Fall 2016 Newsletter from Trustee Adriana Tamez
Nov 10, 2016
Dear Neighbors,
It is my honor to serve as the Houston Community College Board of Trustees Chair and your representative for District III. One of my great responsibilities is to not only lead the Board, but to also communicate the many successes that happen throughout the college each and every day. Getting the message out about who we are and what we are doing to support the people of Houston is paramount. We are certainly on the right track!
- Houston Community College continues to be number one among the 1,905 community colleges in awarding associate degrees to all minorities and number one in awarding associate degrees in liberal arts, according to Community College Week “Top 100 Colleges” report for 2015. HCC has also jumped from fourth to second in the total number of associate degrees awarded.
- For the second year in a row, Houston Community College was selected as a recipient of the prestigious 2016 INSIGHT into Diversity Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award. The HEED
- Award is the only national recognition honoring colleges and universities that exhibit outstanding efforts and success in the area of diversity and inclusion throughout their campuses. Additionally, Insight into Diversity, named HCC has the most diverse campus in Texas and number 10 in the world, with 151 nationalities represented.
- Full and part-time HCC students, who use METRO to get to class, can now ride the bus and rail line at a 50 percent discount. HCC and METRO are offering a Student METRO Q Fare Card which can be picked up at student services offices on campus.
- We recently celebrated the grand opening of the Material Science Center of Excellence at the Eastside Campus which provides education and training pathways to careers in Corrosion Technology and Welding Technology. With four more grand openings to go, we will complete our celebrations in late October.
- In order to better serve the Greater Houston Community and support student success, we have extended library hours across the district seven days a week. Visit hccs.edu/libraryhours for more information.
- On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I want to assure you that as we move FORWARD, we will continue our focus of preparing students to take on new jobs and careers because of the wonderful education they received at HCC.
We could not succeed without your support because together, we are Houston’s Community College.
In service,
Dr. Adriana Tamez
HCC Board of Trustees
Chair, District III
Download: Fall 2016 Trustee Newsletter - Adriana Tamez