{"id":45504,"date":"2018-04-27T14:30:17","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T14:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=45504"},"modified":"2018-04-27T14:30:17","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T14:30:17","slug":"celebrate-dia-de-la-familia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/04\/27\/celebrate-dia-de-la-familia\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate D\u00eda de la Familia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Austin Community College (ACC) invites the community to the 12th annual D\u00ed\u00ada de la Familia Festival Saturday, April 28, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Riverside Campus (1020 Grove Blvd.).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The interactive, family-friendly event celebrates the culture and traditions of the surrounding ACC neighborhoods and gives visitors a chance to learn about ACC\u2019s workforce programs. College staff will be present to answer questions about the enrollment process, financial aid, and adult education including the ESL\/ESOL and GED programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Los Texas Wranglers, the McCallum High School Ballet Folklorico, and the Ortega Elementary School Superstar Choir will provide entertainment. There also will be children\u2019s activities including balloon animals and face-painting. Refreshments are provided. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">D\u00ed\u00ada de la Familia is part of the college\u2019s ongoing efforts to reach the growing number of Hispanic families in Central Texas and build a college-going culture. In fall 2017, ACC enrolled more than 14,700 Hispanic credit students, 36 percent of the total credit student body. The college is certified as a Hispanic Serving Institution, a federal designation indicating the college maintains 25 percent or greater full-time equivalent Hispanic enrollment.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Latino\/Latin American Studies Center at 512-223-6360 or email Yolanda S\u00e1nchez at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:ysanche1@austincc.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ysanche1@austincc.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College (ACC) invites the community to the 12th annual D\u00ed\u00ada de la Familia Festival Saturday, April 28, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Riverside Campus (1020 Grove Blvd.). The interactive, family-friendly event &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/04\/27\/celebrate-dia-de-la-familia\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3556,"featured_media":39834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,15,17,19],"tags":[894,903,1909,1148],"class_list":["post-45504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-community","category-current-students","category-facstaff-news","category-news-and-announcements","category-students-and-alumni","tag-dia-de-la-familia","tag-hispanic","tag-hispanic-serving-institution","tag-latinolatin-american-studies-center"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45504","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=45504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}