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This year\u2019s creative title was \u201cVITAE: An Homage to Life and Rebirth.\u201d My experience with the ACC fashion department as a student volunteer model has been eventful, memorable and exciting. The designer I modeled for was&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-9020 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3a88641f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><figure style=\"aspect-ratio:auto\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/empowering-future-leaders-at-nest-fest\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1218\" height=\"812\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2026\/05\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-05-12-a-las-10.05.51-p.m.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Empowering Future Leaders at Nest Fest\" 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href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/inside-layers-armani-cobbs-on-faith-queerness-and-healing-through-film\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2026\/05\/Layers-Insta-profile-pic.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Inside &#8216;LAYERS&#8217;: Armani Cobbs on Faith, Queerness and Healing Through Film\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2026\/05\/Layers-Insta-profile-pic.png 540w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2026\/05\/Layers-Insta-profile-pic-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><h3 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-c32d379f50ff92cb51a3bc49d18c63ee wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-contrast-3-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/inside-layers-armani-cobbs-on-faith-queerness-and-healing-through-film\/\" target=\"_self\" >Inside &#8216;LAYERS&#8217;: Armani Cobbs on Faith, Queerness and Healing Through Film<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Filmmaker Armani Cobbs opens up about turning his personal experience with religion, family, and identity into &#8220;LAYERS,&#8221; an upcoming short film designed to spark honest conversation. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-9013 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3a88641f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><figure style=\"aspect-ratio:auto\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/sxsw-date-with-california-governor-gavin-newsom\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2026\/04\/gavin-newsom-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"SXSW: Date with California Governor Gavin Newsom\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2026\/04\/gavin-newsom-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2026\/04\/gavin-newsom-300x200.jpg 300w, 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Newsom<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Gavin Newsom talks politics, his childhood, and a possible presidential run in 2028. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-9009 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3a88641f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><figure style=\"aspect-ratio:auto\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/the-brain-knows-pain-a-key-takeaway-from-dr-sanjay-guptas-closing-remarks-at-the-texas-tribune-festival\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"8256\" height=\"5504\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2026\/03\/111525_SanjayGupta_09.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Brain Knows Pain: A Key Takeaway from Dr. Sanjay Gupta\u2019s Closing Remarks at the Texas Tribune Festival\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2026\/03\/111525_SanjayGupta_09.jpg 8256w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2026\/03\/111525_SanjayGupta_09-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2026\/03\/111525_SanjayGupta_09-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2026\/03\/111525_SanjayGupta_09-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2026\/03\/111525_SanjayGupta_09-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2026\/03\/111525_SanjayGupta_09-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 8256px) 100vw, 8256px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><h3 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-c32d379f50ff92cb51a3bc49d18c63ee wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-contrast-3-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/the-brain-knows-pain-a-key-takeaway-from-dr-sanjay-guptas-closing-remarks-at-the-texas-tribune-festival\/\" target=\"_self\" >The Brain Knows Pain: A Key Takeaway from Dr. Sanjay Gupta\u2019s Closing Remarks at the Texas Tribune Festival<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">At the Texas Tribune Festival, Dr. Sanjay Gupta explained that the brain processes emotional and physical pain in the same way. He also discussed how movement and exercise can aid recovery from chronic pain. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-9006 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3a88641f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><figure style=\"aspect-ratio:auto\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/catherine-coleman-flowers-on-environmental-justice\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2026\/03\/1115-Catherine-Flowers-Omni-TM-09-small.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Catherine Coleman Flowers on Environmental Justice\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2026\/03\/1115-Catherine-Flowers-Omni-TM-09-small.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2026\/03\/1115-Catherine-Flowers-Omni-TM-09-small-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><h3 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-c32d379f50ff92cb51a3bc49d18c63ee wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-contrast-3-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/catherine-coleman-flowers-on-environmental-justice\/\" target=\"_self\" >Catherine Coleman Flowers on Environmental Justice<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">At the Texas Tribune Festival, Catherine Coleman Flowers highlighted rural sanitation challenges in Lowndes County, Alabama, and urged the next generation to help find solutions. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latest Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4103,"featured_media":8754,"parent":0,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}