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On my other blog, (the class assignment blog which is at ccedesign.blogspot.com), you can plainly see that there is still a lot going on around school. We have multiple assignments going on, and we are preparing for the Media Arts Review in mid-May, which is our year-ending capstone experience around here. I have been writing a lot about our seniors. While I know it is impossible to build a great department without great seniors - I am also aware that you have to have an "up and coming" group of great underclassmen to lead in the future. When it gets "down to brass tacks" it takes everyone doing their job on a daily basis. The students, teachers and administrators have to have the best interests of the students at heart on a day to day basis. I have found that we here at CCE are fortunate to have intelligent motivated people in all of those roles. I feel very lucky to have some really strong people in place as sophomores and juniors. I feel that some of them are

100% of all CCE Graphic Design and Illustration seniors this semester are college bound: Out of 43 seniors who attended CCE this year, 13 plan to attend a local community college first, and the other 30 are going directly to university programs or design colleges. Collin College is the first most attended community college, and Northlake is second. The highest attended university is the University of North Texas, and others include Texas Christian University, Texas State University, University of Texas, University of Texas at Arlington, University of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Florida State, Stephen F. Austin, and Texas State Technical College. Most of these students received academic or artistic scholarships. Some major accolades for our seniors this year: Kade O'Casey -accepted to multiple major art schools: Maryland Institute College of Art, Savannah College of Art and Design, Ringling College of Art and Design. Total scholarships offered by all schools: over $136,000 Kade was n