web design and gaming animation. The fulltime facultyare joined by more than 24 associate faculty who bring currentindustry expertise into the classroom. For information contactAGDT Professor Tom Ottinger, [email protected],972.516.5089 or visit www.ccccd.edu.

A Bunch of Short Guys (ABOSG) is a non-profit organization thatfosters education and career development for students and






professionals in the animation and visual effects industry. Thegroup hosts free monthly meetings on the third or fourthSaturday of the month.

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Orientations scheduled for fall semester

Students wanting to orient themselves on campus beforeentering college will have an opportunity to do so in Julyand August.

Collin will host its free fall semester new student orientationsessions. Students will get an overview of services,resources and many of the other opportunities aroundcampus. Please note that registration for classes will nottake place at orientation.

Sessions for new students are scheduled for 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on :

Wednesday, July 26 at the Spring Creek Campus Saturday, July 29 at the Spring Creek Campus Thursday, Aug. 3 at the Preston Ridge Campus Tuesday, Aug. 8 at the Central Park Campus Tuesday, Aug. 15 at the Preston Ridge Campus Thursday, Aug. 24 at the Spring Creek Campus

Sessions for non-traditional students, those returning tocollege after extended breaks or adults starting college forthe first time, are scheduled from 6-9 p.m. on:

Tuesday, Aug. 1 at the Preston Ridge Campus Wednesday, Aug. 9 at Central Park Campus Thursday, Aug. 17 at Spring Creek Campus

An orientation session for parents is scheduled from 9:30a.m.- 3:30 p.m., Saturday, July 29, at the Spring CreekCampus To register, please e-mail or call with your name,telephone number, session date and T-shirt size (S-XXXL)to [email protected] or 972.377.1750.

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Collin News: Faculty and Staff Spotlight


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Faculty and Staff Spotlight Tom Mobley Math professor

Southwestern University at Memphis(now Rhodes College), bachelor ofarts, honors in English

Austin Presbyterian Seminary MDiv

Southern Methodist University Schoolof Engineering and Applied Science,BSEE, magna cum laude and MSEE

Where have you worked in the past and what was yourtitle there? I served as a Presbyterian minister for about five years inNorth and South Carolina before returning to school. WhileI was a student at SMU, I was a co-op at RockwellInternational and then worked at Rockwell as an engineer.After Rockwell, I worked as an RF Engineer at ScientificCommunication and as a Senior Electronic SystemsEngineer at E-Systems in Greenville. From E-Systems, Iwent into teaching, first as a chemistry and physics teacherat Community High School in Nevada, Texas, and nowhere at the college.

What book are you currently reading and what is yourfavorite book of all time? Currently, I am reading The Nag Hammadi Library. It is acollection of Gnostic writings found in a cave in Egypt inthe 1940s, which I am reading for a Sunday school class Iteach. My favorite book of all time is The Sound and theFury by William Faulkner. It is one of the few books I haveread more than once.

In your profession/area of study/discipline, who is yourforemost influence and why? Probably my most important influence has been theprofessors I had in my discipline. I regularly find myselfquoting them in class -- perhaps, hoping that I can havethe same kind of influence on my students.

How long have you taught at the college? I have been here 8 ½ years.

What do you like about Collin County CommunityCollege? I particularly like the atmosphere that is conducive to thefree exchange of ideas. I am interested in a great manythings, some related to the things I teach and some related








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to other parts of my life. At the college, there arecolleagues I can learn much from on just about any topic.

What is your funniest classroom story? I once made up a ghost story about how University Hall atPreston Ridge is haunted for Halloween. When I told myclasses the story, I made a point of telling them I made itup. Then when I finished the story, one of my studentssaid very convincingly “I know what you mean. I haveheard that same noise.”

If you could lunch with three people (dead/alive,past/present, etc.) who would it be? I would invite Pythagoras, Rene Descartes and Sir IsaacNewton. These are heroes of mine that I talk about inclass. If there was more room at the table, I would also liketo include Galileo, Martin Luther and Eratosthenes ofAlexandria. Wow, the table talk around that table! [PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION]





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Top 10 Things That You Probably Didn’t Know About TheCougar

10. What’s in a Name? The cougar goes under manyregional aliases including:mountain lion, panther,catamount, painter, puma, silverlion, brown tiger, deer tiger,ghost cat, mountain screamer,sneak cat, king cat and paintedcat.

