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San Jac happenings Spring 2022
December 21, 2021 7:56 pm Comments Off on San Jac happenings Spring 2022Jan. 18 Spring classes begin All campuses and online Jan. 22-29 Artists for Hope Charity Dance Contest South Campus, Fine Arts Building Purchase tickets at https://sanjacdance.ticketleap.com/ Feb. 11 Women in Maritime Operations Maritime Campus March 11-13 Ain’t Misbehavin South Campus, Fine Arts Building March 14-20 Spring Break – College closed All campuses and online March… read more

News and notes
December 21, 2021 6:24 pm Comments Off on News and notesA grand entrance: College opens fifth campus In October, San Jacinto College held a ribbon cutting for its fifth and northernmost campus, Generation Park. Faculty, administrators, trustees, community members, and other supporters gathered at the 55,000-square-foot facility that opened to students in fall 2020 on the 57-acre campus. The College also celebrated five other new… read more

Letter from San Jacinto College Chancellor
December 21, 2021 6:32 pm Comments Off on Letter from San Jacinto College ChancellorIt’s hard to believe that San Jacinto College has been serving the East Harris County area for 60 years. In that time, the Berlin wall was erected and toppled, John F. Kennedy and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were both assassinated, and the internet, Amazon, and Google were all born. Not to mention this… read more

‘A real joy’ Board chair reflects on San Jac’s challenges, changes during her tenure
December 21, 2021 6:38 pm Comments Off on ‘A real joy’ Board chair reflects on San Jac’s challenges, changes during her tenure“That’s it!” Marie Flickinger didn’t say those words, but she thought them as she huffed out of the Friendswood newspaper office. Her editor had nitpicked her Little League photos for the umpteenth time. That day in 1975, she decided to prove him wrong. And prove him wrong she did. One year later, Flickinger founded the… read more

From student to administrator: Zwiercan celebrates 10 years of success
December 21, 2021 6:46 pm Comments Off on From student to administrator: Zwiercan celebrates 10 years of successFor Joseph Zwiercan, being the department chair for petrochemical/energy at the LyondellBasell Center for Petrochemical, Energy, & Technology is more than just a job. It is a calling. After several years working as a shield metal arc welder and holding other oil and gas jobs, Zwiercan could advance only so far before his lack of… read more

Celebrating 60 years of service
December 21, 2021 6:54 pm Comments Off on Celebrating 60 years of serviceSEPT. 18, 1961 A week after Hurricane Carla’s landfall, San Jacinto College opened in a leased building in downtown Pasadena. Enrollment reached 876 — a record for Texas junior colleges. OCT. 20, 1961 The College’s student newspaper, The Texian, became the state’s first junior college biweekly paper. JAN. 29, 1963 The College launched its nursing program… read more