Master Calendar for November, 2014

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sigma Kappa Delta will be having a bake sale in the College Union Building Badger Den

Thursday, November 6, 2014 Delta Psi Omega will be selling baked good from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the CUB Badger Den.

Help Available for Prospective Students Who Seek Financial Aid

The College invites anyone interested applying for federal financial aid to receive free assistance doing so during Financial Aid Night on Nov. 6th at AC’s Community Link.

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Friday, November 7th the Career and Employment Services department is hosting a Job Fair in the Carter Fitness Center on the Washington Street Campus from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Suzuki Plays at Barnes & Noble
9am-3pm,
Mention “Suzuki” at checkout to donate a portion of your total to the program

Come hear Joy speak about the writing process, tips for those getting started, and hear more about how she created Blue Hole Back Home.

Amarillo Wind Ensemble Fall Concert
7:30PM
Concert Hall Theater

Tuesday, November 11, 2014 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. the Legal Society will be hosting a Bake Sale at the Badger Den.

Tuesday, November 11, 2014 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on West Campus Building B, the Student Nurse Association will be selling Frito Pie, all the fixins and a drink for $5.00

Join us for a community-wide reception honoring Dr. Joy Jordan-Lake at 5:30 p.m. on November 11, 2014. View the "Her Art" exhibition and celebrate AC's Institutional Theme: Moral Courage.  Palace Coffee and wine will be served.  

Come meet and listen to Joy Jordan-Lake at this free Common Reader event. Joy's novel Blue Hole Back Home is the 2014 AC Common Reader. All current AC students in attendance may register for a $300 Scholarship.  Must be present to win.  
 

https://www.actx.edu/commonreader/

Hamburgers and hotdogs, chips, dessert and a drink all for $5 courtesy of the Panhandle Transportation Group, a subsidiary of Affiliated Foods. Test the truck-driving simulator and help send East Campus Advo employee Sam Schuster and his brother to participate in the Special Olympics State Flag Football Competition in December in Waco.

Spend your lunch hour at Panhandle PBS's main studio on Thursday, November 13th at Noon with a free public screening of the POV film, My Way to Olympia.  This event is a collaboration with the Amarillo College Common Reader Program and with POV, PBS's award-winning nonfiction film series.

Who better to cover the Paralympics, the international sporting event for athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities, than Niko von Glasow, the world's best-known disabled filmmaker?  Born with severely shortened arms, von Glasow serves as an endearing guide to London's Paralympics competition where his own stereotypes about disability and sports get delightfully punctured. Official Selection of the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival.

Lunch snacks will be provided, but attendees are also welcome to bring their own brown-bag lunch. 

November 16 - 30 the TEACH Club will be having a raffle.

Tuesday, November 18, 2014 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. The SGA is sponsoring the Hungry Games. Student Clubs and Employees will compete for top prizes. Everyone is invited to sample all the goodies for $3.00 and vote for your favorite. Prizes will be awarded to the winners

A meeting of the Board of Directors of the Amarillo Foundation for Education and Business will be held on November 18, 2014 beginning at 5:45 p.m. in the Underwood conference room located at 1200 Amarillo National Bank Plaza II, Amarillo, Texas. 

The subjects to be discussed or considered or upon which any formal action may be taken are listed below. Items do not have to be taken in the same order as shown on this meeting notice. Unless removed from the consient agenda, items identified within the consent agenda will be acted on at one time. 

1. Call to Order. 
2. Approval of Minutes from prior meetings. 
3. Consideration and Adoption of Conflict of Interest Policy. 
4. Receive update from Prana Development Group concerning past efforts and future recommendations. 
5. Consider possible recommendations to the Amarillo college Board of Regents based upon Prana's report and the discussions. 
6. Review financial information. 
7. Review and make recommendations on Bylaws. 
8. Adjourn.

