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Maritime Centerreceives Center ofExcellence designation

The San Jacinto College MaritimeTechnology and Training Center hasbeen named a Center of Excellence forDomestic Maritime Workforce Trainingand Education (CoE) by the U.S.Department of Transportation’s MaritimeAdministration (MARAD).

“We are so honored and appreciativeof this recognition by MARAD,” said SanJacinto College Chancellor Dr. BrendaHellyer. “Our maritime program andcampus were created based on a visionfrom our maritime industry partners,and this recognition is a true testamentof industry’s support and commitmentto our training efforts as we continuepreparing the Gulf Coast region’smariner workforce.”

The College joins 26 additionalrecipient institutions nationwide as thecountry’s first group to receive the CoEdesignation, which recognizes communitycolleges and training institutions thatprepare students for careers in themaritime industry. San Jac is one of justthree community colleges located alongthe Gulf of Mexico and the only Texasinstitution to be recognized as a Centerof Excellence.

The Maritime Campus offers Texas’only Associate of Applied Science degreein maritime transportation, combiningUSCG- and STCW-approved training withcollege-level academics.

“Sitting at the mouth of the largestport in Texas, and one of the busiestin the country, San Jacinto College’smaritime training program plays anessential role in ensuring economicsuccess in both the Houston area andthe entire nation and educating a strongworkforce for high-quality jobs,” saidRep. Brian Babin (R-TX-36). “Their

designation as a Center of Excellence forDomestic Maritime Workforce Trainingand Education is well-deserved, and Ilook forward to seeing the positive impactthat San Jac will continue to make on ourregion and across the globe.”

To find out more about the San JacintoCollege Maritime Technology and TrainingCenter, visit www.sanjac.edu/maritime.

Foundation receives$40,000 donationfrom Brookstone

The San Jacinto College Foundationaccepted a $40,000 donation fromHouston-based construction companyBrookstone at the College’s May Boardof Trustees meeting. Brookstone ledthe construction of the College’s newlyopened cosmetology building on theSouth Campus and is involved in severaladditional renovation projects forthe College.

The donation will support the Promise@ San Jac program, which provideslast-dollar funding for graduates of threePasadena Independent School District highschools — Dobie, Sam Rayburn, and SouthHouston — so they can attend the Collegewithout any out-of-pocket expenses.

“We’re thrilled to provide the financialboost for such an important program,”said Steve Dishman, Brookstonepresident and CEO. “We’ve partneredwith San Jacinto College on several pastand present projects, and this was awonderful opportunity to lend supportto an initiative aimed at making a verytangible impact on students’ abilitiesto attend college and achieve theireducational goals.”

Launched in 2020, the programcelebrated nearly 500 students

completing their first year at San Jac,and the enrollment process is currentlyunderway for the program’s secondcohort, which will begin this fall.

For more information about the Promise@ San Jac program, visit sanjac.edu/promise, and for more information aboutBrookstone, visit brookstone-tx.com.

Board of Trustees’Moon, Sinor, andMims re-elected

San Jacinto College Board of Trusteesmembers John Moon Jr., Keith Sinor,and Dan Mims were re-elected totheir respective positions and wereadministered their oaths of office byHouston attorney Daniel Snooks at theCollege’s June Board of Trustees meetingon June 7.

Moon currently serves as the vicechair and was elected to the Board ofTrustees Position 5 on May 9, 2009. Heis no stranger to the College, havingattended San Jac after graduating fromSam Rayburn High School. A lifelong arearesident and licensed real estate agent,Moon focuses on commercial real estateand investments after 30 years in banking.He has served as adjunct professor atthe College and is a certified publicaccountant. Moon serves on the College'sbuilding committee and previously servedon the finance committee.

Sinor is a Pasadena native and DeerPark resident, graduated from SamRayburn High School, and attended SanJacinto College. In June 2011, he filledthe remaining four years of Position 7,previously held by Wayne Slovacek. He isa certified public accountant, and after atwo-year stint in public accounting withArthur Andersen, Sinor joined SinorEngine Company Inc., where he waspreviously a co-owner and chief financialofficer. He is actively involved in thecommunity, previously serving on boardsof the Deer Park Rotary Club and DeerPark Chamber of Commerce. Sinor serveson the College's finance committee.

