Category: TVCC

TVCC Explains Sunday Alert

Trinity Valley Community College officials issued the following alert Sunday for the Athens campus:

“Watch for green Toyota Camry 4 door w/red bumper sticker. If spotted, avoid all contact, immediately call TVCC PD 903-675-6235.”

In response to a request for more information, the college released the following statement this morning:

“Early Sunday morning, a green, four-door Toyota Camry drove onto campus and the driver of the vehicle confronted two groups of students. Because of the serious nature of this incident, TVCC issued a campuswide alert in the interest of student safety and to inform students to be on the lookout for the vehicle. Students were cautioned to avoid contact with the driver of the vehicle if spotted again on campus and to immediately call campus police. The investigation into this incident is ongoing.”

TVCC Cheer National Runners-up

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The Trinity Valley Community College cheerleaders were named national runners-up behind Navarro College following a solid performance during the final round of competition at the NCA/NDA Collegiate Cheer and Dance Championship on Friday.

TVCC posted a final-round score of 94.68.

The NCA/NDA Collegiate Cheer and Dance Championship featured 304 teams and 6,530 athletes representing 38 states and four countries.

TVCC Show Team Shines at TJCAA Convention

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(From left) Marc Robinson, Andrea Meadows, Sara Clifton, Buck Monning, Robert Young, Charlie Harrell, Charles Nunnally.

By Jayson Larson/TVCC Public Information

Trinity Valley Community College Ag Club Vice President Robert Young and several Ag students and club members recently attended the 2014 Texas Junior College Agriculture Association (TJCAA) Convention. 

This year’s convention was held April 2-4 at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches. Students from junior college Ag departments from around the state attended the convention.

TVCC agriculture students who attended this year’s convention were Robert Young (VP), Charlie Harrell, Andrea Meadows, Buck Monning and Sara Clifton.  Students were accompanied by their faculty advisor, Marc Robinson, and his fellow agriculture professor from TVCC Palestine campus, Charles Nunnally.

Upon arrival, students gathered at the SFA Piney Woods Native Plant Center and were treated to a Crawfish boil. This was a mixer that allowed students from various community colleges to begin getting acquainted with one another.

The competition segment of the convention was held on Thursday morning. That afternoon students were taken on tours of the SFA Gardens Mast Arboretum, the SFA Beef, Equine, Swine and Poultry centers on the SFA farm.  TVCC students performed well, with three placing in individual quiz events: Clifton placed 3rd in Equine Science, Monning placed 3rd  in Wildlife and Young placed 3rd in Agricultural Economics and 2nd in Entomology.  In the Scrapbook Competition, TVCC placed 3rd, and when all of the awards were tallied, TVCC placed 3rd in the sweepstakes.

“The Conference was great experience for me, it allowed me to see friends from past conferences and to make new ones,” Harrell said. “The contacts I make here are people I will be seeing around in the future. They will be the next Ag professionals in our great state.”

Said Robinson: “I was very proud of our students’ performance and also glad that they had the opportunity to network with many other future agriculture professionals from other community colleges across the state. We look forward to attending the 2015 T.J.C.A.A convention which will be held at Texas State University.”

TVCC’s Bulgak Named Player of the Year

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Adut Bulgak has become the eighth women’s basketball player at Trinity Valley Community College to be named Junior/Community College Player of the Year by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA).

Bulgak, who recently helped the Lady Cardinals to their third straight national championship, received the award Monday night at the fourth annual WBCA Awards Show in Nashville, Tenn., site of the NCAA Women’s Final Four.

“Adut is a special one,” said Lady Cardinal head coach Elena Lovato. “She exemplifies a strong commitment to core values both on and off the court.

“As a two-time national champion and All-American, she naturally established herself as a leader and was named co-captain of the team this year. Her passion for success and diligent work ethic come second to none. She acts with purpose, desire, tenacity and perseverance.”

The 6-4 Canadian sophomore averaged 15.8 points, 11.6 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game and hit 29 three-pointers in leading the Lady Cardinals to a 36-1 season and eighth straight national championship. She was named the Most Valuable Player at the national tournament, where she averaged 16.5 points and 11.0 rebounds in four games.

Bulgak, a two-time first-team WBCA NJCAA All-America selection, was also a finalist for the Player of the Year award as a freshman.

“Adut came to Trinity Valley to graduate and win championships,” Lovato said. “Not only has she come through on the court leaving her name amongst great company, she has also separated herself in the classroom and in the community.
“Our motto from day one has been ‘Leave A Legacy.’ I can honestly say that I am blessed to have been part of watching this kid do just that …Adut has left her footprints in the heart of Athens, Texas.”
Previous Lady Cardinals to claim the award were:

1988 – Portia Hill
1995 – Shalonda Enis
1996 – Tausha Mills
1999 – Yalisha “Boo” Barnes
2003 – LaKiste Barkus
2006 – Shannon Bobbitt
2012 – Sha’Kayla Caples

Other Player of the Year winners Monday night were Odyssey Sims, Baylor University (NCAA Division I), Lauren Battista, Bentley University (NCAA Division II), Nicole Moss, Thomas Moore College (NCAA Division III) and Nicole Ballestero, Vanguard University (NAIA).

The WBCA Players of the Year are selected by committees composed of WBCA-member coaches with the respective membership divisions.

The WBCA was founded in 1981 and promotes women’s basketball by unifying coaches at all levels to develop a reputable identity for the sport and to foster and promote the development of the game as a sport for women and girls. For more information on the WBCA, visit www.wbca.org.

TVCC sets goal to donate 15 gallons of blood by Wednesday deadline

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The arrival of spring also marks the return of the annual Trinity Valley Community College Health Fair and Blood Drive.

Carter BloodCare’s blood drive will begin Tuesday, April 8, and continue Wednesday, April 9, in conjunction with the health fair, which is hosted by nursing students from the TVCC Health Science Center in Kaufman. TVCC has set an aggressive goal of collecting 15 gallons of blood during the two-day drive – the equivalent of 120 donors. According to Carter BloodCare, each pint of blood donated can save as many as three lives.

Carter BloodCare figures reveal 4.5 million American lives are saved each year by blood transfusions and 32,000 pints of blood are donated each day in the U.S. Even so, blood centers often experience shortages – especially during the summer and winter months. The need for blood is constant, as someone needs blood every three seconds, including one in seven hospital patients. Much of today’s medical care depends on a steady supply of blood from healthy donors, according to Carter BloodCare.

Healthy adults who are at least 17 years old (16 with parental consent) and weigh at least 110 pounds may donate blood every 56 days.

The health fair will be held Wednesday, April 9, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in front of the Student Union Building on the Athens campus (located at 100 Cardinal Drive). Information will be offered including:

  • Child abuse and child protective services
  • Stress and stress-boosting techniques
  • Skin cancer and sun exposure
  • First aid
  • Weight reduction
  • Organ donation

In the event of inclement weather, the fair will be held on the second floor of the Student Union Building.