San Jacinto College offers a variety of leisure learning courses to help you expand your horizons and have fun! Our short courses are held year-round and offer flexible schedules and easy registration. Summer 2021: • Arts and Crafts • Cake Decorating • Dance • Lifelong Learning • Sports & Recreation For more information and a complete list of courses, visit sanjac.edu/cpd or...

Winter Storm Uri brought freezing temps and ice to Texas this February, leaving tens of thousands without water and power. While many citizens experienced busted pipes and other damage, Texas plants and trees received the biggest blow. Carol Curtiss, an adjunct professor in the San Jacinto College Maritime Program and the continuing and professional development (CPD) division, is a master...

Your grandkids will love San Jac Summer Camps! San Jacinto College is offering a number of fun, creative, and educational summer camps in person and online from June-July. Currently, all San Jacinto College COVID-19 protocols – including wearing a face covering, completing a daily pre-screening questionnaire, and social distancing – will remain in effect at all campuses, College facilities,...

“So are you getting bees this weekend?”  It was not the question Dr. Liana Boop expected her first time attending a Harris County Beekeepers Association meeting. But Boop learned she could either buy bees from a local supplier that weekend or sit tight until next spring. The San Jacinto College geology professor went from uncommitted to adding her name to the hive order list and a...

In the early ‘80s, Walter Luna got what must have been a prize to any 10-year-old techie: a TI-99/4A. Clunky by today’s standards, the early home computer with a cassette drive launched his entry into BASIC programming language. Luna didn’t know it then, but his technology fascination would come full circle four decades later when he enrolled in San Jacinto College’s applications...

Do you pick up pennies from the pavement? You might save your back by learning ways to stretch your dollar. When it comes to saving, Darriel Donnell believes there’s always a way: clip a coupon, download an app, or Google a question. Donnell works with the Texans Recovering Together crisis counseling program, which offers resources to the community during COVID-19. This spring, she led the...

Seeing the bigger picture is what makes Elizabeth Smith’s expertise so valuable not only to her clients but to community members as well. A senior advocate and Medicare insurance agent, Smith frequently hosts free “Medicare 101” online workshops through San Jacinto College’s Continuing and Professional Development (CPD) Community Engagement Center Learn@Home offerings. Nearing or beginning...

For San Jacinto College’s Central Campus Theatre and Film Department, performance is vital to its success. With the onset of COVID-19, the program had to get creative to continue instruction.  “We weren’t allowed to be on campus, much less invite an audience to perform to,” said Jerry Ivins, professor, theatre and film. “We weren’t sure what we could do with a practicum course or...

May 4, 7 p.m. String Ensemble Concert Central Campus, C5 May 5, 7 p.m. Steel Band Concert Central Campus, C5 May 7, 10 a.m. Maritime Information Session Online; Register at sanjac.edu/form/maritime-information-session-registration May 15, 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. College-wide Commencement NRG Stadium May 18, 12-1 p.m. CPD: Aging with Dignity Online; Register at...