Critical Thinking in the 21st Century

CyFair English Professor Kim Mori presented us with the steps that can help us sift through the barrage of information we receive and draw and evidence-based conclusion. By talking through a case study, we were able to learn how to ask the right questions, challenge assumptions and examine the evidence. Great discussion by all.


You can view Kim's presentation here.
Her notes are here.

What is Acupuncture?

Baisong Zhong  L.Ac, Ph.D, MD (China) gave an informative presentation about the evolution, theory behind and benefits of acupuncture. His presentation is attached for your review, here.

Mind Blowing Balloon Twisting

What a fun class. Melo Pisha, aka Gumdrop, showed us how to make dogs, cats, swords, hats, and some unidentified balloon things in this balloon twisting class. See some of the pictures below.

You can view balloon twisting "how tos" here.
Melo suggests using quality latex balloons, typical size 260 (2"x60") for twisting. Examples here.
In a pinch, Party City will do. And, do not forget a pump... trust me!

Monster Face Yard Art

We started the Halloween season with Linda Gabrielson and our "scary" yard art. The final product was up to our imaginations with lots of pieces and parts to pick from to make our monster faces. See some of our work below.

Intro to ALL and CyFair Campus

Cheryl LeJune presented an overview of the ALL program at CyFair College. We talked about communication through Remind and the web page (here), how to get your logon and email for the college, learned about the library and the Arts programs as well as various volunteer opportunities across the campus.

You can view Cheryl's presentation here.

What is Cy-Hope?

Linda Rucker of Cy-Hope gave us a really informative overview of what the organization does for our own CyFair community. By helping children at risk with food, counseling, mentors, sports, music and much more, Cy-Hope's goal of making life better for the kids in our community can come true. Cy-Hope is always looking for volunteers in many capacities as well as operating the Hope Chest to raise funds for the organization.

You can view Linda's presentation here.
For more information regarding Cy-Hope, click http://www.cy-hope.org/

The Dementia Journey

Update: Thank you all for making the event so successful. If you would like to see photos and the Instagram post from our Media Relations, click on the links below:

Photo Album
Instagram

Please join us as CyFair ALL presents another Focus Day, The Dementia Journey. It has been a few years since we had a Focus Day where we invite subject-matter experts to talk about a specific topic for our members. Dr. Peggy Presnell, previous chairman, and I have put together a program to provide information to our ALL members and help start the conversation on how to deal will Dementia and Alzheimer's. -- Cheryl LeJune

Friday, August 24, 2018

9am-3pm

TECH 101/102

LSC-CyFair Campus

Lunch will be provided and seating is limited. Please check your email for the Evite or call 281-290-3457 to RSVP.

Open House - Important Information

There are several important changes to our Fall 2018 Open House on Friday, August 17 at 10am.

1. Parking stickers are no longer required on any LSC campus for students and visitors. Do not park in designated staff/faculty parking or, at North Harris, in ALL designated parking unless you have an ALL parking sticker. LSC-CyFair will not be giving out any student, including ALL, parking stickers.

2. Still no definitive plan on what to do with our expiring student IDs. The problem is that the ID cards are both a library card as well as a student ID. Will keep you informed. New members will get an ID as usual.

3. Payment Change - For those of you signing up for craft classes and/or bus trips, payments for both will be made to "CyFair ALL" by check or by cash. Payments for craft classes and bus trips can be made by same check. Payment table will be outside the conference room in the Foyer where the bus payments have always been. You will not be paying the college, Lone Star College, this semester for craft classes along with your membership fee. Pay only $20 membership fee when you drop off your registration form at the Open House.

Come enjoy the Open House. Hope to see you there. We will have some nice door prizes, too!

Food for Thought Food Pantry

Lone Star College-CyFair has started a Food Pantry for our students. Please come by their table at our Fall Open House to find out more about the Food Pantry and drop off any goods they might need. You can find the Donations List here.

The Lone Star College-CyFair "Food for Thought" Food Pantry is open and ready to help those in need. The food pantry is located in CASA 121. You may contact the Food Pantry at CFFood@lonestar.edu or 281.290.5959.

Fall 2018 Open House August 17th

Our Fall Open House will be held Friday, August 17th, in the Conference Center from 10am - Noon. Come by and visit with ALL friends, sign up for craft classes and bus trips, as well as register for our great lineup of classes this Fall. Light refreshments will be provided. The CyFair ALL membership for the 2018/2019 academic year is still $20 and the Global membership is $55.

The 2018 Fall catalog is now available on line (view it here) and in the CE office (CASA 116). Catalogs should arrive at your home shortly.

Please note that Parking Stickers are no longer required at LSC campuses for students (including ALL members) or visitors parking in the general student parking areas. Only Faculty/Staff require stickers to park in designated Faculty/Staff parking areas.

Also, please sign up with Remind. See post below to learn how we have improved communications with our members.

See you at the Open House!