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How We’re Awesome This Month: 02 ISSUE October 2015 Hill College was recently selected to receive a grant from the George G. and Alva Hudson Smith Foundation. The college received $6,152 to help fund emergency preparedness kits for the Incident Command Team, campus buildings, the Library and residence halls! Congratulations to John Versluis, Lizza Trenkle and Preston McReynolds! Vice President of External Affairs Jessyca Brown was selected as a member of the Leadership Greater Hillsboro program for 2015-2016. Leadership Greater Hillsboro is a program for Hillsboro community members and is designed to develop community leaders for today and tomorrow. Admission to the Leadership Hillsboro class is one of the Hillsboro Community’s top honors. It is a rigorous academic and hands- on learning program focused around leadership development at the personal, organizational and community levels. The participants work together as a group, visiting key elements of both the local and state infrastructure. On each program day, participants will interact with the entire class, speakers and guests. By the end of the program, participants will develop a cohesive overview of how educational, social service and business systems operate on both the city and state level. Congratulations, Jessyca! The Glen Rose Cosmetology department recently attended the Somervell County Cancer Support Group’s fundraiser, “A Missless Beauty Pageant,” where students applied makeup and wigs to pageant participants. All proceeds from the contest benefited the local cancer support group that assists local cancer patients by helping supply medicine and gas through local businesses as well as offering support and friendship during the process. Good job, Glen Rose Cosmetology! Darlene Herring, English Adjunct Instructor, was recently published in the book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks to My Mom! Herring began teaching English courses online for Hill College after retiring from public school teaching. She said she loves the art of storytelling and encourages her students to write from the heart. Congratulations, Darlene! It is that time of year again as Hill College is getting ready for its annual “Holiday on the Hill.” The event this year will be Nov. 6 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. and Nov. 7 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the Student Center Gym. Come celebrate the season with us and see what goodies are offered by Hill College employees and other local artisans! Biology II and Nutrition students recently partnered with Irving Elementary (Cleburne ISD) to build a school garden. Together the college and elementary students built six raised bed gardens from scratch, and ended the three- hour lab period with a fully-planted fall garden. This is required for Biology II, and bonus for Nutrition students. This is the fifth school garden Hill College students have built with CISD schools. WTG Dr. Lori Rose! If you have news the Hill Family could use, send it to trejcek@hillcollege. edu Subject: Red, Blue & You! SPOTLIGHT LENGTH OF SERVICE: 6 years WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT HILL COLLEGE? The fact that it’s a small college with small class sizes, which gives me a chance to really know my students and gives me a flexibility in my curriculum design. WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR JOB? I love it! I teach at Hill College by choice, and I am extremely proud to be a Hill College instructor. ANYTHING YOU’D LIKE TO SHARE ABOUT YOURSELF? I think My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is the best thing to happen to TV! HOBBIES OR INTERESTS OUTSIDE OF WORK: I love anything dealing with organic, homegrown food or drinks, including veggie fermenting and kombucha brewing, and herbal medicines. I love zumba and yoga and anything outdoors. WHO IS YOUR HERO AND WHY? Anyone who dares to face their fears, be vulnerable enough to be willing to step into the arena and be their true authentic selves, and anyone using their passions to make the world a better place. I have hundreds of heroes, and many of them are my students. Red, Blue and You Employee Newsletter This Issue Spotlight, How We’re Awesome P. 1 Athletics Update, Performing Arts, Tech Bytes,VP Corner P. 2 Eye On, The Welcome Wagon, Professional Development P. 3 NAME: Dr. Lori Rose POSITION: Life Sciences Instructor
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Hill College was recently selected to receive a grant from the George G. and Alva Hudson Smith Foundation. The college received $6,152 to help fund emergency preparedness kits for the Incident Command Team, campus buildings, the Library and residence halls! Congratulations to John Versluis, Lizza Trenkle and Preston McReynolds!
Vice President of External Affairs Jessyca Brown was selected as a member of the Leadership Greater Hillsboro program for 2015-2016. Leadership Greater Hillsboro is a program for Hillsboro community members and is designed to develop community leaders for today and tomorrow. Admission to the Leadership Hillsboro class is one of the Hillsboro Community’s top honors. It is a rigorous academic and hands-on learning program focused around leadership development at the personal, organizational and community levels. The participants work together as a group, visiting key elements of both the local and state infrastructure. On each program day, participants will interact with the entire class, speakers and guests. By the end of the program, participants will develop a cohesive overview of how educational, social service and business systems operate on both the city and state level. Congratulations, Jessyca!
