Michael Hannen’s flipped-classroom helps students remain engaged

Educators generally prize students who actively engage in the learning process, but for faculty whose lessons depend upon lively discourse of conflicting moralities, scholarly engagement is paramount.

Center for Teaching and Learning leads shift to remote environment

Amarillo College’s swift and fruitful migration to a remote learning environment rightly will be remembered as a quintessential team effort, a project rife with the fingerprints of stakeholders from every corner of the academic landscape.

Chris George tabbed for COVID Cyber Threat Intelligence League

Christopher George, instructor of cyber security at Amarillo College, has joined an elite consortium of cyber-security professionals focused on neutralizing threats to healthcare systems and critical infrastructure during the pandemic.

Susan Burgoon helps her students transition to remote learning

By the time it became clear that the best means of protecting the entire Amarillo College community involved moving courses to an all-remote delivery system, Dr. Susan Burgoon’s wheels were already turning.

AC remains open, constricts services to comply with city mandate

Amarillo College, which today resumed spring classes in a remote learning environment, will comply with the city of Amarillo’s Level Red shelter-in-place order by further constricting in-person services and entering Phase III of its COVID-19

Food Bank turns to drive-thru system for disbursing fresh produce

While Amarillo College has transitioned to remote delivery of classes, fresh fruits and vegetables will continue to be freely disbursed each Tuesday on the Washington Street Campus courtesy of the High Plains Food Bank.

One AC childcare center remains open for parents who need it most

Thanks to a concerted effort to consolidate staff and keep at least one of Amarillo College’s two childcare centers operational, some essential workers, particularly those in healthcare professions, are able to continue doing their own good

AC to pause classes for 1 week and migrate to all-remote delivery system

Stay Informed To stay up-to-date on any changes to AC's COVID-19 Action Plan and access remote-learning resources, please refer to www.actx.edu/COVID19

Book signing at AC Library on March 26 to feature author Marcy McKay

The Amarillo College Library is pleased to announce that it will host a book-signing event featuring local author Marcy McKay in the week following Spring Break.

College to receive $100,000 safety grant from Texas Mutual Insurance

Amarillo College is poised to continue providing free safety-training courses for area businesses thanks to another generous grant courtesy of the Texas Mutual Insurance Company.

AC Testing Center earns national recognition for exemplary practices

Amarillo College is pleased to announce that its Testing Center has been awarded prestigious Test Center Certification by the National College Testing Association (NCTA).

Communications & Marketing wins 5 Gold Awards for AC digital campaigns

The 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

When 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.

VFW Post 1475 brightens Christmas for 4 student veterans and families

Christmas 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

Amarillo 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

As 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.

AC Student Media captures 20 awards – 2 firsts – at convention

AC 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.

The Campus Democracy Challenge recognizes AC for high voter turnout

Amarillo 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.

Amarillo College student organization plans observance of Veterans Day

Veterans 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

The 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 h
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