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Collin College is very proud of its students, faculty and staff as well as the many achievements they earn over the year. This site highlights some of the awards, honor and other accomplishments that champion the college's core values. Recent Additions Debra Lamb, advisor, was named the 2009 Woman of the Year by the Business and Professional Women of Dallas, Inc. Posted: 5/20/2009 - Category: Individual Honors and Awards Ashley Sears, culinary arts student, received a $5,000 scholarship from the Greater Dallas Restaurant Association. Posted: 5/20/2009 - Category: Outstanding Students Wil Wilbur, culinary arts student, received a $5,000 scholarship from the Greater Dallas Restaurant Association. Posted: 5/20/2009 - Category: Outstanding Students Richard Sprouse, student, was awarded the John Morgridge Scholarship by the Cisco Learning Institute. This scholarship is awarded to one person per state and is based upon their commitment to networking technology and community service. Posted: 5/20/2009 - Category: Outstanding Students Sonja Andrus, professor of English, was appointed to the National Council of Teachers of English/SLATE steering committee on social and political concerns. Posted: 5/20/2009 - Category: Faculty/Staff Appointments Joanne Fletcher, associate professor, published “The Role of Inflammation in Periodontal Disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis: Similar Pathologies” in the August 2008 issue of ADHA ACCESS, the magazine of the American Dental Hygienists’ Association. Posted: 5/20/2009 - Category: In The Public Eye Dr. Nelson Rich, professor of biology and director of the Center for Advanced Students in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, published “Soil Ingestion May Be an Important Route for the Uptake of Contaminants by Some Reptiles” in the peer-reviewed journal, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. . Posted: 5/20/2009 - Category: In The Public Eye Kris Berg, professor of music and director of jazz studies, published “Arranging for Jazz Combo” in the December 2008 issue of The Instrumentalist magazine. Posted: 5/20/2009 - Category: In The Public Eye Former Collin College student Sarah Saunders was cast to appear in Lifetime Television’s hit drama series “Army Wives.” Posted: 5/20/2009 - Category: In The Public Eye Elizabeth Mellott, professor of photography, had an article titled “The Obscura Camera Club Does FotoFest” – about Collin College’s student photo group – published in Teaching Photography’s online newsletter. Posted: 5/20/2009 - Category: In The Public Eye Cary Israel, president of Collin College, made several presentations, including: “Leadership and Change” at the North Texas Community College Consortium’s 2008 Fall Leadership Convocation; “Strategic Thinking, Strategic Planning” at the National Community College Hispanic Council’s Leadership Fellows Program; college update at the McKinney Chamber of Commerce State of the Community event; college update at the Allen Rotary Club; at the Clinical Department Luncheon; Leadership Plano’s Education Day; Leadership Allen; Texas Association of Community College Attorneys Conference; Collin County Association of Realtors; with Frisco Mayor Maher Maso on “Mayor’s Corner” on Frisco public access television; and the Collin County Democratic Party. Posted: 5/6/2009 - Category: Faculty and Staff Presentations Collin College’s associate of applied science degree in biotechnology was granted program recognition by the Texas Skill Standards Board (TSSB). The program is recognized for integrating into the curriculum the Biotechnology and Biomedical Skill Standards for Research, Development, and Manufacturing. Collin College also received an incentive check for $1,000 from the Texas State Leadership Council which awards colleges that successfully integrate TSSB recognized skill standards into technical programs. Posted: 5/4/2009 - Category: College Honors Collin College’s business office received the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year ended August 31, 2007. The Certificate was awarded by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada. Collin College is the only community college in Texas to have received the award for 11 consecutive years. Posted: 5/4/2009 - Category: College Honors The nursing department is one of nine programs selected to participate in a national research study conducted by the National League for Nursing, Laerdal and