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Student Program Board announces Gym Class Heroes Concert

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  The University of Houston’s Student Program Board announced that there will be a Gym Class Heroes concert on campus, free for all students. On Feb. 9, the surprise announcement of the Gym Class Heroes concert was made after the Dr. Seahorse concert. Student Program Board had been keeping this under wraps in order to [...]

MTV’s MADE host casting call at HCC

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  The casting call went out for HCC students wanting to be part of MTV’s three-time Emmy award winning series, MADE, and the students showed up in force. So many students clamored for a chance of being on the show that the producers closed the casting call 10 days before auditions. Michael Santos, an HCC [...]

Movie review show starts second season

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  Isaiah Peña and Sophia Pereira are the founders and co-producers of the movie review show “This Is.” The show is broadcasted on channel six of the Student Video Network for the University of Houston. In its second season of production, some complications have occurred. The show had to postpone filming its first three episodes [...]

HCC Southeast hosts “We Have a Dream” Summit

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  During their third annual “We Have a Dream Summit” on Saturday, activists from FIEL, an immigrant youth organization, stressed to the audience the existence of the Texas Application for State Financial Aid. Through TASFA, qualified undocumented students are eligible to receive grants and pay in-state college tuition. “People think that being undocumented prevents them [...]

Father and son exhibit started as book of poetry and photos

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  This November, fans of both visual and literary arts welcome a unique exhibition to the Bay Area. University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Art Gallery will present photography by Van Edwards with poetry by his son Joshua Edwards. Titled “Campeche,” the name of pirate Jean Lafitte’s colony on Galveston Island, the exhibition will be on display [...]

UH-D winter schedule, student support service extends hours

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  UHD will be closed Friday, December 23 – January 1 for the Winter holidays. UHD will reopen on Monday, January 2 at 8:00 a.m Student Support Services offices are extending their hours of operation for several days beginning Jan. 2. Offices will be open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Jan. 2, 3, [...]

Microsoft picks three UH teams for video game competition

The UH Interactive Game Development program is a perennial powerhouse at Microsoft's Imagine Cup.  Photo Courtesy: UH Computer Science Department

  Three interactive video games developed by UH computer science students have been selected by Microsoft to compete in the U.S. Imagine Cup 2012 Finals this spring, dominating the slots awarded in the fall leg of the contest. “Microsoft picks only six teams in the fall finalist selection, so UH is dominating the finals again,” [...]

San Jacinto College celebrates 50 years of serving East Harris County

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  For 50 years, San Jacinto College has been serving the citizens and communities of East Harris County. This Fall, the College community began a yearlong celebration of the remarkable journey that has brought us to where we are today – a leader in educational excellence in our region. Our anniversary theme, “Reaching for Tomorrow,” [...]

UH Chancellor addresses faculty in response to Penn State

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  University presidents and chancellors across the country are scrambling to address the Penn State scandal. Unlike politicians, the education community has kept its responses muted in hopes of avoiding the media scrutiny that has plagued Penn State and to avoid a similar controversy at their institution. Renu Khator, Chancellor for the UH System sent [...]

Summit stresses Dream Act, advocacy

FIEL Houston annually hosts the largest DREAM Act conference in Houston.  Photo Courtesy: FIEL Houston

  During their third annual “We Have a Dream Summit” on Saturday, activists from FIEL, an immigrant youth organization, stressed to the audience the existence of the Texas Application for State Financial Aid. Through TASFA, qualified undocumented students are eligible to receive grants and pay in-state college tuition. “People think that being undocumented prevents them [...]

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