9. Inside Voice The cougar can not roar. But itdoes purr like a much larger,more dangerous kitten. And italso has an odd human-likescream.

8. True American Cougars are found as north as the Yukon Territory, downthe Western United States, and through Central and SouthAmerica.

7. David Lee Roth says “Jump!” The cougar can jump up to 18 feet from a standing positionand a vertical leap of eight feet. They also are fleet of foot,with speeds up to 43 miles per hour.

6. Wolves are Chumps The cougar’s only natural predator is the wolf.

5. A Cougar’s Got to Eat The cougar’s main source of nourishment is deer and elk.However, they also hunt mammals such as rabbit,porcupines, beavers and mice.

4. Like a Natural Deep Freeze The cougar is apt to fill up on its kill and then bury theremains for future consumption.

3. Getting Catty Cougars are closely related to the jaguarondi and theextinct North American cheetah, but not closely related toother large felines like lions or leopards.

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fight other cougars for territory. A male cougar is likely toclaim 100 square miles as its territory.

1. Collin the Cougar There are about 30,000 cougars in the Western UnitedStates. There is one confirmed cougar in Collin County.And it goes to college. [PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION]





Collin News: Where Are They Now: Tammie Williams


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Where Are They Now: Tammie Williams Between students transferring or graduating at a college,people can lose contact with professors, their peers andtheir alma mater. This has not really been a problem forTammie Williams.

The 45-year-old Frisco resident earned two Associate ofApplied Science degrees in child development educatorand child development administrator in 1998.

In 2000, she opened Apple Creek Preschool in Allen andone in Frisco in May 2004.

She oversees curriculum,teachers, finances, administrationand training inside and outsidethe school. More importantly, shekeeps in close contact with childdevelopment program directorElaine Boski-Wilkison, and shekeeps even closer contact withCollin’s child developmentstudents.

Williams – affectionately knownas "Miss Tammie" to the childrenin her preschools – currentlyemploys six Collin graduates andhas five current employees in the child developmentprogram. For those employees without an early childhooddevelopment degree, Williams will pay for books and tuitionto earn one at Collin.

“Collin has a great early childhood development programand if they did not, I would not have gone there because Iknew that is what I wanted to do,” Williams said. “I havetalked to a lot of people in the field and the quality andcaliber of Collin’s program is phenomenal. The philosophythat I brought to this school came from the philosophy atCollin. It put me in the position to expect the best inmyself. Both my schools are accredited by the NationalAssociation for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).I follow the mold and pattern of the lab school (at theSpring Creek and Central Park campuses). That is wheremy training came from. I believed it and accepted thephilosophy they have and incorporated it into mybusiness.”

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fathers – or children with a primary caregiver – who wantto place their child in a half-day academic and socialenvironment.

Children ranging in ages from 2 to 5 years are primed forpublic school through challenging and fun curricula andsocial settings that prepare the child for interaction withfellow students and teachers. Apple Creek Preschool is nota daycare and is more like a public school.

“Our goal is to have the child prepared to enter the publicschools when they are ready,” Williams said. “I felt therewas a real need for a quality preschool program that wasnot a daycare.”

Williams opened the Apple Valley Schoolhouse in 1987 asa means to not only caring for her own children, but alsoproviding a warm and caring destination for others whowanted the same environment for their children. Years ofremodeling her house and playing the role of janitor,teacher, administrator, accountant, maintenance andmother, she finally opened the Apple Creek Preschool inAllen – inside a stand-alone building.

Divorced and seeking a better education, Williams enrolledat Collin as a “displaced homemaker,” and thus herphilosophy behind child development sprang forth like thefountains at Versaille.

“At the time, you had your choice of a play group at achurch or a daycare, and there was nothing in between,”Williams said. “My business grew very fast and I ended upbuilding an addition to my home. I had 60 students andthree employees before I left my house. When I openedthe first Allen school, enrollment jumped to 250 studentsand 20 employees.”

After she moved to Frisco, Williams was “pressured tobuild a second school” and did so, but she states that thiswill be the last. Eventually, she wants to teach elementaryage children. No matter what lay ahead for Williams, shealways wants to stay connected to the community.

