Student Affairs
ACC talks Black History Month: Dr. Shasta Buchanan
Posted on Wed, 02/24/2021 - 5:12pmThroughout 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-...
New ACC committee focuses on equity in Strategic Enrollment Management
Posted on Thu, 07/30/2020 - 12:45pmAustin Committee College District (ACC) is undergoing a collegewide process to create a strategic student enrollment plan with a focus on equity. A Strategic Enrollment Management committee has been formed at the direction of the President's Cabinet...
Student Affairs conducts call-a-thon to check on students
Posted on Thu, 06/11/2020 - 11:17amAlthough students were not physically on campus during the last half of the spring semester, they remained top of mind for Austin Community College faculty and staff. To check in on how students were doing with the transition to an online learning...
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...
25th Annual Giving Tree Campaign aims to support 500 ACC students
Posted on Tue, 11/12/2019 - 1:22pmAustin Community College (ACC) hosts its 25th annual Giving Tree campaign to support students and their families over the holiday season. Faculty, staff, and the community are encouraged to visit the Giving Tree, located in the Student Affairs suite...
Top 10 ways ACC is having an impact on Latino student success
Posted on Wed, 08/07/2019 - 3:09pmAustin Community College (ACC) centralizes equity in all of its completion work, with the understanding that while ACC's objective is to support all ACC students in achieving their educational goals, different groups of students require different...
From Student Affairs: Financial Aid Office Takes an Active Role in Student Success
Posted on Wed, 07/10/2019 - 8:47amACC has long supported students in getting ready for college, worked with them to get them enrolled, and assisted them in receiving financial aid. But with more students participating in postsecondary education than ever before, and the adoption of...
From the Student Affairs VP: How financial literacy positively impacts ACC students
Posted on Thu, 06/13/2019 - 12:29pmLower tuition than four-year schools make community colleges an attractive option for many students, but worries about the cost of college and how to pay for it is nevertheless also widespread among these students. This is why ACC Student Affairs,...
ACC hosts statewide conference for Student Affairs professionals
Posted on Mon, 05/20/2019 - 11:39amAustin Community College (ACC) hosts the statewide Texas Student Conduct Conference for higher education student affairs professionals 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, June 7, at ACC Highland Campus (6101 Highland Campus Dr.). The conference provides an...
From the Student Affairs VP: Student Life - Empowering Student Leadership
Posted on Tue, 05/14/2019 - 9:11amOn April 24, Student Life closed out the 2018-2019 year with the 19th annual Nite in the Life awards ceremony. Student Life staff celebrated and honored Austin Community College (ACC) students, faculty, staff, student organizations, and campus teams...