The Glen Rose Cosmetology department recently attended the Somervell County Cancer Support Group’s fundraiser, “A Missless Beauty Pageant,” where students applied makeup and wigs to pageant participants. All proceeds from the contest benefited the local cancer
support group that assists local cancer patients by helping supply medicine and gas through local businesses as well as offering support and friendship during the process. Good job, Glen Rose Cosmetology!
Darlene Herring, English Adjunct Instructor, was recently published in the book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks to My Mom! Herring began teaching English courses online for Hill College after retiring from public school teaching. She said she loves the art of storytelling and encourages her students to write from the heart. Congratulations, Darlene!
It is that time of year again as Hill College is getting ready for its annual “Holiday on the Hill.” The event this year will be Nov. 6 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. and Nov. 7 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the Student Center Gym. Come celebrate the season with us and see what goodies are offered by Hill College employees and other local artisans!
Biology II and Nutrition students recently partnered with Irving Elementary (Cleburne ISD) to build a school garden. Together the college and elementary students built six raised bed gardens from scratch, and ended the three-hour lab period with a fully-planted fall garden. This is required for Biology II, and bonus for Nutrition students. This is the fifth school garden Hill College students have built with CISD schools. WTG Dr. Lori Rose!
If you have news the Hill Family could use, send it to [email protected] Subject: Red, Blue & You!
SPOTLIGHT
LENGTH OF SERVICE: 6 years
WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT HILL COLLEGE? The fact that it’s a small college with small class sizes, which gives me a chance to really know my students and gives me a flexibility in my curriculum design.
WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR JOB? I love it! I teach at Hill College by choice, and I am extremely proud to be a Hill College instructor.
ANYTHING YOU’D LIKE TO SHARE ABOUT YOURSELF? I think My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is the best thing to happen to TV! HOBBIES OR INTERESTS OUTSIDE OF WORK: I love anything dealing with organic, homegrown food or drinks, including veggie fermenting and kombucha brewing, and herbal medicines. I love zumba and yoga and anything outdoors.
WHO IS YOUR HERO AND WHY?Anyone who dares to face their fears, be vulnerable enough to be willing to step into the arena and be their true authentic selves, and anyone using their passions to make the world a better place. I have hundreds of heroes, and many of them are my students.
Red, Blue and YouEmployee Newsletter
This IssueSpotl ight , How We’re Awesome P.1
Athlet ics Update, Performing Arts, Tech
Bytes,VP Corner P.2
Eye On, The Welcome Wagon,
Professional Development P.3
NAME:Dr. Lori Rose
POSITION:Life Sciences Instructor
The VP CornerThe National Coalition of Certification (NC3) is a network of education providers and corporations that support new and emerging technology skills in transportation, aviation and energy industries. Hill College is one of 50 colleges to be a member of NC3 and more colleges are joining every year.
Our Corporate Partners are Snap On, Fiat/Chrysler and Trane. Fiat/Chrysler is our newest partner as Hill College was one of 10 schools selected around the country to give automotive students (Level 0) and (Level 1) Fiat/Chrysler Certifications.
The Technical Center that will house our HVAC Labs is under construction and will be completed by the next fall.Associate Dean Kayla Kelly has been working on the curriculum and is ready to be presented to our Advisory Board. We are excited to start our HVAC programs next fall in residential, light commercial and controls
Rex Parcells, Vice President of Instruction
The Hill College Testing Center is now an ACT WorkKeys test site. ACT WorkKeys assessments are research-based measures of foundational work skills required for success across industries and occupations. They have been used for more than two decades by job seekers, employees, employers, students, educators, administrators and workforce and economic developers. ACT WorkKeys is a nationally-recognized indicator of work readiness. Take a look at the website http://act.org/products/workforce-act-workkeys and you will see that Hill College is the only test site within a 100 mile radius of Cleburne and Hillsboro!
Lizza M. Trenkle, Vice President of Student Services
Athletics UpdateIf you haven’t kept up with our athletes this year, you’re really missing out! So far, the Rebels are having an outstanding 2015! The Women’s Soccer Team is currently ranked No. 15 nationally, with a record of 11-1-1 overall and 3-0-1 in conference. This year is the first time ever for the Women’s Soccer Team to be nationally ranked. The Men’s Soccer Team is currently 11-2 overall and 3-0 in conference. Lady Rebels Volleyball currently stands at 22-10 overall and 8-0 in conference. They are first place in the North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference. All three teams have had players selected as the North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference’s “Player of the Week”.
