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Temple College has announced its honor lists for spring 2019.

Temple College presented 930 students with degrees and/or certificates at its 2019 commencement ceremony May 11.

This summer, music professor Dr. Sara Harris Baker is offering is a first for Temple College: an international trip. From May 18-25, Baker will be taking a 39-member chorus to Ireland for a week of music, culture and history.

The health professions programs at Temple College presented a variety of awards in May to members of their graduating classes.

The Temple College Business and Continuing Education Division is offering three classes this summer to help high school students prepare for college entrance exams.

Six Temple College faculty and staff members have been selected to receive 2019 awards from the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD), an organization committed to promoting and celebrating excellence in teaching, learning and leadership at community and technical colleges.

Temple College is expanding its offerings to include a new certificate and associate degree in engineering technology.

The softball team will be heading to the national tournament after winning the 2019 NJCACC Region 5 North conference tournament.

Dr. Sudeep Majumdar, a biology professor with a passion for teaching anatomy, has been selected to receive Temple College’s 2019 Claudia and W.T. Barnhart Teacher of the Year Award.

Breanna Hernandez has been named Co-Pitcher of the Year for the North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference (NTJCAC) and coach Kristen Zaleski has been named the conference’s Co-Coach of the Year. Five other players from Temple College were named to the conference’s 2019 All-Conference First Team.

Temple College has recognized 86 area high school students who are completing its Texas Bioscience Institute (TBI) Middle College program this year.

The Temple College Adult Education and Literacy (AEL) program is offering a free Entrepreneurship class this summer for residents interested in starting their own business.

Thirty Temple College students were inducted April 13 into the Lambda Theta Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), the international honor society for students in two-year colleges. The new members are:

Doris Dlouhy had worked at St. David’s Georgetown Hospital for almost 13 years as a unit secretary, switchboard operator and patient care technician before deciding to go back to school and fulfill her lifelong dream of becoming a nurse.This year she received the hospital’s award for nursing excellence.

Brent Colwell, a music professor with a passion for helping students, has been selected to receive the Faculty Development Leave Grant for 2019-2020. Colwell will use the time to spearhead a new student wellness initiative at the college.

Temple College Trustees have set the tuition and fees for the 2019-2020 academic year.

Business major Joseph Parler has been sharing his knowledge of financial literacy with fellow students at Temple College by helping teach the monthly “$mart Money Seminars” offered by the Temple College Foundation.

Wendy Armstrong, an associate professor of biology at Temple College, has seen grades in her Anatomy & Physiology classes improve since she began using variations of popular games to help students learn complicated topics such as bones and blood types.

Research conducted by a Temple College music professor and student finds meditation can reduce student stress