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The Houston Community College Board of Trustees is conducting a once-per-decade redistricting process to better align HCC districts based on equitable population distribution.

Houston Community College has launched a training program to prepare students for work as 911 emergency dispatchers. The new eight-week public safety certification program for telecommunicators provides the critical skills and knowledge needed for such professionals to answer emergency calls and dispatch fire, police, or emergency medical services units.

About 40 Empowerment High School students have taken flight as Houston Community College Eagles with the start of their new, dual-credit journey. To kick off the first cohort of 39 freshmen and sophomores in the high school’s Early College Academy, students took part in an Academic Signing Day on Sept. 2 where they committed to earning associate of arts degrees from HCC while also getting their high school diplomas.

Houston Community College’s Child Development program has been named the best in the nation among two-year colleges by EduMed.org, an online resource for students seeking higher affordable and flexible education programs.

Houston Community College Trustees Dr. Cynthia Lenton-Gary and Dr. Adriana Tamez have been named among the Top 30 Influential Women of Houston by d-mars.com. The two were honored earlier this month among a group of women who are successful in their professions and who possess a servant-spirit as leaders striving to break barriers in fields like education, broadcasting, medicine, law and government, and others.