“Our culture of caring didn’t just pop up one day with a slogan,” says Newburg, a 20-year veteran of the Theatre Arts program he now oversees at AC. “This College has always been a place where everybody’s open and more than willing to help. I remember it from the very moment I came into the fold as a student.

Amarillo College, long renowned for its exceptional brand of multi-disciplinary tutoring, just raised the bar even higher.

The Hispanic-Serving Institutions STEM Grant positions the College to cultivate initiatives that enhance academic and apprenticeship models for students on STEM career pathways.

According to a survey conducted by Amarillo College, almost all students at AC who are parents of young children experience some level of stress, much of which they attribute to the challenges of finding and affording childcare.

Ever since the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic, Mario Mireles, instructor of microbiology at Amarillo College, has sought to become part of the solution.

Amarillo College and Texas Woman’s University are poised to establish a partnership to create a seamless pathway to teacher certification that will effectively increase the number of homegrown teachers serving Texas Panhandle communities.

Amarillo College’s East Campus will serve as the host site for Carmageddon, a car show being conducted by the West Texas Region of the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 12.

Researchers of global climate change have long been aware that an increase in atmospheric CO2 leads to increased crop production, but none have ever understood precisely why.

His was an improvisational blueprint for academic success that some might even suggest does not compute.

Oh, but it does.

“Until you actually go and experience something, you don’t know if you love it or not,” said George, an instructor of computer information systems at Amarillo College. “I went to a computer sciences program and realized that I didn’t love programming as much as I loved tearing computers apart, getting my hands on the internal components and putting them back together.

From bouncy inflatables and a rock-climbing wall to free food and fun giveaways, National Night Out will be a frolicking celebration to remember at Amarillo College.

Michelle Lamons, director of the Adult Education and Literacy (AEL) program at Amarillo College, has long focused on ways of improving seamless integration of adult learners into the many career pathways facilitated by higher education.

Randi Warrick, who for almost 10 years now has taught 1-year-olds at the Amarillo College Child Development Lab School, has been named Educator of the Year by the Panhandle Early Childhood Educators (PECE).

The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has honored Amarillo College with its Award of Excellence for Exemplary CEO/Board Relationship, a national distinction for which only one community college is selected annually.

Amarillo College’s Chalk It Up sidewalk art contest returns in July to give area artists a chance to hatch hued handiwork while vying for cash prizes.

Amarillo College has received a generous grant to help facilitate its work-based program that allows participants to learn while they simultaneously earn paychecks and potential academic credits through apprenticeships in their fields of study.

Today, Amarillo College, a Top 10 finalist for the 2021 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, was recognized in a virtual award ceremony as one of the Top 5 community colleges nationally and captured Aspen’s Rising Star Award and

Each spring, Amarillo College recognizes its most outstanding students at a formal and celebratory Honors Convocation, which this year had to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The certificate will be offered through AC’s Legal Studies Program.

Emma Womack might not be the first Amarillo College student to switch her major from dental hygiene to welding, but because she did, her own smile seems to be shining just as brightly as any of those she might have helped embellish.

The Amarillo College Esports varsity Overwatch team capped an undefeated season on April 22 by knocking off the defending champs of Northwestern College to capture the GGleagues Central Division B Championship.