{"id":49790,"date":"2019-07-31T15:11:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T20:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=49790"},"modified":"2024-11-07T15:13:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T20:13:27","slug":"austin-student-turns-disability-into-opportunity-for-future-generations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/07\/31\/austin-student-turns-disability-into-opportunity-for-future-generations\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin student turns disability into opportunity for future generations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/austin-student-turns-disability-into-opportunity-for-future-generations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CBS Austin:\u00a0Austin student turns disability into opportunity for future generations<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By: Allison Miller<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View story here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/austin-student-turns-disability-into-opportunity-for-future-generations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CBS Austin:\u00a0Austin student turns disability into opportunity for future generations<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Austin Community College<\/a>&nbsp;student, Alex Melendrez, is paving the way for future generations. He created a first-ever disability scholarship at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ACC<\/a>, making a difference for others like him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn more about ACC:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Current and future students are getting 1-on-1 help registering for fall classes at registration stations districtwide. ACC is committed to creating more pathways for students to take the next step in their education and careers because college is for everyone. ACC offers 16-, 12-, and 8-week sessions. Classes begin Monday, August 26, 2019. Learn more:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/campaign\/fall\/register-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/campaign\/fall\/register-now<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">List of all available scholarships, including the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/austincc.academicworks.com\/opportunities\/4308\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Susan Eason Scholarship for Students with Disabilities<\/a>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/austincc.academicworks.com\/opportunities?utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;term=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/austincc.academicworks.com\/opportunities?utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;te<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBS Austin:\u00a0Austin student turns disability into opportunity for future generations By: Allison Miller View story here:\u00a0CBS Austin:\u00a0Austin student turns disability into opportunity for future generations Austin Community College&nbsp;student, Alex Melendrez, is paving the way for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/07\/31\/austin-student-turns-disability-into-opportunity-for-future-generations\/\">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":[10,12,13,15],"tags":[3618,1570,3617,100],"class_list":["post-49790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acc-in-the-news","category-business-and-community","category-current-students","category-facstaff-news","tag-alex-melendrez","tag-cbs-austin","tag-disability-scholarship","tag-scholarships"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49790","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=49790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49790\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}