TECH BYTESWhat is a hashtag? We hear the term hashtag all the time in our daily lives now, but do you know what it means? In the simplest term, a hashtag is a label for content and it looks like the pound sign (#). It is used to help others who are interested in a certain topic quickly find content on that same topic, because it works as a link. Hashtags can’t have spaces or special characters, just letters. For example, search #HillCollege on twitter.com and the site will bring up all of the tweets that have #HillCollege in them. You can use hashtags on all of the major social media platforms, including: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+ and Pinterest. There are no limits to what you can hashtag! #TryItNow
Performing Arts
Imagine yourself in the idyllic French countryside in the 1930s. Sometime before dark, a gypsy caravan sets up camp in a field outside of town, luring the locals out for an evening’s fun. The wanderers travel with a film projector, pointing it at the side of a barn. As the images flicker to life beneath the stars, gypsy musicians play their guitars and fiddles, matching every movement on the screen with characteristic virtuosity, passion and humor. Reviving this lost entertainment, The Hot Club of San Francisco presents Cinema Vivant, an evening of vintage silent films accompanied by live gypsy swing on Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m. You don’t want to miss it!
The Welcome WagonJohn Lamberth, Librarian, JCC
Jamie Dunlap, Administrative Assistant III, External Affairs
Ashleigh Nash, Residence Hall Manager
Don’t forget to follow Hill College on all of our social media outlets!Hill College Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/hillcollegeHill College Athletics Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/HillCollegeAthleticsTexas Heritage Museum Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/texasheritagemuseumHill College Alumni and Friends Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Hill-College-Alumni-Friends-194148857282385/timeline/Hill College Hillsboro Bookstore Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/HillCollegeHillsboroCampusBookstoreHill College Twitter - https://twitter.com/HillCollegeHill College Instagram - https://instagram.com/hillcollege/Hill College LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/edu/hill-college-32314Hill College YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/HillCollegeRebels
EYE ON: AdvisingThe Academic Advising and Success Centers are offering Student Success Workshops throughout the academic year. The topics covered will include: How to be Successful at Hill College, Note-Taking & Study Skills, Math & Essay Skills, Test-Taking Skills, Career Planning, Resume Writing, Job Search Skills and How To: Job Applications, The Interview, Time Management, and Stress: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly. Information regarding the workshops can be found on Hill College social media and the Student Activities Calendar.
The Centers will also be promoting a holistic approach to overall student success by providing Career Assistance to our students. In addition to advising of degree plans, appointments can be made to assist students in creating a resume. They are excited to offer the use of Kuder Journey to assist undecided students in their course of study and College Central Network for job search.
Kuder Journey - Effective career exploration and planning starts with finding out what you like to do (interests), what you’re confident in doing (skills), and what’s important to you in the workplace (work values). The Kuder career assessments are widely regarded as best-in-class for their validity and reliability. Kuder Journey users can identify specific needs and barriers and receive information and resources relevant to their current life stage and situation. Users select from several profiles including postsecondary student, first-time job seeker, career changer, veteran or active member of the military, adult with a disability, ex-offender, or retired person.
College Central Network - CollegeCentral.com is one of the most visited entry-level job sites on the Internet. It provides both students and alumni with the ability to search their respective colleges’ or universities’ secure jobs databases, plus CCN’s Jobs Central national job board, with millions of jobs posted to date. Visit http://www.hillcollege.edu/students/Advising/Career.html for more information.
Professional DevelopmentAs a member of the North Texas Community College Consortium, Hill College has an opportunity to join peers from other community colleges in faculty/staff development, to achieve more, improve quality, and reduce costs through collaboration. The NTCCC has a great lineup of opportunities on its fall calendar, including:
• North Texas Early College High School Consortium 2015 Fall Meeting- Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, ESC Region 10
• 2015 Higher Education Technology Forum-Friday, Nov. 6, 2015, Cedar Valley College
• 5th Annual Spring Leadership Conference- Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, University of North Texas
Anyone interested in attending these events should contact their supervisor. For more information about NTCCC, you can visit their website at http://ntccc.unt.edu/. They also have archives available on their website to look at videos of past events.
