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Elevator or Stairs?
(Image by nakataza92 from Pixabay) (Image by No Way from Pixabay) At the start of each semester at Austin Community College, across our 11-soon-to-be-12 campuses, we have Welcome Tables for the first two days that are positioned at main entrances. Faculty, staff, and administrators all sign up for shifts, and we have great fun welcoming new…
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A Day in the Life of an AVP – the AMP Edition
AMP. We’re launching a new AMP. What? What’s an AMP? AMP stands for Academic Master Plan. ACC’s previous Academic Master Plan was developed in 2013, and Dr. Rhodes has asked that we begin work on a new academic master plan to drive us forward in the next five years. If you read the previous plan…
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ACC’s Math Department
We have a wonderful Math Department here. We have dedicated and innovative Math faculty who spend their time thinking, planning, implementing, assessing, and revising creative approaches to help all our students succeed in their math courses. About a year and a half ago I interviewed our Math Department Chair Carolynn Reed for Academic Transfer in…
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Word Salad
I love words: new words, ancient words, musical words, jarring words. As one consequence of my love of words, I play word games on my phone to relax. I also love to play Scrabble. For me, our words – how and when and why we use them – reflect who we are and how we…