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Save time and money through ACC’s new FutureCATS transfer program

Posted on Fri, 07/30/2021 - 10:32am

Austin Community College District (ACC) launches a new program to save students time and money when they transfer. Created through the Equity Transfer Initiative, FutureCATS is a transfer support program for students planning to transfer and...

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Google launches its first federally-registered apprenticeship program at ACC

Posted on Mon, 08/17/2020 - 9:14am

Austin Community College District (ACC) Google, and Pathstream announce a new partnership to launch Google’s first Department of Labor-registered apprenticeship program. The program offers apprentices a unique opportunity to receive training and...

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Mathew Melton visits HLC Building 2000

Seeing inside Highland Building 2000: Departments moving in check out new digs

Posted on Tue, 03/10/2020 - 11:44am

Construction 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...

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Jamille Souza Madeira celebrates at winter 2019 commencement

ACC students named semifinalists for prestigious national scholarship

Posted on Fri, 01/31/2020 - 2:17pm

Jamille 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...

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Taking Life Online: Father, husband, veteran reaches new goals through online program

Posted on Mon, 11/11/2019 - 11:05am

Challenge isn’t something David Klickman shys away from. He served tours in the Middle East with the U.S. Army in 2014 and 2015.  When he came back home, he returned to his job in account management and operations, but it wasn’t fulfilling.  “I wasn...

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ACC and IBM partner to launch new apprenticeship program in Central Texas

Posted on Fri, 09/20/2019 - 4:43pm

Austin Community College (ACC) and longtime IT partner, IBM, announce a new apprenticeship program in Central Texas for students seeking careers in IT. The program, funded by a $1.5 million U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) grant, aims to train 350...

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Shermay Uwalogho

Never settle: ACC student finds a second chance in IT

Posted on Wed, 05/22/2019 - 10:35am

“When I think of Austin Community College, I see a big arena with different opportunities. You can do anything here, anything that is on your mind, you can tap into and go.” - Shermay Uwalogho Computer Science and Information Technology are among...

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ACC to launch second bachelor’s degree in spring 2020

Posted on Tue, 05/07/2019 - 8:40am

The Austin Community College District (ACC) will launch the college’s second bachelor’s degree program in spring 2020. The ACC Board of Trustees approved the new Bachelor in Applied Science in Computer Information Technology during its regular May...

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ACC hosts three panelists for Women in IT Spring Speaker Series

Posted on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 3:50pm

Austin Community College (ACC) invites students, employees, and the community to its Women in IT Spring Speaker Series from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, February 21, at ACC Highland, Building 4000 (6101 Highland Campus Dr.).  “The lack of women...

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ACC student soars in NASA's scholar program

Posted on Thu, 11/15/2018 - 11:10am

If you spoke to Austin Community College student Laura Colten last year, her story would sound a lot different. "I am a mother of three. I was skeptical about starting over and going back to school,” says Colten. “Would I have enough time? Will my...

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