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Dr. Matkin was featured in the third edition of 投资达拉斯-沃斯堡 in a section addressing “Preparation and progress: Higher ed leaders share top priorities for setting students, and Texas, up for success.” 阅读139页的文章

Collin College has the 在德克萨斯州所有公立两年制大学中，终身价值排名最高（超过40年）, according to a review of projected return on investment (ROI) by Georgetown’s Center on Education and the Workforce. 只有私立大学的排名高于皇冠体育平台。 Collin also sits in the top 25 percent in the nation for 40-year ROI, a level dominated by institutions predominantly offering baccalaureate degrees or higher. The projections are based upon 2021-22 data drawn 从 the College Scorecard. A total of 4,476 institutions were evaluated.

Men’s basketball coach 吉姆Sigona and former tennis coach 马丁由漫画家 will be recognized with National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Coaches Legacy Awards during a ceremony this summer. 这个奖项 表彰在各自的运动中获胜最多的教练。 This is the first time since 1938 that the NJCAA will formally recognize these coaches. The only men’s basketball coach in Collin College history, Sigona has won 725 games at Collin College, winning an average of 20 games per season and coaching 14 nationally ranked teams. Coach Berryman, who passed away in 2022, was Collin’s first tennis coach, joining the college in 1988 to help establish the program. Collin produced 88 All-Americans and won the NJCAA national title nine times – five men’s and four women’s championships – under his direction. The 校董会 voted last year to rename the college’s tennis complex in his honor. An official dedication ceremony for the resurfaced and restriped tennis center is planned for Friday, March 28, beginning at 9 a.m.

凯文·布朗, a graduate of Paramedic Class 42 was recently recognized by Dallas Fire Rescue with the Lifesaving Award. On Nov. 20, 2024, Brown responded to a report of an unconscious person to find a 72-year-old woman who had choked and gone into cardiac arrest. Brown cleared her airway and directed a full code on the patient, achieving a Return of Spontaneous Circulation (ROSC). The success rate for achieving ROSC generally falls around 20-30% for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, with only a portion of those patients surviving to hospital discharge due to neurological complications. This patient was discharged a few days later with no neurological deficits.

白兰地跳投, an associate professor at the McKinney Campus, has been selected as a recipient of Phi Theta Kappa’s (PTK) 2025 Continued Excellence Award for Advisors. This award is given to PTK advisors who have received the Distinguished Advisor Award at the international level.

Following the Third Annual Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) Digital Learning Summit, the iCollin Virtual Campus partnered with the THECB to host an in-person Idea Exchange: Coffee and Conversation at the Collin Higher Education Center. Associate Dean 吉尔纽金特 served as the session host and welcomed 21 faculty and staff in collaborative discussions about the future of digital learning and impact of generative AI. Post-event survey data showed overwhelmingly positive feedback, with participants reporting a stronger connection to the institution and online faculty community after the event.

iCollin Virtual Campus faculty member 拉托亚Watkins was elected as a new member of the Texas Institute of Letters, a non-profit honor society founded in 1936 to celebrate Texas literature and recognize distinctive literary achievement. In February, Watkins presented at the University of Maryland 当代作家 event and at the Jimenez- Porter Writers’ House.

iCollin Virtual Campus faculty member 贝特西·布罗迪的 oral history and photography exhibition “Digging In” was selected by the City of Dallas to be part of the Dragon Boat Festival. It will be on display at the Bath House Cultural Center on White Rock Lake 从 May through June 2025.

Communications Design student 安德里亚·莫利纳的 artwork was selected in the SkillsUSA National Pin Design Challenge. Her design will be used for the decorative pins given to SkillsUSA participants at the national conference this June in Atlanta, Georgia.

iCollin Virtual Campus student and elite-level ice dancer, 路加福音安德森 is a McKinney native and full-time online student this semester. He is working on his associate degree through the iCollin Virtual Campus while training in Canada. He competed at the 2025 Canadian National Skating Championships in January and finished in 10th place.

Collin College’s first-ever 家长及学生资源展 is scheduled for Wednesday, March 26, in the Plano Campus Living Legends Conference Center. At the resource fair, Collin College and community-based organizations will provide resources for parenting students’ families.

杰林·鲍威尔·菲斯克, a reference associate at the Frisco Campus Library and the author of 支线任务：故事, won the 2024 Reader Views Literary Awards Program South Regional Award for her short story collection. 完整的获奖者名单和该书的链接是可用的 在这里.

Collin College’s Concrete Solutions team placed third in the TEXO ACS Region 5 Student Competition in Hurst in February. The Commercial Build team also had an excellent showing, and team member Meka哈勒尔 was awarded third place Best Presenter.

The Technical Campus hosted 37 employers and 337 students at its Construction Management Spring Job/Internship Fair. This event was made possible by faculty, staff, and volunteers including 凯特·史密斯，玛丽亚·罗德里格斯，克里萨·黑斯廷斯， and Shontel皮尔森.

One-hundred-and-three contestants 从 29 high schools competed in the Fourth Annual FFA/AAC 焊接比赛 hosted by the Collin College Welding Program. Competitions included gas metal arc welding (GMAW), oxy-fuel cutting, a blueprint exam, and a technical knowledge exam. T在这里 were 150 students in attendance, with vendors providing demonstrations of products and tools and several local companies discussing career opportunities.

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皇冠体育平台自豪地宣布其年度NISOD优秀奖获得者。 A total of 23 applications were received, with 11 nominees making it to the final group.

The NISOD Excellence Awards were established in 1991 to provide NISOD member colleges with an opportunity to recognize individuals doing extraordinary work on their campuses. 从那时起，超过30,000名获奖者获得了他们的奖项 学院。

Congratulations 2024年的皇冠体育 NISOD Excellence Award Winners:
达林有斑纹的 会议事务协调员
唐娜·凯恩医生 生物学教授,
凯拉涌 教授,护理
迈克尔Czawlytko 警察
特布林·戴利医生 计算机科学教授
Dr. Brandy Fair 副院长，学术事务和劳动力计划 Alyssa摩尔 数据经理，P-12伙伴关系/双重信用
杰里米·尼尔森 网络管理员, 技术服务
罗伯特·保罗 校园科技总监
布莱恩•桑德斯 主管，暖通空调和焊接项目
科琳施维茨 应付帐款经理
得奖者将于六月一日在港大举行酒会庆祝 4月29日 从 2-3:30点。

每年在NISOD期间 卓越教学与领导国际会议, recipients are celebrated for their contributions and achievements. 阅读更多关于NISOD优秀奖的信息，以及我们的获奖者将如何被认可.

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