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Collin News: Book Review -- James Baldwin


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Book Review -- James Baldwin When James Baldwin – America’s emminent AfricanAmerican writer – published “Go Tell It On The Mountain”in 1953, he probably didn’t know it would resonate soloudly.

Of course, that is the benchmark of greatness – whensomething gains relevancy through time.

“Go Tell It On The Mountain” is an autobiographical novelon Baldwin’s own familial and spiritual environment whenhe was 14.

Given the name John Grimes, the Baldwin characterstruggles with his worldly wants and homosexualtendencies among a family and community that equatesanything not associated with Jesus and God to be sinful.

Baldwin uses the religious themes to not only sketch thestate of mind of African American culture in the early 20thcentury, but to also expose the hypocrisy and moralrighteousness keeping many in shackles. The fine linebetween fundamentalism and fanaticism can be as blurryas it was then and is now.

Elisha and Ella Mae, two young parishioners of John’sHarlem church are brought before the congregation fortaking walks and holding hands.

This standard to which John and his brother Royal fail toreach is set by their evangelist father, Gabriel, who beforeembracing religion, found solace in drinking and membersof the opposite sex.

Although God forgives of one’s transgressions, humanmemories rarely forget, and that’s the crux of Baldwin’snovel. Most of the story is based on Gabriel, his sisterFlorence and his wife Elizabeth and the trepidations theyfaced in their younger days.

Gabriel’s hypocrisy and woeful past never really leave himbe, despite his faith.

“‘Like my aunt used to say,”’ Elizabeth said, smiling timidly,“‘she used to say, folks sure better not do in the dark whatthey’s scared to look at in the light’,” Baldwin wrote.

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Elizabeth, Deborah, Praying Mother Washington, SisterMcCandless and Sister Price. Beautifully strong womanwho prove to be the true protangonists – spirituallyrighteous, right and compassionate, the women prove tobe the men’s backbone and the moral compasses whichthe men too often ignore.

Baldwin tackled race, religion and sexual orientation withlittle regard to the suburban mentality affecting the UnitedStates in the 1950s all the while teaching a lesson that canbe of great consequence today.

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Collin League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)swept the state awards as Eddy and Liz Trejo, brotherand sister, were named Young Man and Woman of theYear, respectively. Also, Lisabeth Lassiter won Advisor ofthe Year and the college’s organization was namedCouncil of the Year.

Adam Rucker, Collin student, was one of the top sixfinalists in the Kid Kraddick Morning Show Jingle Contest.

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Scott Yarbrough, professor ofEnglish, has had the following piecespublished within the last year:“Protesting Plath” and “Rosa Parks” inissue No. 3 of Zillah: A Poetry Journal;“Upon Contemplating the Tile Floor inIsla Mujeres" ” in the spring 2006issue of the Dallas Poets LiteraryMagazine; "“Medusa” and “SundaySchool Lesson” in the spring 2006Spindrift: Art and Literary Journal;“"The Speech Your Analyst Will NeverMake”" and “Playground Rules” in the July 2006 issue ofPointed Circle; and “"I Want to Die Like Johnny Cash”" inthe fall 2005 of Concho Literary Review. Yarbrough’s poem“Sunday School Lesson” was named first placed winner inthe adult division of the Sixth annual Richardson PublicLibrary Poetry Contest. The poem “Medusa” was featuredin a dramatic monologue titled “From Victim to Survivor:Mythology ”at the Bath House Cultural Center on WhiteRock Lake in April. He also spoke at the McKinneyChamber of Commerce quarterly luncheon about “CivicEntrepreneurship.”

Director of Fire Science and EMS Pat McAuliff contributeda story in the new book "“Firefighters from the Heart. ” Thebook is a compilation of true stories written by some ofAmerica’'s greatest firefighters.

Collin won two bronze Telly Awards for outstandingachievement for two videos produced by TV programmingand production associate Vernon Hadnot. The winningvideos were the, Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration 2006video and Cougar TV public service announcement. TheTelly Awards honor outstanding local, regional and cabletelevision commercials and programs, as well as the finest










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video and film productions. The 26th annual Telly Awardsreceived more than 12,000 entries from all 50 states andfive continents.

Real estate professor RodRodriguez co-authored the recentlypublished book “TEXAS Real EstateAgency.”

