Now that summer is on the wane The smooth false foxglove blooms again; The flowers of the blazing star appear And I feel that autumn is very near.

How brief the days of August grow, How quickly they glide into sunset glow! The breath of summer lingers still, Howbeit the twilight air is chill.

We've come, alas! to the parting ways, Adieu must bid to summer days, From their beauty and pleasure as loth to part As lover true from fair sweetheart.

But love's bright spell and summer must pass Like shadows that flit and dance o'er the grass, With autumn leaves the grass is strewn, The rapture of summer is gone—so soon.

Good-bye, sweet summer!—behold, I see How the goldenrod leans upon the lea, The purple aster is waving there And I know that autumn is in the air.

The Waning of Summer by Sarah Metcalf Phipps

Dean/Merit List Recipients

Alvin Community College recognized students for making the Fall 2017 Dean’s and Merit Lists during a reception on February 20.

To be eligible for the Dean’s list students must earn at least a 3.5 grade point average for 12 or more credit hours in a semester and no course with a grade lower than a C. To be eligible for the Merit List, a student must have 7 – 11 college-level semester hours during a semester with a minimum 3.5 GPA with no F or incomplete. College-level courses exclude credit-by-exam, nontraditional, transfer, or developmental courses.

The full Dean’s List recipients are: Crystal Bailey, Maria Barron, Noah Bartley, Cassidy Bell, Chelsea Biles, Madison Bochard, Paul Boddy, Sarah Bowman, Stephanie Burge, Scott Carpenter, Sydney Charbula, Katherine Chaviers, Mikayla Childs, Karalyn Clark, William Dahlstrom, Justin Davis, Diana Deleon, Egla Delrioaguillon, Stephen Franks, Sielo Garcia, Soledad Garcia Vasquez, Paul Garza, Travis Gonzales, Jose Gonzalez, Brittney Green, Christopher Guyton, Chandra Hardin, William Hart, Erik Hernandez, Valerie Hinds, Michael Hollis, Andrea Laws, Blake Ledoux, Andrea Leija, Jackson Loy, Samantha Maddox, Charles Manuel, Michael McCasland, Jonathan Medrano, Casaundra Mejia, Paola Merino, Christina Morgan, Christy Myers, Mason Myers, Phuong Nguyen, Brittany Nolen, Kayla Palmer, Andrew Pier, Tyler Ponder, Kenton Ritter, Gustavo Ruiz, Abigail Russell, Ricardo Sagredo, Justin Schissel, Rucha Thakar, Sharath Thomas, Ashley Vaughn, Ashley Villanueva, Marisah Villarreal, Celeste Villarreal, Ceydy Villasenor, Mikael Walden, Kylie White, Deborah Wilson, Andrew Wood, Rosalinda Arredondo, Denise Aviles, Margret Choate, JoLee Galetka, Cinthia Mendez, Jaime Weisel, Destiny Casey, Savannah Krenek, Christopher Martin, Eloy Phillips, Hunter