ACC Highland Campus Phase 2 opens for spring 2021 semester

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Morgan B., third-semester Culinary Arts student, moments before entering Highland Campus, Building 2000 for her first class of the spring 2021 semester, Meat Prep with Chef David Waggoner. "I am so excited! So happy to be able to use the new commercial kitchens and everything else that is available for us here."
ACC Culinary Arts student Morgan B., left, goes through the ACC screening protocols before entering the campus.
ACC Culinary Arts student Ora E. walks through Highland Campus, Building 2000 on her way to her first class of the spring 2021 semester, Meat Prep with Chef David Waggoner.
ACC Culinary Arts student Ora E. leaves her personal belongings in one of the lockers located by the kitchen inside Highland Campus, Building 2000 where her first class of the spring 2021 semester, Meat Prep with Chef David Waggoner, is about to start.
ACC Culinary Arts students pose for a photo in one of the commercial kitchens inside Highland Campus, Building 2000 where their first class of the spring 2021 semester, Meat Prep with Chef David Waggoner, is about to start.
Chef David Waggoner begins lecture on day one of the spring 2021 semester for his first class inside one of the new commercial kitchens at the Highland Campus, Building 2000.
Chef David Waggoner introduces his spring 2021 semester students to the brand new Culinary Arts facilities inside Highland Campus, Building 2000.
Chef David Waggoner introduces his spring 2021 semester students to the brand new Culinary Arts facilities inside Highland Campus, Building 2000.
Chef David Waggoner introduces his spring 2021 semester students to the brand new student-run restaurant, Eatery 73, inside Highland Campus, Building 2000.
Chef David Waggoner introduces his spring 2021 semester students to the brand new Culinary Arts facilities inside Highland Campus, Building 2000.
Chef David Waggoner gives feedback to Morgan B. during their first class inside one of the new commercial kitchens at the Highland Campus, Building 2000.
ACC Culinary Arts student Ora E. practices knife skills during her first class of the spring 2021 semester inside Highland Campus, Building 2000.
Chef Bryant Currie, right, teaches a Basic Food Prep class during the first day of spring 2021 semester inside the Demonstration Kitchen at the Highland Campus, Building 2000.
Students are introduced to professional kitchen utensils and pots during a Basic Food Prep class on the first day of spring 2021 semester inside the Demonstration Kitchen at the Highland Campus, Building 2000.
Shane Anderson, ACC Music Department chair and professor, teaches a hybrid piano class on the first day of the spring 2021 semester at the Highland Campus, Building 2000.
Shane Anderson, ACC Music Department chair and professor, teaches a hybrid piano class on the first day of the spring 2021 semester at the Highland Campus, Building 2000.
A student attends a hybrid piano class taught by Shane Anderson, ACC Music Department chair and professor, on the first day of the spring 2021 semester at the Highland Campus, Building 2000.

Tuesday, January 19, marked the start of Austin Community College District's (ACC) spring 2021 semester and the soft opening of the newly completed Highland Campus, Building 2000.

The first programs to begin teaching at the state-of-the-art campus include:

  • Architectural and Engineering Computer Aided Design
  • Culinary Arts
  • Dance
  • Drama
  • Geospatial Engineering
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Music
  • Music Business Performance Technology
  • Radio/Television/Film
  • Continuing Education

Due to the ongoing pandemic, some classes are available fully in-person but remain limited in size. Others are available in hybrid formats. View photos from the first day of classes above.

More course options will open on campus as the COVID-19 situation allows. A grand opening is expected in summer 2021.

For more information about Highland Phase 2, visit austincc.edu/highlandphase2.

 

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