Monday, June 15, 2020 | Volume 1 Issue 2
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Greetings, LSC-Houston North Community Partners!
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Dear Community Partners –
I hope each of you are doing well. In this edition of the newsletter, we want to highlight several or our outreach efforts as well as our plans for returning to some form of
normalcy this fall
. As you may have seen, many school districts and higher education institutions are adjusting their fall calendars and/or schedules to protect students from a possible spread of COVID-19. At Lone Star College-Houston North, we are also taking several precautions as noted below.
Fall Schedules
We are offering classes in four formats this fall.
- Traditional Online – Online courses not tied to a specific meeting schedule.
- Online Synchronous – Online courses that have set meeting times via video conferencing.
- Hybrid – Courses that are a mixture of face-to-face and online. For these courses, students would come to the campus for no more than twice per week.
- Traditional Face-to-Face – Classes that meet up to four days per week.
For the most part, 80% of our course offerings will either be online or hybrid. We are also building our weekend program that will allow students to earn a degree by just attending on Saturdays.
CDC-Based Classroom Design
For the classes that will meet in person, class sizes will be reduced to no more than 10-12 students. Desks and work-spaces are currently being arranged to allow for appropriate social distancing protocols.
Special Precautions
The college is also taking several steps to protect students including:
- Checking temperatures of entrants into the buildings;
- Providing masks and other appropriate PPE for all students, faculty and staff;
- Installing sneeze guards at student service stations;
- Setting up health check stations that will allow students to check their own temperature or get extra PPE supplies;
- Placing sanitizer throughout the building.
As a college, we exist to service students and the community. Therefore, we are taking the responsibility of providing a safe environment very seriously. As a colleague once stated, the hardest part of college should be the coursework. As higher education institutions, it is important that we do our parts to help address all other issues.
#PantherPride
Quentin Wright, Ed.D.
President, Lone Star College-Houston North
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Lone Star College-Houston North • Campus News
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Lone Star College-Houston North to offer On-Site Classes in the Fall
Lone Star College-Houston North is planning to open the Fairbanks, Greenspoint, and Victory locations this fall for limited face-to-face classes.
As of right now, approximately 20% of classes will be offered in a traditional 4-day week face-to-face format, 30% all online, and 50% in a hybrid format (mixture of online and face-to-face).
All on-campus classes will have smaller class sizes and be set up to comply with social distancing standards.
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Lone Star College-Houston North Continues 8-week Classes
Many universities such as Rice and the University of Texas are ending their semesters at Thanksgiving in the event there is another COVID-19 outbreak.
While LSC-Houston North is not taking this approach, the 8-week model does allow for a students to complete courses by mid-October and then restart a week later in the second 8-week term if comfortable doing so.
The fall schedule for courses is:
8 Week 1 Term: August 24 – October 14
8 Week 2 Term: October 21 – December 13
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Lone Star College-Houston North Leads System in Course Completion
Lone Star College-Houston North students continue to have high completion rates. In the fall, LSC-HN led the system with a 75.5% successful course completion rate (
meaning students earned an A, B, or C
). In the spring, the students performed even better with a 77.8% rate.
This is the highest long semester course success rate of any LSC college for at least the last six years.
The completion numbers can be attributed to a focus upon specific goals by the college including closing demographic completion gaps and increasing the success of first-time-in-college students (FTIC). The graph a highlights the course completion numbers of key student groups that have traditionally
been focus areas for Lone Star College
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Lone Star College-Houston North Victory Partially Reopens
In response to COVID-19, Lone Star College opened certain campuses on June 1. While most classes are online, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board does not allow certain workforce courses in this format.
LSC-Houston North opened the Victory location this summer with several social distancing protocols including:
- Certified Nursing Assistant that performs temperature checks;
- Masks are required for all entrants;
- Only students enrolled in HVAC and Welding are currently allowed to come to the building;
- All entrants must complete a health declaration form certifying they have had no symptoms for the past 14 days.
Lone Star College-Houston North Victory will be open for on-site registration on each Wednesday beginning in mid-July.
Online registration is currently open.
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LSC-Houston North Fallbrook is on track to start classes in Spring 2021!
