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¿ªÔÆÌåÓý is excited to announce that it has won a 2024 national Bellwether Award for its innovative Work4College program. ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý received the Best In Showcase Award at the 2024 Community College Futures Assembly in San Antonio this week in the category of Planning, Governance and Finance.  The Bellwether competition is the most prestigious competition for community colleges and recognizes cutting-edge, trendsetting programs worthy of replication among the more than 1,000 community colleges across the nation.

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Honors Director

Members of ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý'S chapter of the Psi Beta Honor Society created Valentine’s Day cards during social meetings earlier this semester. Neida Perez, Luke McGraw, Jonah McGraw, Aubrey Watkins, and Skylar Hodson (pictured) visited The Lodge Assisted Living & Memory Care in Mount Pleasant on Wednesday, February 14th to deliver the Valentine’s Day cards to residents. The staff and residents were excited to meet the students and greatly appreciated the cards. 

     The Whatley Center for the Performing Arts at ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý is pleased to announce that it will host a benefit piano concert by ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý President Dr. Ron Clinton and violinist, Andre Daniel on Sunday, March 3rd at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults and $5 for students. All proceeds from the concert will directly benefit the ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Foundation. 

     The ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Board of Trustees met for its regular February meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 20th at 5:30 p.m. All trustees were present.

The ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Foundation recently received a $1,000 scholarship donation from Mr. Vernon Donaldson on behalf of the Sam Donaldson Memorial Scholarship Fund. The gift will provide two $500 scholarships that will be awarded for the Fall 2024 semester. One will be the Phyllis Autry Scholarship for nursing majors and the other will be the Sam Donaldson Memorial Scholarship for industrial technology majors. Nita May (left), ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Director of Development, is pictured receiving the check from Donaldson.

The ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Continuing Educati

Pictured: Front row (from left) is Jimmy Smith, ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý; Commissioner Alberto Treviño, III; Mechanic Clemente Zapata; and Dr. Ron Clinton, ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý. Second row (from left) is:  Newly Weds Foods Plant Manager George Winchester; Mechanics Andres Nava, Daniel Reames, Fernando Gonzalez; and PLC Instructor Mark Blair. Third row (from left) is Maintenance Manager Margarito Serna; Mechanics, Rudi Pastrana, Chris Pierce, Jitendra Mistry, and Jeremie Shuler. 

The ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Rodeo team will host the 3rd Annual Alumni Dinner and Fundraiser on Saturday March 2nd at The Pavilion at the Becky and Buddy McCollum Events Center on the Mount Pleasant Rodeo Association Grounds.

The evening will start at 5:30pm with a Social Hour. Texas Road House will be catering the event with the meal to start at 6:30pm and then a live auction and Calcutta Auction to follow the meal. Entertainment will be live music by Monty Tipps and the dance floor will be open.