{"id":47548,"date":"2024-05-14T09:48:16","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T14:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=47548"},"modified":"2024-05-14T09:48:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T14:48:17","slug":"work-begins-at-round-rock-campus-to-add-welcome-and-care-center-to-accs-north-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/05\/14\/work-begins-at-round-rock-campus-to-add-welcome-and-care-center-to-accs-north-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Work begins at Round Rock Campus to add Welcome and Care Center to ACC\u2019s North Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Work is underway to renovate the Student Affairs Center at the Austin Community College District\u2019s Round Rock Campus. In May, the college filed a permit with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The renovation will include the addition of a new campus Welcome and Student Care center.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Located in Building 1000, the centers will serve as the college&#8217;s front door to support. The new spaces are estimated to open by fall 2025.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pfluger Architects is nearing the completion of its design. The next phase will start the contractor solicitation process. The total project cost is estimated at $5.5 million. The project is part of the college Maintenance and Operations bond program, which is funded by existing college dollars and can be used to upgrade and improve existing structures.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Both centers are modeled after the college\u2019s inaugural welcome and student care centers which opened in October 2023 at the ACC Highland Campus.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;The centers are strategically located in a single, easily accessible location, providing students with a convenient one-stop shop to get support.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Welcome Center: <\/strong>Designed for future, new, and current Riverbats and their families to explore the college\u2019s programs &amp; get 1-on-1 guidance and learn about free support services.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Student Care Center:<\/strong> A hub for life support, whether that\u2019s access to food or a connection to community resources, including housing, transportation, legal aid, family support, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These centers will be built in every region of the district.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work is underway to renovate the Student Affairs Center at the Austin Community College District\u2019s Round Rock Campus. In May, the college filed a permit with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.&nbsp; The renovation &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/05\/14\/work-begins-at-round-rock-campus-to-add-welcome-and-care-center-to-accs-north-region\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3930,"featured_media":45670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,17],"tags":[271,2704,2328,424,2433,2445],"class_list":["post-47548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-community","category-current-students","category-news-and-announcements","tag-construction","tag-maintenance-and-operations-bond","tag-north-region","tag-round-rock-campus","tag-student-care-center","tag-welcome-center"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47548","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=47548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}