Austin Community College District

The Big College Challenge: Money How We Can Make College Affordable for Everyone

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Thursday, April 4, 2024
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AUSTIN, Texas, April 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- When I first came to Austin Community College District (ACC) in fall 2023, I knew I wanted to get to know our students and learn about our community. What I discovered wasn't a surprise, but it was unsettling. 

Key Points: 
  • People are experiencing a life that's not affordable, and they can't find a way to climb out and up.
  • We have been asking students to mortgage their future — to take on big loan debt.
  • So, we asked ourselves at ACC: If we can eliminate that barrier, can we make college a reality for more people?
  • With the support of our board of trustees, Austin Community College will pilot the ACC Free Tuition Program.

Austin Community College District Invests in Re-enrollment and Student Success

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024
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AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Austin Community College District (ACC), a nationally recognized two-year institution serving Central Texas and the sixth largest community college in the nation, today announced a new partnership with student success nonprofit InsideTrack to bring re-enrollment coaching to up to 6,800 former students who wish to complete their degrees. The partnership is focused on re-enrollment coaching and coaching development, which will support the college in building a sustainable re-enrollment program.

Key Points: 
  • With student success nonprofit InsideTrack, the community college district will train student success coaches to boost re-enrollment, persistence, completion, and career readiness for stopped-out learners
    AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Austin Community College District (ACC) , a nationally recognized two-year institution serving Central Texas and the sixth largest community college in the nation, today announced a new partnership with student success nonprofit InsideTrack to bring re-enrollment coaching to up to 6,800 former students who wish to complete their degrees.
  • In January, the college received a grant of more than $770,000 from the U.S. Department of Education's Postsecondary Student Success Grant (PSSG) to launch the Austin Community College Ensuring Student Success (ACCESS) project, which provides outreach and re-enrollment coaching through InsideTrack.
  • In addition to directly coaching students, InsideTrack will also provide Austin Community College District with coaching tools, processes, and strategies, all rooted in InsideTrack's evidence-based coaching methodology and re-enrollment practices.
  • InsideTrack will achieve this through Foundational Coach Training (FCT) for student success coaches at the college who have not yet been trained.

Top Rail Fence Austin celebrates grand opening with a "soccer spectacle"

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Thursday, October 5, 2023
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AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Top Rail Fence, the on-time professionals in fence design, quality, installation and service, will host its grand opening on Saturday, Oct. 7 with a pre-game celebration at the Q2 Stadium in McKalla Place before the Austin Football Club's last home game of the season against the Los Angeles Football Club.

Key Points: 
  • The Top Rail Fence Austin event runs from 5 to 9 p.m., and the soccer game starts at 8:30 p.m.
    Local owner Fernando Mendoza said he wants to provide employment and meet the needs of a growing community by opening his Austin, Texas, location.
  • It's my goal to make Top Rail Fence Austin one of the best companies in the home services industry."
  • Top Rail Fence provides residential, commercial and agricultural fencing in a variety of styles and materials.
  • To learn more about Top Rail Fence Austin, please visit https://toprailfence.com/locations/austin/ .

US Foods Announces 18 New Scholarship Recipients to Support Much-Needed Culinary Talent Pipeline for Restaurant Industry

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023
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The group includes 18 students from across the country pursuing degrees in culinary arts, baking and pastry, chef training, and business management.

Key Points: 
  • The group includes 18 students from across the country pursuing degrees in culinary arts, baking and pastry, chef training, and business management.
  • Each student will receive a scholarship of $20,000 to support their continued education and development opportunities with US Foods culinary professionals.
  • In addition to supporting the education and development of future culinarians, the program also builds a pipeline of promising talent for our customers,” said Dave Flitman, US Foods CEO.
  • The US Foods Scholars program is administered with the support of Scholarship America and Careers through the Culinary Arts Program.

Make It Movement Launches National Marketing Pilot to Rapidly Build a New Generation of Young High-Skilled and High-Income Professionals

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Thursday, September 21, 2023
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AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Make It Movement, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to connect young people to a new world of high-skilled and high-income careers that neither they nor their parents most likely don't know about or fully understand, announced today a new national marketing pilot program to engage and inspire millions of students while they are in middle and high school to start their journey of discovering their talents, purpose and paths of achieving their full potential. Working with teachers, school counselors, career and technical education (CTE) instructors, parents and employers, the Make It Movement is dedicated to delivering rapid and impactful awareness of the high paying skilled careers in cities and states across America.

Key Points: 
  • As the national skills gap plaguing the current and incoming workforce widens, especially in the high-skill industries, there is a critical need for a new generation of young, skilled, and motivated professionals.
  • For instance, the manufacturing skills gap could potentially reach 2.1 million unfilled jobs by 2030, according to a study by Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute.
  • And earlier this year, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce projected that there is a massive shortage of skilled professionals that is already seriously impacting other industries reliant on young high-skilled professionals.
  • He and his partners co-created and produced culture-changing marketing initiatives like "Don't Mess with Texas," campaigns for Southwest Airlines, and the United States Air Force.

