While towing a U-Haul trailer to Austin in 1989, Jim Laughlin pulled into a gas station at the Washington Street exit on I-40 and, quite unexpectedly, abandoned his road trip and embarked instead on a lasting adventure at Amarillo College.
In commending the efforts of its member station in Amarillo, Texas, PBS helped put to rest perceptions that major metropolitan areas hold a monopoly on large-scale, top-drawer epicurean events.
BestColleges has installed Amarillo College in the Top 10 on its list of Best Online Associate Degree Programs in Criminal Justice for 2019.
BestColleges has installed Amarillo College in the Top 10 on its list of Best Online Associate Degree Programs in Criminal Justice for 2019.
Robin Malone, who began teaching Sunday school even before graduating from high school, might have pursued a career in education sooner had she not already aspired to an altogether different profession.
Amarillo College STEM majors and high school juniors and seniors planning to major in STEM fields are invited to apply for a select, weeklong research internship July 29-Aug. 2 featuring a hands-on bioremediation project.
The battle lines are currently being drawn for the third annual Chalk It Up, Amarillo College’s award-winning sidewalk art contest.
The academic excellence of 553 students during the spring 2019 semester has landed them on the Amarillo College Dean’s List.
Local jazz musicians are tuning up for yet another rhythmical rendition of June Jazz at Amarillo College, where free Tuesday evening concerts on the Washington Street Campus reign supreme – and not just in June anymore.
Amarillo College and online, non-profit university WGU Texas are poised to sign an agreement aimed at streamlining the process by which AC graduates can pursue bachelor’s and master’s degrees at WGU Texas.
Two outstanding members of the Amarillo College faculty – Dr. Claudie Biggers and Jessica Hill – were honored during spring commencement ceremonies as the 2019 recipients of the John F. Mead Faculty Excellence Award.
The Headliners Foundation of Texas has announced winners of more than $70,000 in scholarships for the 2019-2020 academic year, and only one of the recipients attended a community college this year – Meghan Holland of Amarillo College.
“Communication is power,” says Margie Netherton, a professor of English at Amarillo College who, no matter the topic at hand, emboldens her students to examine how it relates to them personally.
Amarillo College, a recognized leader in removing barriers of poverty that impede student success, once again will share its strategies with a national gathering, but this year a single summit on the Washington Street Campus will not suffice.
Washington, DC—The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) announced today the 20 institutions – including Amarillo College – selected to participate in a new two-year project, Strengthening Guided Pathways and Career Success by Ensuring Students Are Learning.
Khanhthong Sidara was only hoping to improve her language skills a bit by enrolling in English as a Second Language (ESL) classes at Amarillo College, but she quickly became engrossed in the process and set her sights higher.
Amarillo voters gave their go-ahead to a variety of projects and initiatives that will enhance the Amarillo College landscape with passage of an $89.206 million bond referendum in the May 4 election.
A steady upsurge in the number of graduates has led Amarillo College, for the first time in its 90-year history, to stage two commencement ceremonies this spring rather than one.
The Amarillo College Board of Regents has given its consent to establish a Coding Academy next spring featuring a full-stack development certificate for aspiring developers weighing careers in the ever-expanding high-tech industry.
The Chalk It Up sidewalk art contest, a summertime collaboration between Amarillo College and Panhandle PBS, has been singled out for a prestigious Golden Touch Award.