For those keen on keeping up with local scholarships, now San Jacinto College students can win $3,000 in Prizes by participating in Community College Week- NISOD Student Essay Contest. The essay topic is simple: Simply describe the most rewarding experience shared with a faculty, staff, or administrator at San Jacinto College. This scholarship is a win for all: A $1,000 scholarship goes directly to the student, another $1,000 to the Faculty/Staff/ Administrator featured in the essay, and a complimentary 2010-2011 NISOD Membership to the Student’s Community College, valued at $1,000.

The deadline is on November 6th, so time is running out!
For additional information, please visit:

www.nisod.org/student_essay

Ladies and… very well kept gentlemen: On November 7th, San Jacinto College (South) is offering affordable three-hour spa packages for just $25. These packages include indulgences like complimentary pastries, cold drinks, coffee, aromatherapy, and even “rose petals”. Enough to tempt you?

The Cosmetology Department is also offering discount Hair Services that shame the prices offered at local salons. Hair cuts range from $8 to- yes, $8. Other services are likely to have the same effect, namely keeping your wallet fat and happy.

So don’t hesitate from calling up a few girlfriends to take advantage of these stellar prices. Appointments will be taken at the following times:

8:00- 10:00 AM
Noon
2:00 - 4:00 PM

To make an appointment, please call (281) 459-7612 or ext. 7387.

The holidays are just beginning, so get pampering ladies! (And yes, select gentlemen.)

Join us on Friday, Sept. 4, 2009, at 7 p.m., as we turn on the new lights at the San Jacinto College South soccer field!

Your San Jacinto College men’s soccer team will face the Houston Dynamo Youth Team under the new lights, and the first 100 fans receive one (1) free T-shirt and one (1) ticket to a future Houston Dynamo game!

Mark your calendars now for next Friday, Sept. 4, at 7 p.m. Bring a lawn chair or blanket, grab your family and friends, and come out to the South campus for a great night of soccer! We’ll see you at the game!

Welcome back students, faculty and staff. Have a GREAT Fall semester!

Online New Student Orientation is HERE!

Now students have the option of choosing the Online Orientation or the On-Campus Orientation.  So, if you are a NEW Student, and would like to participate in online orientation, follow these easy steps:

-      STEP 1:  Logon to your SOS Account

o  Username: G# or SS#
o  Pin #:  6-digit Date-of-Birth

-      STEP 2:  Click on My Student Records.

-      STEP 3:  Click on Online Orientation Session

-      STEP 4:  Click on Take Your Online Session

o  Print out the Last page of the Exam (if possible).
o  When completed, it will take approximately 1 hour before they can register for classes.

On-campus orientation is still available on the following dates:

Central campus

8-13-09, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

8-13-09, 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.*

North campus

8-13-09, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

8-13-09, 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.*

South campus

8-13-09, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

8-13-09, 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.*

* Due to the payment deadline on 8-13-09, we will not be able to assist students with registration during the evening sessions.

Parents are welcome to attend all sessions!

Let the competition begin! The culinary students are battling once again at the North campus Chablis.  Since the semester is ending, there will be an Iron Chef Competition titled “The Battle of the Sexes”, Thursday, July 30, 2009.  It will be available to all San Jac employees and students from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. and once again it’s FREE to enter the diner. Everyone enjoying the taste sensations will have to judge the item they taste.  One appetizer per person please.  The results will be emailed out by 3 p.m. tomorrow to all San Jac employees.   It will be a lot of fun and the teams are excited. They will received medals, a certificate for their efforts and an overall group grade based on the items judged.  Each team will have an executive chef, chef , two sous chefs, and a pastry chef.

 

Here is the menu amuse bouche (one to two bite appetizers) for tomorrow.

 

Menu #1

Salad de crabe a la Louis (crab salad)

Oeufs durs a la diable au caviar (deviled eggs with caviar)

Crevettes a la Oscar (shrimp Oscar)

Cotelettes D’Agneau (lamb crown roast with mint au jus)

Cailles au beurre de coriander (quail with cilantro beurre blanc sauce)

Gateau au Chocolat (chocolate ganache cake with white chocolate mousse)

Noix de coco crème glacee aux compote de fruits (coconut ice cream with fruit medley compote)

 

Menu #2

Chicken galantine (chicken breast stuffed with venison cornbread dressing)

Roasted roasted lamb medallion with apple gastic on a herb cracker

Shrimp a la Kara (butter flied shrimp with a crab meat boullete in lemon thyme beurre sauce)

Country style smoke sausage on a cheddar cheese cracker with Dijon mustard

Seared salmon shooter with ostera caviar

Mesquite duck and foie gras napoleon

Marinated grilled quail with a raspberry chipotle sauce

No bake apple (all raw)

Chocolate fountain with gourmet cookie and fresh fruit

Asian style bananas foster in a shot glass

 

Bon Appetit!!!!

See you tomorrow.                                  

If you are interested in getting more information about San Jacinto College, come check us out at one of upcoming recruiting events! You can learn about admission, enrollment, financial aid, campus life…basically anything you ever wanted to know about San Jacinto College you can learn from one of our super-excellent recruiters! For further questions about where we will be, feel free to call the office at 281-998-6150 ext. 1078 and be sure to check the blog for updates.

