by ACC Office of College Relations & Marketing | Feb 6, 2023
ACC opens its second full-time campus in the former Austin High School building at 1212 Rio Grande Street, renaming it the Rio Grande Campus. A Look Back… The histories of ACC and Austin High School first intersected in 1972 with the founding of ACC under the...
by ACC Office of College Relations & Marketing | Feb 6, 2023
The previously approved transfer of Brackenridge Hospital’s nursing school to ACC becomes effective. By 1980, ACC is the primary provider of nurses’ training in Austin, a tradition that continues today: The college’s nursing program repeatedly ranks among the best in...
by ACC Office of College Relations & Marketing | Feb 6, 2023
Almost 90 proud students cross the commencement stage, the first of thousands who would follow over the next five decades.
by ACC Office of College Relations & Marketing | Feb 6, 2023
More than 1,700 students enroll in college-credit, occupational training, adult basic education, and high school general equivalency courses. Classes are held on the Ridgeview campus in east Austin (formerly L.C. Anderson high school) and at three local high schools....
by ACC Office of College Relations & Marketing | Jan 30, 2023
Voters in the Austin Independent School District vote to create Austin Community College. ACC would be governed by the AISD Board of Trustees, who set forth a goal to make higher education available to everyone. A Look Back… On Saturday, December 9, 1972, Austin...