the American Heart Association. The aim of the study is to examine different approaches to learning Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS). Posted: 5/4/2009 - Category: College Honors Drs. Linda Qualia, Eric Yeager and Sharon Steele-Blakeman will present at the Texas Association of Chief Community College Student Affairs Administrators (TACCCSAA) Conference at Midland College in September. The title of the presentation is “The creation of a Behavioral Intervention Committee on a Community College Campus.” Posted: 5/4/2009 - Category: Faculty and Staff Presentations Pearl McGregor, respiratory care student, was one of 400 students nation wide to receive a scholarship from the Coca-Cola Two-Year Colleges Scholarship Program. Posted: 5/4/2009 - Category: Outstanding Students Richard Vetere, Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer and playwright, visited several theater classes in October 2008 and attended a Collin Theatre Center production of his play, “One Shot One Kill.” Posted: 5/4/2009 - Category: Outstanding Students More than 150 students packed Collin College’s Spring Creek Campus Conference Center recently to hear internationally renowned writer Dagoberto Gilb in October 2008. Posted: 5/4/2009 - Category: Outstanding Students Brenda Carter, dean of Academic Affairs at the Central Park Campus, has been appointed by the McKinney City Council to serve as a member of the Community Grants Advisory Committee. Posted: 5/4/2009 - Category: Faculty/Staff Appointments Terri Karlseng, reference librarian at the Preston Ridge Campus, was appointed to the Plano ISD Library and Information Resources Advisory Committee. Posted: 5/4/2009 - Category: Faculty/Staff Appointments Tony Airhart, professor of physical education, was appointed to serve on the city of Allen Parks and Recreation Board. Posted: 5/4/2009 - Category: Faculty/Staff Appointments Paula Miller, professor of accounting, received the Texas Society of CPAs (TSCPA) Outstanding Accounting Educator Award. Miller will be presented the award and a $1,000 prize at TSCPA’s Accounting Education Conference in October. Posted: 5/4/2009 - Category: Individual Honors and Awards New Student Orientation had a 15 percent increase totaling 744 new students, including 574 at the Spring Creek Campus in fall 2008. Posted: 5/4/2009 - Category: College Milestones Lupita Tinnen, professor of photography, showcased work in “Viewfinder: New Images from Texas Artists” hosted by FotoFest and the Houston Center for Photography from November-January. The show is taken from the Talent in Texas Exhibition Series, which focuses on photo-related works by artists working and living in Texas. She also had photography in the “Everything’s Going to be Okay: Young Latino Artists 13” at the Mexic-Arte Museu in Austin in November. Posted: 5/4/2009 - Category: In The Public Eye Debbie White, professor of psychology, and former Collin College student Megan Parker co-authored “Service-Learning through Philanthropy in a Psychology of Death and Dying Course,” which was published in The Journal for Civic Commitment. The article titled describes the process and results of a pilot program that allowed for student creativity and leadership in applying academic theories and concepts from the course to a student philanthropy through service-learning project. Posted: 5/4/2009 - Category: In The Public Eye Scott Yarbrough, professor of English, published the poem "Piggly Wiggly" in the Volume Seven 2008 Anthology of The American Journal of Poetry. Keith Volanto, professor of history, co-authored a Texas history textbook, Beyond Myths and Legends: A Narrative History of Texas. Posted: 5/4/2009 - Category: In The Public Eye Tony Howard, professor of English, published a pamphlet for St. Alban Press titled “St. Clement of Alexandria and Universal Salvation.” Additionally, a caption he wrote for a cartoon was also published in the January/February edition of the Biblical Archaeology Review. Posted: 4/24/2009 - Category: In The Public Eye John Glass, professor of sociology, published “Behavior Analytic Grounding of Sociological Social Constructionism” in Behavior Analyst Today magazine. Glass served as a volunteer for the United Way ’s Outcome Measurement review process during fall 2008. Professor Glass assessed the adequacy of more than 20 evaluation plans for the United Way of Collin County. Posted: 4/24/2009 - Category: In The Public Eye Levi Bryant, professor of philosophy, published the his book Difference