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because you can volunteer as part of the class, and I enjoy helping out in the community.” Henry can buy the books she needs at the Barnes & Noble bookstore in the Campus Commons. This is the same building which houses the career center, where she will explore internships, and the fitness center, where she plans to start her day with planks, push-ups, and sit-ups while she listens to Tim McGraw. Though she has already received online assistance with her college papers, Henry is looking forward to meeting with writing and math tutors at the Anthony Peterson Center for Academic Assistance housed in the library. “I will double-check my homework in the library before I head to class,” Henry said. “The study rooms will allow me to close the door and focus. I like to hold books in my hands, and I also like audiobooks. I used both at the same time in my American Literature class. I will also check out novels to read at home.” Henry is contemplating taking biology, psychology, algebra, speech, and music, or art classes in her first semester at the Wylie Campus. The idea of painting on the second-story terrace is right up her alley. “I like to paint patriotic things,” Henry said. “I have a board in my room with a painting of all the branches in the military and a cool sky picture from when I volunteered for the Wylie Art Gallery.”
ing trails to the new campus. “It will only take 10 minutes to walk there,” he said. “That will help me save gas and keep miles off my car. I hope Mama Lucido’s café has chicken parmesan. That is my favorite food ever. I also want to lift weights at the fitness center on my days off. I will definitely get assistance at the math and writing labs if I need it. The art history classroom with multiple-image projections sounds cool. I also want to find out more about learning communities classes because you get to learn about two disciplines at the same time. The library study rooms will be great because it is not usually quiet at home. I have little brothers,” he said, laughing. From dual credit classes to firefighter and paramedic training to an associate degree and classes that will transfer to a university, Collin College is helping Harris to achieve his dream to serve the community as a first responder. “When I am on my deathbed I can look back and know I made a difference in this world, I helped others, and I can be satisfied." Fall registration is underway. For more information about the Wylie Campus, visit www.collin.edu/campuses/wylie. •
College within walking distance Wylie High School senior and fellow Collin College dual credit student, Hudson Harris, may take an art class at the Wylie Campus, but he plans to train to become a firefighter and a paramedic first. “There is no better feeling than to be on the fire truck, with the lights and siren going, on the way to help somebody,” Harris said. “Ever since I was a little kid, I thought firefighting was the coolest thing ever. When we lived in Florida every one of my birthday parties was at the fire station, but I was 16 years old when I made the decision to become a firefighter. I was in the Wylie Fire Rescue Explorer program. We had the opportunity to do ride outs, and that’s when I made my decision.” In the fall, Harris will be taking classes at the college’s Public Safety Training Center, but before he starts, he will visit the Wylie Campus for advising. He plans to take math, government, fine arts, and other classes at the Wylie Campus to complete his associate degree and ultimately transfer to a university to earn a bachelor’s degree in emergency management. “If I walk outside of my house and turn right, in four minutes I can see the Wylie Campus,” Harris said. “I pass it on the way to high school, and it has been cool to see it change from the time they broke ground to now.” Once the campus is open, Harris plans to leave his car in the driveway, grab his backpack, and listen to music while he enjoys nature as he travels on foot via the walkA Wylie Chamber of Commerce Publication
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