April 21, 2005

College of the Mainland

College of the Mainland will host a 12-hour community-wide open house on April 28. 

"Visitors will have an opportunity to tour the campus, enjoy a music and art festival, discover more than a dozen hot technical programs at the college, and win some great door prizes," said a news release.  "It all begins at 9 a.m. Thursday and winds down at 8 p.m. with a free concert by the award-winning COM Jazz Ensemble."

All events are free and people are encouraged to visit during the day, early evening or on their lunch hour. For a complete list of activities, locations, and times visit www.com.edu.

COM Student Nathalia Giraldo of Dickinson was recently elected president of the Texas Junior College Student Government Association "putting College of the Mainland in the leadership role of representing all community college students in the state."

“Our members include a single African-American mother, a woman who has returned to school after 20 years, a veteran, an international student, a Hispanic male planning to transfer to a university and a traditional age Anglo male,” Giraldo noted.  “Our students were able to connect with the delegates to the state conference in Austin and that made a difference. Plus, our students learned some valuable tenets of government first hand from the Texas Legislature when they visited the capitol in February for Community College Student Day.”

The College of the Mainland Fire Academy will offer a fast-track course this summer designed to prepare cadets for the Texas Commission on Fire Protection Basic Structural Firefighter Certificate. The daytime class that will start May 9 and run through August 19, will expose cadets to basic firefighting training that includes firefighting principles and theory followed by hands-on skills training.  

For more information call (409) 938-1211 or (888) 258-8859, Extension 378.

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