Coordinator of International StudentServices Rebecca Crowell wasnamed Region III DevelopmentChair of NAFSA: Association ofInternational Educators.

Child development professor SharonHirschy co-presented at the Society

for Information Technology and Teacher EducationInternational Conference in March 2006. Her paper titled“Examining the Uses of Technology with the YoungestLearner" has been published in the Society’s'sProceedings.

Professor of sociology John Glass published "Asking'dumb' questions," in the American Sociology Association'snewsletter Teaching/Learning Matters and “The UnitedNations and Adoption” in The Praeger Handbook ofAdoption.

Henry Whalen, professor of theInterpreter PreparationProgram/Deaf, began serving onthe Texas Education Association’sStatewide Plan for Education ofDeaf and Hard of Hearing StudentsCommittee.

ShawnStewart,publicrelationswriter, willhave anarticle on Henry David Thoreaupublished in the peer-reviewedjournal The Concord Saunterer, anannual publication of the ThoreauSociety. Stewart’s article,“Transcendental Romance Meets the‘Ministry of Pain’: The Thoreau

Brothers, Ellen Sewall, and Her Father,” examines the“transcendental triangle,” a love affair involving HenryDavid Thoreau, his older brother John, and a youngminister’s daughter named Ellen Devereux Sewall.

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Collin’s Teacher Certification Program was reaccreditedby the Texas Education Agency. Reaccreditation is based




on annual student performance on state teachercertification exams. The college’s program has consistentlymaintained high accountability ratings since its inception.The 2005 examination pass rate was 99 percent.

Former Collin Assistant Baseball Coach Chris Sampsonmade his first start for the Houston Astros June 8 versusthe Chicago Cubs. Sampson coached at Collin from 2001-02. Sampson pitched seven innings allowing no runs andonly three hits. [PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION]




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Campus Dates A Midsummer Night’s Dream will be presented by theQuad C Theatre and the City of Plano at the Oak PointAmphitheater on Spring Creek Parkway, Plano 75074.Performances are July 1-2 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10General Admission, $5 for Students (with ID) and Seniors(age 55+) and FREE for children under the age of 12. Fortickets, season subscriptions and other information call theQuad C Theatre Hotline at 972.881.5100 or visit us on theweb at www.quadctheatre.org. NOTE: A TDD informationline for deaf patrons is available at 972.881.5950.

THE ARTS gallery will feature three Collin students duringits Student Photography Scholarship Show startingWednesday, July 5. The Student Photography ScholarshipShow will feature Stanislav Komarovski, Jody Wissing andDanny Mulnix, photography scholarship recipientsWednesday, July 5-31. A reception is scheduled for 6p.m., Friday, July 14. Summer gallery hours are Monday-Wednesday and Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday, 9 a.m.-7p.m.; and Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. For more informationabout this or future exhibits, visit THE ARTS gallerywebsite at www.ccccd.edu/THEARTSgallery or call972.881.5873.

The 2006 Collin Cougar Volleyball Camp offers girlsages 8-14 instruction from one of the elite volleyball clubsin Texas. The staff of Skyline Juniors Volleyball Club willdo both of camps this summer. Each athlete will receivecomplete instructions in setting, passing, serving, blocking,hitting, defensive skills as well as team offense anddefense concepts. To ensure that each athlete is gettingas much training as possible, the number of athletes percamp will be limited. Applicants will be accepted on a firstcome, first serve basis. Camp II is scheduled from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Monday-Thursday, July 10-13 at the Preston RidgeCampus, 9700 Wade Boulevard in Frisco. The fee for eachcamp is $120. For camp information, contact SkylineJuniors at 972.675.1448. For payment information, contactSusan Evans at 972.881.5925.

Collin's 12th annual Texas All-Star Jazz Camp will beheld Sunday-Friday, July 16-21 from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.at the Spring Creek Campus, 2800 E. Spring CreekParkway in Plano. Taught by top jazz musicians from allover the United States, the camp is open to musicians,both instrumental and vocal, ages 13 and up, who have atleast one year of general experience on their instrument.Experience with jazz music is not required. Students willreceive instruction on theory, improvisation, arranging andinstrumental master classes. This year the camp is










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featuring guests Jimmy Heath and Matt Harris. The cost toattend camp is $245 for tuition and t-shirt; $285 for tuition,lunch and T-shirt. For more information, call Kris Berg at972.881.5108. To receive a registration form, attached to acommemorative poster, e-mail [email protected] or callthe college’s of Fine Arts Department at 972.881.5108.