Opportunity Austin names Ed Latson as first chief executive officer

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Thursday, September 21, 2023
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AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Opportunity Austin—the economic development organization aimed at fostering job-creating investment in the five-county Central Texas region—announced Ed Latson, currently chief executive officer of The Austin Regional Manufacturers Association, as the organization's first full-time CEO. The hiring is effective October 21.

Key Points: 
  • AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Opportunity Austin —the economic development organization aimed at fostering job-creating investment in the five-county Central Texas region—announced Ed Latson, currently chief executive officer of The Austin Regional Manufacturers Association, as the organization's first full-time CEO.
  • Caldwell County Judge Hoppy Haden - "Selecting Ed Latson as Opportunity Austin's first CEO is an exciting moment for the organization.
  • I look forward to another exceptional and productive partnership with Opportunity Austin and Ed Latson as their leader."
  • We are confident that Ed will bring the passion, strategic thinking and vision that will be critical to guiding Opportunity Austin through this next chapter."

SXSW EDU® Reveals the First Round of Featured Sessions for the 2024 Conference & Festival

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Wednesday, August 30, 2023
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AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- From topics on leaders as culture agents to Dungeons & Dragons as a teaching mechanism, SXSW EDU® is excited to unveil the initial lineup of Featured Sessions selected for its upcoming conference and festival taking place from March 4-7, 2024. Reviewed and chosen via the PanelPicker® process, these sessions were not only picked from what was a highly competitive submission pool this year but are also representative of the critical topics that the event will address, including the idea of the growth mindset, the impact of collaborative storytelling, and the critical importance of community colleges. These sessions all celebrate adventurous and less traditional routes toward learning.

Key Points: 
  • These sessions all celebrate adventurous and less traditional routes toward learning.
  • "Education is a constantly evolving field with a breadth of influences that seem to expand by the day.
  • With this first round of Featured Sessions, we are already setting the stage for wide-ranging conversations that encapsulate the many facets of creating prosperous communities through education," said Greg Rosenbaum, senior director of SXSW EDU.
  • The conference and festival received 1,677 proposals, a 33% increase over last year, and proposed sessions received 53,878 public votes, a significant increase from last year's total of 39,639 public votes.

Indeed Helps People Without College Degrees Get Jobs with Skill Connect

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Monday, May 22, 2023
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Indeed , a leading hiring platform, today launched Skill Connect , a new product to help job seekers without college degrees better promote their skills and completed training programs to potential employers.

Key Points: 
  • Indeed , a leading hiring platform, today launched Skill Connect , a new product to help job seekers without college degrees better promote their skills and completed training programs to potential employers.
  • Skill Connect is designed to help job seekers gaining skills through job training programs offered by our initial partners Per Scholas , Year Up , and Austin Community College find employment.
  • Once their training program is complete, Skill Connect guides them through a custom resume process, pre-populating suggested skills and certifications.
  • Skill Connect reflects another step forward toward this mission as we seek to open up job opportunities for all.

The Haven at San Gabriel Announces New Senior Living Coming in 2023

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Thursday, May 11, 2023
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LEANDER, Texas, May 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Enriched Senior Living announces the upcoming opening for The Haven at San Gabriel, a luxury assisted living community in the heart of Leander, Texas.

Key Points: 
  • LEANDER, Texas, May 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Enriched Senior Living announces the upcoming opening for The Haven at San Gabriel, a luxury assisted living community in the heart of Leander, Texas.
  • The Haven at San Gabriel will specialize in senior care that provides the highest quality of life, both physically and emotionally.
  • The Haven at San Gabriel is conveniently located just miles from the new St. David's Hospital, Austin Community College San Gabriel Campus (ACC), and the new state-of-the-art Metro Station.
  • Enriched Senior Living will act as the managing partner upon completion of construction and the beginning of the operations phase.

Canada’s Trendi Launches New Rescued Ingredients Blends at SXSW Culinary Showcase

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Wednesday, March 8, 2023
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Officially launching at SXSW, Trendi’s rescued ingredients feature nutritious, sustainable, and shelf-stable powders and purees made from rescued fruits and vegetables, which can be used across a variety of industries.

Key Points: 
  • Officially launching at SXSW, Trendi’s rescued ingredients feature nutritious, sustainable, and shelf-stable powders and purees made from rescued fruits and vegetables, which can be used across a variety of industries.
  • Trendi’s rescued ingredients are currently sourced directly from farm partners in Ecuador, using “misfit” and unsold fruits and vegetables.
  • On Saturday, March 11, 2023, Trendi is hosting the Future of Food Culinary Showcase during SXSW.
  • This event was created in collaboration with Austin Community College, where culinary students team up with local chefs to create new dishes incorporating innovative ingredients, such as Trendi’s rescued ingredients.