FORMER INTERN, JUAN JAIMES, BEGINS VOLUNTEER POSITION FOR CTN
Juan Jaimes Costillia, former CTN intern under the supervision of Dr. Chavez, will begin a CTN volunteer position at the CTN office in Austin two days a week, Monday and Tuesday. He will serve as an Education Policy and Advocacy Fellow and will be developing a strategy to work with the TX legislature on funding and issues related to CTN’s mission as an organization.
CTN PEER MENTOR, GUINN, JOINS CAST OF AART DRAMA
Mike Guinn, CTN Peer Mentor and Board Member, recently joined the cast of Father Comes Home for the Wars presented by the African American Repertory Theater (AART) in Dallas.
SA2020 SELECTS CTN CONSULTANT, IBARRA, FOR TRAINING
Stacy Ybarra, CTN’s Director of Student Engagement, has been selected to attend a SA2020 half-day training on September 19 in which she will learn how to successfully apply for and serve on a nonprofit board.
MEET JOHN SICELOFF JOURNALISM INTERN, MAGDALENA SHORT
New CTN John Siceloff Journalism Intern, Magdalena Short is 20 years old and is currently attending Austin Community College in Kyle.
CTN SCHOLAR MENTOR, RENDON, SPEAKS AT DISTRICT CONVOCATION
CTN Scholar Mentor and Professor at the University of Texas-San Antonio, Laura Rendon, was the keynote speaker at the Alamo Colleges District Convocation held at San Antonio College- McAllister Auditorium on August 19th.
CTN ALUMNI SHARE WISDOM WITH CURRENT STUDENTS AT CONFERENCE
06/29/2019
One of the highlights of CTN’s 5th annual Student Transfer Motivational Conference was a panel of CTN alumni, many of whom have not only completed the program but graduated with associate’s and bachelor’s degrees. The panel included Palo Alto College’s Veronica Gonzalez, Alexis Fabian, Edward Rodriguez, and Juan Higa; South Texas College’s Manuel Gonzalez, Adolfo Pecina, and Marco Espinoza; and Austin Community College’s Cloe Llanos.
JOHN SANFIELD RECEIVES APPOINTMENT AS CHAIR OF AFRICAN STUDIES
06/28/2019
CTN Peer Mentor Professor John H. Stanfield II from the University of Mauritius has been appointed as the first SSR Chair of African Studies.
TWO CTN COLLEGES EARN SEAL OF EXCELLENCE
06/28/2019
Two CTN Colleges, South Texas College and Austin Community College, have earned Excelencia in Education’s Seal of Excellence.
DORAN AND SAENZ PUBLISH IN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH
06/28/2019
Erin Doran, CTN Director of Research and Evaluation, and Victor Saenz, former CTN Board member and Chair of the Department of Educational Administration at UT, along with two other authors recently published an article titled “Latino Men and Community College Environments: Understanding How Belonging, Validation, and Resources Shape Experience” in the Journal of Applied Research in the Community Colleges.
CATCH THE NEXT NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS HOLDS FIRST TRI-ANNUAL MEETING
06/28/2019
Following registration and lunch, the CTN Board held their first tri-annual meeting on June 6th at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Austin.
