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Four community leaders join ACC Foundation board

Board of Directors guide fundraising efforts

Austin, TX – August 25, 2008 – The Austin Community College Foundation welcomes four new members to its Board of Directors. Scott Flack, John Hernandez, Corby Jastrow, and John Henry McDonald have joined 21 other members currently serving on the board.

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August 2008 ACC eNewsletter

Welcome to the August 2008 ACC eNewsletter

Real world education: Service Learning brings lessons to life

Storytime for Service Learning students.

Two Austin Community College students host a preschool storytime as their
Service Learning project in a speech class.

Last spring, several Austin Community College speech students were leading storytime at a local library while accounting students were completing tax returns for low-income families.

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Find yourself in ‘Voice, Identity, Dissent’

Who are you?

The Arts and Humanities Division invites you to find out as it unveils this semester’s arts season, titled “Voice, Identity, Dissent.”

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100 ACC Scramble golfers help raise $15k for students

ACC President Steve Kinslow chats with Doyle Valdez and Jody Conradt prior to the start of the ACC Scramble

ACC President Steve Kinslow joined Roberto Zarate, Jody Conradt and dozens of other golfers
for the ACC Scramble. See below for a slideshow.

The third annual ACC Golf Scramble, held at Riverside Golf Course on Friday, August 1, raised $15,000 for the student emergency fund.

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Conference kicks off readiness push

College Readiness

Texas Higher Education Commissioner Dr. Raymund Paredes lauds conference
attendees for setting the foundation for higher academic standards.

Area public school and college faculty are teaming up to help implement the state’s new College Readiness Standards into Central Texas public schools.

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