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Austin Community College will host a college fair at the new Elgin Campus Saturday, June 1, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event gives prospective students, parents, and the community an opportunity to tour the campus and explore college and career training programs. Attendees can meet with admissions staff...

Northwest Exterior of Hays Campus in April 2013. Construction is moving along well. The project is about 40 percent complete. There are more than 130 workers on-site every day, representing 12 subcontractors. The building is being “dried in.” Three subcontractors are continuing to erect exterior...

This is a reminder that the Elgin Campus remains closed to all non-essential visitors until further notice. This includes all ACC employees, students, and the public. If your duties require you to be on the Elgin Campus, please contact Project Manager Pamela Collier (709.3975) or Project Coordinator Susan...

Construction is moving along with greater momentum now. The project is about 30 percent complete. There are now more than 100 workers on-site every day, representing 13 subcontractors. The structural steel building frame is fully erected and complete. The second- and third-floor concrete decks have been...

Something exciting started at Highland Mall on March 27 – the first phase of renovations by Austin Community College. Hundreds of people gathered outside the vacant J.C. Penney store, which will soon transform into a state-of-the-art learning environment, to celebrate the groundbreaking. “We are...

Austin Community College will host a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday, March 27, to mark the beginning of ACC’s renovation of Highland Mall. The event takes place 10-11:30 a.m. at Highland Mall (6001 Airport Blvd.), outside the former J.C. Penney store. There will be refreshments from Highland-area...

Austin Community College is celebrating a milestone in the construction of its Hays Campus. ACC and Flintco, the construction manager, marked the project’s “topping out” March 5 – signifying completion of the campus’s structural frame. “It is exciting to see this campus taking shape, thanks to...

Community Impact – ACC Hays Campus on Pace for 2014...

You will see changes soon at Highland Mall. After months of planning, the college will break ground on the first renovations on March 27. Phase I will bring new life to the former J.C. Penney store, located on the northwest corner of the property. Sketches from the project architect, BGK Architects, reveal...

An aerial photo taken December 10 shows major progress on ACC’s Elgin Campus in advance of a planned opening this fall. ACC Project Manager Pamela Collier says building construction is about 85 percent complete, with work underway on interior finishes, exterior walkways, landscaping, and finishing touches...