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South Africa
On Monday, March 30, 2026 19 Austin Community College faculty and staff will leave on a remarkable leadership development opportunity. We will be spending ten days in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa to learn from our brethren there and bring that learning back to ACC to inform our leadership and daily work in our
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The Power of ACC
Like you, I’m exhausted. I’m frustrated. I’m frazzled. I’m unfocused. But do I have a pick-me-up for us all – a note from a student about the power of ACC and our comprehensive, open door, open access mission. This email found its way by a rather circuitous route to Ron Johns, who shared it with
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Sometimes you just have to laugh
Since I’ve been coming back to the office every day, there has been an almost-constant stream of HVAC workers who are . . . well, working on our HVAC system on the 6th floor of HBC. We’ve had days where we couldn’t go out our main doorway into the hallway to the elevators. (Thank goodness
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Portage
I was recently reminded of the word “portage”, which is the necessity to carry a boat on land between navigable sections of a river or between two navigable waterways. As a documentary watcher, I have a vivid memory of portage from a documentary about Teddy Roosevelt and his post-presidency trip down the Amazon. It seems
