The Lone Star College System is proposing a tax increase and tuition hike in 2011 as part of a multi-faceted plan to address state budget cuts and increased enrollment.
Recent high school graduates who need a boost in math or English before they enter college this fall are encouraged to enroll soon in the Summer Bridge program at Lone Star College-Kingwood. The next session begins July 26.
Students from the Kingwood Park and Kingwood band programs recently gathered for a rare summer practice. Members of the two bands will join together to march in an Independence Day parade. Some of the participating students, from left, are Zaynah Neely, Shelly Savell, Christina Israel, Ben Kelly, Ashley Kibble, Jessica Eisterhold, Andrew Salazar, Clayton Hill and Erin Poulin.
Current and prospective business students at Lone Star College-Kingwood can use their Applied Arts and Sciences degree to earn a four-year degree at the University of Houston-Downtown.
The Lone Star College System may lose up to $19.2 million in state aid over the next three years, which could lead to budget cuts or tuition and tax increases.
ESOL graduates and their peers. Photo by Lone Star College-Kingwood
Living in a foreign country while holding on to their native cultures, more than 10 Lone Star College-Kingwood students overcame their language barriers as they graduated from the Intensive English program (ESOL) on May 13. Those students were among many others who were honored as this semester’s outstanding students.
Lone Star College-Kingwood’s General Education Development (GED) graduation ceremony and reception will be held May 23 at 3 p.m. in the college’s Teaching Theatre.
By this time next year, Lone Star College-Kingwood expects to see construction wrapping up on its new Lone Star College Atascocita Center. College representatives broke ground on the new facility April 30.