and Givenness, Deleuze’s Transcendental Empiricism and the Ontology of Immanence. He also published the article “New Universes of Discourse: Zizek and the Discourse of the Capitalist” in the Journal of Zizek Studies. Posted: 4/24/2009 - Category: In The Public Eye Dr. Nell Ard, director of Nursing, co-authored an article titled “Summary of the Survey on Clinical Education in Nursing” in Nursing Education Perspectives, the official journal of the National League for Nursing. Also, Dr. Ard was appointed to the National League for Nursing’s Public Policy Committee for 2009-2012. This committee serves in an advisory role to the NLN Board of Governors. Posted: 4/24/2009 - Category: In The Public Eye Collin College honored their 2008 Living Legends Nov. 8. The honorees were Marilyn Brooks, Mary Nelle Cummins, Rutledge Haggard and Don Dillard. In its sixth year, the event supports the Living Legends Scholarship Fund, which provides scholarships for deserving Collin College students. Posted: 4/24/2009 - Category: College Milestones Mark Kaufmann, professor of commercial art, won a 2008 Lone Star Emmy as executive producer of Allen City TV’s “The Adventures of … David Chicken.” The Lone Star Emmy awards, presented by The Texas Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, honor the best television programming in Texas ’ 19 television markets. Posted: 4/24/2009 - Category: Individual Honors and Awards Civic Ventures, a leading thinktank on boomers and work, has published “Pathways to Encore Careers” and features Collin College’s program to help laid-off and retired boomers with math backgrounds retrain as high school math teachers. The program of Collin’s Center for Teaching, Learning and Professional Development, was funded by the MetLife Foundation/Civic Ventures Community College Encore Career Grant. Posted: 4/24/2009 - Category: College Honors Collin College ’s Sigma Chi Eta will receive the Raymie E. McKerrow Chapter of the Year Award at the National Community Association. Sigma Chi Eta is the national communications honor society. The award was bestowed on a chapter that best exemplifies the goals of the NCA including recognizing and foster academic achievement in communication studies, stimulating interest in communications, promoting professional development, providing a stage to exchange ideas and explore options for community college students who plan to transfer to a university. Posted: 4/24/2009 - Category: College Honors Collin Colleges’ public relations department won four National Council for Marketing and Public Relations awards at its district 4 conference in Wyoming in October. The winners were: gold for the Connections newsletter; gold for Heather Darrow’s feature story, “Surmounting Walls with Educational Footholds”; bronze for Mark Robinson’s feature story, “The Road is His Research”; and bronze for the summer 2008 movie commercial. Posted: 4/24/2009 - Category: College Honors Angela Putman, professor of communication studies and Honors Institute chair, was elected to serve on the Two-Year College Committee of the National Collegiate Honors Council. The position is a three-year appointment. Posted: 4/24/2009 - Category: Faculty/Staff Appointments Professors Rosemary Karr and Marilyn Massey participated as panelists in a developmental education webinar for the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD). The discussion focused on national trends and promising practices discovered through years of experience as leaders in the classroom and college environments. Posted: 4/24/2009 - Category: Faculty and Staff Presentations Levi Bryant, professor of philosophy, presented “Indirect Discourse and the Politics of Language: Deleuze, Guattari, and Pragmatics” at the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Conference in October 2008. Posted: 4/24/2009 - Category: Faculty and Staff Presentations Collin College has been approved by Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) to begin a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) program. Posted: 4/8/2009 - Category: College Honors The college’s EMT program achieved a 90 percent pass rate on the state exam. Posted: 4/8/2009 - Category: College Honors The college hosted the executive producer of the documentary The Sugar Babies, Dr. Claudia Chiesi, and screened the film during “The Truth isn’t Sweet” in October 2008. Posted: 4/8/2009 - Category: College Milestones Dallas Baptist University became the 10th college or university to enter a