Mims has helped guide San Jac formore than a decade in various leadership

roles on the Board of Trustees.He also serves as chair of the buildingcommittee and served as Board chairfrom 2013 – 2017. Mims is president ofMims Investment Inc., a Houston-arealeasing and warehouse business. Healso served as president of Mims MeatCompany Inc. before its sale in 2010.Mims serves on or has served on boardsand committees for various organizations,including Association of CommunityCollege Trustees, Community CollegeAssociation of Texas Trustees, HoustonLivestock Show & Rodeo, Rotary Clubof North Shore, Houston RestaurantAssociation, and UniPro Foodservice.

Residents who live within thePasadena, Deer Park, La Porte, Sheldon,Channelview, Galena Park, and portionsof the Clear Creek, Humble, and Pearlandindependent school districts elect SanJac trustees. Each position is for a six-year term, and elections for the Board ofTrustees are held in odd-numbered years.

New neurodiversityprogram supportsstudents onautism spectrum

Students on the autism spectrum,San Jacinto College has you in mind.

This fall, San Jac is launching aneurodiversity support services programCollege-wide to give individual and groupsupport to students on the spectrumthroughout their educational journey.

Students can join on their own, or aparent, faculty member, or other staffmember can refer them for support.

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By Courtney MorrisSAN JACINTO COLLEGE

Could she give shots? Adilene AmbrizAyala was choosing between becominga pharmacy technician or a nurse, andthat question made the decision easy.

“I was scared of needles,”Ambriz said.

Today, the San Jacinto Collegepharmacy technician alumna fillsprescriptions behind a Walgreenspharmacy counter. But this spring, thequestion popped up again: Was shewilling to pick up a needle?

For the first time, public healthofficials were enlisting and trainingpharmacy technicians to administerCOVID-19 vaccines in an emergencysetting. Could Ambriz overcome herneedle phobia to contribute to the massimmunization effort?

Lifetime of changeIf Ambriz knows about anything, it’s

change and challenge.She came to the U.S. before her 10th

birthday. After her parents' divorce, she,her mom, brothers, and sisters squishedinto a three-bedroom apartment inCalifornia with her grandparents andfour uncles. They finally relocated toHouston to gain more elbow room.

Houston proved her path to SanJac. Galena Park High School staffencouraged her to check out the localcollege and helped her apply.

In 2016, accounting in mind, shestarted taking her basics at the NorthCampus. Then she learned about thepharmacy technician program, whichcombined her interests in math, science,and health. It could also jump-start astable career.

“I didn’t want to be that long in schooland not working in a career,” she said.

Multitasking 101In fall 2019, Ambriz started her

pharmacy tech classes. The programchallenged and inspired her.

“They’re not babying you,” she said.It was a grueling schedule. Drive her

mom to work. Attend classes full time.Work a full shift herself. Do homework.Catch five or six hours of sleep. Repeat.

From pharmacology to anatomy andphysiology courses, Ambriz memorizedhundreds of medications and theireffects on the body, as well as each bodypart’s function.

As an English language learner,she sometimes struggled to grasp thematerial and pronounce the drugs. Buther professors encouraged and praisedher for her persistence.

Program director Irene Villatoro hadnever met a more determined student.

“She would come into my office afterexams to review her mistakes and haveone-on-one tutoring,” Villatoro said.“She encountered challenges, butthey never once got in the way ofher mission.”

In the program’s lab area, instructorsdrilled Ambriz with multitaskingscenarios, having her fill prescriptions,take calls, and interact with customers allat once. She got peppered with questionsand demands: “How long is it going totake?” “I need my medicine now!”

The realistic training hit home onceshe was working behind a realpharmacy counter.

Obstacle after obstacleWrapping up the program in summer

2020, Ambriz logged most internshiphours at Walgreens. The pharmacistthere liked her work ethic and latercalled to offer her a technician role.She could train until she got certified.

But that’s when the challenges piledup. She had a 90-day window to take thestate exam after she registered. Becauseof COVID-19, her required DACArenewal (Deferred Action for ChildhoodArrivals) was delayed.

As a trainee, she also tested pharmacycustomers for COVID-19. Even followingall safety protocols, she got exposed tothe virus, and she and her family testedpositive for COVID-19.

The exam window seemed to beclosing. Sore all over, chills comingand going, she curled up on her bedtwo days, not wanting food but forcingherself to eat to keep her strength.It took her two weeks to recover.

“It wasn’t too bad, thank God,” shesaid. “[But] I had trouble breathing atnight — felt like someone was pressingon my chest.”

