South gallery highlights women with girly exhibit
By Kelli Londono/entertainment editor The delicate, wild and mysterious sides of girls and their femininity are on display in Girls, the exhibit in South Campus’ Carillon Gallery in the Joe B. Rushing Center for the Performing Arts. Curator Erika Duque has returned to TCC to curate her first art show. The alumna of both TCC [...]
NW seminar provides students tips for managing time
Managing one’s time is an important skill, a NW biology professor told students last week. Lynn Preston presented Time Management Oct. 17 on NW Campus, where students received a planner and exercises to start the process of balancing their day-to-day schedules. “Students have classes, work, family life, social life and sleep they have to find [...]
NE club dances Thriller-style
All students, faculty and staff are invited to a spook-tacular dance event Oct. 31 on NE Campus. Two sessions will occur 10:10 a.m.-1:40 p.m. and 3:30-5:30 p.m. in the dance studio (NHPE 2127) at which versions of “Thriller” and “Rocky Horror” dances will be taught. Classes are free, but donations will be accepted. All proceeds [...]
Names & Events
Now-Oct. 25 During TR Transfer Connections Week, students can meet with area college representatives. A speed-recruiting circuit of tables will be set up on TRTR Main Street so students can visit with different colleges, get information they need and enter to win prizes. More than 30 colleges will participate. Now-Oct. 31 Students are invited to [...]
Voting excites, yet frustrates students
By Shirlett Warren/editor-in-chief TR student Duncan Ballantyne does not plan to vote in November. He said he remembers when candidates used to have good qualities and citizens were voting for the qualities they liked best. He doesn’t see that anymore. “I’ve noticed that elections have turned from actually trying to find the person best suited [...]
Biology teacher helps students in, out of classes
By Joshua Knopp/special assignments editor Part four in a five-part series on winners of the Chancellor’s Award for Exemplary Teaching, an annual recognition of professors who impress and inspire their students. Science was the only subject that held her attention in grade school. “I’ve loved science since I was a little girl,” NW biology professor [...]
SE classes teach hotel, restaurant management
By Karen Gavis/managing editor TCC students looking for a career in the food industry are not limited to culinary arts training. SE Campus also offers a hotel and restaurant administration program that prepares students for a burgeoning industry with many local opportunities. SE hospitality management instructor James Traister said it is a healthy sector, and [...]
Program gives minority males tools to succeed
By Cody Daniels and Karen Gavis If the past is any indication, more than half the African-American and Hispanic males who enrolled at TCC for the first time this semester won’t be back next year. Joy Gates Black hopes a new program — the Men of Color Mentoring Program — will change all that. Gates [...]
South Campus seminar prepares students for jobs
By Jasmine Fagan/reporter As students prepare for the upcoming hiring fair Oct. 25 on South Campus, the career and transfer center presented Walk Through — Make a Good First Impression — Curb Appeal — Dress for Success Oct. 18. Center coordinator Monica Miranda conducted the session covering résumés, interviews and professional attire. “As you are [...]
SE student’s quilt earns blue ribbon at State Fair
By Karen Gavis/managing editor A 17-year-old dual credit SE student earned a blue ribbon at the State Fair of Texas for a quilt that competed against all age groups. Raelea Hiller has been sewing since she was 9 and entered two of her quilts in this year’s fair. “A Critter Christmas,” which was placed in [...]