ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ held its annual Employee Christmas Party and Service Awards/Retirement Luncheon on Friday, Dec. 8th. In addition to wishing Elayne Peters, Director of the Testing Center, well in her retirement, the college also honored those who reached service milestones.
ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ students and co-founders of the TAFE Chapter, Monserrat Rivero and Ruby Ferretiz, were surprised by Professor Jim Ward with a shopping spree to collect supplies for their TAFE community service project.
A long-awaited βCOVIDβ edition of the journal, Touchstone has appeared this fall. The Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) has published this collegiate journal since 1982. It is one of the longest-running scholarly publications for undergraduate authors in the United States.
The ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Foundation is pleased to announce that seven ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ employees have been awarded funds through the 2022 Whatley Employee Enhancement Grant. The Foundation received 13 outstanding applications. A total of $12,260 was awarded through the grant.
For over ten years in the βBioTexβ seminar at ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅, honors students have experienced a November βemail shootout.β This is something like a cross between an ongoing basketball game with scores changing in real time, and a fast-paced, scholarly-poetic thinkathon.
The ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Foundation recently received a $42,039.06 donation from the estate of Earl Christian Williamson. Nita May (left), Director of Development, and Dr. Jonathan McCullough, Executive Vice President for Advancement, are pictured receiving the check. Williamson was a computer science faculty member at ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ from 1988 to 1998.
The ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Foundation recently received a $12,000 donation from the United States Tennis Association. Dr. Ron Clinton (left), ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ President, Jimmy Smith, Coordinator of Continuing Education and Corporate Training, and Dr. Jonathan McCullough, Executive Vice President for Advancement, are pictured receiving the check.
The ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Continuing Education Department is now accepting applications for the 2023 Firefighter Academy. Classes begin January 17th, 2023 and will be held at the Mount Pleasant Central Fire Station. The program meets on evenings during the week and on alternating Saturdays.
ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ will host its December 2022 Commencement Ceremony on Friday, Dec. 9th at 7 p.m. in the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts. Seating is limited, so only guests who have tickets will be admitted into the auditorium. Graduation will be streamed live on and for those who are unable to attend in person.
