{"id":37312,"date":"2015-12-07T23:25:12","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T23:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=37312"},"modified":"2015-12-09T14:06:29","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T14:06:29","slug":"acc-celebrates-summer-and-fall-graduates-at-commencement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/12\/07\/acc-celebrates-summer-and-fall-graduates-at-commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC celebrates summer and fall graduates at commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Austin Community College District (ACC) will celebrate its summer and fall graduates during commencement at 6 p.m., Thursday, December 10, at the Frank Erwin Center (1701 Red River St.).<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Watch commencement <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/degrees-and-certificates\/earn-a-degree-and-transfer\/commencement-graduation-ceremony\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">live<\/a>\u00a0online.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis is an exciting time for our students,\u201d says Dr. Richard Rhodes, ACC president\/CEO. \u201cIt takes dedication and perseverance to achieve this level of success. Our students have worked hard, and the college is proud of all of their accomplishments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The commencement ceremony will live stream on the college&#8217;s website. It will include a tribute to graduating veterans, who will receive medallions in appreciation of their service and stand for acknowledgement during the ceremony.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-37313\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2015\/12\/Belle-Wheelan.jpg\" alt=\"Belle Wheelan\" width=\"307\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2015\/12\/Belle-Wheelan.jpg 550w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2015\/12\/Belle-Wheelan-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2015\/12\/Belle-Wheelan-107x150.jpg 107w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Belle Wheelan, president of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, will deliver the keynote address. With a career spanning more than 40 years in higher education, Dr. Wheelan is forging pathways for African-Americans and women in the workforce. Following a successful career as a community college professor and administrator,\u00a0Dr. Wheelan made history when she was named the first African-American and first woman to serve as president of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/graduation\/commencement.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Commencement<\/a>\u00a0page to learn more about the upcoming ceremony and to watch\u00a0the\u00a0live stream.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Austin Community College District (ACC) will celebrate its summer and fall graduates during commencement at 6 p.m., Thursday, December 10, at the Frank Erwin Center (1701 Red River St.). Watch commencement live\u00a0online. \u201cThis is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/12\/07\/acc-celebrates-summer-and-fall-graduates-at-commencement\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3556,"featured_media":34335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,11,13,15,17,18,19],"tags":[40,657,312,68,69],"class_list":["post-37312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-community","category-campus-updates","category-current-students","category-facstaff-news","category-news-and-announcements","category-official-acc-press-releases","category-students-and-alumni","tag-commencement","tag-dr-belle-wheelan","tag-fall","tag-graduate","tag-graduation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37312","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=37312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}