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Posted on Fri, 03/27/2020 - 5:37pm
ACC campuses remain closed until 4/13. Classes resume online Monday, 3/30
Posted on Thu, 03/26/2020 - 8:18amIn an effort to help contain the spread of COVID-19 in our region, Austin Community College (ACC) has made the difficult decision to keep campuses closed to students and the public until Monday, April 13. Spring classes will resume remotely on...
ACC prepares Personal Protective Equipment donations for local healthcare workers
Posted on Tue, 03/24/2020 - 2:16pmAustin Community College (ACC) is assembling Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits to support regional healthcare workers and first responders during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. “This is a difficult time for everyone in our community....
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Posted on Sun, 03/15/2020 - 10:55am
Seeing inside Highland Building 2000: Departments moving in check out new digs
Posted on Tue, 03/10/2020 - 11:44amConstruction paused and the dust settled a bit as Austin Community College (ACC) faculty and staff took their first steps inside the newest phase of ACC Highland. Six months remain until doors open at Building 2000. The new campus features...
24 Hours of Giving: Support ACC students during Amplify Austin
Posted on Wed, 03/04/2020 - 8:46amProviding access to education requires support inside and outside the classroom, and Austin Community College (ACC) is working to meet those demands during Amplify Austin, a community-wide day of charitable giving, from 6 p.m., Thursday, March 5,...
ACC scholar promotes success through life skills workshop: Connects community with resources beyond the classroom
Posted on Fri, 02/28/2020 - 11:55amFor Austin Community College (ACC) student Mical Juliet Divine, leaving a positive impact on her community is more than just a hope. "Looking at the current state of the world, I am not happy about it. I didn't just want to sit around and complain,...
ACC talks Black History Month: Khayree O. Williams
Posted on Fri, 02/28/2020 - 9:40amThroughout Black History Month, Austin Community College (ACC) sits down with influential and accomplished faculty and staff to discuss what Black History Month means to them. Meet Khayree O. Williams, M.Ed., the founding director of the Truth,...
Month-in-Review: January/February 2020
Posted on Thu, 02/27/2020 - 12:56pmACC faculty and staff prepare for new semester at Spring Development DaySpring Development Day, held on Friday, January 17, welcomed ACC faculty and staff to a new semester with a full day of work sessions to enhance practices and processes, improve...
Construction updates at Highland and Rio Grande: February 2020
Posted on Thu, 02/27/2020 - 11:39amRio Grande Campus RenovationsBy Paul Mason, Rio Grande Renovations Project Manager Persistent rainy, damp conditions slowed the rate of progress a bit in February, but construction continued to progress well. Spray foam insulation applied to...
Districtwide Campus Master Planning Process entering final stretch
Posted on Thu, 02/27/2020 - 11:21amWith the Districtwide Campus Master Planning Process (DCMP) approximately two-thirds of the way through, the Austin Community College (ACC) Board of Trustees heard an update from the project team at its February 17 work session. Pfluger Architects,...
ACC talks Black History Month: Geraldine J. Tucker, J.D.
Posted on Wed, 02/26/2020 - 2:46pmThroughout Black History Month, Austin Community College (ACC) sits down with influential and accomplished faculty and staff to discuss what Black History Month means to them. Meet Geraldine J. Tucker, J.D., ACC's vice president of Human Resources....
ACC talks Black History Month: Nina Means
Posted on Mon, 02/24/2020 - 11:22amThroughout Black History Month, Austin Community College (ACC) sits down with influential and accomplished faculty and staff to discuss what Black History Month means to them. Meet Nina Means, director of ACC's Fashion Incubator. From her former...
Closing equity gaps in Austin: Austin Community College named “Leader College of Distinction”
Posted on Fri, 02/21/2020 - 9:51amThe Austin Community College District (ACC) is recognized as a national leader for its work to support underserved students, close equity gaps, and increase completion rates. The college was awarded the Leader College of Distinction by Achieving the...
ACC talks Black History Month: Joyce A. Tolofari
Posted on Thu, 02/20/2020 - 10:16amThroughout Black History Month, Austin Community College (ACC) sits down with influential and accomplished faculty and staff to discuss what Black History Month means to them. Meet Joyce Aberebigha Tolofari, MSN, RN, associate professor of...
Dumpster diving helps ACC Welding student create masterpieces
Posted on Wed, 02/19/2020 - 11:15amThe saying ‘one man’s trash is another man’s treasure’, is a way of life for ACC welding and art student Valerie Chaussonnet. Valerie is a self-proclaimed dumpster queen. Her artwork is often comprised of materials she finds cast aside in dumpsters...
ACC Board of Trustees February 3 Meeting Recap
Posted on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 10:29amThe Austin Community College District (ACC) Board of Trustees met for its regular meeting on Monday, February 3, to learn about a new partnership with the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, hear updates on Developmental Math and spring enrollment...
