{"id":540,"date":"2016-09-22T19:16:20","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T19:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facstaff-digest\/?p=540"},"modified":"2016-09-22T19:16:20","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T19:16:20","slug":"facstaff-digest-september-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facstaff-digest\/facstaff-digest-september-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Facstaff Digest &#8211; September 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_541\" style=\"width: 737px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-541\" class=\"size-full wp-image-541\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facstaff-digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/09\/9d31248c-f52b-4094-a2f0-acd6c218ee26.jpg\" alt=\"More than 300 students, faculty, and staff attended the annual Austin PRIDE parade and festival August 27. The Student Engagement &amp; Success Office and the LGBT eQuity Committee coordinated ACC's participation and hosted a float.\" width=\"727\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facstaff-digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/09\/9d31248c-f52b-4094-a2f0-acd6c218ee26.jpg 727w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facstaff-digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/09\/9d31248c-f52b-4094-a2f0-acd6c218ee26-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facstaff-digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/09\/9d31248c-f52b-4094-a2f0-acd6c218ee26-150x101.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More than 300 students, faculty, and staff attended the annual Austin PRIDE parade and festival August 27. The Student Engagement &amp; Success Office and the LGBT eQuity Committee coordinated ACC&#8217;s participation and hosted a float.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/accdistrict\/sets\/72157673052100406\/\" target=\"_blank\">See photos from the event. <\/a><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/acc-texas-am-announce-new-engineering-academy\/\">ACC-TAMU partnership creates new engineering academy<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>A new co-enrollment program offers students a convenient and affordable pathway to an engineering degree from Texas A&amp;M&#8217;s highly ranked program.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/guided-pathways-update-new-onboarding-processes-proactive-outreach-and-enrollment-gains\/\">Guided pathways update: Onboarding trends<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>This tale of the tape shows how new onboarding processes and outreach efforts are helping thousands of students get off to a strong start.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/new-money-management-office-helps-students-master-financial-matters\/\">Money Management Office helps students master money matters <\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The new Student Money Management Office is taking aim at one of the biggest roadblocks to students earning a degree. Learn how it can help students manage all things financial.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/acc-leadership-academy-members-begin-year-of-learning-growth\/\">&#8216;Project ACC&#8217; promotes engaged learning<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The college will select 15 faculty fellows to lead an initiative to improve student outcomes through engaged learning strategies. Learn how to get involved.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/acc-leadership-academy-members-begin-year-of-learning-growth\/\">Leadership Academy begins year of learning and growth<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>See members of the 2016-17 class.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/bond-project-update-pre-construction-work-moves-forward\/\">Bond project update<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Pre-construction planning continues on districtwide capital improvement projects.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/hr-connection-benefits-plan-deductions-trs-limits-for-retirees-and-more\/\">HR Connection<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Stay apprised of changing benefits costs for covered dependents and check hourly limits for working retirees.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/sl\/mystudentlife\/psaa\/\">Don&#8217;t forget: Submit fall Presidential Student Achievement nominees now<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Recommend a deserving student for this prestigious recognition.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Upcoming events<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Sept. 13: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/embracing-equity-event-sept-13-addresses-success-for-men-of-color\/\">&#8216;Embracing Equity&#8217; conference and workshops<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sept. 15:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/acc-celebrates-hispanic-heritage-with-diez-y-seis-event\/\">Diez y Seis celebration<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Oct. 11: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/save-the-date-for-elgin-phase-ii-groundbreaking-oct-11\/\">Elgin phase II groundbreaking ceremony<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Oct. 14: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/scramble\">Golf Scramble<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See photos from the event. ACC-TAMU partnership creates new engineering academy A new co-enrollment program offers students a convenient and affordable pathway to an engineering degree from Texas A&amp;M&#8217;s highly ranked program. Guided pathways update: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facstaff-digest\/facstaff-digest-september-2016\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-540","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\/540","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=540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facstaff-digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facstaff-digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facstaff-digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facstaff-digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facstaff-digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}