{"id":488,"date":"2016-02-22T21:51:22","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T21:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facstaff-digest\/?p=488"},"modified":"2016-02-24T23:03:08","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T23:03:08","slug":"facstaff-digest-february-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facstaff-digest\/facstaff-digest-february-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Facstaff Digest – February 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ACC breaks ground on biotech incubator<\/a><\/h2>\n

ACC reached another milestone in the transformation of ACC Highland when it broke ground —- virtually that is —- on the Advanced Commercialization ACCelerator. See video and photos from the event.<\/p>\n

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Celebrating teaching, leadership award recipients<\/a><\/h2>\n

See who is being recognized for their contributions to the college and our students’ success.<\/p>\n

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From the SSVP: Updates from Student Services<\/a><\/h2>\n

Student Services Vice President Dr. Virginia Fraire shares news about pathways implementation support, staff changes, planning software updates, and more.<\/p>\n

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ACC transitions to Student Planning application<\/a><\/h2>\n

In the coming weeks the college transitions from WebAdvisor to new Ellucian software and an updated version of the Degree Map tool.<\/p>\n

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Alumni Network hosts launch event Feb.24<\/a><\/h2>\n

Whether you’re an ACC alum or just want to connect with former students, you won’t want to miss this fun event.<\/p>\n

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FacStaff Accolades<\/a><\/h2>\n

Read about accomplishments and activities of faculty and staff.\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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HR Connection<\/h3>\n

Medicare enrollment info, tuition reimbursement requests<\/a><\/p>\n

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Board briefs<\/h3>\n

Policy updates; Rio Grande CMR selected<\/a><\/p>\n

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Bond project update<\/h3>\n

New details on Round Rock, Elgin plans <\/a><\/p>\n

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International Programs<\/h3>\n

Apply now for Fulbright Scholar grants<\/a><\/p>\n

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Upcoming Events<\/h3>\n

Transfer week<\/a><\/p>\n

Fairway 5K Run & Walk<\/a><\/p>\n

ACC awards dinner<\/a><\/p>\n

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ACC in the News<\/h3>\n

KXAN-TV: ACC student is honored guest at State of the Union address<\/a><\/p>\n

Austin American-Statesman: ACC expanding efforts to guide students, boost graduation rates<\/a><\/p>\n

KXAN-TV: New center getting students ready for college and high-demand jobs<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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ACC breaks ground on biotech incubator<\/p>\n

ACC reached another milestone in the transformation of ACC Highland when it broke ground —- virtually that is —- on the Advanced Commercialization ACCelerator. See video and photos from the event.<\/p>\n

Celebrating teaching, leadership award recipients<\/p>\n

See who is being recognized for their contributions to the college and our students’ success. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":494,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facstaff-digest"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facstaff-digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facstaff-digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facstaff-digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facstaff-digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facstaff-digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facstaff-digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facstaff-digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facstaff-digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facstaff-digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facstaff-digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}