{"id":45527,"date":"2018-05-07T19:34:15","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T19:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=45527"},"modified":"2018-05-07T19:42:25","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T19:42:25","slug":"45527-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/05\/07\/45527-2\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC Receives National Award for Wet Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">College recognized for fostering industry partnerships and supporting entrepreneurship through the ACC Bioscience Incubator<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Austin Community College was awarded a &#8220;College of Excellence Award&#8221; from the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) for its work at the ACC Bioscience Incubator in fostering industry partnerships and supporting entrepreneurship. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-45528\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2018\/05\/IMG_1106-1.jpg\" alt=\"NACCE Award 2018\" width=\"323\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2018\/05\/IMG_1106-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2018\/05\/IMG_1106-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2018\/05\/IMG_1106-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2018\/05\/IMG_1106-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2018\/05\/IMG_1106-1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2018\/05\/IMG_1106-1-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/>The college is one of five institutions nationwide and in Canada recognized by NACCE. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe awards recognize innovative work that members are doing,\u201d says Rebecca Corbin, NACCE president\/CEO. \u201cBy winning this award, community colleges enhance their credibility to document success and attract investment in entrepreneurship in their local community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ACC established the Bioscience Incubator in February 2017 to support startup companies commercializing technologies in biotech and healthcare and provide students with real-world training opportunities. Funded in part through a $4.9 million economic develop grant from the State of Texas, the facility provides much-needed wet-lab space in Central Texas and is the only wet lab at a Texas community college. To date, it has accepted 16 companies and hosted over 800 visitors from 10 countries. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe\u2019re bridging gaps in the research-to-product cycle and helping our local businesses thrive,\u201d says Dr. Tyler Drake, ACC Bioscience Incubator director. \u201cIt\u2019s an honor to be recognized for those efforts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 2018 College of Excellence Award Winners are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Algonquin College &#8211; Ottawa, Ontario<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Austin Community College \u2013 Austin, Texas<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">College of DuPage \u2013 Glen Ellyn, Illinois<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">North Iowa Area Community College \u2013 Mason City, Iowa<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wake Technical Community College \u2013 Raleigh, North Carolina<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For more information about the ACC Bioscience Incubator, visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/incubator\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">austincc.edu\/incubator<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>College recognized for fostering industry partnerships and supporting entrepreneurship through the ACC Bioscience Incubator Austin Community College was awarded a &#8220;College of Excellence Award&#8221; from the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) for its &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/05\/07\/45527-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3556,"featured_media":45359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,17,19],"tags":[1527,1922,1926,1923,1924,1921,1925,1312,135],"class_list":["post-45527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facstaff-news","category-news-and-announcements","category-students-and-alumni","tag-acc-bioscience-incubator","tag-bioscience","tag-college-of-excellence-award","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-innovation","tag-nacce","tag-national-association-for-community-college-entrepreneurship","tag-tyler-drake","tag-wet-lab"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45527","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=45527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}