{"id":49524,"date":"2019-04-23T15:26:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T20:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=49524"},"modified":"2024-10-31T15:30:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T20:30:02","slug":"acc-celebrates-largest-contingent-at-regional-college-signing-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/04\/23\/acc-celebrates-largest-contingent-at-regional-college-signing-day\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC celebrates largest contingent at regional College Signing Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/10\/signingday41930002392_cf73560527_z.jpg\" alt=\"Diverse group of students signing CTX Signing Day poster\" class=\"wp-image-49525\" style=\"width:487px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/10\/signingday41930002392_cf73560527_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/10\/signingday41930002392_cf73560527_z-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/10\/signingday41930002392_cf73560527_z-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Austin Community College (ACC) celebrates the fifth annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctxsigningday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Central Texas College Signing Day<\/a> with one of the largest contingents among colleges and universities represented, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Friday, April 26 at Concordia University (11400 Concordia University Dr.).<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by the NCAA\u2019s National Signing Day, College Signing Day celebrates high school seniors from more than a dozen Central Texas high schools for their post-secondary plans. More than 90 future Riverbats will sign letters of intent to continue their education at ACC after graduating high school this spring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese students are making a big commitment to their future. We\u2019re here to honor and celebrate their educational accomplishments as we do with college athletes,\u201d says Dr. Richard Rhodes, ACC President\/CEO. \u201cCollege is crucial to a better future, and ACC has a pathway for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event features a signing ceremony, performances by area college mascots including ACC\u2019s R.B. the Riverbat, and musical entertainment by rapper SaulPaul. Spirit 105.9 morning host Amy Byrd and tv host and filmmaker Nate Araya also will attend.<\/p>\n<p>Summer registration at ACC is now open. For more information or to enroll, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/campaigns\/summer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">austincc.edu\/summer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/accdistrict\/albums\/72157690818051080\/\" title=\"2018 College Signing Day by Austin Community College, on Flickr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img src='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/945\/41975199721_d3ccfbfbaa.jpg' width='800' height='600' alt='2018 College Signing Day'><\/a><script async src='https:\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js' charset='utf-8'><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College (ACC) celebrates the fifth annual Central Texas College Signing Day with one of the largest contingents among colleges and universities represented, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Friday, April 26 at Concordia University &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/04\/23\/acc-celebrates-largest-contingent-at-regional-college-signing-day\/\">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":[12,13,15,17,18],"tags":[962,1471,2123],"class_list":["post-49524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-and-community","category-current-students","category-facstaff-news","category-news-and-announcements","category-official-acc-press-releases","tag-college-signing-day","tag-concordia","tag-summer-registration"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49524","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=49524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49524\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}