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UT Arlington to partner on new scholarship promise

Nash Elementary School students can receive full-tuition scholarships to Tarrant County College or UT Arlington if they meet certain requirements. About 75% of Nash's 250 students are considered economically disadvantaged.

Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009

Mountain View College to present Theater of Magic

The "Mark Wilson" Mountain View Magic Club is an official student organization at the college which seeks to promote student leadership and effective public speaking.

Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009

Eastfield College volleyball team to play special breast cancer awareness game

The special game, dubbed "Dig Pink," will take place on Thursday, October 22 at 7 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 16, 2009

Eastfield College Library to present “Lone Star and Eagle: German Immigration to Texas” exhibit

The exhibit follows the journey of the immigrants from their arrival in Indianola, now a ghost town, to their new settlements such as Fredericksburg, New Braunfels, and Sisterdale.

Friday, Oct. 16, 2009

Collin College dance department to offer free dance seminars and classes

Open studio classes will include modern dance, jazz, ballet, and hip hop.

Monday, Oct. 12, 2009

Tarrant County College Foundation Board names new members

New members are a certified public accountant and an attorney.

Monday, Sept. 28, 2009

Richland College to host fundraiser to renovate planetarium

Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin will be honored as part of the fundraiser.

Monday, Sept. 28, 2009

Collin County Commissioners Court to hold public meeting at Melissa church

The county government represents all the citizens in Collin County and ought to keep its affairs at arm's length to that of any church.

Monday, Sept. 21, 2009

Richland College to present Hell Bound Road exhibition

Eddy Rawlinson will give a talk at an opening reception from 12 - 1 p.m. on Oct. 15.

Monday, Sept. 21, 2009

Tarrant County College names Linda Braddy as South Campus Dean

Braddy was previously the mathematics department chair at East Central University in Oklahoma.

Monday, Sept. 14, 2009

Richland College to present Rebecca Coffey exhibit

Coffey’s art utilizes fabric, free-hand stitching and found media to create works populated with pin-up girls, geishas and other iconic imagery.

Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009

Richland College to welcome photographers Jerry Uelsmann and Maggie Taylor

Uelsmann and Taylor are husband and wife artists.

Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009

Tarrant County College sees record numbers of “distance learners”

That means they can take classes online.

Friday, Sept. 4, 2009

Collin College dance professor receives endowed chair

Lesley Snelson has taught at several other Dallas-Fort Worth area colleges.

Friday, Sept. 4, 2009

Eastfield College Music Department announces recital schedule

This is an on-campus concert/seminar series designed to provide a laboratory and listening experience as an extension of classroom music studies.

Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009

Eastfield College partners with Green Mountain Energy on solar array

It is estimated that the array will save the college more than $100,000 in electricity costs over its 30-year lifetime.

Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009

Longtime Richland College president announces retirement

Dr. Stephen K. Mittelstet has been the president at Richland College for 30 years.

Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009

Dallas County Community College District sets record fall enrollment

The economy sucks, so why not go back to school?

Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009

Collin County Community College cuts tuition, taxes and raises salaries

Collin College now offers the lowest total tuition and fee scale in the State of Texas.

Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009

Photo gallery: Eastfield College Pleasant Grove campus opens with big celebration

The campus will also house the Southeast Dallas Chamber of Commerce, the Southeast Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and the Wilkinson Center.

Friday, Aug. 7, 2009

Eastfield College to open Pleasant Grove campus

A grand opening ceremony for the new facility will be held on Mon., Aug. 3, from 2 to 7 p.m.

Monday, July 27, 2009

Tarrant County College trains National Semiconductor employees in Arlington on job hunting

They're preparing employees for a scheduled closure within the next year.

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Richland College officially opens Garland campus

The campus is the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold-designed/constructed project in the city of Garland.

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Tarrant County College appoints vice chancellor as interim chancellor

... and Leonardo de la Garza sings a Spanish song at his going-away reception.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Tarrant County College chancellor resigns, gets big bucks compensation package

The resignation comes under the cloud of a lawsuit over the legality of Chancellor de la Garza's contract.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Collin College Preston Ridge campus in Frisco expanding culinary arts facilities

New building being constructed on site of old pool.

Monday, June 22, 2009

Richland College to host author Keith Ferrazzi

Ferrazzi will discuss his new book, Who's Got Your Back, a work dedicated to showing how changing three key relationships can change one's life.

Monday, June 15, 2009

Carla Ranger reinstated by Dallas County Community College District

Ranger will have a different title, but will maintain the same level of pay she had previously.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

North Lake College to host race relations panel

The free event will be moderated by Bob Ray Sanders, columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Eastfield College to host Dia de la Guitarra (Day of the Guitar)

The festival will kick off with James Schreffler’s Children’s Spring Guitar recital in F112.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Eastfield College to host East Metroplex Piano Festival

An impressive faculty of educators with specialty in piano performance have been assembled to teach the week-long camps.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Richland College student places third in national art competition

Betty Levy won for her oil painting titled Portrait I in the 2008-09 National League For Innovation Student Art Competition.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Jim Wright scholarship available to Tarrant County College students

This is the second year a scholarship in Speaker Wright's name has been awarded to a student attending the northeast campus.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Tarrant County College Trinity River campus opens registration for inaugural term

The limited summer term, ending July 8, precedes the official opening of the campus set for fall 2009.

Friday, April 24, 2009

Eastfield College locked down after phone threat

All students are safe after a building-by-building sweep by Eastfield College police.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Richland College to present Diaspora: Discovery, Perception, and Participation

The five-day series of events, taking place April 20-24, is a celebration of culture and ethnicity in the United States.

Monday, April 13, 2009

Texas highways featured in Tarrant County College art exhibition

The thesis exhibition features a collection of industrial-type images from John Alexander Taylor’s travels on the highways of North Texas.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Everest College survey reveals statewide optimism

More than half of those surveyed feel less effected by the recession by living in Texas.

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Richland College to present 2009 Literary Festival

The 26th annual event features local and national poets, authors and writers, including Richland's own faculty and students.

Monday, March 2, 2009

Theater Spotlight of the Week: Lindy Benton-Muller

New interview with Director of Theatre at Tarrant County College's South Campus, directing Medea & Louise, upcoming show for Women's History Month.

Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009


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