At negative 40 degrees, the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales line up. Standing on the deck of a research boat in Antarctica, glaciers looming in the distance, Laura Taylor Barnett experienced this phenomenon herself. And beneath the balaclava shielding her nose and mouth, the San Jacinto College alumna was beaming. In January 2020, the undergraduate student cruised from Chile to Antarctica...

It’s not always an easy task to turn a childhood interest into a flourishing career. One San Jacinto College professor managed to do just that. Guillermo Hernandez is a music professor and choral director at the North Campus. The intro “I’ve taken all my influences throughout my life as inspiration,” Hernandez said. Learning to play the piano at 11 sparked an interest in music. At...

Dr. Lonnie L. Howard, college president of Lamar Institute of Technology, is an example of the American Dream. “My version of the American Dream would never have become a reality without earning an associate degree from San Jac,” Howard said. Born into abject poverty in a small shack without running water and placed in remedial classes, Howard defied the odds by becoming a...