CBS Austin News: ACC could add to its partnership with Apple after announcement of new campus<\/p>\n
by Adam Hammons<\/p>\n
Austin Community College said it could add to its partnership program with Apple after Thursday\u2019s announcement of a new campus in Austin<\/a>.<\/p>\n ACC has partnered with Apple for the past year. It\u2019s offered several classes teaching students how to code and develop apps for Apple. One of the programs is Apple Swift.<\/p>\n \u201cVery, very beneficial for our students,\u201d department chair of creative design technologies Garry Gaber said.<\/p>\n Gaber said Apple has provided advice and a software to help teach students the basics of coding. \u201cThe students learn coding in a very safe and a very easy environment,\u201d Gaber said.<\/p>\n So many were happy to hear that Apple plans to build a new campus adding 5,000 new jobs. \u201cWe\u2019ll be able to increase some of our programs and the size of those programs,\u201d vice president of instruction Mike Midgley said.<\/p>\n Midgley said ACC can be a direct conduit for students to get jobs, but he said that\u2019s not the goal of the program. \u201cIt is to train you to develop apps for Apple,\u201d Midgley said. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of opportunity to go to work for one of those companies as well.\u201d<\/p>\n Midgley said they are very connected with Apple and are working with the company to see what kind of jobs they\u2019ll be needing in the future. He said with business operations also in Austin, Apple could also want positions other than just tech jobs. \u201cYou think of Apple, as for example, it\u2019s all I.T., they have a huge business operations presence and so people who are studying accounting or business for example, lots of opportunities for those students,\u201d Midgley said.<\/p>\n Students in the program were happy to hear the news. \u201cI thought it was really cool, bring a lot of jobs,\u201d student Justin St. Clair said.<\/p>\n St. Clair is learning how to develop video games. He said he may apply to Apple, but he may also apply to smaller video game developers in town.<\/p>\n Either way, he said this new campus should help him. \u201cIf you know coding you can really go anywhere,\u201d St. Clair said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" CBS Austin News: ACC could add to its partnership with Apple after announcement of new campus by Adam Hammons Austin Community College said it could add to its partnership program with Apple after Thursday\u2019s announcement of a … Continue reading