AC and Panhandle PBS invested in May performance of Missa Solemnis
Published January 23, 2020 By Joe Wyatt‘Missa Solemnis’, arguably Ludwig Van Beethoven’s greatest composition, is rarely performed due to its notoriously high degree of difficulty.
Amarillo College News
Record number of students are named to AC's Fall Dean’s List
Published January 12, 2020 By Joe WyattThe number of students achieving academic excellence at Amarillo College continues to surge as 783 full-time students – AC’s highest tally ever – have been named to the Fall 2019 Dean’s List.
Communications & Marketing wins 5 Gold Awards for AC digital campaigns
Published December 20, 2019 By Joe WyattThe Communications and Marketing Department at Amarillo College captured five Gold-level national marketing accolades in the Education Digital Marketing Awards, sponsored by the Higher Education Marketing Report.
Career Ready You puts HSE and ESL students on fast track to success
Published December 20, 2019 By Joe WyattWhen Kaylee Brogden enrolled in the High School Equivalency (HSE) program at Amarillo College, she was not at all concerned with college-credit courses or career trajectories. She simply wanted to obtain the HSE credential.
AC students land summer internships with Sandia National Laboratories
Published December 18, 2019 By Joe WyattTwo Amarillo College engineering students already are gearing up for an especially busy and enlightening summer, one that will entail laboratory testing of non-nuclear components within the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile.
VFW Post 1475 brightens Christmas for 4 student veterans and families
Published December 16, 2019 By Joe WyattChristmas arrived early for a quartet of Amarillo College student veterans and their families thanks to the unanticipated generosity of Unit 6 of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1475.
Students in engineering, machining collaborate to create ARC drop box
Published December 13, 2019 By Joe WyattAmarillo College students in the engineering and machining programs momentarily dropped everything this semester to collaborate on the design and creation of a drop box for AC’s Advocacy and Resource Center (ARC).
Becky Easton installs Storybridge drop-off spot at AC for kids’ books
Published December 12, 2019 By Joe WyattAs dean of liberal arts at Amarillo College, Becky Easton has both a deep-seated passion and a vested interest in the spread of literacy, so when an opportunity arose to help put books into the hands of the youngest readers of all, she took it.
Amarillo College names Chris Sharp vice president of business affairs
Published December 10, 2019 By Joe WyattChris Sharp, who for the past 11 years has served as assistant city manager and finance director for the city of Canyon, has been named vice president of business affairs at Amarillo College.
College names Joe Bill Sherrod VP for institutional advancement
Published December 5, 2019 By Joe WyattJoe Bill Sherrod, a consummate fundraising professional and ardent civic leader, has been named vice president for institutional advancement at Amarillo College.
Phi Theta Kappa mounts hygiene drive to benefit Hope Welcome Center
Published November 26, 2019 By Joe WyattThe Amarillo College chapter of Phi Theta Kappa will lead a food and hygiene drive from Dec. 2-13 to benefit a mission for friends and families of inmates housed in Amarillo’s Clements and Neal units – the Hope Welcome Center.
AC Student Media captures 20 awards – 2 firsts – at convention
Published November 20, 2019 By Joe WyattAC Student Media has received the results from competitions conducted at this year’s Texas Community College Journalism Association (TCCJA) convention that took place Oct. 18 in Waco. Results were delayed due to a technical issue.
Civil War-themed Creative Mind Series begins with author & exhibit
Published November 20, 2019 By Joe WyattFocusing on the substantial reverberations of the American Civil War, Amarillo College is kicking off its Creative Mind Series with a lecture by noted author S.C. “Sam” Gwynne, and a photo exhibit courtesy of the Library of Congress.
AC’s Child Development Lab School achieves reaccreditation from NAEYC
Published November 19, 2019 By Joe WyattAmarillo College’s Child Development Lab School has done it again – received reaccreditation from the world’s largest organization working on behalf of young children, the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
AC receives grant in support of program that provides free bus rides
Published November 14, 2019 By Joe WyattThe transportation collaboration between Amarillo College and the City of Amarillo, which lets anyone with an AC identification card ride city buses for free, just received a big monetary boost from the Kresge Foundation.
The Campus Democracy Challenge recognizes AC for high voter turnout
Published November 12, 2019 By Joe WyattAmarillo College is pleased to announce that it has received a Bronze-level Seal of recognition from the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge for having a significant percentage of its student body turn out to vote.
CLASS ACT: Wade Olsen, 30 years a paramedic, loves role as educator
Published November 7, 2019 By Joe WyattAlthough most of his experiences with the human condition fall well between the extremes, Wade Olsen, in 30 years as a paramedic, has been the first to welcome newborns into the world and the last to comfort persons departing it.
Amarillo College student organization plans observance of Veterans Day
Published November 5, 2019 By Joe WyattVeterans of Amarillo College Together, a student organization at AC, will lead a Veterans Day observance at 11:45 a.m. Monday, Nov. 11 at the Clock Tower on the Washington Street Campus.
Aspen Institute names AC a Top 150, Prize-eligible Community College
Published November 5, 2019 By Joe WyattThe Aspen Institute College Excellence Program today named Amarillo College as one of 150 community colleges eligible to compete for the $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation’s signature recognition of high achievement and performance among America's community colleges. Based on strong and improving student outcomes—including in learning, completion rates, employment rates and earnings, and equity—15 percent of community colleges nationwide have been invited to apply for the Aspen Prize.
Grand opening events on tap for AC's new high-tech hub, The Underground
Published October 24, 2019 By Joe WyattAmarillo College will celebrate the launch of its preeminent technology hub - The Underground - with a pair of public Grand Opening events on Tuesday, Nov. 5 at the Washington Street Campus.