PROGRAMS
Spring 2010 Credit Class Schedule Now Online
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Todd Albin
Attorney
"My first year in the El Centro legal assistant program was like my first year in law school."
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Daniel Ambriz
Trial Paralegal, Baron & Budd, P.C.
"My community college experience gave me a sense of identity."
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Duni Borga
Owner, La Duni Restaurants
Small classes and personal attention from caring professors helped Duni convert her passion for cooking into a successful career.
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Marc Cassel
Alumnus, Food and Hospitality
"The program at El Centro helped me develop a stronger work ethic and apply what I learned."
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Andrew Green
Respiratory Therapist, Parkland Hospital
"Education can change your life."
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Kathalene Harris
Respiratory Care Coordinator, TSRHC
She started college in her 40s, balancing a full-time job and a full load of classes.
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Joyce A. Jones
Assistant Executive Director for Dispute Mediation Service, Dallas County
"My experience at a community college taught me baby steps, which led to giant steps."
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Stacey Jurhree, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science and Government
"I’m a graduate of DCCCD," he says. "I feel like I’m part of the family."
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Tom Lazo
Founder and CEO, Lazo Technologies, Ltd.
"Community college provided me the framework that set me up for the rest of my life."
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Liz Mikel
Television actress, "Friday Night Lights"
"I absolutely loved El Centro," she remembers. "There was a tremendous sense of community. You weren't just a face in the crowd."
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Sylvia Moreno, R.N., B.S.N.
Director of HIV Services, Parkland Hospital
"Community college gave me everything I needed to take and succeed in classes for an advanced degree."
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Henry and Ceasar Rios
Future firefighters
"I really like the professors at El Centro -- they know their stuff."
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Essie Slaughter
Paralegal, Law Offices of Windle Turley, P.C.
"Never stop learning."
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ECC/IDT Program Showcase
Internet Development Technologies (IDT) invites you to see some of our best student work in Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, and LightWave 3D. If you are looking for a new career or just updating your skills, we make it fun.
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NEWS
Students...get an early
jump in registering
for spring 2010.
Avoid long lines and get a
better selection of courses.
Pre-register Nov. 2 - 16.
For details.
Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship
Deadlines for the 2010 Undergraduate Transfer Scholarships:
- January 8, 2010 (Closes at 3:00 p.m. Central Time) - El Centro College deadline
- January 15, 2010 (Closes at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time) - online application and supporting documents.
- January 26, 2010 (Closes at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time) - faculty representative nomination.
Jack Kent Cooke Scholars possess exceptional academic records and demonstrate unmet financial need. At a minimum, each candidate for the Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship must:
- Be nominated by his or her community college or other two-year institution for the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship Program (the Foundation does not accept applications directly from students)
- Be a current student at an accredited US community college or two-year institution with sophomore or recent graduate within the last 5 years
- Plan to enroll in a full-time baccalaureate program at an accredited college or university in the fall of 2010
- Have a cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 scale (or the equivalent)
- Not have previously been nominated for the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship.
Only the Foundation’s Faculty Representative at your two-year college can nominate students. Faculty Representatives verify the applicant's eligibility and academic status, and are responsible for the complete and timely submission of the online nomination and all supporting documents by the deadline.
Applicants are requested to submit an online application and the required copies of supporting documents. The applicants should coordinate their efforts with the faculty representative to ensure that the complete nomination is submitted and supporting documents package is received no later than January 26, 2010. Faculty representatives must submit supporting documents in one packet, directly to the Foundation’s processing center.
Students may not apply directly to the Foundation for this scholarship. All applicants for the Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship Program must be nominated by the Foundation’s Faculty Representative at their two-year institutions.
Contact Information:
Juanita H. Marquez
Phone: 214-860-2602
Email: jmarquez@dcccd.edu
Office: A424
AlterNetRides
AlterNetRides is an easy-to-use, free online service that lets you find other people who want to share rides to or from El Centro.
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EVENTS
Final fall exam schedule ALERT!
The fall final exam schedule is incorrect in the printed version of the ECC fall 2009 class schedule. See corrected version here.
Pre-Advisement Registration
Registration for the spring semester begins November 17 for current students and November 23 for new students. Pre-advisement registration dates: Nov. 2-16. See story in News column.
Phi Theta Kappa supports
Komen Race for the Cure
El Centro's Sigma Tau chapter of Phi Theta Kappa is working hard in support of the 2009 Susan G. Komen Dallas Race for the Cure.
Sign up and donate by visiting
http://www.komen-dallas.org/goto/phi-theta-kappa
today. Dallas Race for the Cure was held on October 17 at NorthPark Center. We will be collecting donations through November 13. For information, contact team captain Jan Anderson at j.anderson@dcccd.edu.
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