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.

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Melissa Treadwell and Darlea Wilbeck, Collin College students, were chosen as Student Representatives to the Texas Society of Interpreters for the Deaf/Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (TSID/RID) Region IV Conference in the summer 2008.

Posted: 5/13/2008 - Category: Outstanding Students

Gina Solis became Collin College’s first individual women’s National Champion and Division I First Team All-American. Mandy Bowling, Jacky Lahari and Cally Woerner were named Second Team All-American.

Posted: 5/9/2008 - Category: Outstanding Students

The Collin College women’s tennis team finished fifth for the second year in a row at the NJCAA Division I National Championships in May 2008.

Posted: 5/9/2008 - Category: College Honors

Dr. John Glass, professor of sociology, published "Behavior analytic grounding of sociological social constructionism," in volume 8, issue 2 of The Behavior Analyst Today.

Posted: 5/7/2008 - Category: In The Public Eye

Debra Lamb, advisor, graduated from Leadership Dallas in 2008.

Posted: 5/7/2008 - Category: Individual Honors

Lisa Downing, professor of English, was awarded the 2007 Short Fiction Award from the Association for Mormon Letters for "Clothing Esther." The short story appeared in the December 2007 edition of Sunstone Magazine, a publication dedicated to Mormon art, culture and scholarship.

Posted: 5/7/2008 - Category: Individual Honors

Anthony Armstrong, associate professor of English and former Collin College student, won a 2008 American Inhouse Design Award from Graphic Design USA for excellence and creativity in his roles as editor-in-chief and art director of Nurses’ Lounge magazine.

Posted: 5/7/2008 - Category: Individual Honors

Dr. John Glass, professor of sociology, presented "Ignoring the devil at our own peril" at the Association for Behavior Analysis annual meeting in San Diego and "Controlling Agencies" at the International Society for Behaviorology annual meeting in March 2008 in Melbourne, Fla.

Posted: 5/7/2008 - Category: Faculty and Staff Presentations

Cathy Donald-Whitney, professor of biology, presented "The Professor and the Medical Examiner's Office: An Integrated Active Learning Sabatical" at the National Association of Biology Teacher's conference in 2007.

Posted: 5/7/2008 - Category: Faculty and Staff Presentations

Karen Musa, chair of Hospitality and Foodservice Management, was named to the Texas Restaurant Association Education Foundation Board and the Greater Dallas Restaurant Association Education Board.

Posted: 5/7/2008 - Category: Faculty/Staff Appointments

Debra Lamb, advisor, served as chair for the Business and Professional Women National Task Force for CampBPW, a program for at-risk girls. She also served as the fundraising chair for the Business and Professional Women state and Dallas region organizations.

Posted: 5/7/2008 - Category: Faculty/Staff Appointments

Mary McRae, vice president of student development, was selected as a member of the Plano Chapter of the National Charity League.

Posted: 5/7/2008 - Category: Faculty/Staff Appointments

Collin College announced a new associate degree in Culinary Arts.

Posted: 5/7/2008 - Category: College Milestones

Sonja Andrus, professor of English, earned her doctorate in English from Texas A&M University-Commerce.

Posted: 5/7/2008 - Category: Degrees Awarded

Professor Dr. Rosemary Karr was one of 15 professors statewide named a 2008 Piper Professor, an honor presented annually by the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation to professors for superior teaching at a Texas college or university.

Posted: 5/7/2008 - Category: Individual Honors

The Nursing Program received the Continuing Approval with Commendation from the Board of Nursing. The commendation is for the 98.28 percent pass rate on the 2007 NCLEX-RN examination.

Posted: 4/24/2008 - Category: College Honors

Dr. Pam Gaiter, professor of sociology, and Dr. Chris Grooms, professor of English, presented at the 12th Cotton and Rural History Conference at the Audie Murphy American Cotton Museum in Greenville. Professor Gaiter presented “Living the Legacy: Black Land Owners in East Texas, 1870-2000’s” and Dr. Grooms made a musical presentation “How Cotton Brought the Blues to Texas.” The event was co-sponsored by the Collin’s Department of History, Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Posted: 4/24/2008 - Category: Faculty and Staff Presentations

Collin College Continuing Education's fall 2007 and spring 2008 schedules placed first in the Texas Administrators of Continuing Education for Community/Junior Colleges marketing awards in Austin April 23-25.

Posted: 4/24/2008 - Category: College Honors

The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) awarded Collin College with the gold in the Periodicals: Newsletters, Tabloids and Newspapers category for the fall and winter Connections newsletters.

Posted: 4/24/2008 - Category: College Honors

The National Junior College Athletic Association’s National Meeting awarded Collin College the Men's National Tennis Tournament for another three years. The NJCAA said that Collin puts on a first class national tournament and that teams enjoy coming to Plano.

Posted: 4/24/2008 - Category: College Honors