Message from Trustee Laolu Davies-Yemitan
Mar 20, 2024
Dear Neighbors,
It is my pleasure to communicate with you through my inaugural newsletter. As your Trustee for District IV, I eagerly look forward to creating and promoting the numerous opportunities Houston Community College has to offer. On January 24, 2024, I was elected by my colleagues as Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees. Amongst my many duties, strengthening and expanding the relationship between HCC and the communities we serve is a priority. Access is vital to our mission of student success. With 18 campuses throughout the Houston metro area and an Online College, there is a place for you at HCC. You can take classes online, on campus, or both for a safe, flexible and affordable college experience.
HCC is beginning a new era, with new leadership and fresh ideas. We are prepared to embrace the rapidly changing landscape of higher education and will continue to provide the very best in education and workforce training. No matter where you are on your academic or professional journey, HCC provides a great environment for you to enhance and complete your credentials.
New Chancellor
The Board of Trustees voted in January 2024 to name Margaret Ford Fisher, Ed.D., the next chancellor of HCC. Dr. Ford Fisher had served as the interim chancellor since September 1, 2023. Her deep institutional knowledge (nearly 40 years at HCC in various leadership roles), along with her forward-looking vision and nationally recognized leadership, makes her the ideal leader to navigate HCC towards a future rich in educational excellence and innovation.
Digital Access Centers
In Fall 2023, we took a major step towards increasing the digital footprint of HCC with the opening of nine Digital Access Centers. These centers are all-inclusive spaces for students in need of digital learning support and will provide tools for digital literacy and academic success. These centers are also open to the public, and we encourage you to take advantage of these spaces for your computer access needs. You can find a Digital Learning Center in your neighborhood at the campuses listed below:
- Alief Bissonnet: Room 161
- Alief Hayes: Room A200
- Coleman College: Health Science Tower, Room 210
- Eastside: Angela Morales Building, Room 210
- Felix Fraga: Main Room 306
- Missouri City: Main Room 214A/B
- North Forest: Building E, Room 215
- South: Room 122
- West Loop: Room 137
For more information please visit: hccs.edu/dac
Eagle Markets
HCC has established six Eagle Markets, designed to support students and their families by decreasing the burden of food insecurities. The Markets have been made possible through a partnership with the Houston Food Bank Food for Change Program. Here is a location and operating schedule for each:
- Central: Monday, Tuesday, Friday: 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.; Wednesday & Thursday: 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
- Coleman College: Monday: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.; Thursday: 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.; Friday: 9 a.m.- 3:30 p.m.
- Northline: Monday-Thursday: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Fridays: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
- Eastside: Monday-Thursday: 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Friday: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
- Spring Branch: Monday-Friday: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
- West Loop: Monday-Friday 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.; Thursday: 10 a.m.- 6 p.m.
HCC Baccalareaute Programs
Understanding the critical need for skilled workers in rapidly growing career paths within various sectors of STEM professions and the need for upskilling in healthcare managerial positions, HCC offers new baccalareaute degree programs in Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Robotics, and Healthcare Management. These programs launched in Fall 2023, giving students the ability to start and finish a four-year education at HCC. For more information, please visit hccs.edu/programs/areas of study and look for these programs.
Connect with us!
I, along with my colleagues on the Board of Trustees, hope you will take the next steps to connect with HCC. Remember, you can enroll at any time. Please visit our website at hccs.edu, or call 713.718.2000 to get started. We are dedicated to the success of all students at HCC. Our faculty and staff are here to help you along the way.
We look forward to seeing you on campus at HCC!
Respectfully,
Laolu Davies-Yemitan
HCC Board of Trustees, Vice Chair District IV