Located at
12512 Walters Road
on the campus of Fallbrook Church, LSC-Houston North Fallbrook is slated to open in Spring 2021.
We're excited to soon offer you an additional location that will offer morning, afternoon and evening courses as well as weekend programs for those working toward an Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree.
In addition to small class and lab sizes, the campus will offer the same amenities as our other three campuses including a food pantry, mentorships for first-time-in-college students and shortened classes — eight weeks instead of 16. In addition, we plan to offer mobile tutoring, or tutors who will come to students on campus instead of the other way around, as well as pop-up tutoring.
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Lone Star College-Houston North • Wraparound Services
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Stay Safe. Stay Close. Stay Enrolled.
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We know these are uncertain times, and the success of our students and our community is our number one priority.
With online options, small face-to-face class sizes, eight-week courses, and multiple locations,
Lone Star College-Houston North
is ready to help you get started, finish up, or transfer on.
We are here for you.
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Eliminating Food Insecurities
With the right structure and adequate support, our students are capable of succeeding academically and professionally. For this reason, we have Community Assistance Resource for Everyone (C.A.R.E.) Centers that are located at all LSC-Houston North locations.
The CARE Center is open to any currently enrolled LSC-Houston North student and provides CARE bags and CARE packages that include food, toiletries, and other essentials.
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Did You Know?
At Lone Star College-Houston North, we believe that all students have the potential to succeed if given access and support.
All first time in college students enrolled in EDUC 1300 at Lone Star College-Houston North will be assigned a Mentor. To learn more about our Mentor Program, contact:
HN-Retention@LoneStar.edu
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Lone Star College-Houston North • Students First
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FINANCIAL AID WORKSHOP
Wednesday, June 17
3 – 5 p.m. via WebEx
This workshop will provide students with a step-by-step process on applying for FAFSA.
Financial aid helps students and their families pay for college.
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Lone Star College-Houston North • Spread The Word
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Celebrate Juneteenth on Friday, June 19
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Learn more about it's significance as our African-American community advisory board members, community leaders, and Lone Star College-Houston North employees express what
Juneteenth
means to them and how we can work to have true freedom.
Check out social media pages this week for testimonials.
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Interested in Dual Credit?
Do you or someone you know have a child in high school or being home-schooled? Dual Credit allows students to earn high school and college credit at the same time.
Dual credit classes transfer to four-year universities, shortening the time it takes to earn a college degree.
College tuition is waived for dual credit courses, so students and families save money. Dual credit students do NOT pay tuition, only course fees.
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You’re Talking, We’re Listening
Lone Star College-Houston North’s College President, Dr. Quentin Wright, will join Lone Star College's Chief of Police Chief Willingham for an important conversation with the students of Lone Star College addressing
community policing, specifically the relationship between police with communities of color.
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Enhance your Knowledge with Weekend College
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At Lone Star College-Houston North, we recognize the difficult task of obtaining your degree while balancing life’s many responsibilities, such as work and childcare. LSC-Houston North has a unique opportunity for you to do both!
Through our Weekend College, you can select from three different degree plans starting this Fall 2020 semester meeting on Saturdays from 8 a.m.– 3 p.m.
Give us one day a week and in under two years, you will be graduating with your degree!
Business Administration
(
Management
) • LSC-HN Greenspoint
Human Services
(
Substance Abuse Counseling
) • LSC-HN Victory
Associate of Science
• LSC-HN Fairbanks
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Lone Star College-Houston North • Community Spotlight
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Election Polling Location
LSC-Houston North Victory
will be an early voting and polling location for the summer elections.
- Voter Registration Deadline: June 15
- Early Voting: June 29 - July 10
- Election Day: July 14
The
LoneStar.edu/Vote
page has been updated with links to direct people with additional information.
We are in the process of preparing the building for social distancing and all precautionary safety measures. LSC-HN Victory is located at
4141 Victory Dr, Houston, TX 77088.
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We love to hear about what is going on in our community.
Do you have any upcoming events, partnerships, volunteer opportunities, or inspiring stories you would like to share with us?
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We encourage our community members to follow us and tag us in any activities we may share with students.
Visit us on our various social media platforms.
You can find us by searching
@LSCHoustonNorth
or clicking the direct links below.
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Lone Star College-Houston North
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