{"id":1049,"date":"2014-03-26T20:27:38","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T20:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/184.173.81.185\/~mycareer\/sanjac\/?p=1049"},"modified":"2014-03-26T20:27:38","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T20:27:38","slug":"news-notes-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanjac.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2016-volume-1-issue-2\/news-notes-4\/","title":{"rendered":"News &amp; Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sanjac.mycareerfocus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/newsnotes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"419\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1051\" alt=\"newsnotes\" src=\"http:\/\/sanjac.mycareerfocus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/newsnotes.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sanjac.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2016-volume-1-issue-2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/03\/newsnotes.jpg 960w, https:\/\/sanjac.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2016-volume-1-issue-2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/03\/newsnotes-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sanjac.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2016-volume-1-issue-2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/03\/newsnotes-768x335.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Girl Scouts attend San Jacinto \u2018Cookie College\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>San Jacinto College hosted nearly 130 Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council for a Girl Scout \u201cCookie College\u201d event. Along with arts and crafts booths and a cookie \u201cspirit nails\u201d station facilitated by San Jacinto College cosmetology students, the girls also learned about marketing, money management, goal setting, and business etiquette. Annually, thousands of Girl Scouts participate in a leadership development program and historic fundraiser known as the Girl Scout Cookie Sale. Since 1917, the Girl Scout Cookie Sale has helped girls develop important leadership skills they will use throughout their lives.<\/p>\n<h2>Chase and San Jacinto College bring petrochemical focus to high school students<\/h2>\n<p>Chase and San Jacinto College are partnering up to inform thousands of high school students about the clear-cut pathways to jobs within the petrochemical industry. Chase recently donated $100,000 to the College for the Great Jobs=Great Careers=Your Future grant, which will fund a pilot program at North Shore High School, La Porte High School, South Houston High School, and Channelview High School. The program will provide information to educate students, their families, and their school counselors about the high-wage\/high demand jobs in the areas of oil and gas; process technology; diesel technology; accounting; heating, ventilation and air conditioning; engineering design graphics; welding; construction; computer science; and pipefitting.<\/p>\n<h2>Piper Professor nominees\u00a0recognized for outstanding work<\/h2>\n<p>San Jacinto College has named Cristina C\u00e1rdenas, Cindra Daniels, and Tammy Miller as the 2014 Minnie Stevens Piper Professor award nominees. Since 1958, The Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation has recognized outstanding professors from two- and four-year colleges and universities, both public and private. Nominations are based on submissions by each college or university in the state of Texas. C\u00e1rdenas says she has found her calling as a speech professor, and enjoys showing her students how to use their voice to speak their mind, inform others, or pursued others. Daniels, a medical radiography professor at the Central Campus has been teaching at the College for 34 years. She remains passionate about teaching because of all the advancements in medical imaging technology, which she enjoys sharing with students interested in the field. Psychology professor Tammy Miller is the North Campus nominee. A core element to her teaching philosophy is teaching tolerance and acceptance. The Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation will announce the state winners in May.<\/p>\n<h2>La Porte fire truck finds new home at San Jacinto College<\/h2>\n<p>The city of La Porte has donated a 1997 Ferrara fire truck to San Jacinto College. The fire truck will serve as a major training tool for cadets of the Firefighter Training Academy. This latest addition to the fire protection program comes at the price of $1 and adds to another fire truck contribution made by the city in March 2013. The\u00a0San Jacinto College Firefighter\u00a0Academy delivers 592 hours of training over seven courses, compared to the 468\u00a0hours required by the state. Once certified, cadets have a choice of furthering their education to include an Associate of Applied\u00a0Science in Firefighting. \u201cSupporting the San Jacinto College Firefighter Training Academy is very important, not only for the cadets who are training, but to the citizens of La Porte because a lot of these student come back to us to work as firefighters,\u201d said La Porte Mayor Louis Rigby.<\/p>\n<h2>Lubrizol supports students with scholarships<\/h2>\n<p>Lubrizol recently awarded scholarships to 32 San Jacinto College students training in a variety of technical education fields. For nearly 30 years, the company has supported student success by donating a total of $261,600 to assist 663 San Jacinto College students, including 128 in process technology. This year, the Lubrizol Foundation donated $16,000. \u201cWe love San Jacinto College,\u201d said Chris Hext, public affairs manager for Lubrizol. \u201cLubrizol believes in supporting the education of our local community, and we strongly identify with San Jacinto College.\u201d Sophomore students are chosen for scholarships based on their grade point average and program of study. Each recipient receives $500 toward his or her college tuition.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Girl Scouts attend San Jacinto \u2018Cookie College\u2019 &nbsp; San Jacinto College hosted nearly 130 Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council for a Girl Scout \u201cCookie College\u201d event. 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