Howard Community College invites alumni and their friends, and family to attend a social from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. April 3 on the fourth floor of The Rouse Company Foundation Student Services Hall, 10901 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia.
The social will include food, drinks, live music and views of the Columbia skyline. Attendees will get a chance to meet HCC president, Kate Hetherington; HCC Educational Foundation Chair Michael Nagle; and the college's board of trustees.
Admission is free. Information or to reserve a place: Cynthia Sikorski, 410-772-4450 or csikorski@howardcc.edu.
Hetherington assumed the position of president June 1, 2007.
Hetherington joined HCC in 1999 as vice president of student services, and most recently served as the college's executive vice president as well as capital campaign manager. Before coming to HCC, she held various positions at the Community College of Philadelphia and was an adjunct faculty member at Delaware County Community College.
Technology plan for the 21st century
The Howard County school system is developing a five-year comprehensive technology plan to prepare for learning in the 21st century. A community meeting will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. March 26 at the Atholton High School media center for residents to provide input, ideas and direction for the technology plan.
Registration: Virginia Parrish, 410-313-1522, or virginia_parrish@hcpss.org.
Those who register will be sent informational materials in preparation for the meeting.
Atholton High School is at 6520 Freetown Road in Columbia.
HCYP offering $2,000 scholarship
The Howard County Youth Program awards a $2,000 scholarship to a college-bound high school senior who has participated in a sports program (baseball, basketball, volleyball or softball) sponsored by HCYP.
The scholarship, now in its 15th year, commemorates the life of Christopher Kelley, a baseball player in the youth program who died in a bicycle accident.
Scholarship application forms are available in high school guidance offices and must be turned in by March 30.
Information: Stephen Lee, 443-276-9595, or stephen.lee@ raymondjames.com.
Summer camp for girls expanded
The Women's Giving Circle of Howard County has expanded its residential summer camp, Journey, to include 25 girls who will enter the eighth and ninth grades in the fall and 25 girls who will enter the 10th, 11th and 12th grades.
Maryland Leadership Workshops Inc. will operate the camp, as it has for the past two years. The organization has been providing leadership training programs for Maryland middle and high school students for more than 50 years.
The camp will be July 20-26 at Washington College in Chestertown. Student delegates to the program will live in the college dorms and eat in the cafeteria.
The program includes workshops on empowerment and motivation, communication skills, decision-making, group dynamics, self-awareness, goal-setting and conflict resolution.
Programs will allow the girls to exercise and get feedback on their leadership and interpersonal skills. Interaction between staff and girls will address needs and develop an action plan to be implemented after the camp.
The camp, which will focus on the theme of what it means to be a woman, also includes activities such as swimming, athletics, team-building games and a confidence course.
The cost is $550. Financial assistance is available. Applications are available in middle and high school guidance offices and at www. womensgivingcircle.org.
Applications are due as soon as possible.
Information: Colleen Taggart-D'Agrosa, 301-854-1107.
New e-mail address for PTA Council
The PTA Council of Howard County has a new e-mail address: ptachc@gmail.com
The council can also be reached at 410-740-5153. Its Web site is: www.ptachc.org.