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By ALEJANDRO CONTRERAS @TheEtCetera It’s 9 a.m. on May 8, and Charles Haggard is manning the eyeglass station at Poteet High School for Mesquite Recycles Day. It’s a busy day for the retired high school […]

By HARRIET RAMOS Editor in Chief @HarrietRamosETC Chancellor Joe May will retire Aug. 31, 2022, and Executive Vice Chancellor Justin Lonon is the sole finalist to take his position. May announced his intent to retire […]

By JOHNSON TRAN and LEAH SALINAS @TheEtCetera As a father of four children, psychology and sociology professor Elgrie Hurd III has experienced the challenges of transitioning to a virtual learning environment for instructors, students and […]

By JOHNSON TRAN @TheEtCetera Mall closures have ramped up during the pandemic as customers have switched to online shopping or big-box stores like Walmart. Malls have gradually closed many of their retail stores in the […]

By HARRIET RAMOS @HarrietRamosETC On April 20, Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, was found guilty of all charges for the killing of George Floyd. Chauvin was charged with second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder […]

By HARRIET RAMOS @HarrietRamosETC Current student registration for summer and fall classes began April 20 with the first fully Dallas College schedule.  The schedule was built with a new system using an academic scheduling team […]

By HARRIET RAMOS @HarrietRamosETC The COVID-19 vaccines have brought hope of a return to normal life for some, but misconceptions are still prevalent online. These vaccine myths range from concern over side effects to fears […]

By HARRIET RAMOS @HarrietRamosETC Dallas College will return to full in-person operations April 5.  This will be the first time all staff and administrators have been together on campus since the college closed down for […]

By HARRIET RAMOS @HarrietRamosETC Chancellor Joe May and Dallas College leadership announced at the March 23 Town Hall that there will be an in-person graduation for the class of 2021, students still need to make […]

By HARRIET RAMOS @HarrietRamosETC Plans are underway for Eastfield’s new Student Success Center and Academic Building. According to the Dallas College bond webpage, the building is in the design stage. The building is part of […]

As of March 8, in-person options are now available for tutoring, library, advising and other student services on Dallas College campuses. Make an appointment and see the full list of services available here.

By JORDAN LACKEY @JordanEtc Erica Stephens was home alone during the winter storm on the week of Feb. 14. She had no power. She was cold. And she had serious doubts about her ability to […]

By HARRIET RAMOS @HarrietRamosETC Dallas College facilities suffered some damage from the winter storm that brought snow, ice and freezing temperatures to North Texas the week of Feb. 14. Chancellor Joe May said two facilities […]

By HARRIET RAMOS @HarrietRamosETC Subway owners Tim and Cyndi Pitman are making plans to reopen for the fall semester. Subway has been closed since March 13, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dallas College officials […]

By HARRIET RAMOS @HarrietRamosETC Plans are moving ahead to implement a new transfer framework designed to help students transfer all 60 credit hours of their degree plan from community college to university level. The Improving […]

The 87th session of the Texas Legislature convened on Jan. 12. Over the next 140 days, lawmakers will approve the budget for the next two years and redraw the state’s political districts. Rep. Dade Phelan […]

By JUAN QUEVEDO HERNANDEZ @TheEtCetera It was before 7 a.m. on Black Friday, and already a line had formed outside GameStop on North Cockrell Hill Road in Dallas. Luis Jimenez stood with the others in […]

By JASMINE RODGERS @TheEtCetera A recent survey by the Texas Association of Community Colleges shows that taking classes online is only one of the challenges students are facing as a result of COVID-19. This is […]

By JORDAN LACKEY @JordanEtc Dallas College student enrollment is down nearly 10% from last fall, with the largest dips occurring in low-income areas and ZIP codes that have been heavily affected by COVID-19, according to […]

By HARRIET RAMOS @HarrietRamosETC Ten fields of study suspended by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in July were green-lighted to return by the board’s transfer workgroup on Nov. 5. The board is expected to […]

By HARRIET RAMOS @HarrietRamosETC Dallas College will return to a fully remote work environment from Nov. 30-Jan. 4, Chancellor Joe May announced in an email today. “While we remain optimistic about returning to normalcy, we […]

By HARRIET RAMOS @HarrietRamosETC Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States. Trump refuses to concede. After flipping Pennsylvania, a state Trump won in 2016, Biden reached 273 electoral […]

By HARRIET RAMOS @HarrietRamosETC A police officer from El Centro campus was injured in a shooting last night in downtown Dallas while he and other Dallas College officers were trying to arrest a man with […]

By JORDAN LACKEY @JordanEtc For the first time in its 50-year history, The Et Cetera has won two national Pacemaker Awards from the Associated Collegiate Press in a single year: one for its newspaper and […]

By CAMILLE SCHUH @TheEtCetera Italian immigrant Dino Santonicola achieved the American dream by opening his own restaurant in downtown Dallas last fall. Now, amid one of the most contentious presidential elections in history and record […]

By HARRIET RAMOS @HarrietRamosETC President Donald Trump falsely claimed victory over Joe Biden early Wednesday morning despite a significant number of ballots still uncounted in nine states. In an address from the White House, Trump […]

By HARRIET RAMOS @HarrietRamosETC A record breaking 9.7 million Texans had cast their ballot by the time early voting ended on Oct. 30, which was over 700,000 more than voted in the entire 2016 election […]

By HARRIET RAMOS @HarrietRamosETC It was 9:40 on a recent Saturday morning, and Joanna Cattanach was already hard at work getting ready for a pop-up shop campaign event in the parking lot outside the building […]