{"id":34670,"date":"2015-06-05T20:53:32","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T20:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=34670"},"modified":"2015-06-08T14:05:53","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T14:05:53","slug":"acc-hosts-information-session-for-free-veterans-training-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/06\/05\/acc-hosts-information-session-for-free-veterans-training-program\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC hosts information session for free veterans training program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College (ACC) will host two information sessions about the college\u2019s Veterans Training Program from noon to 1 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, June 12, at the ACC Highland Campus, Rooms 1421 and 1422 (6101 Airport Blvd.).<\/p>\n<p>Funded by a $1.1 million grant awarded by the Texas Workforce Commission, the program provides local veterans free training in 14 high-demand information technology fields.<\/p>\n<p>Participants may choose among IT pathways offered through the college\u2019s Continuing Education Division, including:\u00a0 computer-user support, network administration, information security, and mobile application development. Students can earn a certification and receive job placement assistance.<\/p>\n<p>The information sessions will include a presentation on the free training offered through the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/continue.austincc.edu\/veterans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Veteran &amp; Industry Partnership<\/a>, the required qualifications, and tips on how to enroll.\u00a0Program staff also will be available to answer specific questions and help participants enroll in the program. Veterans are encouraged to bring a Member-4 copy of their DD214. Light refreshments will be provided. Parking is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>For more information visit <a href=\"http:\/\/continue.austincc.edu\/veterans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">continue.austincc.edu\/veterans<\/a> or contact Cecilia Galliano at 512-223-0132 or cgallian@austincc.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College (ACC) will host two information sessions about the college\u2019s Veterans Training Program from noon to 1 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, June 12, at the ACC Highland Campus, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/06\/05\/acc-hosts-information-session-for-free-veterans-training-program\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3556,"featured_media":34672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,17],"tags":[223,298,299,297],"class_list":["post-34670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-community","category-news-and-announcements","tag-continuing-education","tag-information-session","tag-veteran-industry-partnership","tag-veterans-training-program"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}