Lone Star College will host a series of candidate forums leading up to the November election. The forums will feature candidates running for local, state and national offices and will take place at all six LSC campus locations.

The Lone Star College System Board of Trustees will hold its workshop and regular meeting Monday, Oct. 3, 2016, at 6 p.m. in the board room of the Lone Star College Training and Development Center, 5000 Research Forest Drive, The Woodlands, TX  77381.

 Lone Star College was recognized by Community College Week magazine as a Top 5 producer of associate degrees, ranking fourth among all community colleges in the U.S.

 The Lone Star College-Small Business Development Center Advisory Council named 18 finalists for the 30th Annual Small Business of the Year awards.

 LSC-Kingwood will hold a groundbreaking ceremony Oct. 4 at 9 a.m. for a new Lone Star College-Process Technology Center. The facility is scheduled to open in 2017.

 Lone Star College welcomed a record 85,661 credit students for fall 2016, representing a 2 percent increase in credit student enrollment over fall 2015.

 Students looking to earn a bachelor’s or master’s degree are encouraged to attend an information session at Lone Star College-University Center at The Woodlands Sept. 20, from 4 - 7 p.m.

The Lone Star College System Board of Trustees will hold the second of two Public Hearings of the 2016-2017 Proposed Tax Rate on Sept. 19, 2016 at 5 p.m., in the Board Room of the Training and Development Center, 5000 Research Forest Drive, The Woodlands, Texas 77381, at which time citizens will be invited to provide comments.

The Lone Star College System Board of Trustees will hold a Public Hearing of the 2016-2017 Proposed Tax Rate on Sept. 14, 2016 at 5 p.m., in the Board Room of the Training and Development Center, 5000 Research Forest Drive, The Woodlands, Texas 77381, at which time citizens will be invited to provide comments.

 Lone Star College will host a series of transfer fairs to aid students impacted by the closure of ITT Technical Institute campuses nationwide, including three in the Houston area.