College's East Campus to host SCCA’s Carmageddon Car Show

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.

STEM students at AC conduct groundbreaking gene expression research

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.

Class Act: Chris George’s blueprint for success definitely does compute

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.

AC Police plan activities in observance of National Night Out

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 tabbed for Community College Research Fellowship

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.

Teacher at AC’s Child Development Lab School named Educator of Year

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).

AC wins national award for effectiveness in community college governance

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.

Registration is open for Chalk It Up, AC’s annual sidewalk art contest

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.

AC receives $246,000 grant to support Adams Earn & Learn Program

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.

Aspen Institute presents AC with Rising Star Award for rapid improvement

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

AC recognizes outstanding students in each major and special awards

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.

AC receives grant to establish a Special Education Advocacy Certificate

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

Amarillo College graduate discovered her niche in the welding 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.

AC Esports team caps perfect 12-0 campaign with Division Championship

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.

Amarillo College to lift campuses-wide mask mandate Monday, April 26

Amarillo College is pleased to announce that it will replace its campuses-wide mask mandate with a masks-optional policy beginning on Monday, April 26.

Class Act: Aaron Faver believes in the value of synthesizing ideas

“When we visited the Alamo, I was only like 9 or 10, yet I’ll never forget the emotional impact those letters had on me,” Faver said. “It was the last correspondence those men were ever going to have with their families.

“All I could think of was how much devotion it must take to make that kind of sacrifice.”

AC’s return to in-person Commencement set for May 14 at Hodgetown

Amarillo College returns to in-person commencement exercises this spring with a doubleheader of sorts – back-to-back graduation ceremonies on Friday, May 14 at Hodgetown Stadium in downtown Amarillo.

Class Act: Reem Witherspoon – from ESL student to president of Faculty Senate

Reem Witherspoon, supervisor of the award-winning Math Outreach Center at Amarillo College, was not initially drawn to AC to teach. In fact, teaching was not so much as a blip on her aspirational radar when she first set foot on campus.

AC wins Best of Show in national education advertising competition

Amarillo College is pleased to announce that its Communications and Marketing Department earned a dozen prestigious accolades – including one for Best of Show – in the 36 th Annual Education Advertising Awards .

Mass media students capture 36 awards at annual state convention

Amarillo College mass media students won 36 awards on March 26 at the annual convention of the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association (TIPA).
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