pre-admission agreement with Collin College providing an exclusive and easy means of transfer to earn a bachelor’s degree after completing one’s core credits. The agreement was signed in October 2008. Posted: 4/8/2009 - Category: College Milestones The Collin College Foundation set a college record by awarding 365 scholarships totaling about $280,000 during its annual Scholarship Awards Ceremony, August 2008 at the Embassy Suites Frisco. Posted: 4/8/2009 - Category: College Milestones Dr. Taha Ansari, biology lab assistant, received her doctoral degree in philosophy in mathematics from The University of Texas at Dallas. Posted: 4/8/2009 - Category: Degrees Awarded Dr. Lisa Roy-Davis, professor of English, was appointed to the Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English for the National Council of Texas of English. Posted: 4/8/2009 - Category: Faculty/Staff Appointments J. Robert Collins, chairman of the Collin College Board of Trustees, was profiled in the March-April 2009 issue of Texas Aggie, as a member of Texas A&M University ’s Engineering Advisory Council. Posted: 8/6/2008 - Category: In The Public Eye Hannah Frick, former Collin College student, was featured in the recent Advanced Placement Studio Art Exhibition at Booker T. Washington Arts Magnet High School. Posted: 4/7/2009 - Category: In The Public Eye Brenda Carter, dean, and professors Michael McConachie, Cathy Donald-Whitney and Martha Tolleson of the Central Park Campus Academic Affairs department conducted a roundtable discussion at the 18th Annual International Leadership Conference for Post-Secondary Leaders Worldwide March 4. The topic of the discussion was Culture: Where You Are + Who You Are = Leadership. Posted: 4/7/2009 - Category: Faculty and Staff Presentations Brett Adams, professor of history, presented “Whose Forest Is It? Resistance to the Arkansas National Forest ” at the second annual Ozark Studies Research Symposium: Nature and Culture: Land and People in the Ozarks. Posted: 4/7/2009 - Category: Faculty and Staff Presentations Amy Stein, celebrated photographer and blogger, spoke at the Spring Creek Campus Feb. 12. Posted: 4/7/2009 - Category: College Milestones The Child Development Lab School at Collin College ’s Spring Creek Campus is one of the first early childhood programs to earn accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) – the nation’s leading organization of early childhood professionals in their new accreditation system. Posted: 4/7/2009 - Category: College Honors Collin College ’s EMT and paramedic programs’ pass rates were compared to colleges and universities in the state in Texas EMS magazine. EMT students had a 91 percent pass rate and paramedic students had a 100 percent pass rate, both outscoring the national and state averages. Posted: 4/7/2009 - Category: College Honors Eighteen dental hygiene students and three faculty advisors attended the Texas Dental Hygiene Educator's Association/ Student Dental Hygiene Association annual meeting held in Houston , Feb. 5-7. One of the table clinics presented by Collin College students at the professional meeting won second place. The table clinic was titled "VAP, Risk Factors and Prevention,” researched by Emily Turner and Matt Shipley. Turner received a certificate of recognition. The students also entered a fashion show with other dental hygiene schools and the Collin College team of Elise Hall, Bridget Blaylock and Tawny Nunez placed third with a prom dress made from dental hygiene materials. Posted: 4/7/2009 - Category: Outstanding Students Former Collin College student Scott Michael Foster, star of the ABC Family show, Greek, spoke to theatre students March 10 and was featured on the CBS 11 morning program March 11, which can be seen here. Posted: 3/30/2009 - Category: In The Public Eye Collin College President Cary Israel was named the national Pacesetter of the Year by the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR) at the national conference in Kansas City in March. Posted: 3/30/2009 - Category: Individual Honors Yeomen, Sharecroppers, And Socialists: Plain Folk Protest in Texas , 1870-1914, by Kyle Wilkison, professor of history, won the Texas Historical Commission's T.R Fehrenbach Book Award. Posted: 3/30/2009 - Category: Individual Honors The third annual Live Smart! Healthy and Safety Fair hosted about 600 attendees March 6 at the Spring Creek Campus. The event featured a number of screenings, health information and lectures by health professionals.
