Abilene native Omar Johnson earned a $3,200 scholarship for a baby blanket he crocheted for the Beans for Brains scholarship contest.
“College was important to our lives,” said Laura Zander, owner of Jimmy Bean Wool. “We’re happy to have the chance to help students in the needles arts community pay for college if it’s something they want to pursue.”
Johnson is a Columbia University student studying conflict management. He is one of five winners who were judged on their academics, extracurricular activities, an essay and a craft project.
The Beans for Brains Scholarship is offered by the Jimmy Beans Wool. an online retailer of yarn and fabric.
Abilene Christian School enrollment rises by 10 percent
The Abilene Christian School is starting school Wednesday with 100 more students with its opening day enrollment to be 376, a 10 percent increase from last year.
“It’s an exciting time to be part of the ACS family as witnessed by our tremendous growth in the student body, as well as the addition of our new playground and other capital improvement,” said Kirk Wade, ACS president. “We continue to explore ways to meet the needs of our community.”
New tech Nursing school program is the first in the state
Starting in the spring of 2014 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing will offer the first Texas-based nursing informatics master’s degree.
The program is expected to fill a gap in the school’s nursing education program.
“The MSN in nursing informatics will prepare nurses to be leaders in information technology, experts in data management and clinical analytics, and project managers for technology development,” said Barbara Cherry, department chairwoman for Leadership Studies at TTUHSC School of Nursing.
Nurses entering the master’s program will be equipped to be part of interprofessional teams that address patient safety and quality supported by technology, said Susan McBride, program director.
Cisco College professor retires after 39 years
Longtime biology professor Dyer Windham said goodbye to colleagues and friends on Aug. 20 as he ended a career that began in 1974.
Windham’s sense of humor is legendary at Cisco College. An English professor recalled trying to get her class to pay attention to verb conjugation while Windham was telling a joke to his science students in the next classroom. Her class could hear everything but the punch line, which was lost in the hoots of laughter from his class. Her students made her get the punch line from Windham so they could laugh, too.
Vice President of Instruction Randy Golson, who attended the college in 1981, recalled that his father told him to sign-up up for Windham’s class — and he was glad he did. Golson said, “Dyer optimizes everything Cisco College stands for. He always put students first.”
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