BY VALERIA ESCOBAR & KELLY SCHAFLER
UH at Katy to launch education graduate courses The University of Houston at Katy will o er graduate courses from the College of Education this fall. The courses coming to the Katy instructional site could be applied to the following programs:
TSTC opens food market for students In collaboration with the Houston Food Bank, Texas State Technical College’s campus in Fort Bend County opened the doors for its free food market on Feb. 25. The food market provides nutrition and essentials for students at the Rosenberg cam- pus. The market receives most of its foods and supplies, including meat, fruit, vegeta- bles and hygiene products, through the food bank’s Food for Change food scholarship initiative, according to a TSTC news release. The speci cs The initiative distributes food by part- nering with local organizations related to health and economic support, including higher education institutions and workforce development centers, according to the college’s website.
HCC Katy hosts ribbon cutting for greenhouse Houston Community College-Katy held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the campus’ new greenhouse March 19. The Nancy Dillon Itz Greenhouse will provide space for students in the college’s Agricultural Sciences Academy to get hands-on experience propagating and growing plants, according to a The new education o erings are meant to mirror the Katy area’s leading industries and employers, including neighboring school districts, said Jay Neal, associate vice president and chief operating o cer for UH at Sugar Land and Katy. The details The new courses could be applied toward one of the existing master’s degrees or accelerated certi cation programs o ered through the college, according to a UH news release. Zooming out Katy ISD is the leading employer in the area, according to May data from the Katy Area Economic Development Council. The Katy Area EDC has several meetings a year that connect industry repre- sentatives with UH at Katy and Houston Community
Master’s degree programs • Special populations (applied behavior analysis) • Special populations (educational diagnostician certi ication) • Administration and supervision Accelerated certi cation programs • Educational diagnostician • Principal • Superintendent
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College-Katy to inform useful course o erings, President Angie Thomason said in an email. “HCC and the UH Katy play essential roles in meeting that demand through education, training and industry partnerships, while the Katy Area EDC ensures workforce development aligns with regional business needs,” Thomason said.
news release from HCC. The details
The structure is named after Nancy Dillon Itz, mother of David Itz, who serves as chair of the HCC Foundation board of directors and endowed $365,000 to HCC to build the greenhouse, per the release. Construction costs totaled $333,523, with the remaining funds going toward landscaping and proj- ect management fees, HCC o cials said in an email.
Agricultural sciences students began using the greenhouse at the start of the spring semester.
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