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SECTION: School News
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Citizens bond committee and McKinney ISD delay bond election to allow further analysis and input
McKinney ISD and its citizen’s bond committee, comprised of McKinney ISD parents and community members, have opted to hold off on a possible bond election in November to allow for additional community input and to further analyze proposed expansions to McKinney High School and McKinney North High School.
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Austin College’s top-ranked faculty adds new faces
The Austin College faculty was recognized for teaching excellence this month in The Princeton Review college guide The Best 373 Colleges, which listed the educators 14th nationwide for academic excellence in its “Professors Get High Marks” category. New faces are among the faculty for the start of Fall Term 2010 at the College, and the new arrivals bring records of excellent preparation and experience to add to the campus teaching culture.
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Texas Farm Bureau hands out thousands with new scholarship program
“This scholarship program is unique because it allows young people from Farm Bureau families to showcase how they have given back to their communities, as well as Farm Bureau,” said Jerry Magness, president of the Fannin County Farm Bureau. “Plus, these scholarships are awarded on a district by district basis, so students compete against others from their local areas.”
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Family Fun Science Saturday at UNT to focus on urban-dwelling birds
The killdeer is just one of the birds that children ages 4-13 will try to observe at the “Celebrate Urban Birds” event at UNT Sept. 18.
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Southeastern to open Bloomer Sullivan Arena for community walkers
Southeastern Oklahoma State University Director of Athletics Keith Baxter announced today that the Bloomer Sullivan Arena will be open to the general public beginning on Aug. 16. The facility will be open Monday-Friday from 6 a.m. to noon during the normal University calendar except on University holidays or if an event is scheduled at the facility. Walkers and joggers will be limited to the upper level of the arena without access to the basketball court. Participants may enter through the northwest doors of the arena.
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Austin College prepares for arrival of new students on August 26; returning student body to report August 30
Syllabi are prepared; room assignments are secured; and plans are on schedule for the start of the Austin College academic year. Members of the Austin College staff are busy with landscaping projects and efforts to get the campus in top condition for the arrival of students this week. Workers here clean Jonsson Fountain with simple hard work, using muscle and a power washer to restore the blue bottom before turning on the fountain that anchors the west end of Windsor Mall.
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A&M-Commerce hosts inaugural 'Ladies Football 101'
Forty-eight ladies from a wide variety of ages assembled in the Sam Rayburn Student Center for the football clinic.
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Books donated to Finley-Oates Elementary School in Bonham in honor of Loraine Wright McElrath
(L-R) Patricia Collins, Mary Lou Fox, and Peggy McElrath
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Dodd City ISD receives TEA Exemplary Rating for third consecutive year
Dodd City ISD was one of only 72 school districts statewide to receive an Exemplary Rating without relying on the new Projected Measure Index (PMI).
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Expanded textbook reserve program assists SE students
This third-year program is designed to help offset the financial burden imposed on students by making available -- free of charge -- required textbooks for basic courses.
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Sigma-Aldrich reviews A&M-Commerce Science Building
First row (L-R): Dr. Salvatore Attardo, A&M-Commerce dean of arts and sciences; Dr. Allan Headley, A&M-Commerce dean of graduate studies and research; Jeffrey McMurray, A&M-Commerce director of risk management; Bob Brown, A&M-Commerce vice president for business and administration; Derek Preas, A&M-Commerce safety manager; Brad Zelch, Sigma-Aldrich EHS project specialist; Judy Press, Sigma Aldrich marketing manager. Second row: Randy McBroom, A&M-Commerce associate provost for academic affairs; Dr. Dan Jones, A&M-Commerce president; David McKenna, A&M-Commerce executive director of facilities and support services; John Harris, A&M-Commerce safety coordinator; Doyce Dees, A&M-Commerce laboratory coordinator; Randy Van Deven, A&M-Commerce vice president for advancement; Steve Walton, Sigma-Aldrich vice president of EHS and compliance and quality. photo by Paul Bryan, A&M-Commerce
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High school students have until Sept. 17 to apply for the Congressional Youth Advisory Council
Today U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (3rd Dist.-Texas) officially launched the 2010-2011 Congressional Youth Advisory Council (CYAC) when he invited students in the Third District to apply for the distinguished group. The CYAC is open to high school freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors who are enrolled in public, private and home schools. Applications for the CYAC can be found in the student section on www.samjohnson.house.gov. Students have until Friday, September 17 to apply.
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A&M-Commerce Regents’ Scholars Program welcomes 24 to inaugural class
The Texas A&M University-Commerce Regents’ Scholars Program (RSP) will be welcoming 24 outstanding freshmen to its fall 2010 inaugural class. Students were selected through an application and interview process, and will receive a scholarship equivalent to full tuition.
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Austin College professor Jacqueline Moore named Fulbright Scholar
Jacqueline Moore, professor of history at Austin College, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) during the 2010-2011 academic year, according to the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
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A&M-Commerce presents 'Ladies Football 101' - Saturday, Aug. 21
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Summary of regular meeting of Bonham ISD Board of Directors
A regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of Bonham ISD was held Monday, August 16, 2010, beginning at 6:00 PM in the Bonham ISD Administration Center, 1005 Chestnut Street, Bonham, Texas 75418.
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Finley-Oates Elementary School Calendar of Events
First Day of School.........August 23 (7:45 am)
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