Staff reports @TheEtCetera Eastfield will host four more forums for the Eastfield community to meet and talk with college presidential candidates, two on Sept. 10 and two on Sept. 11. Kim Armstrong, vice president of student affairs at College of the Ouachitas in Malvern, Arkansas, will visit...

Staff reports Update: All district services have been restored, according to an email from Dallas County Community College District IT. Original: Some online services in the Dallas County Community College District, including the district's website, remained down Wednesday evening after going...

By JAMES HARTLEY @ByJamesHartley Dallas County residents could see their property taxes increase by $22.35 a year for the average home under the proposed tax rate for the Dallas County Community College District. Students will not see any tuition increase in the coming year. The proposed tax rate...

By Aria Jones @AriaJonesETC A new department designed to support diversity efforts is coming to Eastfield after questions arose about support for LGBTQ students. Last spring, when LGBTQ support stickers were vandalized, administration revealed its goal of opening a new Center for Equity, Inclusion,...

By JAMES HARTLEY @ByJamesHartley A new Dallas County Community College District password upgrade caused confusion among students and employees at the start of the semester, leading to difficulty finding classes and accessing online courses. Anyone logging into district services such as eConnect,...

Staff reports @TheEtCetera Some employees at the Dallas County Community College District have had their personal information exposed, including social security number and financial information, in a recent data privacy incident, according to a notice on the district's website. The DCCCD sent...

  By ARIA JONES @AriaJonesETC More than 55 percent of DCCCD students say they can’t afford to eat balanced meals and 31 percent responded that they’ve been hungry but didn’t eat because there wasn’t enough food, according to a 2016 survey. Combatting food insecurity has become a districtwide...

By YESENIA ALVARADO @YeseniaA_ETC Eastfield was expecting to begin a new academic year with a new president, but due to delays in the search it is uncertain when someone will step in. According to members of the search committee for the new college president, there will be four to six candidates...

By ANDREW WALTER @AndyWalterETC Eastfield’s Focus and Finish initiative could be paying off, as the school’s contact hours growth is exceeding headcount growth for the first time in more than 10 years. “You know what that means?” said college President Jean Conway during Thursday’s Convocation....

By JULIO VEGA @JulioVegaETC As “Dancing with the Stars” plays in the living room, 5-year-old Hailey Musgrove cha-chas in front of the television, following the routines on screen. She loves dancing but hates dressing up. Her ballet costumes are scratchy and uncomfortable, so she fashions a dress...

By ARIA JONES @AriaJonesETC Two capsules of marijuana, one before work and one right after lunch. Then at night, part of a brownie to sleep. This is the daily routine that gave Pamela Schultz her life back. Schultz, 65, has post polio syndrome that causes muscle weakness all over her body. She suffers...

BY KEAIRA ENGLISH @TheEtCetera Adrian Douglas woke up and couldn’t bend her body. The pain had taken over. Douglas was expecting. After being unable to conceive in her first marriage, Douglas and her second husband, Bruce, were finally pregnant. Throughout her pregnancy, however, she had experienced...

By SAMUEL FARLEY @TheEtCetera The dangerous chemicals inside of vapes and e-cigarettes disqualifies them as a healthy alternative to smoking, said Ashley Paramore a tobacco prevention specialist at the Dallas Council on Alcohol and Drugs.   At “Just Stop Blowing: Quitting Tobacco” on April...

By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC A group of Eastfield students placed third in a state science competition hosted by the University of Texas in Dallas, with each winning a $1000 scholarship to the university. Angelica Avila, Rachel Howell, Christian Orozco and Vianney Sanchez worked on the project,...

By ARIA JONES @AriaJonesETC Marilyn Olliff, known for her positive attitude and the angel Christmas ornaments she would make every year, died unexpectedly on April 10, following a brief illness. Olliff, 64, worked in the Eastfield advising office and was employed at the college for 44 years. The...

By JAMES HARTLEY and COLIN TAYLOR @JamesHartleyETC Dallas police officer and Eastfield graduate Rogelio Santander died April 25 after being shot while on duty. Santander and Officer Crystal Almeida were responding to a call at a Home Depot in Lake Highlands when the two were shot. Santander, 27, graduated...

  By JAMES HARTLEY and KATHERINE HIGGINS @JamesHartleyETC Hearty and uninhibited, Jamal Rasheed’s laughter ricochets from honey yellow walls lined with portraits of civil rights activists. His devotion to black history is evident in every corner of the Ellis County African American Hall...

By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC As Nick Vera stands in Eastfield’s free speech area, he knows that the words he’s about to speak could result in backlash. He looks to one of the cameras set up in front of the Lower Courtyard stage and delivers the first of several speeches designed to start...

By ARIA JONES @AriaJonesETC Eastfield is offering students a new type of GPS to navigate their academic careers, with advisers, college navigators, 48 course maps and more on the way. Guided Pathways for Student Success, or GPS, launched on the Dallas County Community College District website April...

By ARIA JONES @AriaJonesETC The recent vandalism of LGBTQ safe zone stickers on campus has prompted Eastfield College’s administration to take another look at its commitment to supporting LGBTQ students, faculty and staff. “Going forward, my goal is to establish an access and equity center, where...

— Video by David Silva By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC Eastfield would demolish N, A and F Buildings and add a new retail and fine arts center and tournament-level sports facilities under a proposed master plan for the campus. The master plan, which started at Eastfield and became a Dallas...

By JAMES EYRE @TheEtCetera Research by pollsters has consistently found voter turnout among millennials has been dwindling the past several years. The issue was a hot topic when State Representative Victoria Neave visited Eastfield on Feb. 28 as part of the Student Government Association’s Voter...

By JOSUE HERNANDEZ @TheEtCetera Tears flow uncontrollably from Leslie McMurray’s face, as she sits defeated on the ground at her house. Feeling unsafe and full of panic, Leslie finally has lost all hope. Leaning back against a gun-safe she holds a fully loaded .45 caliber handgun. The safety is off. According...

By ANDREW WALTER @TheEtCetera With topics ranging from fetal pig dissections to learning how to repair stroke damage in mice, Eastfield’s STEM week showcased current science-related research. The week, which was held March 5-9 and sponsored by the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Division,...

By SAMUEL FARLEY @TheEtCetera The #MeToo movement has encouraged thousands of women to speak up about their stories of sexual assault and discrimination in society today. Women like Judith Dumont, who told students about her own story of sexual assault during a panel discussion March 22. “I was date...

Story and photo by YESENIA ALVARADO @YeseniaA_ETC It’s not just hair. As part of the events for Black History Month, Eastfield held a presentation, The Evolution of African-Americans as Told by My Hair, on Feb. 20. Guest speaker, Chesley Antoinette from Cantoinette Studios talked about the history...

By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC Eastfield graduate Cindy Burkett lost her bid for a seat in the state Senate while adjunct professor Joanna Cattanach won her race, earning the Democratic nomination for House District 108. Burkett said that the hardest part of the race had been the personal attacks. “It’s...

By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC The Dallas County Community College District is planning changes to help counter low success rates and high poverty and illiteracy in Dallas County. DCCCD Chancellor Joe May said more than 1 million Dallas adults will be illiterate by 2030 and 60 percent of all Dallas-area...