Roberts, Patrick Dawson, Gabriel Garza, Kody Martinez, Rosaura Orozco, Luke Black, Brandon Carlin, Ronald Carpenter, Cameron Christeson, Brittnee Garner, Tyler Grisham, Haden Holtje, Jean Lanning, Anh Le, Trevor Mertel, Trung Nguyen, Robert Ornelas, Alyssa Van Vooren, Logan Varner, Kaysie Wilson, John Obrien, Brittney Surber, Matty Sullivan, Adam Thompson, Ryan Wilcox, Sarah Proulx, Alex Aste, Katelyn Cao, Thao Do, Tina Egbulem, Hector Garza, Ashley Hall, Roland Henderson, Erika Hoarau, Benjamin Jensen, Jeffrey Pope, Paul Porche, Fiza Prasla, Sally Turcios, Darnesha Randall, Amy Smith, Su-Hui Wu, Morgan Gilbert, Christopher Amend, Maggie Barry, Sahista Bhanji, Alyssa Broussard, Suzannah Gilbert, Victor Hernandez, Alejandra Hernandez, Alyssa Hughes, Samuel Jasek, Michael Jensen, Kylie Levett, Clarissa Respondek, Tyler Zarella, Stephen Smith, Alondra Bautista Lopez, Marlaina Grimland, Emily Gutierrez, Stephanie Justice, Pauline Smith, Hannah Whatley, Claire Wiedemann, Jonathan Franks, Dawndi Morrell, Ruth Nyoro, Mary Olubuogu, Erlbert Hernandez, Jared Donnelly, Brenda Rico, Fernando Campos, Andrew Alex, Rachelle Allen, Connor Allensworth, Thalia Nicole Rose Aruj, Ryan Barton, Victoria Bitner, Alyssa Burns, Micaela Campos, Kelly Childers, Chase Clark, Ryan Desbiens, Madison Everett, Brendon Farmer, David Feil, Jonathan Garcia, Salvador Gonzalez, Shannon Griffith, Ivana Hagos, Blake Hardy, Martina Herrera, Iscelle Init, Timothy Josef Joya, Makenzy Leonard, Gang Li, Maranatha Liga, Diego Lopez, Orian Mars, Shannon McReynolds, Madison Moncrief, Bianca Montemayor, Harinee Morkonda, Skye Mosk, Alyssa Mae Ocampo, Brandon Oelfke, Chiamaka Onumajuru, Camdyn Perkins, Brigette Pitts, August Reyes, Steven Reyes, Vanessa Rodriguez, Arturo Sanchez, Chelsea Vynce Saya Ang, Mauro Serna, Shayla Smith, Jason Sosa, Christina Standridge, Christina Thai, Morgan Thompson, Dustin Todd, Belen Torres, Michael Ulery, Miranda Voss, Samuel Werner, Emily Wright, Tristan Yap, Clayton Yates, Nicole Young, Rachel Abbott, Anayeli Salinas, Maria Theresa Louise Bautista, Russoviodoni Borneo, Esther Christodoss, Emily Demarco, Rany Duong, Katelynne Hall, Megan Hunter, David Maranon, Erika Martinez, Garret Page, Thaddeaus Phipps, Noemi Pulido, Conner Radler, Sarai Ramales, Rebecca Rubio, Oluwaseun Sonola, John Syzdek, Saxanh Thach, Jose Padilla, Noah De la Rosa, Dylan Anderson, Gabriel Degner, Kyleigh Holm, Colton Johnson, Clayton Lackey, Hannah Longoria, Akata Patel, Stephenie Rogers, Matthew Snipe, Melanie Walker, Joseph Castro, Serena Khakwani, Roberta Gimenes, Matthew Hromadka, Khawaja Raza, Rodman Villela, and Adeline Terry.

