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P-16 Regional Councils Institute

June 09, 2009
Austin, Texas

Ongoing series of institutes designed to bring P-16 Regional Council teams of local secondary, post-secondary, and community and business partners together to assist in Closing the Gaps by 2015. The institute aims to provide professional development for Regional P-16 Councils so that they can become the primary vehicles to implement outreach and awareness activities.

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60 Participants Attended Math Symposium
College & Career Readiness Standards (CCRS) At TWU - May 2, 2009

Collectively joined with North Central Texas College and University of North Texas

Attending 60 participants were comprised of high school and college faculty and administrators from 14 different school districts. 

Sessions included:

• Opportunities for Partnerships
• Student/Teacher Panel Discussions
• Placement Testing

Topics of discussions were Dual Credit, Bridge Programs, practical differences between high school and college math, high school exit test versus college entrance tests, Accuplacer and THEA. 

 College & Career Readiness Standards (CCRS)...

Texas College & Career Readiness Program...

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TWU Honors Alumni, work with Girls, Inc.

From a Dallas Morning News Report 4/19/09

Texas Woman's University and the TWU Former Students Association will honor  its 2009 Distinguished Alumni at a luncheon Friday, April 24, 2009.  This year's honorees are Lola Chriss, Manager of health promotion and benefits for Texas Instruments; Dr. Dana L. Gibson, president of National University in La Jolla, CA.; and Dr. Elma L. Gonzalez, retired professor from the University of California, Los Angeles.
The university recently received a $59,772 College Access Challenge Grant to partner with Girls Inc. of Metropolitan Dallas to create a college-going culture amoung girls served by the organization.  TWU G-Force and its Mobile Go Center will provide assistance and information about college opportunities.

Read more about TWU Community Partnership Program; Girls Inc. and Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas...

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11th Annual Edible Car Contest

From a Dallas Morning News Report 03/07/2009

The university sponsored its 11th annual Edible Car Contest,featuring 39 teams from 11 area middle and high schools. The students built model cars from foodstuffs - the more creative, the better - then rolled them down a 10-foot ramp. The teams were not allowed to spend more than $10 per car. Each vehicle had to have three or four wheels that rolled.  And there were size restrictions. Beyond that, "anything edible is game," said Anna Bussart of TWU's College of Arts and Sciences, the project coordinator. Members of the TWU math, science and engineering departments judged the cars on their aerodynamics, style, design, creativity, durability and speed.  A team from the Education Center, a charter school in Little Elm, won for the second year in a row.

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TWU Host to CRS- College Readiness Standards-Regional Meeting  
November 4, 2008

TWU was pleased to host the Fort Worth CRS Regional Meeting with over 100 attendees, sponsored by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) in partnership with local coordinators and the Educational Policy Improvement Center (EPIC). Dr. David Conley, CEO of EPIC , is nationally recognized for his work on college readiness, including his book, College Knowledge: What it Really Takes for Student to Succeed and What We Can Do to Get Them Ready.

Sessions included : Informational presentations on the need for college readiness, current work in Texas and strategies for supporting college readiness for all Texas students. Participants engaged in activities to plan future professional development and alignment activities.

Key Outcomes were:

• Increased awareness: Community and education leaders could understand why the CRS are important to the students in their region and how they can support public education/higher education partnerships to increase student performance.
•  Plans for the future: Participants developed regional plans for action to align curriculum and develop support systems so that all students graduate college and career ready.

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