New ACC mascot search kicks off

Austin Community College is looking for a mascot and the college is asking everyone in the community to get involved.

"We went live on Oct. 29," said Brette Lea, Executive Director, Public Information and College Marketing at ACC. The college has set up a Web site where people can submit their ideas electronically. People have also gotten a chance to submit their ideas in writing on various ACC campuses and at the Texas Book Festival.

"There are some really neat, thoughtful ideas," said Lea. There is a 12 person committee that is in charge of collecting all the ideas. The committee includes campus managers, professors, alumni, advisors and two students.

The committee will continue to take mascot suggestions until Dec. 4. After that, the committee will begin narrowing the field.

"We are finalizing a 4 step process for the committee," said Lea.

According to Lea, there have been over 300 submissions and some of the more popular so far are the Bats, Eagles, Stars, Grackles, Armadillos, ACCadillos, and "A's" for academics.

Selection Process

Step 1:
Take in mascot ideas.

Step 2:
Narrow the field of possible mascots to three to five. The committee will base its choices on frequency of the suggestion and focus group research.

Step 3:
Those three to five finalists will then be put to a community vote and the top vote-getters will be submitted to the ACC Board of Trustees for final approval.

Step 4:
Unveil the new ACC mascot in the spring.

 

Tweet Talk

A quick search for "ACC mascot" on Twitter yields numerous results. The following are a few interesting tweets tweeted...

reelscorpion: @KeepAustinWierd ACC Mascot?? I like the "Zombie" idea though. How about a fruit or veggie? Playdough? Re-living old "Eagles" is better.


mikelafloyd: This reeks of last week's "Community" storyline

kid_kansas: Apparently ACC is getting a new mascot, this is exactly like the show

CassWilliams: vote for ACC's mascot to be ZOMBIES!!!

jjakin: @jeffwardshow: ACC Mascot - "For Nows" . . . I am just going to ACC for now. Then take your slogan . . . take 3 hours, stay a lifetime.

bluebeagle2: RT @HOTLabRescue Austin Community College is looking for a Mascot. PLZ submit Labrador Retriever at www.austincc.edu/mascot Y not a beagle?

m512915: From the "is this really necessary" dept.: Austin Community College is searching for a mascot. Why? It's not like they have a sports team...