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Hi
-TECCC Coalition Provides College Internship for
Students
March 21, 2005
In one of their first major actions, members of the High-Technology
Education Coalition of Collin County (Hi-TECCC) announced this week
that 15 students have been selected to serve an internship on the
University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) campus this summer.
The honorees,
all Plano ISD high school students, were announced
at the district’s
annual secondary science fair held on March 16 at Plano Centre. Congratulations
to the following students.
- Christina Mosher and Thien-an Ngoc Nguyen – Vines High School
- Frank
An, Johnathan Rose and Stephanie Weng – Plano Senior
High School
- Ashley Hudson, Meha Goyal and Mimi Lu – Clark High
School
Priyanka Hooghan – Williams
- Parastou Fatemi - Plano East Senior
High School
- Sunshin Zhou, Shelby Iype and Jack Wang – Jasper
High School
- Ryan Lee and Qishen Chang – Plano West Senior High
School
This summer, the students will work side-by-side with university
professors, Ph.D. candidates, graduates and undergraduates and will
receive overviews on a wide-range of ongoing research endeavors. “This
internship program is the kind of opportunity that Hi-TECCC dreamed
of and is now delivering,” said Superintendent of Schools Dr.
Doug Otto. “Plano ISD is fortunate to serve as a national model
for the way industry and educational institutions can partner.”
The members of Hi-TECCC are Plano ISD, Collin County Community College
District and the University of Texas at Dallas with an advisory committee
of industry leaders from Lockheed Martin, Nortel Networks, Raytheon
and Texas Instruments.
Related Link
Hi-TECCC Kick-off Ceremony, Purpose of Coalition
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