College offers truck driver training for English language learners

Amarillo College is offering a program designed to help English language learners obtain a commercial driver license (CDL) and prepare for careers in professional truck driving.

More than 600 full-time students included on AC's fall Dean’s List

Success is a significant upsurge in the number of full-time Amarillo College students who are achieving academic excellence.

AC Growth Conference features notable speakers, host Jody Holland

Amarillo College and noted corporate leadership trainer and author Jody Holland are teaming up to deliver a yearlong Learn-2-Lead management program based on Holland’s book Yay! I’m a Supervisor! Now What?!

AC perfect launching pad to medical school for former Presidential Scholar

Amarillo College served as the perfect launching pad for Abbie Biggers, who this past fall received dream-come-true offers of acceptance from three medical schools in Texas.

AC Police Department receives state funding for new rifle-resistant vests

Officers of the Amarillo College Police Department will be better protected than ever before thanks to an award of $8,745 the College recently received from the state of Texas to purchase rifle-resistant vests.

AC Scholars to embark on service-learning trip to Dominican Republic

A dozen students in the Presidential Scholars program at Amarillo College will become teachers for a week when they visit an elementary school in Monte Cristi, a rural fishing town in the northwest region of the Dominican Republic.

A holiday tradition starts here: PBS airs recordings of local musical events

Panhandle PBS is pleased to launch a new holiday tradition and enrich its December programming by airing high-definition recordings of local musical showcases featuring special holiday performances of Amarillo-area arts organizations.

VFW Post 1475 brightens Christmas for two student veterans and families

Christmas came early for two Amarillo College student veterans and their families thanks to the unanticipated generosity of Unit 6 of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1475.

Support system keeps nursing student on track to December commencement

Some daunting obstacles might have ended Karie Peters’ quest for a vocational nursing certificate – financial constraints , a hearing disorder, the immensity of a weekly commute to Amarillo College from her Cloudcroft, N.M.

Michael Kitten named Dean of Technical Education at Amarillo College

Amarillo College President Russell Lowery-Hart is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Kitten as Dean of Technical Education, effective January 2.

Diesel technology major claims the top prizes for program excellence

Tuesday, Dec. 5 was a day to remember for Joe Riksen, who not only received multiple awards as the highest-achieving diesel technology major at Amarillo College, but who also began full-time employment in his chosen profession.

23 AC students to be inducted into National Adult Ed. Honor Society

Amarillo College, which last summer established a chapter of the National Adult Education Honor Society (NAEHS), is now gearing up for the inaugural induction of adult AC students into the prestigious organization.

AC introduces truck driver training program for English language learners

Amarillo College is pleased to introduce a program designed to help English language learners obtain a commercial driver license (CDL) and prepare for careers in professional truck driving.

Panhandle PBS will host The Wall that Heals at John Stiff Memorial Park

Ongoing regional efforts to honor veterans of the Vietnam War will experience a truly defining moment when Panhandle PBS serves as lead host for a much-anticipated visit to Amarillo by The Wall that Heals.

AC and Pantex extend hazardous-materials training to area industry

An alliance between Amarillo College and Pantex that has attracted significant federal funding to provide hazardous-materials training for Department of Energy workers is expanding its scope so that area industries can receive some of that training,

Continuing Ed. students also may join AC’s spring-break exploration of Paris

It is not too late to join a group of Amarillo College students and faculty who are making plans to spend spring break in France, a unique opportunity open to academic and continuing education students, alike.

Program earns another commendation from the Texas Board of Nursing

The Texas Board of Nursing has released annual data confirming Amarillo College continues to have one of the state’s most successful programs for producing registered nurses (RNs) and has earned yet another commendation.

Presidents of AC, Tech to formalize unique Horticulture partnership

The presidents of Amarillo College and Texas Tech University on Nov. 16 will sign a unique articulation agreement aimed at successfully propelling future Horticulture majors at AC to degrees in Plant and Soil Science at Texas Tech.

AC student organization plans Nov. 9th observance of Veterans Day

Veterans of Amarillo College Together, a student organization at AC, will lead a Veterans Day observance at noon Thursday, Nov. 9 at the Clock Tower on the Washington Street Campus.

New greenhouse at AC will provide a wealth of research opportunities

The future is brighter than ever for students in the STEM fields – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – at Amarillo College, where construction of a grant-funded greenhouse facility began Oct. 9.
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