Employee Success — Congratulations to Richland’s College Communications & Marketing staff Patricia Benter and Deborah Wells on being selected as the winning designers of the Richardson Chamber of Commerce Live Healthy Kick-off Luncheon centerpieces. Patricia and Deborah designed two displays with Richland promotional items and healthy foods arranged in a variety of glass jars to decorate Richland’s sponsor tables for the event. The Live Healthy 100-Day Wellness Challenge is a team-centric, weight-loss, physical activity program that assists participants in making positive changes leading to healthier lifestyles. The Richland centerpiece design win helped further motivate the Richland Live Healthy Team participants.
Student Success — Congratulations to Richland creative writing student Eva Havens who was recently honored with the Spring 2010 Ann Priest Writing Scholarship. Selected from a field of excellent writing submissions and applications, the Ann Priest Writing Scholarship Selection Committee, composed of a panel of five Richland English professors, determined Eva’s writing sample and application to be deserving of this distinguished scholarship established by Bill Priest to honor his wife, long-time Richland employee, and creative writer, Ann Priest.
Sustainable Community Building — In celebration of Mexico’s Bicentennial Independence, this week Richland’s Center for Mexican American/Latino Studies hosted writer and playwright Edgar Chías. The renowned writer and playwright made a presentation on the fascinating life of Benito Juárez, Mexico’s first indigenous president and a founding father of Mexico’s constitution. This event, presented in conjunction with Teatro Dallas’ 14th International Theater Festival, was one in a series of events this spring celebrating Mexico and its nearly 200 years of independence.
Institutional Effectiveness — Richland continues to experience record-breaking enrollment growth with 18,619 credit students currently enrolled in almost 2.8 million contact hours for spring 2010. Compared to the spring 2009 semester, this represents an increase in headcount and contact hours of more than 13.8 percent. It also represents an increase over fall 2009 enrollment which reached 17,892 in headcount and almost 2.4 million contact hours at certification date.
Richland Collegiate High School (RCHS) Seniors Haron Abdel-Raziq and Alexander Leake were recently notified of their acceptance to Purdue University. Haron was accepted into Purdue’s School of Engineering and is awaiting word on acceptance to MIT and its School of Engineering.
