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Community and Economic Development – Richland College’s Emeritus Program hosted its Back-to-School Kickoff on Tuesday in Fannin Performance Hall with Dallas Morning News columnist Steve Blow as the keynote speaker. Emeritus line-dancers provided a toe-tapping demonstration of dances they have learned in their Wellness class, and the more than 300 kickoff participants received an overview of Richland College’s spring course offerings, the Emeritus spring course booklet, and refreshments.
Student Success – This week’s Richland College Student Wall of Honor features Hsiang K. “Frank” Fei who was born in Hua-Lien, Taiwan, where he graduated from high school, attended college to major in automatic control engineering, served in the Taiwanese army, and later worked in an electrical component company. While coming to the U.S. to complete a master’s degree, in 1998 he was diagnosed with stage 4 Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and underwent a physical and emotional battle with treatments, drugs, tests, and being laid off from work twice. Following a successful bone marrow transplant in 2002, he decided to change his career path to a health-related profession, hoping to help others who experience similar health challenges in life. Enrolling at Richland College, he has maintained a 4.0 GPA and remains focused on his ultimate goal to contribute to the prevention and treatment of cancers.
Employee Success – Dr. Sherry Dean, executive dean, Humanities, was the opening keynote speaker at the 15th International Mexican Recycling Congress and Expo (INARE) in Acapulco, Mexico, November 8th. Dr. Dean’s address was entitled “The Cultural Imperative of the Global Economy.” Dr. Dean shared the opening program with Juan Lopez of the Environmental Executive Office of the White House and Egyptian Ambassador to Mexico, his Excellency Aly Houssam El Din El Hefny. Government and business representatives from Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Spain, China, Mexico and the United States attended the INARE conference.
Institutional Effectiveness – Richland College’s institutional effectiveness in workforce training was highlighted recently as S.S.T. Truck Company was recognized with the Employer Award of Excellence at the Texas Workforce Commission’s Annual Conference in Houston. S.S.T. Truck was nominated by the WorkSource for Dallas County Board of Directors for the outstanding program it developed with Richland College this past year. The program provided 88 hours of basic truck manufacturing training to more than 600 S.S.T. Truck employees, which resulted in enhanced skill levels, increased employee morale, higher productivity, and an increase in new business for the Garland plant.
Richland Collegiate High School - Senior Charlie Manion was recently announced as one of the 42 students selected by U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (3rd District-Texas) to participate in the 2007-2008 Congressional Youth Advisory Council. This is the second year Charlie has been selected to serve. Congressman Johnson created the Council in 2004 to provide him greater student perspective and insight on issues directly impacting younger Americans and to educate students on government policies relevant to young people. Charlie also received word this week that he has been accepted into The University of Texas at Austin Mechanical Engineering Program as a junior.
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