Achieving the Dream announced Amarillo College as one of the two winners of the 2019 Leah Meyer Austin Award at its annual DREAM conference on February 19 in Long Beach, CA. Amarillo College and Columbus State Community College (Ohio) were recognized for their work measurably improving student outcomes through cultural transformation.
TACC was honored to once again host Community College Day at the Capitol on Wednesday, January 30, 2019. Eager and engaged community college students met with their elected officials and advocated to advance the mission of their college and TACC’s legislative priorities for the 86th session. With an attendance of 1,151 students and faculty from colleges across Texas, the hallways of the state capitol came to life with students' desire to learn and lobby for issues they deemed crucial to their education and future. The day began with a rally on the capitol steps filled with school colors, inspirational words and motivating speeches from Senator Kel Seliger, Dr. Greg Williams, President of Odessa College, Texas Junior College Student Government Association, and Jacob Fraire, President and CEO of TACC. We closed the day with a robust discussion led by Young Invincibles (YI), founded in 2013
The Texas Success Center recognized five Texas community colleges for their work implementing and scaling mathematics pathways. The awards, given in conjunction with the Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin, were announced at Texas Pathways Institute #5 on November 14, 2018.
After 7 ½ years of service at Texarkana College, President James Henry Russell bids the campus farewell. Russell announced this decision and his new job as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at BWI Companies, Inc. on September 6 at the Texarkana College Board of Trustees meeting. Although he is saddened to leave Texarkana, he is excited to embark on his new role at BWI starting January 2019. Read more
On September 12, the Senate Education Committee met with the Senate Higher Education Committee to review the opportunities, outcomes, and rigor regarding dual credit in the state of Texas. The committee heard from Raymund Paredes, Commissioner of Higher Education, David Troutman, associate vice chancellor at The University of Texas System, Tyler Miller, principal researcher for AIR, and lastly Jacob Fraire, president and CEO of Texas Association of Community Colleges. Read more on how dual credit proved to be essential to providing students opportunities to succeed in college and achieve 60x30TX goals.
