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UTD and DCCCD enter agreement

Students attending the Dallas County Community College District will be able to transfer seamlessly to the University of Texas at Dallas or enjoy two-for-one concurrent enrollment now that DCCCD and UTD offi cials have arranged for a dual admissions agreement.

“DCCCD continues to seek new partners in higher education so that we can offer our students more options for their educational and professional growth,” said Dr. Wright Lassiter, chancellor of DCCCD.

The partnership will be formalized on Oct. 24, during an articulation agreement signing at DCCCD's downtown district offi ce, fourth fl oor, 701 Elm St., in Dallas at 10:30 a.m. Lassiter and Dr. David E. Daniel, president of UTD, will participate.

UTD offers 116 areas of study, many that focus on science, technology, medicine, business and the arts. UTD has more than 14,000 students.

Business and IT reports to new leadership Dr. Herlinda Glasscock, president of North Lake College, announced on Oct. 18 that a reorganization will transfer executive leadership of NLC's Business and Information Technology (BIT) department. BIT will come under the leadership of Paul Kelemen, vice-president of Community and Economic Development. The dean of BIT will report directly to Kelemen. The BIT dean previously reported to Vice-President of Academic Affairs Martha Hughes. “We will also open the formal search for a permanent BIT dean as soon as possible,” said Glasscock. “This change in reporting structure will place the majority of career and technical programs directly under our VP for community and economic development and the [teaching and learning centers] TLCs with the largest concentration of academic transfer offerings under the VP for academic affairs.” Glasscock said the few exceptions in the new reporting structure would be handled through a "dotted-line" connection between the two VPs. “We will continue to have four major teaching and learning centers and the respective faculty in those TLCs will still report to their current dean,” she said. The BIT teaching and learning center itself is not being re-organized. As a whole, it will report to new leadership. The organizational structure adopted by the president's team is one of three suggested by NLC's Instructional Leadership Council, which spent several months coordinating input and drafting recommendations.

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Career Services to host 80 employers

The Department of Career Services at North Lake College will host more than 80 area employers at its Fall Job Fair on Oct. 26 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Representatives from various companies will set up in the NLC gym and meet prospective employees.

Employers will sponsor a total of $1,000 in scholarships on the day of the job fair, with $250 scholarships being awarded each hour during the four-hour event.

Among the many employers attending are Bank of America, Delta Airlines, CompUSA, KDFW Fox-4, Pappadeaux, Purple Palm Marketing, Target, Telvista, UPS, US Secret Service, TruGreen and others. For more information about the Fall Job Fair, call 972-273-3140.

President's Scholar makes presentation

Sherry Boyd, North Lake's 2006 President's Scholar, made a thoughtprovoking presentation, called “Virgins, Vixens, Victims & Vanquishers: Women in the Movies,” on Oct. 19.

Boyd's dynamic career has included acting, directing, teaching and vocal performance for theater, colleges and show bands.

Boyd teaches Humanities and Cultural Studies at North Lake College.

DCCCD, DISD, Hispanic Chamber offer free program

The Dallas County Community College District, Dallas Independent School District and the Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce want to offer area students the keys to success through a free program, Las Llaves del Exito, on Sat., Oct. 28, at Richland College.

High school students and their parents are invited to informational sessions in both Spanish and English, as well as practical work sessions. Brunch will be offered.

The event is free and open to the public; students in grades six through 12. and their families are encouraged to attend.

For more information, call Lettie Cruz with Dallas ISD at 972-925- 3165 or Perla Molina in the DCCCD community development offi ce at 214-860-2691 or DCCCD's Spanish line at 214-860-2432.

Listening boxes continue to serve

Listening Boxes installed at North Lake's central campus have continued to serve as a communication channel between everyone in the NLC community and the president's team, which welcomes input, suggestions and even complaints to help them gauge the needs of North Lakers.

The Listening Boxes are equipped with pencils and pads to make the process easy and help people get heard. Issues mentioned by students and others range from uncomfortable desks in classrooms to the need for less expensive textbooks.

If you have a suggestion about anything related to life on campus, you should consider taking the time to drop a note into the Listening Box. To read the latest batch of Listening Box entries, go to:

www.northlakecollege.edu/aboutnlc