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Houston Community College graduate and ASL Lab Assistant, Mary El-Krab, has been accepted into Gallaudet University.

Ashley Hope, a Houston Community College (HCC) professor of studio art and art history is using cross-disciplinary teaching by having her classes enter the Houston Art Car Parade. Hope's art car cooperative class is a one-of-a-kind class that is offered only at HCC.

HCC students Afaf Mirza, Charles Delgado and Mellissa Martinez were selected to make a presentation at the University of Houston-Downtown’s Gender Conference on April 4.

Thanks to a partnership with Houston Community College and a select few additional colleges, METRO officials note that HCC METRO Student Q Card student rides increased from roughly 6,000 in FY 2015 to 1 million in FY2018. The partnership allows students to get the discount fare card on campus.

The Houston Community College Coleman College for Health Sciences celebrated the opening of a new learning facility with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 5 for its tutoring center.

Supported by HCC Online and the HCC Foundation, the Media Literacy Contest seeks to recognize student excellence while demonstrating the role HCC Online can play in successful completion.

An Instagram campaign designed to inform and engage students about activities and events at Houston Community College has been awarded a prestigious gold Paragon Award by the National Council of Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR).

During an inspiring, yet frank, address to legislators, industries, educators and community partners, Houston Community College (HCC) Chancellor Cesar Maldonado, Ph.D., P.E., said the college, like the city, has many opportunities to thrive and grow, but only if it recognizes where those exist.

James Beard Award-winning chef, restaurateur and Houston Community College (HCC) alumnus Hugo Ortega will host the press conference announcing this year’s James Beard Awards finalists. The event will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 27, at his namesake Montrose restaurant Hugo’s, 1600 Westheimer Rd. The actual James Beard Foundation Awards will be held in Chicago in May.

Taking as inspiration the beauty and challenges of being a woman, “Femme – A Celebration to Women,” features the work of 34 artists and will be on display in the second floor gallery of Houston Community College (HCC) Southeast from March 26 to May 26.