Collin College ’s Alpha Mu Tau Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa won several awards at the Texas Regional Convention in Waco . Bethany Allen, president of Collin College ’s chapter, was inducted into the Texas Hall of Honor for Members. Daniel Sanabria, chapter vice president for Leadership, was chosen by International as the Distinguished Officer for the state of Texas . Advisor and Professor Angela Putman was inducted into the Texas Hall of Honor for Advisors and the Alpha Mu Tau Chapter won the Continued Excellence Award. This award is given to the top chapter in Texas that has consistently been a top chapter for several years in a row. It is the second highest award in the Texas Region.
All 37 nursing students graduating in December 2008 have successfully passed their NCLEX-RN on the first attempt.
Amy Lenhart, counselor, presented “Preparing Students & Parents for Successful Post Secondary Experience” at the Texas Secondary School Counselors Conference in February with Dr. John Hipple from the University of North Texas.
Tamyra McCartney placed first in the National Career Development Association’s (NCDA) state poster contest. Rilee Grisham and Paula Lipnick placed second and third, respectively in the NCDA’s state poetry contest. All three winners will move on to the national competition in April. Eleven Collin College students were chosen as Community College Aerospace Scholars and have been accepted by NASA to spend three days at the Johnson Space Center Posted: 3/30/2009 - Category: Outstanding Students The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “I Have a Dream” Speech Competition was Feb. 26 hosted by Phi Theta Kappa and Sigma Chi Eta. The winners were: Jason Wang, first place; Devra Dato-on, second place; and Liyah Tonge, third place. Posted: 3/30/2009 - Category: Outstanding Students Sonja Andrus, professor of English,
was appointed to the National Council of Teachers of English/SLATE
steering committee on Social and Political Concerns.
Dr. Lisa Roy-Davis, professor
of English, was appointed to the Committee Against Racism and
Bias in the Teaching of English for the National Council of Teachers
of English.
Larry Stern, chair of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Barbara Lusk, professor of psychology, presented "James V. McConnell and Behavior Modification: Hyperbole and Practice," at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, History of Psychology Division in Boston. Stern also presented "The Search for Memory-Transfer at Berkeley: Controversial Science and the 'Cheshire Cat Affect'" at the 40th annual Meeting of Cheiron (The International Society for the History of Behavioral and Social Sciences), Ryerson University, in Toronto. Posted: 8/6/2008 - Category: In The Public Eye Jerry E. Smith, professor of art, was one of 15 text book reviewers for Thompson Higher Education's 1st edition of "Gardner's Concise History of Art." Smith's artwork was chosen from among a thousand nationwide entries for the 2008 Texas National, held by Stephen F. Austin University. His work "Weighs of the Heart" received one of seven awards from the 89 artists comprising the competition, judged this year by internationally known artist Roger Shimomura. Smith also had work shown at the Texas Visual Arts Association National Exhibition in Irving, the Axis Gallery National Exhibition in Sacremento, the Alter/Altar Invitational Theme Exhibition at Grayson College, "El Corezan" Invitational Exhibition, Bathhouse Cultural Art Centre in Dallas, and "Haute Art" Art Auction, hosted by the Plano Art Centre. Posted: 8/6/2008 - Category: In The Public Eye Expressions vocal jazz ensemble collaborated with the jazz choirs from Brookhaven and Richland colleges in the 3rd annual Community College Vocal Jazz Choir clinic and performance. Posted: 8/6/2008 - Category: Outstanding Students Collin Chorale and Chamber Singers were partners with Allen Symphony Chorus and Orchestra for their Fall and Spring Concerts performing Holst's Christmas Day with David Marek and Brandi Estwick singing solos. Posted: 8/6/2008 - Category: Outstanding Students For the fall 2008, Collin College introduced a new International Business associate of applied science degree. Posted: 8/6/2008 - Category: College Milestones Collin College began its new Green Design Initiative beginning in the fall 2008 with a new Green associate of applied science degree. The Green Design Initiative is a project within the college’s Interior and Architectural Design AAS program. Posted: 8/6/2008 - Category: College Milestones The Teacher Certification Program was featured in the