{"id":51762,"date":"2025-03-05T17:08:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T22:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=51762"},"modified":"2025-03-05T17:08:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T22:08:01","slug":"acc-chancellor-honored-with-catalyst-for-educational-change-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2025\/03\/05\/acc-chancellor-honored-with-catalyst-for-educational-change-award\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC Chancellor Honored with Catalyst for Educational Change Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/10\/RS22822_20230918-HLC-Dr-Lowery-Hart-Visit-ca-116-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/10\/RS22822_20230918-HLC-Dr-Lowery-Hart-Visit-ca-116-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/10\/RS22822_20230918-HLC-Dr-Lowery-Hart-Visit-ca-116-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/10\/RS22822_20230918-HLC-Dr-Lowery-Hart-Visit-ca-116-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/10\/RS22822_20230918-HLC-Dr-Lowery-Hart-Visit-ca-116-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/10\/RS22822_20230918-HLC-Dr-Lowery-Hart-Visit-ca-116-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/10\/RS22822_20230918-HLC-Dr-Lowery-Hart-Visit-ca-116-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Austin Community College District (ACC) Chancellor Dr. Russell Lowery-Hart has been named a recipient of the E3 Alliance\u2019s 2025 Catalyst for Educational Change Award. The award recognizes leaders who have made significant contributions to advancing education and student success in Central Texas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are privileged to honor these individuals for their unwavering commitment to fostering educational change that ensure all students are succeeding,&#8221; says Richard Tagle, President and Executive Director of E3 Alliance. &#8220;These individuals are esteemed pillars of the community who tirelessly strive to enhance education. We look forward to celebrating their accomplishments and expressing our gratitude for their leadership.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Lowery-Hart is honored for his commitment to student-centered leadership and innovative approaches to higher education. His leadership philosophy, focused on LOVE, places students at the core of institutional decision-making.<\/p>\n<p>Since joining ACC in 2023, the College has launched several key initiatives designed to boost student engagement and support, including:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Expanded Student Support Centers<\/strong>: New centers on campus provide comprehensive support services, addressing both academic and non-academic needs from food resources to student life activities on campus.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Free Tuition Pilot Program<\/strong>: A new program to provide free tuition and general fees to high school and GED\u00ae grads in our service area.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Clear Theory of Change: <\/strong>A collegewide process to boost student completions by focusing on areas for improvement under four key pillars\u2014helping students start strong, enroll full-time, providing resources to help meet our students\u2019 basic needs support, and nurturing an environment where students feel belonging and connection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dr. Lowery-Hart will be honored at the Geeks in Boots Gala on March 6, 2025, alongside fellow recipients:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rep. Donna Howard, Texas House of Representatives, District 48<\/li>\n<li>Virginia Potter, Senior Director, Michael &amp; Susan Dell Foundation<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Johanna Moya F\u00e1bregas, Executive Director, Con Mi MADRE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information about the award and event, visit<a href=\"https:\/\/e3alliance.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> E3 Alliance<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College District (ACC) Chancellor Dr. Russell Lowery-Hart has been named a recipient of the E3 Alliance\u2019s 2025 Catalyst for Educational Change Award. The award recognizes leaders who have made significant contributions to advancing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2025\/03\/05\/acc-chancellor-honored-with-catalyst-for-educational-change-award\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3930,"featured_media":47347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,15,17,19],"tags":[2034,351,2526,2570],"class_list":["post-51762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-community","category-current-students","category-facstaff-news","category-news-and-announcements","category-students-and-alumni","tag-chancellor","tag-e3-alliance","tag-free-tuition","tag-theory-of-change"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51762","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=51762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}