This year Cougar Basketball will be hosting the NancyLieberman-Cline Basketball Camp, July 18-21. For moreinformation, visitwww.nancylieberman.com/camp_dallas.asp .

The Collin Summer Jazz Dance Camp focusing on lyricaljazz and hip-hop will be held from 9 a.m.-noon Monday-Friday, July 24-28. Collin's Dance Department will also beoffering an additional dance camp Monday-Friday, July 17-21. Registration costs are to be determined. For moreinformation contact Tiffanee Arnold, director for the CollinDance Ensemble. Dance camp will be held at the college’sSpring Creek Campus in the Dance Studio. Dancers ages14-adult are welcome. For more information, call Arnold,972.881.5830 or [email protected]. [PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION]








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Real People, Real Life, Real Knowledge By Dr. John Glass Special Contributor

As a sociologist charged with the responsibility oftransmitting knowledge about the social world that weinhabit, I am always cautious about ensuring that mystudents receive accurate, current, and relevantinformation.

This is especially necessary when it comes to forgingunderstandings about cultures other than our own. Why?Because there are always opportunities to fomentmisunderstandings and derision when describing a groupof people in general and especially when that group“differs” from one’s own familiar group in particular.

In sociology, we attempt to counter these prejudicialtendencies by relying on empirical data collected throughstandard social scientific methods. Occasionally, by relyingon these types of data however, we run the risk ofengaging in an “ecological fallacy.” This is defined as “…awidely recognized error in the interpretation of statisticaldata, whereby inferences about the nature of individualsare based solely upon aggregate statistics collected for thegroup to which those individuals belong (Wikipedia, 2006).”

Simply put, sometimes we make the mistake of thinkingthat when we know about the general characteristics of asocial group, we inherently also know about all of theindividual members of that group. Or, to put it evensimpler, an ecological fallacy is essentially, “enlightened”stereotyping. With the assistance of a Collin studentassociation, I recently found an effective way to overcomethis, however.

This past semester, I taught a course (SOCI 2319) titled,“Minority Studies,” which explored the current experiencesand past histories of various ethnic and racial groups in theUnited States. To supplement my lectures, group projects,in-class assignments, and videos, I used a standardsociological text on ethnic and racial groups. One of the“dangers” in using such a text is precisely that which Imention above – inadvertently creating and engaging inecological fallacies. To counter this when studying themodule on Arab-Americans, I enlisted the aid of the CollinMiddle Eastern Student Association (MESA). Specifically, Iasked about having a member of MESA come and speakto my class about his or her life as an Arab-American.








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Well, MESA (through the mediation of Tatiana Shehadeh,Collin International Student Advisor) did that and more. Iand my students were treated to a MESA member and twoArab-American members of our local community. Luai,Hiba, and Dina (their first names) graciously talked aboutmarriage customs in Kuwait, Palestine, and Syria, somedifferences in gendered behavior in Arab countries, and theimportance of providing an Arabic socio-historical contextfor their children here in the United States.

They also answered our questions, asked some questionsof us, and joked with us about life in this day and age ofglobal “multiculturalism.” It was a fascinating hour andfifteen minutes that could easily have been extended foranother hour and fifteen minutes. What my studentsreceived was an experience of real people, talking abouttheir real lives, exchanging real knowledge about what itmeans to be human in 21st century America and to befrom another country/culture.

No stereotyping, “enlightened” or otherwise. By having atangible experience of alleged “difference,” my studentswere able to understand the commonalities that all peopleshare, despite cultural backgrounds or current, culturalforegrounds.

Reference Ecological fallacy. Retrieved May 10, 2006, fromWikipedia Web site:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_fallacy

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Collin is giving students a different route toward anassociate’s degree.

Starting the fall of 2006, the college will offer the Mexican-American Field of Study Program. The field of study totals18 hours of core classes with a focus on Mexican-American culture.

This fall, five courses will be offered including English,humanities, history, government and Spanish. The courses,are fully transferable to most Texas universities like mostcourses at Collin.

