Gallery Winners and Auction Results Announced at LSC-CyFair
Study abroad scholarships available and information sessions set
Jake Mitchell’s photo of four Italy sites reflected in sunglasses, not only won a Bosque Gallery exhibition’s Best in Show, but helped raise more than $1,200 for study abroad scholarships at Lone Star College-CyFair.
Mitchell’s winning photo titled “What We Saw” included sites of Italy including the coastal city of Almalfi, the Coliseum, St. Peter’s Square and the Pantheon. Kelli Sue’s photo took first, Jennifer Giese’s took second, Alex Barocio’s took third and Cody Brautigam received an Honorable Mention.
The recent “Confluence: Study Abroad 2009” photo/art exhibition featured photos and art pieces representing students’ summer study abroad experiences, journeys and explorations around Italy and China. All gallery submissions were auctioned with proceeds supporting the LSC-CyFair Study Abroad Scholarship fund.
Information sessions on 2010 LSC-CyFair Study Abroad programs will be held Oct. 5, Oct. 15 and Oct. 21 on the Barker Cypress campus at 9191 Barker Cypress as well as Oct. 13 at LSC-Fairbanks Center located at 14955 Northwest Freeway.
LSC-CyFair Financial Aid representatives will be present at each session to assist with FAFSA questions. In addition, Professors Buck Buchanan and Rob Coyle will be on hand to provide information on LSC Study Abroad programs and opportunities.
For information on LSCS Study Abroad programs go to LoneStar.edu/study-abroad.
Do You Need Money for College for Spring Semester?
LSC-CyFair has plenty of scholarships – apply before Oct. 15
Thanks to generous community individuals, businesses and organizations, Lone Star College-CyFair will award approximately $105,000 inscholarships for the 2009-2010 academic year.
“Applying for LSC-CyFair scholarships is easy. Download the scholarship application and two reference evaluation forms, which can also be picked up at the financial aid office or be mailed to you,” said Lina Quintero, LSC-CyFair scholarship advisor. “Then complete all sections of the application and turn it in along with the completed reference evaluations to me by the Oct. 15 deadline.”
The application and evaluation forms as well as a scholarship application procedures and checklist can be found online at LoneStar.edu/scholarships-cyfair.
“There are many scholarship opportunities with varying requirements and award amounts,” Quintero said. “The scholarships and respective requirements are also available online or can be found on page 43 in the Lone Star College System 2009-2010 catalog.”
Some scholarships have only a minimum GPA requirement. Some are earmarked for students enrolled in certain programs such as business, nursing, radiography, sonography, machining technology, welding and inspect tech, drafting, engineering technology or alternative teacher certification. Some are for students demonstrating a financial need. Some are for students enrolled part-time, full-time or seeking a bachelor’s. Others are earmarked for single adults without children and still others require a combination of criteria.
In a partnership with Cypress-Fairbanks Education Foundation, approximately $50,000 in scholarships are available to Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District seniors to use toward their first year at LSC-CyFair or any of the Lone Star College System colleges. These scholarships have a separate application process which can be found online at http://www.thecfef.org/.
LSC-CyFair’s financial aid staff can assist students with the scholarship application process as well as completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA.)
For scholarship assistance, contact Quintero at 281-290-3226 or in office 142A of the registration and admissions area in the Learning Commons building located at 9191 Barker Cypress. At LSC-Fairbanks Center, 14955 Northwest Freeway, contact Vanessa Williams at 832-782-5016 or office 121 of the of the registration and admissions area. For information, go to LoneStar.edu.
Cisco Academy Students Win National Video Contest
What happened when Kenneth Lindbloom and Ryan Murphy combined their interests in film, music and computers? The Lone Star College students won first place in a national Cisco Networking Academy Video Contest.
"We knew we would win," said Lindbloom.
The winning video, available for viewing at Youtube.com/watch?v=t5OhUUn138w, is a short film starring Lindbloom, Murphy and friends that was shot on the Barker Cypress campus with editing assistance from students of LSC-CyFair's David Potts, professor of television and motion graphics. The film short promotes Information Technology (IT) and in particular, the value of skills mastered in the Cisco Network Academy courses taken at LSC-Tomball and LSC-CyFair.
In one excerpt, Murphy said "When large companies have IT problems, it can cost them millions of dollars." Lindbloom adds: "They depend on highly trained individuals to keep them up and running. If you want to make your interest in IT more than a hobby and step up your game, you could become one of those individuals."
In another excerpt, they admit while they knew a lot about computers, the academy gave them a good foundation in basic concepts, like networking, which they'd been lacking. They also learned new skills that will make them valuable in the job market.
"The Cisco instructors are excellent, particularly Mr. Kenneth Martin, who cared about teaching and took the abstract and technical and put it into plain English," said Lindbloom.
Among the skills acquired through Cisco courses are teamwork, logic and troubleshooting said Murphy, who has earned the Network Administrator Certificate and is ready to sit for the industry exam.
The academy program also provides real world training and internship opportunities. Lindbloom said he once came face-to-face with how important security is in the real world and saw the consequences. Now with his Cisco training, he streamlines and secures the network infrastructure of a small construction company as a network administrator. Murphy is a self-taught musician, recording engineer and producer, has played piano for 10 years and overdubs audio and foley for short films. He put his Cisco training to work in the spring maintaining IT services depended upon by large corporations and providing tech support to employees. Now he plans to integrate his passion for media and IT at 104.1 KRBE where he is working as an intern.
Both Lindbloom and Murphy hope to tie their passions to IT careers. Pursuing a computer information degree toward a career goal as an information security specialist in government, Lindbloom plans to use his film acting and writing skills as a creative outlet. He will continue making film shorts like he's done for LSC-CyFair's Quack Attack Film Festival and plans to do for the Sundance Film Festival one day. Pursuing a computer engineering degree and possibly double majoring in music, Murphy said he plans to become an electrical engineer at a recording company or from the business side, oversee servers and such. Ultimately, he wants a career that provides an opportunity to be creative. In the meantime, he will continue making music with his band "One Day at a Time."
For information on the Cisco Network Academy at LSC-Tomball, contact Willie May at 281.401.1844 or via e-mail at Willie.May@LoneStar.edu and at LSC-CyFair, contact Kim Hubbard at 281.290.3920 or Kimberly.D.Hubbard@LoneStar.edu.