{"id":52566,"date":"2025-11-21T09:22:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T14:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=52566"},"modified":"2025-11-21T09:22:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T14:22:59","slug":"acc-community-turns-out-to-celebrate-r-b-s-15th-birthday-at-highland-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2025\/11\/21\/acc-community-turns-out-to-celebrate-r-b-s-15th-birthday-at-highland-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC Community Turns Out to Celebrate R.B.\u2019s 15th Birthday at Highland Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2025\/11\/54936950288_9642e169ba_c.jpg\" alt=\"A colorful celebration scene featuring a purple mascot, ACC's R.B. the Riverbat, wearing a party hat and happy birthday sash surrounded by excited cheerleaders and students. The mascot is walking through a tunnel of colorful streamers, while the crowd waves and cheers in a festive atmosphere. The background shows a modern building with banners, adding to the lively spirit of the event.\" class=\"wp-image-52567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2025\/11\/54936950288_9642e169ba_c.jpg 799w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2025\/11\/54936950288_9642e169ba_c-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2025\/11\/54936950288_9642e169ba_c-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2025\/11\/54936950288_9642e169ba_c-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Dozens of students, employees, families, and community partners gathered at ACC Highland to celebrate a major milestone \u2014 R.B. the Riverbat\u2019s 15th birthday. The celebration took place in the Paseo at Highland Campus, where ACC\u2019s beloved mascot was joined by an all-star lineup of special guests from across Central Texas.<\/p>\n<p>The event brought together an impressive roster of mascots, including:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hook \u2019em \u2013 The University of Texas at Austin<\/li>\n<li>Verdisimo \u2013 Austin FC<\/li>\n<li>Spike \u2013 Round Rock Express<\/li>\n<li>Fang \u2013 Austin Ice Bats<\/li>\n<li>George the W.A.T.C.H.D.O.G. \u2013 Dads of Great Students<\/li>\n<li>Slushie \u2013 Sonic<\/li>\n<li>Hippie the Hummingbird \u2013 Zilker Park<\/li>\n<li>The Wildcat &amp; Elgin High School cheerleaders<\/li>\n<li>Kazoo \u2013 Epic Entertainment<\/li>\n<li>Vortex \u2013 Concordia University<\/li>\n<li>Ringo \u2013 Texas Stars<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Together, the mascots brought the energy \u2014 kicking off the party with a mini parade through the Paseo, a playful musical chairs showdown, and a class for all the mascots to learn the official R.B. Step.<\/p>\n<p>R.B.\u2019s birthday marks 15 years since the Riverbat became ACC\u2019s official mascot. He was created to symbolize community, connection, and the vibrant spirit that unites Riverbats across Central Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the fun in the slideshow below.<\/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\/72177720330451156\" title=\"R.B. the Riverbat 15th Birthday by Austin Community College, on Flickr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img src='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54935873592_81fc6e02e6_z.jpg' width='800' height='600' alt='R.B. 15th Birthday'><\/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>Dozens of students, employees, families, and community partners gathered at ACC Highland to celebrate a major milestone \u2014 R.B. the Riverbat\u2019s 15th birthday. The celebration took place in the Paseo at Highland Campus, where ACC\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2025\/11\/21\/acc-community-turns-out-to-celebrate-r-b-s-15th-birthday-at-highland-campus\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3930,"featured_media":52567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,13,15,19,1],"tags":[71,78,705,3344],"class_list":["post-52566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-announcements","category-current-students","category-facstaff-news","category-students-and-alumni","category-updates","tag-highland-campus","tag-mascot","tag-r-b","tag-r-b-birthday"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52566","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=52566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}