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THE VALLEYCARDINAL ACHIEVEMENTSIOTA ALPHA RANKEDTHIRD IN WORLDThe Trinity Valley Community Collegechapter of Phi Theta Kappa has been recognizedas second runner up for The MostDistinguished Chapter among 1,200 chaptersworldwide.The local chapter, known as Iota Alpha,received the honor during the internationalconvention held in Minneapolis, Minn.,where the students also ranked in the top 25of all competing chapters in each of the four“hallmark” competitions. Phi Theta Kappamembers from TVCC’s Athens, Palestineand Terrell campuses took part in the convention.“We had the best entry we’ve ever had,so I thought we’d do well,” advisor NancyLong said. “We’ve never ranked this highthough. It’s really unusual for a small collegelike us to rank in the top three chaptersin the world.”A chapter’s ranking is based on documentsthe chapter members prepare detailingtheir activities throughout the year inrelation to the international society’s studytopic and project.This year’s study topic dealt with healthissues, and the society adopted support forcancer research for its international project.Iota Alpha members took part in manyfund-raising and educational projectsthroughout the year to raise awareness onvarious health issues.Iota Alpha was the highest ranked chapterfrom Texas. TVCC students won aFellowship Award and ranked among the top25 chapters in scholarship, leadership andservice. Iota Alpha was also recognized as aDistinguished Chapter, an honor awarded tothe top 25 chapters.Collectively the Texas chapters wererecognized as a Distinguished Region. Thishonor is awarded to the top three regionsbased on all entries from that region.STUDENT SENATETOPS IN THE STATEThe TVCC Student Senate is the best inthe state according to the Texas JuniorCollege Student Government Association.TVCC students returned from Houstonwith the organization’s Most OutstandingStudent Government Award this spring.This year marks the twelfth time in 16 yearsTVCC has won the top honor.CHEERLEADERS FINISHSECOND AT NATIONALCHAMPIONSHIPThe Cardinal Cheerleaders finishedsecond at the collegiate national championshipsin April.Team coach Lucy Strom said the teamperformed well in the final competition, butNavarro College claimed its second consecutiveNational Cheerleaders Association title.Navarro scored a 9.15 to TVCC’s 8.78.Paris Junior College (coached by formerCardinal Cheer Coach Connie Russel) finishedthird with an 8.62, followed by BartonCounty College with 8.25 and KilgoreCollege with 7.69.The student senate members maintain abusy schedule throughout the year in collegeand community activities. AdvisorMike Peek said the goal is for each memberto donate at least 30 minutes each week toat least one of the senate’s volunteer projects.“Our philosophy is that if each persondoes a little, collectively we can do a lot,”Peek said. “And they’ve done a lot thisyear.”“The kids did great, and we knew it wasgoing to be close,” Strom said. “It just camedown to the judges, and I guess they likedNavarro’s routine better. Navarro did reallywell, and we’re proud of them. It’s hard towin back-to-back championships.”Navarro and TVCC have becomefriendly rivals in cheerleading over the lastfew years, trading the national title since2000. Navarro won the junior college divisionthat year, and TVCC won in 2001 and2002.The Cardinal Cheerleaders have wonseven NCA titles since 1989, includingthree consecutive championships from 1989to 1991.10
THE VALLEYCARDINAL ACHIEVEMENTSTVCC STUDENTS WIN PLAYAND SPEECH AWARDSTrinity Valley Community CollegeCrimson Company members hogged theawards at play and speech festivals thisspring.The troupe presented the comedy TheScams of Scapino at the Texas JuniorCollege Theatre/Play Festival at LamarUniversity, and many of the same studentscompeted individually at the Phi Rho PiRegional Speech Tournament.The play produced six Superior inActing awards, two Excellence in Actingawards and numerous presentation and critic’sawards.The Crimson Company also receivedseveral awards for work off stage and theForensics Team won the Lone Star Awardfor its performance during the tournament.TVCC drama director Tal Lostraccosaid the actors’ successes were even moreimpressive, given the students had littletime to prepare Scapino for the competition.Several of the students were alsoinvolved in the production of The Trestle atPope Lick Creek, which the troupe presentedthe previous week at the regionalAmerican College Theatre Festival inArkansas.Crimson Company was one of eightcollege troupes selected to take part in theregional festival. The students earned anomination during the state festival in thefall, and the regional committee selected it,the only junior college production selected,as a regional contender in December.Nationally, colleges presented morethan 1,200 shows in state ACT festivals,and only 46 plays advanced to the variousregional competitions.TVCC SHOW TEAM WINSAT HOUSTONThe Trinity Valley Community CollegeBeef Cattle Show team wrapped up theyear winning the coveted Good HerdsmanAward for the fourth straight year at the2004 Houston Livestock Show.That was no small feat this year sincethe Houston show was selected as theNational Charolais Show, attracting entriesfrom throughout the United States.“It was a little harder to win this yearbecause there were many more exhibitorsthan the last two years due to it being thenational show,” team sponsor MarcRobinson said. “It’s really nice to go to amajor show like Houston and have many ofthe breeders and professional fitters complimentyou on the job the students aredoing and on the way the cattle look.”TVCC competes in the open Charolaisdivision and won several awards inHouston to add to the champion ribbonsthey have collected at various shows thisyear. The Good Herdsman Award, however,is a prestigious honor since it is judgedby how well the team keeps its cattle andpen areas throughout the show.“It takes constant work the whole timeyour at the show to win the HerdsmanAward,” Robinson said. “Our goal is to geta little better each year, and so far that’swhat is happening with having great studentson the show team, a supportiveadministration and donations from variousCharolais breeders.”Charolais breeders who have assistedTVCC with donations include Gilbert Linkof Center, Wes Marti of Cleburne, DaveHebbert of Hyannis, Neb., and TroyThomas of Harrold, S.D.The team proudly displays its awardson a wall in the Agriculture Building,which was already covered with ribbonsthe team won in the Fort Worth, Dallas,Tyler and Louisiana shows.Among the top awards the team earnedthis year were Junior Champion Femaleand Reserve Senior Champion Bull in FortWorth, Junior Female Calf Champion inLouisiana, and the Herdsman Award,Junior Champion and Grand ChampionFemale in Tyler.11
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