#RealCollege Survey results show ACC students lack food & housing security
Posted on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 9:41amNearly two-thirds of Austin Community College (ACC) students struggled to find affordable food and housing in the past year, according to the 2019 #RealCollege Survey Institution Report released February 12. The report, prepared by the Hope Center...
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation to help fund Career Scholars Program
Posted on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 8:55amAustin Community College (ACC) has partnered with the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation to help fund the college's Career Scholars program for graduating high school students. The Foundation announced it would pledge $1.25 million over five years...
Changes to Developmental Math curriculum adding up to student success
Posted on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 8:17amThe number of students enrolled in Developmental Math at Austin Community College (ACC) is declining — and that's a good thing. "That means we are getting them into their college credit courses faster," says Dr. Charles Cook, provost/executive vice...
ACC Board of Trustees approves 2020 federal legislative priorities
Posted on Wed, 02/12/2020 - 12:18pmThe Austin Community College District Board of Trustees recently endorsed the American Association of Community Colleges’ (AACC) and Association of Community College Trustees’ (ACCT) 2020 federal legislative priorities. Campus Operations and Public...
ACC is doubling enrollment for its Texas A&M-Chevron Engineering Academy
Posted on Wed, 02/12/2020 - 11:23amWith enrollment expected to double in fall 2020, Austin Community College (ACC) invites future engineers to a series of information sessions about the Texas A&M-Chevron Engineering Academy at ACC. The co-enrollment program allows students to...
ACC named top-producer of Fulbright U.S. Scholars for second consecutive year
Posted on Tue, 02/11/2020 - 11:13amFor the second straight year, Austin Community College District (ACC) is recognized as a top producer of Fulbright Scholars. The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs released its 2019-2020 list Monday, February 10....
Find a career in healthcare: ACC hosts Health Sciences Open House
Posted on Mon, 02/10/2020 - 8:53amDemand for local healthcare professionals is growing. One in every four new jobs expected over the next decade in Central Texas is in healthcare. Austin Community College (ACC) hosts its annual Health Science Open House for students and the...
Time running out to apply for ACC’s nationally-recognized Nursing Program
Posted on Thu, 02/06/2020 - 12:11pmAustin Community College (ACC) is accepting applications for its nationally-recognized nursing program. Students have until February 21 to apply for the fall 2020 cohort. The college’s vocational nursing (LVN) program was recently named among the...
ACC talks Black History Month: Noble Udoh
Posted on Wed, 02/05/2020 - 1:20pmThroughout Black History Month, Austin Community College (ACC) sits down with influential and accomplished faculty and staff to discuss what Black History Month means to them. Meet Noble Udoh, ACC Student Government Association President for the...
ACC approves new Vocational Nursing degree
Posted on Tue, 02/04/2020 - 1:16pmAustin Community College (ACC) approved a new degree in Vocational Nursing to prepare students for entry-level positions in vocational nursing. The Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree is structured to provide a flexible, affordable pathway for...
ACC students named semifinalists for prestigious national scholarship
Posted on Fri, 01/31/2020 - 2:17pmJamille Souza Madeira celebrates at winter 2019 commencement with ACC mascot R.B. Three Austin Community College (ACC) students are semifinalists for the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. Cooke...
ACC hosts Emergency Preparedness Week February 3-7
Posted on Fri, 01/31/2020 - 8:36amAustin Community College (ACC) is preparing students, faculty, and staff by practicing emergency response procedures and testing its emergency notification system as part of Emergency Preparedness Week February 3-7. Emergency Preparedness Week is...
"We are going to be your neighbors": ACC helps break the cycle at Lockhart Correctional Facility
Posted on Thu, 01/30/2020 - 4:48pm“It’s hard to adjust when you have been gone as long as I have,” says Amber McEntire “I don’t even know how to work that phone in your hand, but I know how to build electrical circuits.” For the past 15 years, Amber McEntire has been inside looking...
ACC Board of Trustees January 13 Recap
Posted on Thu, 01/23/2020 - 8:58amThe Austin Community College District (ACC) Board of Trustees met for its regular meeting on Monday, January 13, to hear college updates, discuss legislative priorities, appoint members to the regional advisory committees (RAC), and discuss student...
Texas A&M-Chevron Academy shows high success rate; plans to double enrollment
Posted on Wed, 01/22/2020 - 5:15pmAustin Community College students enrolled in the Texas A&M-Chevron Academy achieve a 95 percent success rate, according to a student success report update presented to the Board of Trustees during its regular meeting Monday, January 13. The...
ACC promotes racial equity through National Day of Racial Healing
Posted on Wed, 01/22/2020 - 4:05pm"My dad is British, I am French, and my mom is from the West Indies so it can be hard to fit into a certain category. My artwork shows you don't have to be part of the category, you can be who you are, and that should be enough,” says Allison...
Academic Master Plan launches with strategic planning meeting
Posted on Wed, 01/22/2020 - 12:58pmAustin Community College kicked off the planning process for the 2020-25 Academic Master Plan (AMP) during a strategic planning meeting Wednesday, January 15, with representatives from ACC's academic areas including deans and program chairs and the...
