{"id":49361,"date":"2019-02-26T12:39:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T17:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=49361"},"modified":"2024-10-30T12:42:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T17:42:19","slug":"support-student-scholarships-during-amplify-austin-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/02\/26\/support-student-scholarships-during-amplify-austin-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Support student scholarships during Amplify Austin 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Help raise $5,000 for student scholarships during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amplifyatx.org\/organizations\/acc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amplify Austin<\/a>, a communitywide day of charitable giving, from 6 p.m. Thursday, February 28, through 6 p.m. Friday, March 1.<\/p>\n<p>ACC&#8217;s Alumni Network is participating in Amplify Austin to raise support for the Alumni Network Scholarship, which provides full-time tuition for students pursuing a certificate or associate degree at the college.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This year, the ACC Alumni Network was able to fund our third scholarship recipient, Andrea,&#8221; says Mary Ann Cicala, ACC alumni director. &#8220;She shared with us that she is the first in her family to attend college and she is thankful for this scholarship that enables her to continue as a full-time student.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There are three ways to support the Alumni Network scholarship during Amplify Austin:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Donate<\/strong>: Visit Amplify Austin: ACC Alumni Network to make a direct donation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Raise funds<\/strong>: Recruit your friends to donate to the ACC Alumni Network Scholarship.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Share the love<\/strong>: Take a selfie with an &#8220;I amplify ACC because&#8230;&#8221; message to post on your own social media. Join the conversation with #AmplifyACC and #AmplifyATX.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The Alumni Network also organized prizes for the department and employees who makes the biggest impact.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Top Department<\/strong>: The department that raises the most money for the ACC Alumni Scholarship will win lunch at the Riverbat Caf\u00e9.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Top Employee<\/strong>: The employee who raises the most money for the ACC Alumni Scholarship will win two tickets to the Alumni Network&#8217;s Riverbat Sunset Boat Cruise celebrating ACC&#8217;s newest graduates in May.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Top Recruiter<\/strong>: The employee who attracts the most individual donors will win two tickets to ACC Night at the Round Rock Express.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Share the News<\/strong>: Any employee who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amplifyatx.org\/organizations\/acc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sets up an Amplify page<\/a> and makes five social media posts during Amplify Day OR raises at least $50 will win a limited edition pair of R.B. socks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information, contact Cicala at <a href=\"mailto:mary.cicala@austincc.edu\">mary.cicala@austincc.edu<\/a> or call 512-223-7109.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Help raise $5,000 for student scholarships during Amplify Austin, a communitywide day of charitable giving, from 6 p.m. Thursday, February 28, through 6 p.m. Friday, March 1. ACC&#8217;s Alumni Network is participating in Amplify Austin &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/02\/26\/support-student-scholarships-during-amplify-austin-2019\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3930,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,15,17,19],"tags":[3442,677,2580,235,2501,100],"class_list":["post-49361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-and-community","category-current-students","category-facstaff-news","category-news-and-announcements","category-students-and-alumni","tag-acc-alumni-scholarship","tag-alumni-network","tag-amplify-austin","tag-donations","tag-giving","tag-scholarships"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49361","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=49361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}