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ACC is extending a course waitlist option to all departments beginning with fall 2012 registration. While many courses already have or are adding waitlists, the option will remain at the discretion of the individual departments. Faculty can check with their department’s administrative assistant to find out...

Austin Community College implemented the ACC Emergency Alert notification system following the Virginia Tech shootings five years ago. The communication system sends ACCmail, voicemail, and text message alerts to subscribers if a threat arises. While providing an alert system previously was voluntary, state...

ACC departments collegewide have been working continuously since last summer to help students comply with the new state law requiring that they be immunized for bacterial meningitis or provide an exemption request declining the vaccine. Beginning January 2012, all new students under age 30 entering a Texas...

During the 2009 legislative session, the Texas House of Representatives passed House Bill 2504 requiring public colleges and universities to publish an online syllabus and curriculum vitae for each course and instructor. The requirement, also addressed by ACC Administrative Rule 3.05.002, is intended to help...

Austin Community College is helping an increasing number of Central Texas adults earn their General Educational Development (GED) credential. The number of students who have completed ACC’s GED preparatory program and earned their high school equivalency certificate has increased 78 percent since 2008....

Photos from ACC’s commencement ceremony are available on Flickr and in a slideshow below. The videos shown at graduation also are posted below. Gregory Lawson has been a paratrooper for the Army, an operations specialist for the Navy, and a firearms training instructor for the Air Force. But...

Wednesday, June 27 | 10 a.m. | Hays CISD Performing Arts Center The community is invited to a groundbreaking celebration for Austin Community College’s new Hays Campus at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 27. The event – featuring live music, a college fair, and refreshments – will be at the Hays CISD Performing...

Henry Castillo III is among thousands of ACC graduates who will cross the stage and receive a diploma during the college’s commencement ceremony on Friday, May 11. He’s also among 236 graduating veterans who will receive special recognition from the college. “It feels good to be recognized and honored...

ACC is profiling graduates ahead of the May 11 commencement ceremony. Read previous Q&As with graduates David Weaver, Melissa Triece, and Lauren Dominguez. Name: George Washington Major: Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Degree/Certificate: Associate of Applied Science Hometown: Pflugerville; grew up in...

During the past 30 years, the number of Latinos earning college degrees has failed to keep pace with the increase in the Latino population or the number of college graduates from other racial/ethnic groups, a leading researcher on educational equity told ACC faculty and staff at a daylong symposium examining...