If, during the course of the meeting covered by this Notice, the Board of Directors should determine that a closed or executive meeting or session of the Board of Directors is required, then such closed or executive meeting or session as authorized by the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Section 551.001 et seq., will be held by the Board at the date, hour, and place given in this Notice or as soon after the commencement of the meeting covered by this Notice as the Board my conveniently meet in such closed or executive meeting or session concerning any and all purposes permitted by the Act, including, but not limited to the following sections and purposes: 
Texas Government Code Section:
551.071      Private consultation with the board's attorney
551.072      Discussing purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property. 
551.073      Discussing negotiated contracts for prospective gifts or donations. 
551.074      Discussing personnel or to hear complaints against personnel. 
551.076      Considering the deployment, specific occasions for, or implementation of, security personnel or devices. 
551.084      Excluding witnesses from a hearing. 

The Legal Society of Amarillo College is hosting an Immigration Forum at the Downtown Campus on Tuesday, November 18th from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. at the Bud Joyner Auditorium (Room 111).

Topics will include the latest immigration headlining news, opinions, immigration border security and the controversial Executive Action on Immigration.

Guest Speakers will include Dr. James V. Calvi, Ph.D. Professor of Political Science at West Texas A&M University and Texas Tech School of Law Professor David N. Strange

Dr. Calvi is the co-author of three textbooks and teaching fields include constitutional and administrative law.

David N. Strange serves as an adjunct professor at the Texas Tech University School of Law. David is also board certified in Texas Immigration Law.

In addition, David N. Strange and Former US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales authored a book titled A Conservative and Compassionate Approach to Immigration Reform.
 

The goal of the forum is to have a detailed conversation about the many topics surrounding the nation's current Immigration Issues.
 

Spanish translation services available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Sponsored by Los Barrios Program and the Whittenburg Law Firm. 

Badger Hearts will be selling lunch.

Beans, Cornbread, & Kool-Aid - $4

Washington Street Campus, Badger Den

Wednesday, November 19th

10:00 - 2:00, or sell-out

We will also have fresh homemade pico de gallo to top-off your beans
 

Thursday, November 20, 2014 from 8:30 a.m. to Noon. Command Z will be sell digital prints, screen prints, baked goods and coffee.

Thursday, November 20, 2014, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at the Clock Tower, Student Media will have copies of the Ranger for you to pick.

Free breakfast, anyone? ACE Giving Day is launching their big event today with free coffee and donuts. Swing by the ACE Giving Day headquarters at the Civic Center North Exhibit Hall for a community breakfast.
 

You won’t want to miss this! The Celebrity 72 oz. Steak Off is at 11:00 am today at the ACE Giving Day headquarters at the Civic Center. Come see your local celebrities take on the Big Texan 72 oz. steak challenge. 
 

Hungry? Make lunch plans with a friend for today’s chili cook-off at the ACE Giving Day headquarters at the Civic Center. Come enjoy the delicious taste of competition and help ACE provide access to college for students in Amarillo. 

 Spend a Night in Tuscany this evening at the ACE Giving Day Headquarters. Dine on Italian cuisine prepared by the chefs-in-training from AISD high school culinary arts programs.

ACES and SWE are selling $7.00 tickets for all you can eat Flapjacks at Applebee's on Tascosa Road 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. on November 22nd.

Saturday, November 22, 2014 Photo Club will be taking Christmas photos fro 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. For $20.00 you get a 20 minute photo session and a disc with 5 to 7 photos on it.

AC Chamber Orchestra with Suzuki Orchestras and Ensembles,
Fall Concert
3PM
Concert Hall Theater

Tuesday, November 25th 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. PTK will be hosting "Pie" Theta Kappa fundraiser. They will be collecting money from students to "vote" on a professor they want to get "pied" in the face. They will also be selling (whole and sliced) pies to students and employees.

Board of Regents Regular Meeting

Washington Street Campus
College Union Building
Palo Duro Room

Agenda