{"id":51359,"date":"2024-12-05T09:56:26","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T14:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=51359"},"modified":"2024-12-05T09:56:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T14:56:26","slug":"record-breaking-achievement-acc-celebrates-3940-graduates-at-fall-2024-commencement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/12\/05\/record-breaking-achievement-acc-celebrates-3940-graduates-at-fall-2024-commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"Record-Breaking Achievement: ACC Celebrates 3,940+ Graduates at Fall 2024 Commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/12\/RS26256_20241101-HLC-Congrats-Grads-ca-139_lpr-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/12\/RS26256_20241101-HLC-Congrats-Grads-ca-139_lpr-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/12\/RS26256_20241101-HLC-Congrats-Grads-ca-139_lpr-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/12\/RS26256_20241101-HLC-Congrats-Grads-ca-139_lpr-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/12\/RS26256_20241101-HLC-Congrats-Grads-ca-139_lpr-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/12\/RS26256_20241101-HLC-Congrats-Grads-ca-139_lpr-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/12\/RS26256_20241101-HLC-Congrats-Grads-ca-139_lpr.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Austin Community College District (ACC) is rolling out the red carpet for more than 3,940 graduates at its Fall 2024 Commencement Ceremony\u2014a record-breaking number of candidates, up 5% from last fall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> Thursday, December 12<br \/><strong>Time: <\/strong>4 p.m.<br \/><strong>Location:<\/strong> H-E-B Center at Cedar Park, 2100 Avenue of the Stars<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I am filled with pride, seeing the incredible progress all these graduates made toward their dreams. This time of year fills me with joy as we witness their hard work come to fruition,\u201d says ACC Chancellor Dr. Russell Lowery-Hart. \u201cACC continues to see more students crossing the stage every ceremony. I am so proud of the work we are doing as a college as part of our goal to bring completions to 70% by 2030. We believe in the transformative power of education and are committed to ensuring every student has the support and opportunities they need to finish what they\u2019ve started and thrive in the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fall ceremony recognizes graduates from the summer and fall semesters. ACC\u2019s celebration honors those who have completed an associate degree, bachelor&#8217;s degree, workforce certificate, or high school equivalency program.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spread the love for ACC\u2019s graduates by sharing congratulations on the graduation page.&nbsp;<br \/>For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/austincc.edu\/graduation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">austincc.edu\/graduation<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College District (ACC) is rolling out the red carpet for more than 3,940 graduates at its Fall 2024 Commencement Ceremony\u2014a record-breaking number of candidates, up 5% from last fall. Date: Thursday, December 12Time: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/12\/05\/record-breaking-achievement-acc-celebrates-3940-graduates-at-fall-2024-commencement\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3930,"featured_media":51360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,17,19],"tags":[40,4078,4077,69,4079],"class_list":["post-51359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facstaff-news","category-news-and-announcements","category-students-and-alumni","tag-commencement","tag-fall-2024-commencement","tag-fall-2024-graduation","tag-graduation","tag-heb-center"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51359","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=51359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}