{"id":46502,"date":"2023-08-04T10:14:46","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T15:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=46502"},"modified":"2023-08-04T10:14:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T15:14:48","slug":"new-big-day-orientation-event-for-students-launches-this-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/08\/04\/new-big-day-orientation-event-for-students-launches-this-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"New Big Day Orientation event for students launches this fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of new ACC students will get an exclusive orientation experience at Austin Commuity College District&#8217;s (ACC) inaugural Big Day Orientation event. Student Affairs launched this new orientation session format to offer an experience similar to that of a four-year institution.<\/p>\n<p>ACC\u2019s Orientation team is gearing up for the first event on Friday, August 11, at the Highland Campus, which has already reached its registration capacity of 250 students.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbove all, we are committed to showing students that when they chose ACC, they chose wisely,\u201d says Karl Meyer, ACC Orientation manager.<\/p>\n<p>The event will feature an interactive tour of the Highland Campus, including our state-of-the-art facilities like the Make It Center and the Impact Lab as well as presentations by Financial Aid, Student Life, and more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Students attending this special event will:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Get direct access to ACC staff,<\/li>\n<li>Learn about the resources available to all Riverbats,<\/li>\n<li>Explore ways to help pay for college,<\/li>\n<li>Meet fellow Riverbats, and<\/li>\n<li>Leave feeling a sense of belonging at ACC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This event will serve as the pilot for future Big Day Orientation sessions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For questions about Big Day Orientation, contact event leads Manal Mahmoud,\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:manal.hage-mahmoud@austincc.edu\">manal.hage-mahmoud@austincc.edu<\/a>, and Chelsie Anguiano, <a href=\"mailto:chelsie.anguiano@austincc.edu\">chelsie.anguiano@austincc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of new ACC students will get an exclusive orientation experience at Austin Commuity College District&#8217;s (ACC) inaugural Big Day Orientation event. Student Affairs launched this new orientation session format to offer an experience similar &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/08\/04\/new-big-day-orientation-event-for-students-launches-this-fall\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3930,"featured_media":46339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,17,19],"tags":[2168,417,1927,71,2198,2306],"class_list":["post-46502","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-fall-2023","tag-fall-semester","tag-first-day","tag-highland-campus","tag-make-it-center","tag-orientation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46502","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\/3930"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}