Just when it seemed everything wasworking against her, the pieces finallycame together. She recovered, had herDACA renewal in hand, and got anextension on the exam. On Dec. 1,she finally took and passed hercertification test.

All hands on deckAmbriz was working as a certified

pharmacy technician only a few monthswhen she heard the news: Healthofficials wanted all hands on deck tohelp vaccinate the public againstCOVID-19. This circle had widened toinclude pharmacy technicians — a first.

“What do you think about gettingcertified to give vaccines?” hersupervisor asked.

Two years earlier, she might haveshaken her head. Now she reflected oneverything she had overcome in 2020,including catching the virus herself.Taking a deep breath, she replied, “Ifyou give me the chance to get certified,I’ll get certified.”

She attended a one-day vaccine classand completed her CPR certification.Now she administers Pfizer-BioNTechand Johnson & Johnson COVID-19vaccines during every work shift.

“I feel proud and accomplished,”Ambriz said. “Like I said, I was scaredof needles. Now it's weird to say

I was scared.”

Widening circleAmbriz's career circle keeps widening.

She loves her work, and Walgreensis currently training her for a seniortechnician role.

More pharmacy certifications?Nursing? She still hasn’t decided whatshe’ll pursue next. But she knows this:She wants to be the first in her familyto earn a degree and wants to help hermom, who has supported the family onher own since the divorce.

For now, it’s enough that she iscontributing to the fight againstCOVID-19.

“I was in school last year, and nowI’m giving vaccines,” she said.

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By Amanda FenwickSAN JACINTO COLLEGE

San Jacinto College Deputy Chancellorand College President Dr. LaurelWilliamson has been selected to co-chairthe Texas Transfer Advisory Committee(TTAC), a statewide collaborationto make transferring from a Texascommunity college to a four-year stateuniversity seamless for students.

“I am honored to have been selectedas co-chair of this committee,” saidWilliamson. “The work that we havedone so far, and will continue to do,is valuable for the more than 715,000community college students in Texas.Ensuring that they are able to havea defined pathway from communitycollege to university so that theygraduate on time is critical forour state.”

The TTAC stemmed from legislationfrom Texas’ 86th legislative session.Senate Bill 25 included severalimportant provisions to improve transferin Texas, including recommendedcourse sequences, earlier filing of

degree plans, and new reporting onnontransferable credit. Building onthe momentum created by SenateBill 25, the Texas Higher EducationCoordinating Board (THECB) conveneda small workgroup – the ImprovingTexas Transfer Workgroup – to studyand make recommendations to improvevertical transfer and the applicability ofcredit in Texas’ public higher education

institutions. From that workgroupthe TTAC was formed and will be a permanent standing committee for the THECB that meets regularly.

Williamson will co-chair theTexas Transfer Advisory Committee alongside Dr. James Hallmark, vice chancellor for academic affairs at Texas A&M University. The committee will comprise faculty and administrators from public institutions, with equal representation from community colleges and universities, as well as advising and student ex-officio members. Members will oversee and review all parts of the Texas Transfer Frameworks and share information. Additionally, TTAC will review relevant data, make recommendations to the Texas education commissioner, and propose changes when an aspect of the framework is not working. The TTAC will work under the design principles that were developed by the Improving Transfer in Texas Workgroup.

According to the THECB, community colleges serve 70 percent of first- and second-year students in Texas. Helping

community college students navigatethe transfer process and ultimately earntheir bachelor's degrees will increasesocial and economic mobility.

“The work that is ahead of us isexciting,” said Williamson. “We havethe pieces in place for seamless transferopportunities in Texas, and our workwill put those pieces together. We wantto understand where our students arenot being successful in the transferprocess and fix that. It’s about aligningcurriculum and courses that make sensefor students and saving students moneyand time to completing their degree.”

Williamson said the committee willbegin its work by reviewing the currentfields of study pathways. She anticipatesthat several subcommittees comprisingexperts from community colleges anduniversities will be formed for specificdiscipline-related work to determine thebest transfer solution for students bymapping a pathway from high school tocommunity college to university.

To learn more about the TexasTransfer Advisory Committee, visit theTHECB website at highered.texas.gov.

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By Melissa TrevizoSAN JACINTO COLLEGE

San Jacinto College student JosmarGarcia was awarded the English as asecond language (ESL) PersistenceAdult Learner of the Year Award by theTexas Association of Literacy and AdultEducation (TALAE).

