ACC Highland
ACC Highland will Light Up Purple to honor graduates
Posted on Wed, 12/07/2022 - 1:51pmAustin Community College District (ACC) Highland Campus will LIGHT UP PURPLE from Wednesday, December 7, to Friday, December 9, in honor of our summer and fall graduates. Graduates and their families are invited to come out and snap a picture in...
U.S. Sec. of Education tours ACC Highland Campus: Spotlights Women's History Month and STEM programs
Posted on Thu, 03/10/2022 - 12:02pm“The model that you have here is something that I want to see replicated many different places. The Veterans Resource Center, I want to see more there. I love what I heard about STEM, and I love how this is the school being responsive to the...
Austin artist Brian Joseph completes ACC TRHT Center mural
Posted on Tue, 11/02/2021 - 10:21amA mural by artist, poet, and motivational speaker Brian Joseph has been completed at Austin Community College District's (ACC) new Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Campus Center (TRHT). The large, colorful mural features the Bydee people,...
Parking changes at ACC Highland begin February 15
Posted on Thu, 02/11/2021 - 4:54pmParking at Austin Community College District’s Highland Campus will change beginning Monday, February 15, due to ongoing construction and development. Parking Updates The north and west parking lots located immediately in front of ACC Highland...
ACC Highland Campus Phase 2 opens for spring 2021 semester
Posted on Wed, 01/20/2021 - 4:27pmTuesday, 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...
Up Overnight: How ACC’s monolith went from idea to reality in 48 hours
Posted on Fri, 12/04/2020 - 12:07pmCentral Texas is in the spotlight for having its own monolith pop up overnight, but this one is no mystery. Faculty, students, and former students from ACC’s Welding Department custom-built an eight-foot-tall silvery column, and installed it at the...
Crews continue renovation work at ACC Highland Phase 2 and Rio Grande Campus
Posted on Tue, 07/09/2019 - 12:00pmACC Highland Phase 2 Construction crews continue to work over the summer on the Highland Campus Phase 2 renovation project, including waterproofing exterior openings, pouring sound slabs and ramps, open stair steel installation, and reinstalling...
ACC unveils Fashion Incubator to meet growing fashion industry demands
Posted on Wed, 05/01/2019 - 9:37amAustin Community College (ACC) unveiled the new state-of-the-art ACC Fashion Incubator Tuesday, April 30. The 7,500-square-foot facility offers real-world learning opportunities, commercial design and manufacturing contract services, business...
ACC celebrates Fashion Incubator grand opening, 4/30
Posted on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 11:49amAustin Community College (ACC) celebrates the grand opening of the ACC Fashion Incubator 10 to 11:30 a.m., Tuesday April 30, at ACC Highland Campus, Building 4000 (6101 Highland Campus Dr.). The innovative facility is a first of its kind in Central...
March Progress Report: Framing and MEP continues at ACC Highland and Rio Grande campuses
Posted on Wed, 03/13/2019 - 1:34pmAt ACC Highland Phase 2, construction teams continue work on framing, steel erection, and the exterior shell. Exterior window installation also continues, along with mechanical, electrical, and plumbing work. 12-18-2018 aerial HLC2 (1)....
ACC’s Child Watch Drop-In Center expands to serve more children
Posted on Tue, 03/12/2019 - 12:01pmAustin Community College (ACC) and the YMCA of Austin are expanding services at the new Child Watch Drop-In Center at ACC Highland to serve more children. “Juggling parenthood and an education can be difficult,” says Steve Christopher, Student...