ACC closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day 1/20.
Posted on Thu, 01/16/2020 - 12:52pmThe Austin Community College District (ACC) is closed Monday, January 20, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The college will reopen Tuesday, January 21, which also is the start of the spring semester. Registration for spring classes...
2019 Year in Review
Posted on Thu, 01/16/2020 - 10:50amAustin Community College accomplished a lot in 2019. The college celebrated its highest number of spring and fall graduates, which included the first graduating class of RN-to-BSN students; opened the new ACC Fashion Incubator at ACC Highland;...
Construction updates at Highland and Rio Grande: January 2020
Posted on Wed, 01/15/2020 - 12:04pmRIO GRANDE CAMPUS RENOVATIONSBy Paul Mason, Rio Grande Renovations Project Manager Construction teams commemorated the topping-out of Rio Grande Campus on Wednesday, January 22. The event marked an important milestone for the project. InteriorInside...
ACC commemorates National Day of Racial Healing with several events
Posted on Tue, 01/14/2020 - 11:11amAustin Community College (ACC) invites faculty, staff, students, and the community to a series of events commemorating National Day of Racial Healing on January 21, 2020, and January 24, 2020. "This is a day we come together to dedicate ourselves to...
New Year's resolution to lose weight? ACC experts help prevent common injuries
Posted on Fri, 01/10/2020 - 11:52amFor those looking to stay active over the holiday season, it’s important to protect yourself from acute and overuse injuries. ACC’s Exercise Science department chair Pamela Soto explains what to watch for and steps you can take to protect yourself...
ACC Bioscience Incubator hosts open house
Posted on Tue, 01/07/2020 - 12:20pmExplore the advanced labs and best-in-class instrumentation that's building the biotechnology industry in Central Texas The ACC Bioscience Incubator (ABI) hosts an open house at its state-of-the-art facility for faculty, staff, and students to...
ACC closes for winter break December 20 - January 1
Posted on Wed, 12/18/2019 - 11:11amThe Austin Community College District (ACC) will close for winter break beginning 5 p.m. Friday, December 20. Offices will reopen at 8 a.m. Thursday, January 2. Spring registration will remain open through the break. Students seeking registration...
ACC Registered Nursing program selected as one of the best in Texas
Posted on Tue, 12/17/2019 - 11:18amAustin Community College’s (ACC) Nursing Program is recognized as one of the best Registered Nursing (RN) programs in Texas by NursingProcess.org — a leading online source for nursing education and career information. The site analyzed 134...
ACC Board of Trustees December 2 Recap
Posted on Tue, 12/17/2019 - 9:45amThe Austin Community College District (ACC) Board of Trustees met for its regular meeting on Monday, December 2, to hear college updates, discuss a new degree, and vote on a contract for a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) software provider to...
Parking at ACC is going digital
Posted on Tue, 12/17/2019 - 9:32amHangtags could be a thing of the past at Austin Community College (ACC) as the college looks to revamp its parking system to make on-campus parking throughout the district easier, safer, and more convenient. "Parking is becoming increasingly...
A Message from Student Affairs: Supplemental Instruction Study Sessions Target Student Success
Posted on Tue, 12/17/2019 - 9:01amStudent Leaders Mentor Their Classmates In Math, Science, History and MoreThe Supplemental Instruction (SI) review sessions program launched in 2008 is a proven success strategy for increasing student GPAs and reinforcing study skills for their...
ACC Board selects new ERP provider
Posted on Tue, 12/17/2019 - 8:46amThe process to replace Austin Community College District's Colleague software continues to move forward. At its December 2 regular meeting, the Board of Trustees voted to approve contract negotiations with Workday, Inc. to implement and provide...
Regional Advisory Committees share initial report
Posted on Tue, 12/17/2019 - 8:36amAustin Community College's Regional Advisory Committees (RAC) completed their initial analyses of ACC's north, central, and south regions and presented the first annual report to the ACC Board of Trustees during the November 18 work session. The...
ACC hears from the community about the future of Pinnacle
Posted on Mon, 12/16/2019 - 10:12pmAustin Community College held two Community Conversations in southwest Austin in December to provide updates on the college's Districtwide Campus Master Plan (DCMP) and let the community weigh in on the future of its 58-acre Pinnacle Campus. Dozens...
Construction updates at Highland and Rio Grande: December 2019
Posted on Mon, 12/16/2019 - 3:43pmRio Grande Campus RenovationsBy Paul Mason, Rio Grande Renovations Project Manager Two large cranes are on site erecting the last structural steel members to frame out the rooftop penthouse and place the curved tube steel framing for the new atrium...
Month-in-Review: December 2019
Posted on Mon, 12/16/2019 - 3:19pmACC celebrates 9th annual Riverbat DayACC students, staff, and faculty were encouraged to #GoPurple on November 20 to show their pride on Riverbat Day. Additionally, ACC's official mascot R.B. visited multiple ACC campuses to celebrate nine years of...