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New Academic Alerts help connect students with support resources

Posted on Thu, 06/16/2022 - 3:37pm

Austin Community College District (ACC) has launched a new system to help quickly connect students with support resources. Academic Alerts allow ACC faculty to easily and quickly communicate with students and their Academic Guidance Specialists (...

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Yvette Crawford-Lee

ACC talks Black History Month: Yvette Crawford-Lee

Posted on Fri, 02/26/2021 - 11:26am

Throughout Black History Month, Austin Community College District (ACC) asks influential and accomplished faculty, staff, and students to discuss what Black History Month means to them. Phillicia (Yvette) Crawford-Lee works at the ACC Bioscience...

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Chef Bryant Currie

ACC talks Black History Month: Chef Bryant Currie

Posted on Fri, 02/26/2021 - 11:12am

Throughout Black History Month, Austin Community College District (ACC) asks influential and accomplished faculty, staff, and students to discuss what Black History Month means to them. Chef Bryant Currie is an associate professor in ACC's Culinary...

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Michelle Washington

ACC talks Black History Month: Michelle Washington

Posted on Thu, 02/25/2021 - 2:13pm

Throughout Black History Month, Austin Community College District (ACC) asks influential and accomplished faculty, staff, and students to discuss what Black History Month means to them. Michelle Washington is an instructional coordinator at the ACC...

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Dr. Shasta Buchanan

ACC talks Black History Month: Dr. Shasta Buchanan

Posted on Wed, 02/24/2021 - 5:12pm

Throughout Black History Month, Austin Community College District (ACC) asks influential and accomplished faculty, staff, and students to discuss what Black History Month means to them. Dr. Shasta Buchanan has spent the last five years of her 20-...

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ACC talks Black History Month: Jason Brown

Posted on Wed, 02/10/2021 - 2:38pm

Throughout Black History Month, Austin Community College District (ACC) asks influential and accomplished faculty, staff, and students to discuss what Black History Month means to them. Jason Brown has worked at ACC for nine years. He was recently...

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ACC talks Black History Month: Larry Davis

Posted on Thu, 02/04/2021 - 2:31pm

Throughout Black History Month, Austin Community College District (ACC) asks influential and accomplished faculty, staff, and students to discuss what Black History Month means to them. ACC's Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer (CEDIO),...

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Student drive-through iPad distribution

ACC distributes iPads to support students transitioning to online learning

Posted on Tue, 04/07/2020 - 12:17pm

Austin Community College is distributing nearly 1,000 iPads to students who need technology support to transition to online learning. Out of the nearly 8,500 students who completed the Student Technology Access Form, more than 700 said they don't...

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#RealCollege Survey results show ACC students lack food & housing security

Posted on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 9:41am

Nearly 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...

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New scholarship for Elgin veteran students

Posted on Thu, 09/12/2019 - 8:59am

Austin Community College (ACC) veteran students now have an opportunity to earn additional financial assistance for college with the new Bastrop County Veterans Educational Scholarship. The scholarship is a collaboration of Elgin Campus Student...

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Hundreds of foster youth benefit from 2019 ACC Luggage Drive

Posted on Mon, 05/20/2019 - 12:01pm

Hundreds of students transitioning from foster care will benefit from donations received during this year's Austin Community College (ACC) Luggage Drive. The 10th annual Luggage Drive raised $1,250 and 44 pieces of luggage. Items were delivered...

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ACC named nation’s first Adobe Creative community college

Posted on Mon, 04/15/2019 - 4:50pm

Austin Community College (ACC) is the first community college in the nation to be designated as an Adobe Creative Campus. The entire Adobe Creative Cloud suite will be available to ACC staff, students, and faculty at no-to-minimal cost, starting...

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Adobe Creative Cloud

Adobe Creative Cloud available to students, faculty, and staff at no-to-minimal cost

Posted on Wed, 04/10/2019 - 12:03pm

Austin Community College (ACC) has been selected as an Adobe Creative Campus, which means students, faculty, and staff will have access to the entire Adobe Creative Cloud suite for no-to-minimal cost starting Monday, April 15. Under the agreement,...

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2019 ACC Eco Bag Art Contest

Submit your design for the 2019 Student Art Eco Bag Contest

Posted on Thu, 12/20/2018 - 2:41pm

It’s time to submit designs for the 7th annual Student Art Eco Bag Contest held each year in association with Earth Week, April 22 through 26. Students are invited to submit original artwork with an Earth and/or sustainability theme through Sunday,...

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