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Time to Shine: VP to go bald after RCHS seniors earns over $2 million in scholarships
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Earlier this year, David Canine, Vice President of Educational Transitions and Deputy Superintendent of Richland Collegiate High School of Mathematics, Science and Engineering (RCHS), challenged the class of 2008 to get more than $1 million in scholarship offers. If successful, he promised to shave his head.
The seniors met and exceeded the challenge, collecting over $2 million in scholarships from various in-state and out-of-state colleges and universities, both public and private. On May 12, Canine pays up by going bald for the cause.
The class of 2008 will be the first graduating class of RCHS. The charter school was formed in the Fall of 2006 for area students to complete their last two years of high school at Richland College, earning both college credit and their high school diploma.
Who: Richland Collegiate High School
What: Deputy Superintendent David Canine gets his head shaved as a result of RCHS seniors earning $2 million in scholarships
When: 3 p.m., May 12
Where: Richland College – East Breezeway
12800 Abrams Road
Dallas, TX 75243
Published by Anitra Cotton on April 30th, 2008 tagged Award/Honors, Events, Richland Collegiate High School | 1 Comment »
Richland College to host “Stop the Presses,” a documentary screening on Monday
WHAT: “Stop the Presses: The American Newspaper in Peril,” documentary film screening followed by Q&A with filmmakers
WHO: Filmmakers, Mark Birnbaum and Manny Mendoza
WHEN: 2-4 p.m., April 28
WHERE: Sabine Hall - Room S-103
HOSTED BY: Richland College Broadcasting Club and KDUX Web Radio
WEBSITE: www.stopthepressesdoc.com
DALLAS - What will become of the American newspaper? The ready availability of news around the clock, particularly on the Internet, is combining with Wall Street’s demand for growing profits to threaten this important American institution. What’s at stake is the role of the journalism in a free society? Many American newspapers have seen advertising revenues plummet, printing costs rise, readership decline and shareholders increasingly unsatisfied with their financial returns. Newspaper management reacted with cuts: involuntary layoffs and voluntary buyouts. Papers are not only deciding how large a staff they can now afford but also how to deploy it in a shifting world of 24-hour cable news, Web sites aimed at every niche and TV-enabled telephones.
Journalist, Manny Mendoza has 30 years experience with newspapers across the country, including 14 years experience as an arts and entertainment critic with The Dallas Morning News. He currently works as a television columnist with ReZoom.com and is co-producing and promoting the documentary film “Stop the Presses.”
Filmmaker, Mark Birnbaum has created documentaries that have probed, celebrated and exposed people to places and personalities all over the globe. His films cover topics ranging from politics and religion to sailboat racing and salsa dancing. Birnbaum has received numerous gold medal film festival awards and is the recipient of the prestigious George Foster Peabody Broadcasting Award.
For additional information, please contact Meg Fullwood at 972-761-6859 (Mon/Wed) or by e-mail at mfullwood@dcccd.edu.
Published by Anitra Cotton on April 24th, 2008 tagged Events, News | Comment now »
Special Community Meeting to focus on green issues on May 7
Second of four quarterly community meetings to be held on May 7th at Richland College
WHAT: Special Community Meeting introduces City of Dallas and Richland College “Green Teams”
WHO:
Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert
Dallas City Councilmembers
City Manager Mary K. Suhm
Dallas City staff
Richland College President Dr. Stephen K. Mittelstet
WHEN: Wednesday, May 7, 2008 6:30 PM
WHERE: Richland College Campus – 12800 Abrams Road
Fannin Performance Hall (Marked “F” on attached map)
Public parking available in lot “W” (Marked “W” on attached map)
MORE: Dallas City Hall is taking City government directly to the people -holding special community meetings. The neighborhood City Council meetings will be held quarterly in south, north, east and west Dallas.
The public is invited to attend the second such meeting on May 7 in north Dallas on the campus of Richland College in Fannin Performance Hall.
City staff will present briefings to council that inform and educate the public about the City’s environmental efforts and the Green Dallas initiative (www.GreenDallas.net) which is aimed at environmental responsibility and encourages both public and private sector involvement. Air quality, energy efficiency, alternative fuel fleet, recycling, water conservation, green building standards; green space, trails, parks and the urban forest; and the Comprehensive Land Use Plan will all be discussed.
Some of Dallas’ accomplishments include being the number one municipal purchaser of renewable power in the nation, possessing the largest clean vehicle fleet of any city in Texas, and becoming the only pilot city chosen for the EPA’s Sustainable Skylines Initiative aimed at improving air quality.
Along with their “green” power point briefings, various departments will set up educational display booths showcasing their own green practices. Each department will also have members of their staff who work on green issues in attendance and will be introduced to Council.
In addition, Richland College President Dr. Stephen K. Mittelstet will brief the Council on the college’s own green initiative, GREENRichland, and their associated Web site www.richlandcollege.edu/greenrichland. Dr. Mittelstet will also talk about the construction of a $40 million, 114,000 square-foot facility that will house Richland’s science programs, Science Corner, bookstore, coffee bar and conference rooms.
Features will include special sustainable construction with the ability to harvest sunlight, underground cisterns to collect and irrigate rain water to other parts of the campus, as well as interactive devices in restrooms that users control to save water. Some building and furnishing materials will be made of recycled materials, such as the carpet and furniture, and local vendors will be utilized as often as possible to minimize exhaust fumes and excess fuel consumption from lengthy transports. A hands-on geology pit, green terrace roof, and monitoring stations to showcase energy efficiency will also be integrated, providing “field learning” for students.
College administrators, architects and contractors are seeking Platinum status under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System. LEED is a nationally recognized standard for the design and construction of high-performing green buildings.