Huang’s Hybrid Landscape to go on display at Southern Light Gallery

Hybrid Landscape , an exhibit of photographs by Ting Huang that feature conflicting cultural elements, will be on display March 4 through April 10 at the Southern Light Gallery on Amarillo College’s Washington Street Campus.

Symphony will play AC graduate’s composition in Feb. 22-23 concerts

Amarillo College graduate Brad Johnson, presently a senior at West Texas A&M University, will be an honored guest of the Amarillo Symphony Feb. 22-23 for its world premiere performances of Ascension , a piece Johnson himself composed.

College's windfall includes 4 Golds from Collegiate Advertising Awards

Amarillo College marketing campaigns are among the top five percent of colleges and universities in the nation as just affirmed by the 2018 Collegiate Advertising Awards (CAA), which conferred seven awards on AC, four of which are Gold.

AC adding programs in biotechnology, data science and diesel transportation

The Amarillo College Board of Regents has given its consent to launch three new academic programs later this year – associate of science (A.S.) degrees in biotechnology and data science, and an associate of applied science (A.A.S.

College's Natural History Museum is teeming with exotic specimens

Tucked away in the northernmost portion of Amarillo College’s Ordway Hall is a veritable swarm of globally collected insects – and droves of exotic mounted mammals, big-game fish and birds of prey.

Diego Caetano and tenor Richard Resch to perform Schubert masterpiece

Thanks to a chance encounter aboard a train in distant Switzerland, a tenor and a pianist, virtuosos whose association had largely been limited to Facebook, are poised to perform a Franz Shubert masterpiece at Amarillo College.

AC hoops player-turned-referee among Sports Hall of Fame inductees

From its formative years well into the 1980s, Amarillo College enjoyed robust intercollegiate athletics, programs whose alumni authored many success stories.

AC obtains grant to integrate basic education, workforce training

Amarillo College has received a $187,500* grant from the Texas Workforce Commission for the purpose of integrating basic education classes with workforce training programs to propel adult learners into high-demand jobs.

VFW Post 1475 brightens Christmas for families of two student veterans

The holiday outlook visibly brightened for two Amarillo College student veterans and their families thanks to the generosity of Unit 6 of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1475.

Single mom challenged by poverty, dyslexia to speak at Commencement

In composing the speech she will deliver at Amarillo College Commencement, Alicia Morin decided to dwell less on what sets her apart and more on what she has in common with so many of her fellow graduates.

Engineering students use ingenuity, 3D printers to develop solutions

Using ingenuity, teamwork and the cutting-edge 3D printers at Amarillo College, first-year engineering students engaged in group projects this semester in response to specific requests from departments College-wide.

D. Higgs among Amarillo Chamber’s Top 20 Under 40 Award winners

Dewayne Higgs, Computer Information Systems (CIS) program coordinator at Amarillo College, was honored in October by the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce, which named him to its list of Top 20 Under 40.

C. Jones named VP of employee and organizational development at AC

Cheryl Jones, a longtime member of the leadership team at Baptist St. Anthony’s Health System (BSA), has been named vice president of employee and organizational development at Amarillo College.

Colleges, Hospitals form Consortium to increase number of rural nurses

Amarillo College, Frank Phillips College and four regional Hospital Districts are poised to announce the formation of a Consortium conceived to increase the number of homegrown nurses serving rural Panhandle communities.

Photos by Amarillo’s Joann Pruitt on display at Southern Light Gallery

The mixed-media photography of Amarillo’s Joann Lindsey Pruitt is on display in the Southern Light Gallery at Amarillo College.

Class modifies soil, other variables to simulate growing plants on Mars

Research well underway in the new greenhouse at Amarillo College is simply out of this world.

Occupational Therapy Assistant program to hold Open House Nov. 19

The Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) program at Amarillo College invites anyone with an interest in OTA-related careers to learn more at an Open House from 2:45 to 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 19 at AC’s West Campus .

AC student organization to lead observance of Veterans Day Nov. 12

Veterans of Amarillo College Together (VETACT), a student organization at AC, will lead a Veterans Day observance at 11:45 a.m. Monday, Nov. 12 at the Clock Tower on the Washington Street Campus.

College to observe Accelerate TEXAS with Industry Showcase events

Each November, colleges in Texas celebrate Accelerate TEXAS , an adult-education initiative aimed at putting people to work or into better jobs through events sponsored by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

AC students earn awards at information technology competition

Amarillo College students were well represented in the winner’s circle at the regional meeting of the U.S. Information Technology Collegiate Conference (USITCC) hosted Oct. 25-27 at AC.
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