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The world of virtual reality is about to come alive at a VR lab being built at the Houston Community College (HCC) West Loop Campus.

The Houston Community College (HCC) Corrections Education Program is at the forefront of combatting recidivism, as well as improving the lives of those incarcerated. Recently, 77 percent of the students enrolled in HCC’s Corrections Education Program received a National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) from ACT WorkKeys—nine of those earned a platinum ranking, which is the highest available, 15 earned gold, and 97 students earned silver or bronze rankings.

Houston Community College (HCC) and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, (MFAH) held a ceremony Thursday, April 18, for the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), formally recognizing the community partnership between the two institutions. The MOU recognizes this ongoing cultural collaboration and details how HCC and the MFAH will promote a range of joint educational programs.

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).