   The full Merit List recipients are: Ashley Strain, Deena Aguilar, Anthony Aprile, Kelsey Barba, Eva Bartley, Samantha Blaine, Joseph Boddy, Kyrsten Breaux, Austin Britt, Taylor Broussard, Autumn Burge, Bridget Byrd, Alexa Camacho, Connor Creedon, Johnny Davis, Cody Dewar, Raul Diaz, Katherine Dixon, Veronica Dudek, Michael Durham, Fritz Eixman, Purelily Ekpo, Megan Ercums, Kaitlyn Espinosa, Jennifer Fakharizadeh, Monica Flores, Tiffany Forgy, Erick Franco-Herrera, Samantha Garcia, Ashley Garcia, Erica Garcia, Servando Garcia Ramires, Desiree Garrison, Karen Gonzalez, Ariana Green, Allieann Greenwood, Erin Gutierrez, Tristan Habenicht, Creed Hall, Sara Hayes, Janina Hillyer, Kathryn Hoelter, Steven Holmes, Chase Horsfall, Cameron Hubbard, James Hutson, Sarah Jackson, Guadalupe Juarez, Sean Kinel, Collin Landis, Sharline Law, Emma Lee, Barbara Lomeli, Jehu Lopez, Shawn Lowery, Teresa Lozano, Tricia Lute, Traci Martin, Jessica Martinez, Yolanda Mena, Natalie Miller, Samuel Mitchell, Hayden Myers, Tran Nguyen, Timmie Olison, Michelle Orduna, Brandon Perdue, Christopher Perez, Darryl Perry, Sara Persons, Cole Pletka, Jacob Porter, Jose Ramirez, Andrea Ramirez, Kelly Ramsey, Morgan Revels, Erika Riggs, Britney Rodriguez, Sienna Rodriguez, Courtney Roeckel, Linzy Sandoval, Tamra Sanson, Taylor Savedra, Anthony Schmaltz, Brittany Schonert, Michelle Smith, Paige Snowden, Anisa Solis, Patricia Stasky, Cagney Steffen, Richard Stillman, James Thompson, Madison Troxlar, Waqas Uddin, Joseph Villarreal, Christopher Villarreal, Julia Wagener, Alexis Wilhoite, Matthew Wyers, Emily Wyhs, Roie Yehezkel, Katherine Yuchnewicz, Ayana Brereton, Matthew Cannon, Jordyn Cooper, Brittany Dahl, Kristan Drummond, Cindy Ha, Conner Hammonds, Mackenna Mcintyre, Juan Morales, Ashley Vasut, Jorge Moreno Pacheco, Dorcas Starcke, Jaecen Foytik, Jacqulynn Kendrick, Michael Priddy, Amber Rushing, Uzma Chaudhry, Chase Ivey, Cassidy Bodden, Adan Hernandez Flores, Daniel Molina, Joaquin Phillips, Meagan Ripple, Alexis Townsend, Lana Townsend, Daisy Alvarado, Tasheda Johnson, Gabrielle Metcalf, Sayjah Davis, Emily Drilling, Agustin Encinia, Kimberly Anton, Christina Blanton, Kennedi Carpentieri, Ashlee Chappell, Lee Cravens, Nicole Gonzales, Jessica Jensen, Mai Le, Stephanie Leblanc, Trace Mertel, Julia Miles, Keith Parrish, Lauren Rangel, Catherin Reed, Cristine Tran, Brieanna Thomas, Cody Jenkins, Ayana Meadows, Jessica Willis, Raquel Rooney, Bonnie Gage, Jennifer Baehre, Kirlice Carr-Lett, Ashley Collins-George, Nathan Fuchs, Amie Gallant, Erin Gunn, Zoee Huskey, Sharon Labauve, Julia Martinez, Tommy Patrick, Roberto Pena, James Ronk, Brice Stettler, Placid Tankie, Laryssa Thompson, Emmaculator Ugochukwu, Shani Ulmer, Alexis Wells, Layla Wolken, Brian Smith, Jacklyn Kendall, Carrie Watkins, Elizabeth Cornwell, Kayla Byers, Rachel Lovell, Thanh Nguyen, Danny Taylor, Sara Brown, Esther Erfan, Shelbie Hannah, Annette Jacobs, Cynthia Poehl, Brandon Presley, Vanessa Putnik, Rafaelle Tkac, Adam Alexander, Samuel Green, Bryanna Hardy, Alison Henderson, Lorren Munson, Joshua Avina, Christine Burton, Mariana Castillo, Brenda Davis, Joshua Deleon, Aubrey Dowdy, Shelby Foland, James Freitag, Adam Groce, Garrett Heidrich, Zhigang Ji, Claire Jones, Myrisa Keller, Hannah Knight, Cody Lloyd, Lovie Luckie, Joshua MacLeod, Ryan McGraw, Yejide Olutimehin, Elizabeth Omojola, Molly Page, Kaysie Perkins, Shannon Puliyampallil, Christopher Rangel, Jessie Robinson, Mercedeez Serna, Savannah Serrato, Kaylee Shelton, Kathryn Simmons, Sandra Simmons, Katherine Singleton, Nicolas