Dr. Lisa Roy-Davis, professor of English who specializes inLatino and Latina literature, was named the director of theMexican-American Field of Study Program Task Force.The task force has been working on publicity andprogramming for the new field of study.

“We have an opportunity to attract people from thecommunity and have a program that appeals to them,”Roy-Davis said of the field of study. “I think we are offeringa degree program that is exciting as well as accessible andaffordable."

The Mexican-American Field of Study Program is the resultof a Texas bill that requires community college districtswith a substantial or growing Mexican-American populationto create a corresponding program with the approval of theTexas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

Collin’s enrollment mirrors the growth of the Hispanicpopulation of the area. About 10 percent of the college’senrollment is Hispanic.

“The program is constructed for several of our divisions,and it is really intended to appeal to a broad section ofstudents interested in Mexican-American literature, politics,history and art,” Gerry Perkus, interim dean of theCommunications and Humanities Division, said. “We are











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hopeful the enrollment will be significant because we aremeeting a need that has never been addressed. We havehad Mexican-American curriculum of this kind in bits andpieces but never in a fully articulated program.”

The program will prepare students for careers in education,business, journalism, public service, law, criminology, socialwork, psychology, urban affairs and foreign affairs.

Perkus also cited the avenues for events and programsthroughout the year celebrating the Mexican-American andHispanic cultures instead of just during Hispanic HeritageMonth. Also, Perkus and Roy-Davis want to incorporate allthe campuses and other programs – such as LearningCommunities – into the fold.

“Our hope, eventually, is that we will be able to haveLearning Communities classes within the Mexican-American Field of Study,” Perkus said. “It lends itself to theLearning Communities and we want to develop those kindsof classes in themes related to Mexican-American studies.

“It is not a closed system. The idea is this is where we willbe starting, a firm base on which to build a great program.”

For more information on this program, see the collegecatalog or Collin’s e-schedule, which can be downloadedfrom www.ccccd.edu . The e-schedule includes a list ofclass times, days, professors and important class notes forthe fall 2006 semester.

Registration for fall classes begins Tuesday, June 27.

Students can register for fall online via Webline at thecollege website or by calling 469.452.2222 for Dallas andCollin county residents, or 469.757.2222 for RockwallCounty residents. All other students can call toll free at1.877.COLLIN1. Early registration is available online or byphone from 8 a.m.-11 p.m. daily. **** Do you love sports?

Then your dream job could be one semester away. Justthink, with four classes under your belt, you could be onyour way to an exciting career in sports managementthrough a new marketable skills achievement award.

“Sports Management” refers to the business andoperations side of the sports industry. In college athleticsor professional sports organizations, for example, sportsmanagement professionals may be found performing a





wide variety of tasks, including marketing, advertising,ticket sales, ordering and maintaining equipment andsupplies, planning and maintenance of sports facilities,public relations, team travel coordination and ensuringcompliance with league rules.

Classes include: PHED 1301 Foundations of Sport and Physical Activity PHED 1336 Introduction to Sports Management PHED 1337 Introduction to Recreation ResourcesManagement MRKG 1311 Principles of Marketing Transfer Opportunities

Many colleges in the state of Texas have degrees in sportsmarketing to which Collin students may eventually transfer,after securing associate’s degrees including The Universityof Texas, University of Houston , Texas A&M University ,Baylor University (graduate program) , University ofOklahoma (graduate program).

Work Opportunities Career opportunities for sportsmanagement students abound, particularly in the bustlingNorth Dallas area. Many professional teams and trainingcenters have relocated to Plano or Frisco: the DallasStars' StarCenter, the Frisco RoughRiders, the TexasTornados, the MLS soccer club, FC Dallas, CooperAerobics and many others. Opportunities in sports may befound in a number of areas, including college/professionalteams, sports facilities, health/fitness clubs, recreationcenters and league administrative offices.

Students interested in careers in college or professionalsports are strongly encouraged to consider graduate studyin sports management. Registration for the fall semesterbegan June 27.

For program information, contact Craig Leverette at972.377.1756 or [email protected]. For generalinformation, or to download and electronic schedule orcatalog, visit www.ccccd.edu. [PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION]






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Transfer Tip -- Shop Around Sometimes you make decisions about where to attendcollege without looking at all the options.

