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Even with the recent announcement of new jobs opening up in Austin in thanks to Facebook, it still doesn’t change the fact that more students are still worried about getting a job after college graduation.
Austin Community College’s Center for Public Policy, the Economics Department and the Center for Student Political Studies are hosting an interactive forum on March 10 at 6 p.m. called “The Jobs Summit, Will I have a Job after Graduation” for students to discuss solutions for those post college job searches especially in this current poor economy. The event is in Eastview Campus Multipurpose Hall, Room 8500.
A mock health care hearing was held at the State capitol building on Feb. 13 with college students performing the roles of Democrat and Republican congressmen. Sixteen Austin Community College and University of Texas students volunteered to participate, eight coming from each school.
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This semester is the fourth consecutive semester where more Austin Community College students are starting here to get there. Compared to Spring 2009, this year’s enrollment broke a record with 41,050 students enrolled. Last year’s spring semester had 36,601 students enrolled
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On Feb. 8, the Creative Writing Department will kick off its Spring 2010 Semester Literary Gathering. Students, whether they are in the Creative Writing Department or generally interested writers, are invited to attend this event at Austin Java Café at 12th and Lamar.
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To help in celebrating Black History Month, the Tenth Annual Gospel Extravaganza will take place on February 6th at Austin Community College Eastview Campus. The performance starts at 1 p.m. in Room 8500.
Student orientation policies are still being changed and reworked as Student Life begins gearing up for the fall semester that will mark the beginning of mandatory three hour orientations for all new students.
Last semester proposals on how to accommodate this new policy included everything from dissolving certain Student Life clusters to simply cancelling traditional Student Life events.
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The Student Life media team has earned an international Gold Award from the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals. With almost 5,000 entries from throughout the United States and several foreign countries, the team’s “Student life Stories” campaign made an impression with the judges.
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Students with a passion of math and science have a new opportunity for financial assistance through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. Austin Community College has partnered up with St. Edward’s University to offer scholarships for math and science majors with at least 60 undergraduate hours. Students studying for an associate of arts in teaching at ACC are also able to apply. Other qualifications students will need for this project include a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher and the minimum required hours standard by the beginning of the 2010 fall semester.
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The Center of Student Political Studies (CSPS) will be hosting their welcome back event on February third. The program will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Eastview Campus Multi-Purpose Hall in Building 8000.
The theme for the night is to inform ACC students on how to get involved in clubs, organizations, and charities in the community, and the benefits of being involved. The CSPS have invited guest speakers such as Texas Rep. Diana Maldonado, former Austin Mayor, Bruce Todd, and Peck Young, Director of Center of Public Policy and Political Studies.
Students and instructors display artwork in East Austin Studio Tour
Four groups of ACC artist showed their work at the eighth East Austin Studio Tours (EAST) at Graphic Glass Studios on East 5th street. The tour has extended from a two day affair into a nine day, two weekend event. Different art mediums, such as, ceramics, paintings, sculpture, and jewelry fabrication were featured within the tight range of studios in East Austin.
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The Austin Community College student literary journal, “The Rio Review,” will host its release party on Dec. 2. The journal features student poetry, fiction and non-fiction prose, and artwork. The journal is published every semester and this will be the 23rd issue.
Actors read short stories at gala event
The Division of Arts and Humanities hosted the event “Revolutions: Personal and Political” at the Mexican American Cultural Center on Wednesday, Sept. 23. The well attended event was part of the National Endowment of the Arts Big Read program which kicked off earlier in September.
The Diez y Seis de Septiembre Festival, hosted by ACC’s Center for Public Policy and Political Studies (CPPPS) and the Latino/Latin American Studies Center, “El Centro”, was celebrated on Wednesday, Sept. 16, from noon to 1 p.m. at the Riverside Campus.
The ACC Division of Arts and Humanities kicked off its Big Read on Wednesday, September 16.
Carnival ah! seeks to connect Arts and Humanities disciplines
Carnival ah! is an event that hopes to bring students from the Arts and Humanities division together through student projects and discussions. Both of these will focus on this year's theme: Voice, Identity, Dissent. Student projects will be presented at the carnival on Apr.
After 35 years of providing educational opportunities to Austin's residents, ACC celebrated with ALL ACCESS: An Education Celebration and ACC's 35th Birthday Bash with Hip Hop Into College on Saturday, March 28, at the Eastview Campus. The event was open to the public and every participant received a VIP Pass with information on the various events at the celebration.
The fifth annual Project: Build a Park - a partnership between Austin Community College's Office of Student Life and the Austin Parks Foundation that began in 2002 - was held on Nov. 18, giving ACC students, staff, faculty and interested friends the opportunity to help clean up a park and improve on its current state.
A student photo exhibition of prints created throughout the semester will open to the public Dec. 12 at Northridge Campus.
Jonathan Sack Staff Writer Over 400 students converged at Country Club Creek Trail, located at Krieg Field, 515 S. Pleasant Valley Rd. on Nov. 8 to participate in the Student Life event Project: Build a Park. The annual event is a partnership between Student Life and the Austin Parks Foundation.
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