Sudderth, Amanda Wurster, Taylor Yoakum, Jameson Young, Barrett Day, Julia Meah, Tessa Williams, Cassandra Solis, Krystal Aguilar, Eric Dinwiddie, Kevin Jackson, Juan Parkin, Kayla Smith, Raven Solomon, Kaitlyn Welsh, Mary Zvonek, Mejesh John, Loretta Garza, Sheila Agim, Chintua Amajor, Sheikinna Ang, Kaylah Angel, Saron Bahlbi, Kamya Bates, John Beach, Jenny Beaty, Lauren Beck, Savon Blanchard, Kayla Bordelon, Chloe Bradley, Tiffany Brown, Jessica Butts, Vicente Castellanos, Korinne Cathey, Devdeep Chandra, Farah Chokshi, Gina Daugherty, Camille Davidson, Cameron Davidson, Alexander De Jesus-Colon, Maria Rousseanne De Vera, Daniel Doud, Lauren Duke, Bruce Dumlao, Alyssa Esma, Noemy Espitia, Brandi Estis, Esther Fernandas, Preston Fillipi, Karishma Flores, Christian Fontenot, Robyne Foster, Cira Frias, Andrew Frick, Falon Garcia, Elijah Garcia, Jeffrey Garrison, Danielle Garza, Jara Go, Mikelcey Green, Lauren Guthrie, Alexa Hall, Andrew Hampton, Shawn Hemingway, Hannah Hendricks, Ariana Hernandez, Jonathan Hoang, Nicole Hopkins, Nicolas Horton, Jenny Horton, Travis Hudson, Abigail Husain, Adrian Jasso, Clarence Johnson, Lauren Jones, Hanikka Phoebe Jugo, Akunnaya Kalunta, Abby Khanh Ai Vu, Emily Lapoint, Madison Lloyd, Lindsey MacPhail, Hannah Mccreary, Mark Mejia, Christian Miller, Amanda Mills, Amber Molidor, Jackson Mortenson, Lindsey Munoz, Matthew Myers, Xavier Navarrete, Anh Nguyen, Justin Nguyen, Jude Nixon, Naomi Noyola, Glydel Marie Obate, Gwyneth Obediente, Oalyssa Oconer, Ogechi Onu, Charles Ortiz, Alyssa Osorio, Freia Rossi Pamintuan, Hailey Paulk, Emily Pepper, Veronica Perez, Dana Perkins, Tamia Peters, Nathan Pham, Michelle Pham, Marion Quidilig, Karolyn Raj, Kassia Raj, Doran Reyes, Jessica Richardson, Malik Rodgers, Laura Roman, Yashua Justine Saguin, Caitlyn Salmons, Aubry Scully, Karoline Sellers, Britney Shen, Aylen Sosa, William Stanaland, Jared Streeter, Camille Surima, Thu Tang, Halle Thompson, Mary Joy Tolentino, Nelly Ann Uy, Hima Vadakekara, Delores Vanhoose, Kayla Vero, Tarren Vielma, Ivan Vinev, Lovita Vinod, Jared Weaver, Kathryn Willenborg, Sarah Williams, Shayna Williams, Timothy Wood, Sara Yan, Shatrine Zachary, Noah Stowers, Adebisi George, Madison McDonald, Nicole Jocelin Alfonso, Timothy Allen, Mohammad Alom, Darryl Archer, Yesenia Arenas, Alyssa Arredondo, Matthew Atteberry, Lilian Avila, Jessica Balmaceda, Victoria Bermea, Rebecca Buckalew, Brittany Cephus, Tarza Do, Thomas Gallagher, John Garzon-Vasquez, Ailia Gould, Veronica Guajardo, Kelly Hejtmancik, Lori Ivy, Jeniece Julius, Alec Koecher, Brianne Menzies, Adeline Nzeribe, Alexis Ocana, Sandra Ortiz, Timothy Richert, Olivia Roberts, Jocelyn Romero, Brenda Sanchez, Zurisadai Sosa-Montes, Gerald Williams, Kathryn Bell, Tenea' Cannon, Chelsea Catching, Victoria Cole, Kristina Hagerman, Mark Jones, Hiral Patel, Haley Perkins, Shannon Simmons, Rebecca Thumann, Stacy Zinante, River Alford, William Clifford, Darrien Jones, William Blalock, Alison Flythe, Ashley Molina, Ashley Mcbride, Sarah Blasdell, Nareemon Kasmai, Mahboubeh Oufi, Hannah Crochet, Norman Gallardo, Victoria Martinez, Melanie Baccus, Ashley Durham and Aryn Rodriguez.

What a day of rapturous beauty!

With maddening sunlight all the land's aglow—

The glad sea-spray in joyous clamor breaks

Upon the cold and unresponsive rock,

Then upward leaps toward heaven's lustrous blue

In ecstasy of tumult and delight!

The call of summer is in air and earth,

All Nature throbs with passion and with power—

The Soul of Man's enraptured with the hour!

Summer Day by Sarah Metcalf Phipps