{"id":50735,"date":"2020-09-24T17:27:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T22:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=50735"},"modified":"2024-11-22T17:28:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T22:28:58","slug":"month-in-review-september-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/09\/24\/month-in-review-september-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Month-in-Review: September 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hispanic Heritage Month kick-off events<\/strong><br \/>ACC kicked off Hispanic Heritage Month with two events on September 15.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">International Festival 2020 was a daylong, virtual event that featured a film screening, musical performances, instructional dance videos, interviews with community members and national and international guests, exploration of ACC programs, and more. The festival was presented by Liberal Arts, Humanities &amp; Communications and Arts and Digital Media and will continue to be available for viewing at <a href=\"https:\/\/intfest.acclahc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/intfest.acclahc.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Abriendo Puertas\/Opening Doors online celebration featured a speech by the Consul for Economic and Social Affairs Jose Murillo Valencia, a presentation by Dr. Rogelio Saenz from UT-San Antonio on &#8220;How COVID-19 is Devastating Latinx Communities,&#8221; dance performances by Roy Lozano Ballet Folklorico, and musical performances by UT-Austin Mariachi Paredes and the Tiarra Girls. The event was hosted by ASCENDER and Student Life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Exciting things are happening at Highland!<\/strong><br \/>Highland Campus Phase 2 hit some milestones this past month. To commemorate the progress, ACC hosted two virtual events this month. Watch the lighting of the Fontaine Plaza park <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HsaAjou9XgQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here <\/a>and take a sneak peek inside Highland Phase 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ECM6pWSHGE8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fall 2020 Campus Conversation<\/strong><br \/>ACC hosted the fall 2020 Campus Conversation virtually on September 3. Chancellor Dr. Richard Rhodes discussed how the college is building a culture of collaboration, connection, and caring; the results of the climate survey; this past year&#8217;s accomplishments; and introduced ACC&#8217;s 2020-21 priorities. Watch it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/events\/campus-conversations-with-the-chancellor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fast-Track Careers Launch<\/strong><br \/>In an effort to get more Central Texans to work, ACC launched a tuition discount program for 12 fast-track programs in the highest-demand sectors in the region, including health care, IT, and skilled trades. The program offers a 50 percent discount in these eligible programs. It will run through the end of the year. Learn more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/acc-cuts-tuition-50-percent-fast-track-ce-training-programs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hispanic Heritage Month kick-off eventsACC kicked off Hispanic Heritage Month with two events on September 15. International Festival 2020 was a daylong, virtual event that featured a film screening, musical performances, instructional dance videos, interviews &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/09\/24\/month-in-review-september-2020\/\">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":[13,15,17],"tags":[3134,3133],"class_list":["post-50735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-students","category-facstaff-news","category-news-and-announcements","tag-events","tag-month-in-review"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50735","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=50735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50735\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}