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RCHS - Excellent student success news continues to arrive for Richland Collegiate High School (RCHS) seniors! The following RCHS students have been accepted with junior status at the following universities: Justin Pham–Baylor; Caitlin Taylor–The University of Texas at Austin Biomedical Engineering School and U.T. Dean’s Scholar Invitational, which includes scholarship interviews; and Melanie Weiler–The University of Texas and Texas A&M.
Community and Economic Development – To honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Richland College’s Student Programs and Resources sponsored the appearance of Reverend Clarence Glover, a local diversity expert and civil rights activist who was involved with Dr. King’s initiatives. An overflow crowd of students, faculty and staff filled the Brazos Gallery to hear Reverend Glover speak about Dr. King’s philosophy, activities and marches to bring heightened awareness about injustices in our country. Reverend Glover asked students to discuss in small groups when they had experienced injustice and their responses to it, and encouraged them to become involved in organizations whose missions are to eliminate injustice and provide equality for all individuals.
Student Success – This week’s Richland Student Wall of Honor features Rick Walker, former student, current Richland College adjunct broadcast journalism instructor, and LeCroy/Richland cable/broadcast TV production director. When a childhood accident pierced Rick’s left eye doctors indicated he would be blind in that eye and lose sight in the other eye due to infection. Remarkably, his sight remained in tact, and he advanced to a successful career in television and radio after earning an A.A.S. degree from Richland College in 1986, a B.A. degree in radio/TV/film from UNT, and a M.L.A. with communications emphasis from SMU. Having received 34 national, regional, and local awards for broadcast excellence, he currently hosts two DCCCD cable TV broadcasts called College Television and Richland Television, and independently hosts and produces Powertalk on 89.7 FM in the Dallas/Fort Worth market.
Employee Success – Congratulations to Richland College Senior Rehabilitation specialist Aliene Pylant. Aliene is a published poet and playwright of one-act plays, and was recently awarded third prize in a national poetry contest conducted by Winning Writers, an organization that finds and creates quality resources for poets and writers and awards more than $24,000 in writing prizes. Winning Writers was named one of the “101 Best Websites for Writers” by Writer’s Digest in 2005, 2006 and 2007. (Her award-winning poem, Girl in the Fire, is attached.)
Institutional Effectiveness – Richland College is piloting a 2007-08 Program Review of Student and Administrative Support Services, benchmarked from El Centro College. The review model is consistent with the annual credit program reviews conducted over the past 15 years by Richland College’s Academic Council. The review requirements include a SWOT analysis, quantitative and qualitative measures, student learning outcomes assessment, documentation of program initiatives, and an analysis of program resources. Gloria Washington, the college’s director of Institutional Effectiveness, trained pilot participants and is conducting periodic reviews of progress throughout the academic year.
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