July/July 2008 issue of Community College Journal regarding the encore career initiative. The article describes the program as “an innovative program to prepare and certify new teachers over the age of 50.” Funded through a grant from Civic Ventures and the MetLife Foundation, it is designed to meet critical community needs. Posted: 8/6/2008 - Category: College Honors The National Purchasing Institute awarded Collin College the 13th Annual Achievement of Excellence in Procurement Award for 2008. Collin College has received the award for three consecutive years and is the only college in Texas to receive the national award. Posted: 8/6/2008 - Category: College Honors Dr. Adam Miller, professor of philosophy, presented “A Hermeneutics of Weakness” at the annual meeting of Mormon Scholars in the Humanities (MSH) at Southern Virginia University in May 2008. Posted: 8/6/2008 - Category: Faculty and Staff Presentations Katerina Vishnyakova, professor of developmental mathematics, was one of 24 from around the nation named a fellow for the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges’ Project Advancing Community College Careers: Education, Scholarship, Service (ACCCESS). Posted: 8/6/2008 - Category: Individual Honors and Awards The Teacher Certification Program was featured in the July/July 2008 issue of Community College Journal regarding the encore career initiative. The article describes the program as “an innovative program to prepare and certify new teachers over the age of 50.” Funded through a grant from Civic Ventures and the MetLife Foundation, it is designed to meet critical community needs. Posted: 6/25/2008 - Category: College Honors 2007-08 More than 225 business people, educators and students attended the 8th annual Biotechnology Educators Conference at the Spring Creek Campus Conference Center in June. Posted: 6/25/2008 - Category: College Milestones 2007-08 Kelly Martin, professor of English, earned a doctorate in philosophy from The University of Texas in Dallas in May 2008. Posted: 6/25/2008 - Category: Degrees Awarded 2007-08 Bobbie Long, director of the Central Park Campus library, will serve on the Regional Advisory Committee to the South Central Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, as the only community college representative on a committee that will include primarily librarians and library directors from Schools of Medicine and associated universities. Posted: 6/25/2008 - Category: Faculty/Staff Appointments 2007-08 Valerie Smith, professor of psychology, was appointed to the Board of Consumer Credit Counseling of North Texas. Posted: 6/25/2008 - Category: Faculty/Staff Appointments 2007-08 The college's Photography Department and chair Byrd Williams were mentioned on NPR's weekly program, "Anything You Ever Wanted To Know." During the program, the department was called the "best photography department in the southwest." Posted: 6/20/2008 - Category: In The Public Eye 2007-08 Destination College and Cougar Smart Money co-sponsored a new event, Cougar Town, May 7, at the Spring Creek Campus Conference Center. More than 200 high school students participated in the hands-on simulation in which they learned the value of education and its effect on potential earnings. Students took on careers, salaries, families and the associated financial responsibilities of the adult world including taxes, groceries, housing, transportation, and child care, all in a two and one-half hour simulation. Posted: 6/20/2008 - Category: College Milestones 2007-08 Collin College’s Nursing Program has received Continuing Approval with Commendation from the Board of Nursing. The commendation is for the program’s 98.28 percent pass rate on the 2007 NCLEX-RN examination. Posted: 6/20/2008 - Category: College Honors 2007-08 Sally Jayne Gilpin, associate professor of English, received notification that her paper “The Wife’s Lament and the Elusive Abode” has been accepted for presentation at the 2008 International Medieval Congress, set for July 7-10 in Leeds, England. Professor Gilpin will also serve as a session chair. Posted: 6/20/2008 - Category: Faculty and Staff Presentations 2007-08 Jackie Langford, Simulation Lab director, published “Anaphylaxis,” in the May/June issue of Texas EMS magazine, a publication of the Texas Department of State Health Services. The article presents an in-depth review of anaphylaxis, its effects on body systems, clinical presentation, patient management and medications used in treatment and is offered as a mail-in continuing education course for those certified in EMS. Posted: 6/20/2008 - Category: In The Public Eye 2007-08 |