The $500 scholarship is for a studentwho has demonstrated leadership withinthe formal or nontraditional learningenvironments, has overcome difficultcircumstances to pursue adult learning,has supported other adult learners,and has managed significant adultresponsibilities such as those related toemployment, family, or community.

“Josmar worked hard to enter the San

Jac Integrated Education and Training(IET) program,” said Denise Orand,director, adult education and grants. “Hedid extra instruction through our distancelearning program, took a summer coursewith us, and a year later we were ableto place him in an IET program foreducational aide. He truly is a goodexample of persistence paying off.”

Garcia, who moved to the U.S. fromVenezuela in 2017, was an instructor atthe University of Los Andes for 25 years.

“After retiring as a professor, I decidedto start a new stage of my life and cometo this country, a country whose languagewas different than mine,” Garcia said.“I started in the ESL program at SanJacinto College, and I set a goal to obtaina certification as a math teacher.”

In July 2019, Garcia obtained hiscertification as a paraprofessional andwas hired by the Pasadena IndependentSchool District as a special educationteacher’s aide. Currently, Garcia is alsoworking on the application process withRegion 4 to obtain his certification toteach math — one step closer to his goals.

“In the past three years, I have workedhard, and I now believe that when we havea desire to grow and overcome obstacles,it can all be accomplished by beingpersistent and having a desire to prosper,”Garcia said. “I have now achieved partof my goals and will continue to work onthe rest of my plan. This country is full ofopportunities. It is important to find themand to surround yourself with people whohelp you achieve your goals.”

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GenerAtion PArk HoStS Color-SPlASHed eventBy Courtney Morris and Melissa TrevizoSAN JACINTO COLLEGE

San Jacinto College’s newest campus,Generation Park, not only welcomed thecommunity back to in-person events thissummer but did it with a splash of color.

On June 6, Gen Park hosted its firstWelcome to the Block 5K Color Run, afree community event led by the SanJacinto College Student Engagement andActivities (SEA) office.

Community and San Jac joggers andwalkers started from nearby RedemptionSquare, looping three times around WestLake Park to complete 3 miles. Along theway, organizers and volunteers handedout water bottles and tossed run powderin brilliant colors like magenta, orange,

cobalt, and lime green.The project started earlier this year

when student services had conversationsabout driving awareness and traffic toSan Jac’s newest campus while engagingthe community.

“We really wanted to bring awarenessto our Gen Park community as wellas build the partnership with McCorddevelopment,” said SEA specialistAmanda Zavala. “What better way tobring the community and their familiesout to participate in a free color runand get to learn more about San Jac, theprograms we offer, and our new campusin the area.”

Zavala headed the initiative withsupport from Brian Bui, North Campusinterim manager of admissions. The teameffort included SEA staff, marketing, SanJac police, and others. McCord, Generation

Park’s developer, also launched a socialmedia campaign, and KRBE-FM radiopromoted on the airwaves to build buzzaround the event.

Following an academic year of alteredoperations, the color run required somepivoting too. Forecasts showed drizzle allweek leading up to the Sunday event, butorganizers decided to host the event rainor shine.

“The weather caused some frustrations,but at the end of the day we stuck itout and had an amazing event,” saidZavala. “We had more than 150 people inattendance and amazing volunteers andstaff who really ran the event and showedlove to the community participants.”

After runners and walkers completedthe course, they mingled in an“after-party” area with balloons, bodyart, and yard games. San Jac volunteersalso passed out swag bags with trinketsand College program information.

The event not only built excitement

around the new campus but alsodemonstrated team effort — fromplanning to executing event day.

“When you see deans running aroundhelping, [you know] we’re all here puttingin our time and energy to make thingssuccessful,” Bui said. “What we heard thecommunity say was we need to host moreevents like this. At the end of the day,it’s building that awareness around thecommunity — that we’re a partner for you.”

What about next year? The plan is forthe color run to be an annual event, withthe course following the West Loop Trailthat is being paved behind the campus.

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the neurodiversity program is for any SanJac student on any campus with a diagnosisof being on the spectrum. Students canmeet with the neurodiversity coordinatorone-on-one and practice skills in groupsettings with other peers on the spectrum.

Support will vary based on students’individual needs. Some students do wellacademically and may need only minimalsupport, while others may benefit frommore assistance.

Tanesha Antoine, dean of studentsupport services, has helped lay thegroundwork for the program. She says theheart is finding out students’ academic,social, and career goals and supportingthem to reach those goals.

