BY HALEY VELASCO
SanJac College expands cancer data program Students nationwide will be able to access San Jacinto College’s cancer data management program by June, officials announced in a May 27 news release. What’s happening? Cancer registrars, which are data specialists who document the full history, diagnosis, treatment and outcomes of U.S. cancer patients, are in high demand, the news release notes. The expansion will help registrars track data and is a result of the National Cancer Registrars Associa- tion’s, or NCRA, request that the college expand its access to the curriculum. The latest data available in 2021 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, shows cancer cases are steadily increasing. Diving in deeper San Jacinto College’s cancer data management
CCISD launches educational bus
Percentage of cancer cases compared to overall population
United States
Texas
.60% .55% .50% .45% .40% 0
0.55%
0.52%
Clear Creek ISD will launch a makerspace lab and bookmobile bus named “Voyager” for the community in mid-June. In a nutshell The bus will offer literacy and science, technology, engineering, arts and math, or STEAM, resources and materials for families within the district’s boundaries. A closer look Routes to campuses will take place Mon- days through Thursdays from June 16-July 31, according to a May 23 CCISD news release. It will also visit CCISD campuses throughout the 2025-26 school year. The bus was funded by the Clear Creek Education Foundation through a grant of an unspecified amount, per the news release.
0.44%
0.4%
NOTE: THE LATEST CDC DATA ON CANCER CASES IS FROM 2021.
SOURCE: CDC/COMMUNITY IMPACT
program stands as the state’s only NCRA-accredited program and was the first in the nation to receive this distinction. The program maintains a pass rate above the national certification exam average, according to the news release. “The San Jacinto program has always been an NCRA favorite, being the first NCRA-accredited [clinical data management] program,” Mary Maul, NCRA manager of education programs, said in the news release.
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