{"id":40518,"date":"2016-09-19T20:55:45","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T20:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=40518"},"modified":"2016-09-27T14:41:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T14:41:12","slug":"r-b-wants-you-acc-hosts-riverbat-mascot-tryouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2016\/09\/19\/r-b-wants-you-acc-hosts-riverbat-mascot-tryouts\/","title":{"rendered":"RB wants you! ACC hosts Riverbat mascot tryouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College (ACC) is looking for students to fill the green and yellow high tops of the beloved Riverbat mascot, RB. The college is hosting mascot tryouts 10 a.m. Friday, September 23, at Riverside Campus, Lecture Hall (1020 Grove Blvd. Building G, Room 8100).<\/p>\n<p>The mascot is a flexible, paid position. Applicants must be current students in good academic standing. Selected candidates will perform as the college\u2019s official mascot at events beginning in the 2016 fall semester. Those offered a position also are eligible to apply for the Riverbat Scholarship.<\/p>\n<p>Since making its debut in fall 2010, RB the Riverbat has represented ACC at hundreds of college and community events including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ACC\u2019s Dia de la Familia<\/li>\n<li>ACC\u2019s Carnival ah!<\/li>\n<li>ACC Car Show<\/li>\n<li>Pro sports games with the Texas Stars and Austin Toros<\/li>\n<li>Round Rock Bat Fest<\/li>\n<li>James Missions 5k<\/li>\n<li>Elgin Hogeye Festival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/riverbat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">austincc.edu\/riverbat<\/a>. To apply, contact Dahlia Anzaldua-Torres at <a href=\"mailto:anzaldua@austincc.edu\">anzaldua@austincc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College (ACC) is looking for students to fill the green and yellow high tops of the beloved Riverbat mascot, RB. The college is hosting mascot tryouts 10 a.m. Friday, September 23, at Riverside &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2016\/09\/19\/r-b-wants-you-acc-hosts-riverbat-mascot-tryouts\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3556,"featured_media":36243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,17,19],"tags":[78,705,607,1142],"class_list":["post-40518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-community","category-current-students","category-news-and-announcements","category-students-and-alumni","tag-mascot","tag-r-b","tag-rb","tag-tryout"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40518","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=40518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}