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The original campus on Foxlake Drive opened in 1979 and was originally an o ce space that was converted into classrooms. Now, students will be able to attend a campus that was built from the ground up.
built for students
is about 3 miles away from the new HCC Katy campus, making it easy for students to attend dual-credit classes in person. An estimated 1,200 KISD students are enrolled in dual credit, Hodges said. HCC Katy hired 11 admission advis- ers this year to stop by KISD high schools and assist students with the college admissions process. Adil said advisers can help with applications, nancial aid, testing support and career exploration. Once students get accepted to HCC Katy, o cials said they hope it will provide more opportunities than the average community college by securing local internships for students, getting themworkforce experience and providing advanced technology. “The campus is going to be really a new approach to where higher edu- cation is going,” Hodges said. “Learn- ing occurs in the classroom, but it also occurs on the campus, and it also occurs in the community.”
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2021
June: Summer semester
January: Construction on the
December: The land for the new campus at 22910 Colonial Parkway, Katy, is cleared.
June: Campus o cials host a topping-out ceremony, which is when the last beam is placed at the top of the building.
October: During a closed session at a meeting, the
May: The campus opens with a ribbon-cutting ceremony May 6.
starts June 6 with 110 courses being available to students.
campus o cially starts.
HCC board of trustees approves the sale of the old campus at 1550 Foxlake Drive, Katy.
SOURCE: HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
UH V at Katy or the UH main campus. Those who enroll in either construc- tion engineering, systems engineering, or computer engineering and analytics will complete their degrees through the HCC Katy and UH V at Katy partnership for all four years. Similarly, students who decide to major in either civil, electrical, com- puter, industrial or mechanical engi- neering will complete their rst two years at either of the two partnership campuses and then complete the nal two years at the UH main campus, Thompson said. “HCC currently has over 2,000
can also help save money along the way, Hodges said. Sanée Bell, executive director of secondary teaching and learning at KISD, said via email that HCC and KISD provide students with opportu- nities to earn high school and college credit concurrently while students are enrolled in high school. “Katy ISD currently o ers a variety of dual-credit courses in the core areas of English, math, science and social studies as well as Spanish and other elective courses,” she said. Katy High School, the most populated high school in the district,
declared engineering majors in our engineering program,” Thompson said. “It’ll be nice to be able to have a home base that’s connected to UH V at Katy.” Bene ting the students Before students start applying for college, Katy ISD has been evolving its partnership with HCC Katy to o er dual-credit classes for its students. Dual credit, a program o ered in many high schools, allows students to take basic core classes at a local college that will grant them college credit if they pass the class. This helps give students a head start once they go to college and
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