Dr. Wright Lassiter
For immediate release — Feb. 9, 2009
Newsbriefs
(DALLAS) — Dr. Wright Lassiter Jr., chancellor of the Dallas County Community College District, has been appointed serve as a member of the Association of Community College Trustees advisory committee of presidents. Lassiter’s appointment began Jan. 1, 2009, and continues through Dec. 31, 2010; he will attend the first meeting of that group on Tuesday, Feb. 10, as part of the National Legislative Summit in Washington, D.C.
The ACCT committee of presidents was established to ensure that chief executives have a voice in recommending and evaluating educational programs offered by the association; it comprises three ACCT-member community college or technical college presidents from each of the organization’s five regions. Members serve two-year terms, and a chair is selected during ACCT’s annual congress.
(DALLAS) — Discover Life in America has named Dr. Carl Knight, professor of anatomy and physiology at Eastfield College, as its “Outstanding Biodiversity Educator of the Year 2008,” based on his exceptional work with the Thicket of Diversity. The Thicket of Diversity is a project that works in partnership with the Big Thicket National Preserve (located in southeastern Texas) to provide citizen scientists of all ages with a chance to learn, explore, make friends and contribute to identifying and cataloging species that live there. The Big Thicket National Preserve is part of the U.S. National Park Service.