“If students' goal is to become moreinvolved, how can we help them becomemore involved?” Antoine said. “Maybe wecan go with them to an event. It may notbe just academic support.”

Neurodiversity support will also targetthe rest of the College community.

“One of our goals is trying to educatenot just the student but the faculty andstaff on how they can work with studentson the spectrum,” Antoine said. “We’reseeking to actively promote a campusculture of understanding of studentswith neurological differences throughcollaboration, training, and consultation.”

Participating students will receiveeducational opportunities and individualsupport to increase their self-knowledgeand strengthen areas such as:• Executive functioning (task initiation,

organization, and planning)• Social interaction/connection

(understanding social interactionpreferences and strengths)

• Self-advocacy (knowing when you needhelp and whom to ask)

• Academic planning (staying on trackacademically and following a degree plan)

• Career prep (career exploration andexperiential learning)

To learn more about the program,contact Tanesha Antoine [email protected].

Photos courtesy of Ian Adler, McCord Development


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Philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scottand her husband, Dan Jewett, donated $30million to San Jacinto College, the largestprivate gift in the College’s history!

San Jac announced the creation of21Forward, a scholarship allowing all2021 high school graduates who livedwithin the College’s taxing district atthe time of their high school graduationto attend San Jac tuition-freefor up to three years.

The San Jacinto College baseballteam ended the 2021 season third atthe Alpine Bank Junior College (JUCO)World Series this June in Junction, Colo.

Student Engagement & Activitieshosted the Welcome to the Block 5KColor Run at Generation Park.

The San Jacinto College softball team endedthe 2021 season 43-10 overall and third at theNational Junior College Athletic Association(NJCAA) national tournament in Yuma, Ariz.The third-place national finish is the highestever in school history (five appearances).

Students from our first Bachelor of Sciencein Nursing cohort reflected on the programas they near their summer 2021 graduation.


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By Courtney MorrisSAN JACINTO COLLEGE

“Watch. The fire is about to comeacross the ceiling.”

Whoosh! You look up. Crackling orangeflames have gone from climbing the wallsto rolling overhead toward you. Theinfrared camera in your hand registers1,000-plus degrees. Sparks glisten in theair. Smoke engulfs the room.

You’re not a firefighter, but it’s a goodthing you’re encased in full firefightergear. It’s also a good thing this is only a10-minute fire science exercise.

Raising awarenessSan Jacinto College’s fire protection

technology program offers the two-hour“Firefighter for a Day” experience toCollege employees. Participants suit up and“feel the burn” at the La Porte Fire TrainingFacility, where San Jac cadets practicesearching, rescuing and controlling fires.

“We started this to familiarize ourdecision-makers with the program,” WoodyDunseith, program director, said. “We dolots of things other programs don’t, and webuy lots of things other programs don’t.”

Now the program offers “Firefighter fora Day” to any San Jac employee — toraise awareness.

“We would have potential students callthe College for information only to be toldwe didn’t have a firefighting program,”Dunseith said.

Becoming a short-term firefighter, yousense not only the intense training cadetsundergo, but also the immense dangers ofthe profession.

Gearing upSuiting up, you face round after round

of buckles, snaps, straps and tabs.The three-layered pants and jacket

contain a flame-resistant exterior, while aquilted interior acts as a thermal barriernext to your skin. You are toasty, butair still circulates until you bend yourelbows or knees. After pulling on boots,you strap on the 25-pound self-containedbreathing apparatus — a backpack thatrests on your hips instead of shoulders.

Over your hood, you tug on themosquito-like mask and pull the tabs atyour chin and temples. Pressing yourpalm against the mouth opening, youbreathe in to ensure an airtight sealaround your face. A regulator fits intothis opening and twists to seal.

Finally, your equipment includes amotion-detection sensor. If you don’tmove for 20 seconds, a pre-alarm goes off.Twelve seconds later, red lights flash, and ashrill signal alerts to a possible firefighter

down. Shaking your hips kills the alarm.Suiting up takes you at least 10

minutes, while a firefighter cadet must do it under 2.

Turning up the heatFully suited, you and three other

employees shuffle into the training facility. The multi-story concrete building has metal doors, hatches, and windows for home, commercial, and maritime scenarios.

One instructor stays with each of you in case you need help … or you panic.

You sit on hay bales inside a concrete room, doors slammed shut, with only one window open behind you. The best word to describe this: claustrophobia.