Of course, the first priority as a student is to find a collegethat offers the degree program you want and has the otherqualities you prefer in a school.

These qualities may include some of the following:academic reputation, student population, public or private,admission requirements for transfer students, etc.

As a transfer student, you may also want to look for auniversity or college that has a strong transfer relationshipwith Collin. Similar programs at different universities maybe structured very differently.

Shopping around can help you find a program and a schoolthat are most compatible with your needs.

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Tennis teams cap off successful years;Berryman captures honor

Collin mens and womens tennis teamsThe goal of the men’s and women’s Cougar tennis squads,according to coach Marty Berryman, is to both be top fivein the nation.

The two teams almost did just that as the men’s teamfinished third in the nation and the women finished sixth,after playing in their respective national tournaments.

Overall, the women finished 13-8 and the men finished 13-3. Both won Region V division.

“We are ecstatic about our finishes,” Berryman said. “Thefocal point is at the end of the year, and it is good to havesophomores that have played in the national tournament.That’s what the best teams do and we want to be one ofthe best teams.”

For the fifth straight year, the division I and III NationalJunior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) men’stournament was held at Collin.

“We have a lot of people who help us – whether it’sadministration or facilities – and it is a pleasure to have atournament of this magnitude and to perform so well,”Berryman said.

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As an added honor to the tennis season, Berryman wasnamed the NJCAA Coach of the Year May 14 at theSouthfork Hotel.

Berryman has been named the NJCAADivision II Coach of the Year six timesand coached four women’s and fourmen’s NJCAA national champions.

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and Women’s Tennis Hall of Fame andled both squads to a 13-3 2005-06record.






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President's, Dean's lists announced Collin recently announced its President’s List for the spring2006 semester. To qualify for this particular distinction,each student must take a minimum of 12 credit hours ofcoursework and in that coursework, maintain a perfect 4.0(A) grade-point average. The President’s List includes: AllenAmelia AckermanMelinda Archacki-SutterTara BentBernard BodeuxTempie BrunsonTeasha Rae ColeTracy CorwinStephen FasolinoTara FaustmannLara FosterSasha Brianne GarzaEric GilmoreRebecca GrigsbyLinda HalversonMelissa HyattPerry LeggettLisa LeirerDonald LuxScott McDanielsZachary MooreClint NelsonYaika SabatLindsey SchoenfieldMonica SchrockHeather ShanksSarah StephenPeter UongBrandi Weir AubreyJoseph DenningNathan Klick











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Nurse pinning ceremony held Collin held its pinning ceremonyfor its graduating nurses May 12.

The class officers were TereseLuu, president; Nathan Herron,vice president; Janet Trowbridge,secretary; and Sunshine Richey,treasurer.

The May 2006 nurse graduates were: Jennifer Aguilera Angela Alexander Liana Banales Shari Bates Donna Benavidez Kimberly Borman Tina Breeding Kelly Carleton Lonny Caughron Deana Christensen Dmitri Dalton Patty Dedrick Kenny Drake Marylisa Fanning Nahal Fard Stefani Freeman Shelda Fuoss Lynn Gross Jerilyn Harris Nathan Herron Tamara Hooper Timothy Holland Cheryl Huffman Yvette Kimborowicz Arlyna Lange Michael Lindner Amy Linebarger Bethany Leonard Terese Luu Aparna Marwaha Patti Myers Peter Ndungi Lori Neely Shelly Nichols Karen Ortman Wendy Ozdemirler Kara Petersen Megan Proctor Sarah Rhodes Sunshine Maxwell Richey








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Summertime means growth, job searchopportunities By Amy LenhartCareer Counselor

For many, summertime means time for growth. Take, forexample, the recent graduate. Often, the recent graduateis focused on looking for a job, trying to adjust to life aftercollege and trying to “settle in” to a new place.

Being able to plan for these adjustments can be achallenge if you don’t have the right tools to assist you. So,how do you learn to juggle these responsibilities?

First, develop a plan. Devote as much time as possible tofinding a job, and schedule time during the week to plotyour job search. Your job search will then be starting inthe right direction.

“Finding a job is a job,” so making sure that you treat yourjob search this way is crucial.

Second, make sure that you are not relying on just onesource for your job search. For example, do not just relyon looking at the classifieds in the newspaper. Most of thetime when people get a job, it is through networking. Anestimated 80 percent of jobs are found this way. Try to goto local job networking groups in the area to help with this.

