The decision has been made. The Dallas College board of trustees unanimously voted to pass the resolution that confirms the end of Richland Collegiate High School or RCHS. The meeting took place March 5. Although the program is at its end, Kathryn K. Eggleston, Richland Campus president, said the program helped many students achieve their career goals earlier in life positively affecting families and the community. As a pioneer early college program, RCHS paved the road for other structures to...
Within Dallas College, El Centro has been the forefront of medical education, built in the 1960s and offering satellite medical programs to other colleges within the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD). In 2020, DCCCD made the decision to merge the institutions, which were previously treated as separate entities, into a single college with campuses across the Dallas area. This merger was followed by the launch of the bachelor’s in education alongside the announcement of the bachelor’s...
The end of the year is often a time for looking back to celebrate accomplishments and looking ahead to plan for the year to come. In this interview with the Chronicle, Chancellor Justin Lonon talks about where Dallas College stands at the end of this semester, the work he and his staff have done that he wants to recognize, and any goals that he is working to complete in 2024. Q: Looking back at this past...
The Richland Student Media team found itself in the spotlight as members were invited to attend the Dallas College Board of Trustees meeting on Nov. 7. The invitation was extended to hear firsthand accounts of the students’ experiences at this year’s ACP/CMA Fall National College Media Convention in Atlanta, making it an evening of recognition and celebration. Representing the talent from...
TCCJA or Texas Community College Journalism Association hosts a conference every year for community colleges to learn and compete against each other in the journalism field.
These conferences are held at colleges all around Texas, and this year, TCCJA was held at Lamar University in Beaumont...
After slowly shutting down campuses over the past couple of years, the for-profit Art Institute has officially closed all of its campuses, including Dallas, as of Sept. 30 due to a variety of reasons, leaving its students stranded and wondering what the next step is. A significant number of these students had already registered and paid for their courses at the Dallas location. They were ready for their studies in a variety of subjects such as culinary, commercial music, digital art and design, fashion design, fashion marketing, interior design and video technology...
With the beginning of the fall semester here at Richland Campus, changes are happening everywhere. From a new building under construction on the east side of campus to new students and organizations and the new switch from Blackboard to D2L Brightspace.
Richland Collegiate High School has a new principal, and many may be wondering who he is and what students can expect. Stephane Rovelo is an alumnus and now principal of RCHS.
Rovelo was a graduate of the Richland Collegiate High School in 2010, and as he likes to put it, he was a “solid Bs student.” He remembers his time at RCHS fondly, having created tight-knit relationships with those around him, ones that still exist to this day.
The Richland Chronicle staff attended the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association (TIPA) annual convention March 23-25 in Fort Worth and brought home five awards and seven honorable mentions. TIPA members include student media from two and four-year schools in Texas.
The association holds an annual convention, inviting students from across the state to attend seminars and learn from some veterans in the journalism industry.
In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has become more and more popular as part of life. On the other hand, writing is an essential part of our daily routine, from sharing our lives in emails to taking notes in class. It should not be a surprise then that AI for writing and other creative tasks such as image generating and brainstorming has become a new reality. According to anyword.com, AI writing programs are based on spell checkers on computers since the ’80s.
Richland Campus English professor Dr. Kendra Unruh created a developing AI session for faculty in order to inform her fellow professors about the new technology. She explained that even though there are professors who are against the use of artificial intelligence in generating content for their classes, there are others, including herself, who support the use of this technology as a tool to do schoolwork.
Texas governor Greg Abbott announced a statewide model security plan for the state agencies, including institutions of Higher Education, to address the security concerns of using TikTok and other software on smart devices from personal to stated-issued devices at the beginning of February, according to information provided on the website gov.texas.gov.
All the state agencies will have until February 15, 2023, to come up with a policy to implement this plan.
“We’re incredibly proud and fortunate to have Dr. Williams in this role,” Dallas College Chancellor Justin Lonon said.
Dallas College has a new vice chancellor. On Jan. 23, Chancellor Justin Lonon named Dr. Bradford Williams to in the leadership role.
Williams has served as president of the El Centro campus since 2021. Williams also spent six months as interim chief marketing officer of Dallas College. His role as vice chancellor will have him overseeing functions of Finance, Marketing and Human Resources. During the COVID-19 pandemic while at El Centro, Williams played a critical role in the return of post pandemic student and staff culture.