• August 22, 2009 (Tentative) = Parents in College Event, Mall of the Mainland,  10000 Emmett F Lowry Expy # 1, Texas City, 10 am - 2 pm

• September 3, 2009 = Clear Lake Business Expo, 18220 Upper Bay Rd Houston, TX 77058-4198, 10 am - 6 pm

• October 5, 2009 = Aldine ISD Fair, MO Campbell Center, 1865 Aldine Bender, Houston TX 77032, 6pm - 8 pm

• October 6, 2009 = Eastwood Academy Charter High School, 1315 Dumble, Houston TX 77023, 1 pm - 2:30 pm

• October 7, 2009 = Dayton High School, 3200 N. Cleveland, Dayton TX, 77535, 9 am - 11 am

• October 7, 2009 = John H. Reagan and Jefferson Davis High School, 413 E. 13th Street, Houston TX 77088, 2 pm - 4 pm

• October 7, 2009 = Humble ISD, 8233 Will Clayton Parkway, Humble TX 77338, 6 pm - 9 pm

• October 7, 2009 = DeBakey High School, 3100 Shenendoah, Houston TX, 77021, 6 pm - 8 pm

• October 8, 2009 = Wheatley  High School, 4801 Providence St., Houston TX 77020, 9 am - 11 pm

• October 8, 2009 = Furr High School, 520 Mercury, Houston TX 77013, 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

• October 8, 2009 = CE King High School, 8540 CE King Parkway, Houston TX 77044, 6 pm - 8 pm

• October 8, 2009 = Chavez High School, 8501 Howard, Houston TX 77017, 6 pm - 8 pm

• October 9, 2009 = Stephen F. Austin High School, 1700 Dumble Street, Houston TX 77023, 9 am - 11 am

• October 14, 2009 = YES Prep Public Schools, 353 Crenshaw Road, Houston TX 77034 , 1 pm - 3 -pm

• October 15, 2009 = Sterling High School, 11625 Martindale, Houston TX 77048, 1 pm - 3 pm

• October 15, 2009 = Milby High School, 1601 Broadway, Houston TX 77012, 6:30 pm - 8 pm

• October 16, 2009 = Raul Yzaguirre, 2950 Broadway, Houston TX 77017, 9 am - 11 am

• October 28, 2009 = Channelview High School, 1100 Sheldon Road, Channelview , TX 77530, 10 am - 1 pm

• October 29, 2009 = Pasadena Memorial HS,  4410 Crenshaw Lane, Pasadena, TX 77502, 9:30 am - 12 pm

• October 29, 2009 = CE King High School, 8540 C E King Pkwy, Houston, TX 77044, 10:30 am - 1:30 pm

• November 16, 2009 = Galena Park High School, 1000 Keene Street Galena Park, Texas 77547, 10:30 am- 1:30 pm

• November 17, 2009 = North Shore High School,  353 N Castlegory Houston, TX 77049, 10:30 am - 1 :30 pm

• November 30, 2009 = Alvin ISD, 802 S. Johnson, Alvin TX 77511, 6pm - 8:30 pm

• November 30, 2009 = Channelview HS, 1100 Sheldon Road, Channelview TX 77530, 6:30 pm - 8 pm

• December 1, 2009 = Barber’s Hill HS, 9600 Eagle Drive, Mont Belvieu, TX 77580, 9 am - 11 pm

• December 1, 2009 = LaMarque HS, 300 Vauthier, LaMarque TX 77568, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

• December 1, 2009 = Dickinson HS, 3800 Baker Dr., Dickinson, TX 77539, 3 pm - 4:30 pm

• December 1, 2009 = Pearland/Friendswood HS, 2050 Cullen Blvd. Pearland, TX 77584, 6 pm - 8 pm

• December 1, 2009 = Pasadena ISD, 2121 Cherrybrook, Pasadena TX 77502, 6:30 pm - 8 pm

• December 2, 2009 = Goose Creek ISD, 6001 E. Wallisville, Baytown TX 77521, 6 pm - 8 pm

• December 3, 2009 = Texas City HS, 1800 9th Ave North, TX City, TX 77591, 8 am - 10:30 am

• December 3, 2009 = Lutheran South Academy, 72555 Ryewater Dr, Houston TX 77089, 9 am - 11 am

• December 3, 2009 = Deer Park/LaPorte HS, 710 W. San Augustine, Deer Park TX 77536, 6 pm - 8 pm

• December 3, 2009 = Galena Park/North Shore HS, 353 North Castlegory, Houston TX 77049, 6:30 pm - 8 pm

• December 10, 2009 = Sam Rayburn HS, 2121 Cherrybrook Lane, Pasadena, TX 77502, 11 am - 1 pm

Recently, several San Jacinto employees met with Harris County Transit (HCT) to discuss the possibility of expanding Metro service to include our Central and North campuses. These discussions are in the preliminary stages with much fact finding still needed. One piece of information that has been requested is the completion of employee and student surveys. Please take a moment to respond to the survey.  It will take less than five minutes and is mostly geared toward students, but your input is valuable. It is important that you respond to this survey so your voice can be heard.

For all new San Jac students: Don’t forget to sign up for orientation! New student orientation is happening now through mid-August. This is a great way for you to meet professors and fellow classmates, tour the campus, and get all of your questions answered.

Find our more, and sign up now, at www.sanjac.edu/orientation.