Third, stop by Career Services and Co-op on each campusto assist you with your job search. Also, note the followingjob search and interviewing workshops offered to you thissummer through our Professional Development SeminarSchedule.

These workshops are free and open to the public.· " Anger and Rage, Aggressiveness and

Assertiveness" will be from 3-5 p.m.,Thursday, July 6, at the Spring CreekCampus, Room G212. This workshopexplores techniques on handling angerand other emotions in the workplace.Presented by Amy Lenhart, careercounselor at Collin Career Services.

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Development, Room B115; and noon-2p.m., Wednesday, July 26, at the SpringCreek Campus, Room F110. Attendeesare encouraged to bring a sack lunch tothis presentation. Presented by FredShlesinger, sales professional and certifiedfinancial planner in Dallas.

· “Teamwork in the Workplace” will be from6-8 p.m., Friday, July 21, at the CourtyardCenter for Professional and EconomicDevelopment, Room B115. This interactiveseminar will highlight the importance ofsynergy among co-workers. Presented byTodd Benatovich, manager of professionalservices and sales at CompUSATechnology Services in Dallas.

· “Keeping Out of the Black Hole: PersonalMoney Management” is set from 8:30-10:30 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 5 and “How toContribute to a Productive WorkEnvironment” from 10:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.Both workshops will be at the Courtyardfor Professional and EconomicDevelopment, Room B115. The former,presented by the staff of Consumer CreditCounseling Services of North Texas, willhelp attendees find the truth about creditcards, paying off debts faster and otheraspects of money management. The latterwill provide information about beingresponsible in the work environment andwill be presented by David Cegelski ofDynamic Growth Strategies in Dallas.

Collin’s Career Services and Co-op provides a number ofservices including career and occupational information,career counseling and planning, personal careerassessments, on- and off-campus employment andseminars.

For more information about the seminars, contact theCareer Services and Co-op department at 972.881.5781.






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Fire academy graduates two classes Collin recently held two fire academy graduationceremonies for class No. 34 May 8 and class No. 35 May18 at the John Anthony Theatre on the Spring CreekCampus.

The graduates were:

Class No. 34 Class No. 35

Andrew Alman Chad Boyd Patrick Burkey Dustin Caldwell Aaron Carver Roger Duckworth Jason Fisher Ryan Foerster Aaron Hernandez Jeff Hogan Elliott Huff Cody King Matthew Kiser Eddie Limon Micah Manshardt Michael Matej Jeremy Morphis Russell Prichard Tony Raymond Jimmy Schrader Charles Shockley

Class CaptainAward Nominees: Aaron Carver Jeremy Morphis Tony Raymond

Valedictorian: Cody King

Michael Arriaga Paul Ballester Steven Cato Kyle Coward Kenneth Crutchfield Justin Dickstein Frank Durham Jimmy Edwards John Gomez Casey Gunter Michael Ho-Lung Chase Harris Michael Johnson Jason McWatters Matthew Milner Steven Moore Nathan Northcutt Harlan Owens David Rodriguez Michael Russell Shane Steinbach Clint Stephenson Adam Umphenour Jeremy Vandagriff

Class CaptainAward Nominees: Kenneth Crutchfield Nathan Northcutt Michael Russell

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July Employee Birthdays Jean Helgeson 1Bryan Humphreys 1Jose Flores 1Nancy Brown 2Eric Fagan 2Brian Burton 2Robert Killen 3Valerie Smith 3Michael Gromatzky 3Tanya Pierce 3Karen Knapp 3Peggy Brown 3Barbara Beverage 4Michael Robinson 4David O'Donald 4Linda Sears 4Peggy Head 5Danelle Brooker 5Natalya Pitts 5Mary Eldridge 5Melissa Blackmore 6Adrienne Kearney 6Gwendolyn Bennett 6Craig Erickson 6Jeremy Jones 6Modesto Flores 6Tye Ortiz 7Michael Daley 7Ann Blackman 8Susan Moore 8Susan Miller 8Robert Williams 9Sherilynn La Wan Chut 9Bridgette Kirkpatrick 9Kristen Streater 9Hock Sean Soo 9Raisa Popokh 9W. Sue Furnas 9











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