Collegian (Hurst, Tex.), Vol. [3], No. [4], Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 26, 1990 Page: 1 of 11
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Tarrant County Junior College
Wednesday, September 26,1990
Fort Worth, Texas
Reflecting on what they learned, Rene Martinez, Salado. The retreat, sponsored by student activities
Jennifer Esslingcr and Daniel Guerrero discuss onSouthandNEcampuses, wason theGuadalupe
the Leadership Retreat they just participated in River near Kerrville and was directed toward
teaching leadership skills, photo by Sean Newman
Library renamed
to honor trustee
By Phebe Cornell
Editor in Chief
The library on South Campus will be named in honor of Jenkins Garrett
as a result of a decision of the Board of Trustees at its regular monthly meeting
last week.
Board member Pete Zepeda moved that the South Campus library be
named in honor of Jenkins Garrett, who served as the first chairman of the
board of trustees.
“I’ve always believed that, if you are going to do something nice for
someone, you should do it when the person is alive,” Zepeda said. “I think
he very well merits this honor.”
Speaking in support of the motion, board member Tom Schieffer said,
“I think it is appropriate to name the library after him because of his (well-
known) interest in books.”
The motion passed unanimously.
The board also heard that the district is in good financial shape and that
the last of the 1985 bond funds will be issued in October.
Because of increased enrollment on all three campuses, TCJC has
$ 180,000 more than expected. “We are pretty well on target,” C. A. Roberson,
chancellor, said. The final fall registration figures totaled 28,774 students, up
950 from 1989.
The building fund is just about expended, the last $1 million worth of
bonds from the 1985 bond issue will be offered for sale Wednesday, Oct. 17.
Bids for the new aerospace building on NW Campus are out. Currently,
247 students are in the program. “With the new building we hope to hatfc
500 to 600 students in the program within two years,” Roberson said. “Now
we’re turning people away. All the airlines are pleased with what we are
doing here. There is great demand for students who complete the program.”
All the training agreements with area dentists for dental assistants in the
non-credit dental assisting program on NE Campus were accepted unanimously
by the board.
After some discussion on a tax abatement policy, the motion was tabled
for further study.
James M. Matthews, chairman of the NE Campus English department,
gave a presentation to the board on the developmental English program.
“Students who successfully pass developmental English perform as
well or better than students who didn’t have developmental English,” he said.
The chancellor reported that the community campus is thriving and
involved in several industry-college projects.
TCJC is doing start-up training for GE at D/FW airport, giving a basic
literacy course at Motorola and training 800 Radio Shack managers. The
college is also involved in career assessment and counseling for laid-off
General Dynamics employees.
Counselor explains 'what it takes' for nursing
By John Martin
Reporter
Requirements for acceptance into the
TCJC nursing program were outlined by a
South Campus counselor last week at a special
student seminar, titled “So You Want To Be A
Nurse: What Does It Take?”
Martha Ann Post, counselor and associate
professor of psychology, said the criteria for
acceptance into the program include a GPA of
at least 2.8-3.0, a written statement on the
student’s application describing his or her
reasons for wanting to be a nurse and two
letters of reference.
“This program is one of the best programs
in the state of Texas,” Post said. “The Nursing
Program at TCJC is an Associate in Applied
Science program, and the two-year course of
study includes general academic classes as
well as those directly related to the practice of
nursing.”
Post compared the two-year associate’s
degree and the four-year bachelor’s degree
offered by larger universities. Aside from
different academic and nursing course
requirements, student preparation for nursing
is essentially the same, she said.
Students mustcompleteacourscofstudy,
but “No one is a registered nurse until you pass
the State Board of Nurses examination,” she
said. TCJC has a very high rate of passage for
the board examination, always above 90 percent
and occasionally a rate of 100 per cent,
“something we are very proud of,” she said.
Application periods occur twice a year,
from Aug. 1 through Oct. 31 for those wishing
to begin during the spring semester, and from
Jan. 2 through March 31 for those wanting to
begin in the fall semester.
Anyone seeking more information about
the nursing program may call 531-4549.
This presentation was one of several
student-oriented seminars called the “Student
Survival Series” presented in the TCJC South
Campus Student Center. Some of the more
popular programs are being videotaped.
Information on these videos is available from
the counseling center on the South Campus.
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Collegian (Hurst, Tex.), Vol. [3], No. [4], Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 26, 1990, newspaper, September 26, 1990; Hurst, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1183217/m1/1/?q=%22Education+-+Schools+-+Students%22: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room.