Amarillo College will host a regional Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) grant check presentation at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 30 in the Student Life & Conference Center on the Washington Street Campus.Texas Workforce Commission Commissioner Representing the Public Brent Connett will present the grants, which are designed to support career and technical education programs and expand opportunities for students to gain workforce-ready skills.

When Salvador Gonzalez told his father he had earned a scholarship that could pay for his entire associate degree, the moment was emotional. His father, who completed only the third grade while growing up in Mexico, was moved to tears.Just months earlier, Gonzalez had moved from Houston to Bovina, unsure what to expect in a new town and a new school.

Amarillo College dual credit student Giovanna Miller, a senior at Amarillo High School, has achieved an extraordinary academic milestone: her research paper, “A Novel Case of Plasmacytosis in a Patient of Native American Ancestry,” has been accepted for publication in JAAD Case Reports, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Canyon ISD and Bushland ISD are strengthening their long-standing partnerships with Amarillo College through Badger Bound—an initiative that provides students who complete 15 hours of dual credit with up to 45 additional hours of tuition-free college credit after high school. The program, which launches with the Class of 2026, is already creating excitement among students, families, and educators who see it as a game-changing opportunity.

Amarillo College will host Dr. Davis Jenkins, a nationally recognized scholar from Columbia University’s Teachers College, on Thursday, Nov. 13 as part of Region 16’s Education Service Center’s Superintendent Leadership Series. The session will take place from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at AC’s West Campus in the Health Science Simulation Center. 

Last week, the Amarillo College (AC) Board of Regents approved the Badger Bound Scholarship, a new program designed to make higher education more accessible, affordable, and achievable for area students beginning next fall.The scholarship provides up to 45 hours of free college credit for students who complete at least 15 dual credit hours at AC during high school—enough to total 60 hours and earn an associate degree. To participate, school districts will establish partnership agreements with AC on behalf of their students.