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Bald is beautiful: RCHS seniors earned $2.5 million in scholarships, deputy superintendent shaves head
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David Canine, deputy superintendent for the Richland Collegiate High School of Mathematics, Science and Engineering (RCHS), never imagined how cold air would feel on his bare head. He went bald Monday after he promised to shave his head if the RCHS class of 2008 applied for and received $1 million in scholarships to colleges or universities in Texas and across the United States. Those students took him seriously, and their cumulative scholarship total to date is $2.5 million.
“$2.5 million is so far beyond anything I could have imagined! That’s almost $20,000 per student,” says Canine.
RCHS, housed at Richland College, was first opened in the Fall of 2006 as unique program where 11th and 12th graders could complete their last two years of high school by taking college courses. Potentially, students could earn their high school diploma and their associate’s degree simultaneously. This spring, RCHS will graduate its first class of 129 seniors. Of those students, 122 received their associate’s degree earlier this month.
With the $2.5 million in tow, many of these students will be transferring to major colleges and universities, both in and out of state, with at least 60 credit hours from Richland.
“The scholarships, the school’s [TEA] “exemplary” rating, and the 122 Associate degrees the graduates earned demonstrate the quality of our students and success of the RCHS. More than half of the graduates earned a grade point average of “B” or better taking nothing but college courses. I am glad that the four-year universities recognized how hard our students worked to earn these grades and rewarded them for their efforts,” says Canine.
Applications for fall 2008 incoming juniors are now being accepted. For additional information, visit www.richlandcollege.edu/rchs or call 972-761-6888.
Published by admin on May 16th, 2008 tagged Uncategorized | Comment now »
This week’s RLC update
Institutional Effectiveness - The Texas Association for Institutional Research (TAIR) recently selected Richland researchers Fonda Vera and Bao Huynh as winners of the Best Presentation Award at the 2008 TAIR Conference in Galveston, Texas. The title of their presentation was “Using Baldrige Discipline to Improve through Benchmarking and Environmental Scanning,” and the award entitles each of them to a paid registration at the 2008 Association for Institutional Research (AIR) Forum in Seattle, Wa., and the opportunity to present their paper at the forum.
Community and Economic Development - Seventeen Dallas County Manufacturers Association (DCMA) companies were honored at a reception where the Garland City Manager, Garland ISD Superintendent, DCCCD Board Chair Jerry Prater, and Richland Vice President for Resource Development/Workforce Training Mehrdad Haroutunian expressed their appreciation to the participating companies and emphasized how vital manufacturing is to the continuing economic viability of Garland. As such, Garland Mayor Ronald Jones and five Garland City Council members proclaimed March 13 as Manufacturing Day in Garland to honor the members of the DCMA. This unique partnership among the Garland Chamber, Richland College, City of Garland, and Garland ISD enhances the DCMA’s ability to focus on economic development and manufacturing growth, while accessing customized training and grant-funded training opportunities through Richland. During 2006-07, Richland delivered more than $700,000 in grant-funded, customized training for 700 employees of the 12 DCMA member companies. These connections are proving vital to program development for the new Richland College - Garland Campus that will provide Garland companies even better access to a skilled and qualified workforce in the future.
Employee Success - Richland Vice President David Canine and Director of Community Relations Debbi Richards successfully co-hosted the second week of the Council for Resource Development (CRD) Specialist Training in Washington, D.C., last week. The CRD planning team and 26 interns made professional contacts with their respective U.S. House and Senate representatives and visited with National Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Department of Labor, Department of Education, AACC, ACCT, Foundation Center, and Howard Community College representatives during the training week. Awarded an honorarium for their successful training leadership, David and Debbi donated the honorarium back to CRD to jump start the 2009 Specialist Training Scholarship Fund.
Richland Collegiate High School seniors Christopher Rempert and Jasmine Thomas were elected in their respective voting precincts as delegates to the Senate Democratic Caucus on March 29.
Published by Jenni Gilmer on March 23rd, 2008 tagged Uncategorized | Comment now »
This week’s RLC update
Institutional Effectiveness - This week at Richland College, DCCCD Board Chair Jerry Prater welcomed 26 interns participating in the first week of the Council for Resource Development (CRD) Class of 2008 Specialist Training Program. Participants represented 13 states from North Carolina to Washington and included four new DCCCD CRD interns from Brookhaven, Cedar Valley, and Richland. The second week of the intensive two-week training program will be hosted in Washington, D.C. Thunderducks Debbi Richards and David Canine are serving as training co-chairs, in cooperation with Planning Team members Sandy Hawkins and Shellie Heard from Richland and Theresa Roffino from LeCroy. The Richardson Chamber of Commerce, Garland Chamber of Commerce, Workforce Solutions for Greater Dallas (formally WorkSource for Dallas County), and DCCCD Foundation each sponsored a lunch during the first week of the training program.
Community and Economic Development - A solo exhibition of new photography celebrating the culture of Saratov, Russia, is on display in the Brazos Gallery through March 15. The exhibition, entitled Gennadiy Savkin: Sister City Saratov, features a selection of color photographs by Russian artist Gennadly Savkin, depicting the life, landscape, architecture, people, and cultural beauty of his home city, Saratov, during all four seasons of the year. Saratov is a sister city to Dallas. The exhibit is sponsored by Richland’s Humanities Division and World Languages, Cultures, and Communications Division.
Student Success - Thirteen Richland clay arts students and their art instructor, Fred Sweet, donated 93 handmade bowls to the Empty Bowls annual luncheon at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center on Feb. 22. The event drew more than 1,500 guests who enjoyed soups, bread, and desserts from North Texas restaurants and food purveyors served in handmade bowls donated from artists across the Metroplex. The event raised $116,000 to fight hunger in North Texas.
Employee Success - On March 4, Boston-based Powderhouse Productions was in Dallas filming footage at Richland for a new show on the History Channel similar in format to “How Things Work” or “Modern Marvels.” The episode being filmed was about steel and included footage of the Richland Steel Band, under the direction of Richland Instrumental Music Director Joe Perea, as they performed authentic music and demonstrated building and tuning processes of Caribbean steel drum instruments.
Richland Collegiate High School (RCHS) is one of two high schools selected by Marlow Industries to offer students an opportunity to work for the company as engineering and research assistants. Two to four RCHS juniors will be selected to work full-time during this summer, part-time during their senior year, and full-time during the summer after their graduation. Students who complete the program and plan to study engineering or science will receive scholarships for their final two years of college, as well as summer jobs with Marlow Industries. The company hopes to expand the program to address its ongoing need for skilled engineers and scientists. Founded in 1973, Marlow Industries, an early Richland Corporate Services custom training client and a 1991 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient, is a local thermoelectric cooler manufacturer.