About 10 feet away, firefighters ignite another set of hay bales. The flames, leaping up, slowly intensify from a crackle to a roar. You point an infrared camera at them, and the temperature jumps from three digits to four.

Mesmerized, you inhale, and cool, fresh air fills your lungs. The environment feels real, but your brain reminds you this is only a scenario.

Something is going off — your alarm. You snap back to life and start swaying.

The firefighters use a direct attack on the fire, snuffing out the flames by hosing down the base of the fire. A minute later, they torch the hay bales again. These flames finally reach and cross the ceiling, advancing toward you.

You’re standing now, pressing your gloved hand against your helmet. It’s starting to bake.

When the firefighters turn the hoseonto these larger flames from farther back,

water and fire collide to produce steam.As if you had opened a giant dishwasher,humidity engulfs you. This steam feelshotter than the fiery room alone.

Facing realityExiting the building, you think only of

unsnapping, unbuckling, and uncinching.You shed piece after piece of

equipment, scrape wet hair from yourforehead, and flap your shirt to circulateair. And that smell? It’s like you’ve beenworking a barbecue cookoff all day.

Then it sinks in. You were wearingfull firefighter gear next to a controlledindoor bonfire only 10 minutes. You wereobserving, not fighting, standing on thesidelines, not rushing into the furnace.

Real firefighters suit up not just once butcountless times to enter burning buildings,rescue trapped people, and tame infernos.They are courageous, compassionate, and— yes — calm in the face of crisis.

You gulp. Thank heaven for firefighters.To learn more about the fire protection

technology program, visit www.sanjac.edu/program/fire-protection-technology,or call 281-476-1834.


‘FIREFIGHTER FOR A DAY’ TURNS UPHEAT FOR SAN JAC EMPLOYEES

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Photos by Courtney Morris, San Jacinto College

Photos courtesy of fire protection technology program

DATE EVENT TIME SITEAug. 3 “Wow, I Didn’t Know That”- Free Resources from the Pasadena Library 12-1 p.m. Online; Register at [email protected] or call 281-476-1893Aug. 6 Maritime Information Session 10 a.m. Online; Register at sanjac.edu/form/maritime-information-session-registrationAug. 23 Fall classes begin On campus and onlineAug. 25 CPD: How Businesses Obtain Credit- Business Series with BBVA 12-1 p.m. Online; Register at [email protected] or call 281-476-1893Aug. 26 CPD: Medicare 101 12-1 p.m. Online; Register at [email protected] or call 281-476-1893Aug. 30 CPD: How to plan a Special Event 12-1 p.m. Online; Register at [email protected] or call 281-476-1893

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Surrounded by monuments of history, evolvingindustries, maritime enterprises of today,and the space age of tomorrow, San JacintoCollege has served the people of East HarrisCounty, Texas, since 1961. San Jacinto Collegeis among the top five community colleges in thenation as designated by the Aspen Institute forCommunity College Excellence in 2021 and wasnamed an Achieving the Dream Leader Collegeof Distinction in 2020. The College spans fivecampuses, serving approximately 45,000 creditand non-credit students annually, and offersmore than 200 degrees and certificates acrosseight major areas of study that put studentson a path to transfer to four-year institutionsor enter the workforce. San Jacinto College’simpact on the region totals $1.3 billion in addedincome, which supports 13,044 jobs. TheCollege is fiscally sound, holding bond ratings ofAA and Aa2 by Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s.

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Vision — San Jacinto College will advance thesocial and economic mobility of all membersof our community. We will be known forour excellence in teaching and learning, ourintentional student-centered support, and ourcommitment to every student. We will be thepreferred workforce and economic developmentpartner in the region and a champion forlifelong learning. San Jacinto College will inspirestudents to explore opportunities, define theireducational and career paths, and achieve theirgoals and dreams.

Mission — San Jacinto College is focused onstudent success, academic progress, universitytransfer, and employment. We are committed toopportunities that enrich the quality of life inthe communities we serve.

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A gift to the San Jacinto College Foundationtransforms lives, enriches our community, andprovides tomorrow’s community leaders. Formore than 20 years, the Foundation has helpedthousands of students reach their goals. Ourformer students and graduates have filled vitalroles in hospitals, classrooms, executive offices,manufacturing plants, and laboratories acrossour region and beyond. They have also won theWorld Series and NBA championships, starredin major motion pictures, and created majortheatrical productions. Help our students todaywith the gift of education. Contact the SanJacinto College Foundation at 281-998-6104 orvisit sanjac.edu/foundation.

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