Joe Bill Sherrod, a consummate fundraising professional and ardent civic leader, has been named vice president for institutional advancement at Amarillo College.
The Amarillo College chapter of Phi Theta Kappa will lead a food and hygiene drive from Dec. 2-13 to benefit a mission for friends and families of inmates housed in Amarillo’s Clements and Neal units – the Hope Welcome Center.
Focusing on the substantial reverberations of the American Civil War, Amarillo College is kicking off its Creative Mind Series with a lecture by noted author S.C. “Sam” Gwynne, and a photo exhibit courtesy of the Library of Congress.
AC Student Media has received the results from competitions conducted at this year’s Texas Community College Journalism Association (TCCJA) convention that took place Oct. 18 in Waco. Results were delayed due to a technical issue.
Amarillo College’s Child Development Lab School has done it again – received reaccreditation from the world’s largest organization working on behalf of young children, the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
The transportation collaboration between Amarillo College and the City of Amarillo, which lets anyone with an AC identification card ride city buses for free, just received a big monetary boost from the Kresge Foundation.
Amarillo College is pleased to announce that it has received a Bronze-level Seal of recognition from the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge for having a significant percentage of its student body turn out to vote.
Although most of his experiences with the human condition fall well between the extremes, Wade Olsen, in 30 years as a paramedic, has been the first to welcome newborns into the world and the last to comfort persons departing it.
Veterans of Amarillo College Together, a student organization at AC, will lead a Veterans Day observance at 11:45 a.m. Monday, Nov. 11 at the Clock Tower on the Washington Street Campus.
The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program today named Amarillo College as one of 150 community colleges eligible to compete for the $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation’s signature recognition of high achievement and performance among America's community colleges. Based on strong and improving student outcomes—including in learning, completion rates, employment rates and earnings, and equity—15 percent of community colleges nationwide have been invited to apply for the Aspen Prize.
Amarillo College will celebrate the launch of its preeminent technology hub - The Underground - with a pair of public Grand Opening events on Tuesday, Nov. 5 at the Washington Street Campus.
One throughway at the Washington Street Campus will be crawling with dinosaurs, superheroes, zombies and other colorful characters when Amarillo College presents its annual Halloween festival called Trunk or Treat.
Each year at this time, the Community Concert Band steps up its rehearsals at Amarillo College in preparation for a musical celebration of Veteran’s Day. But anyone predicting ‘same song, second verse’ is more than a bit off key.
Tascosa High School’s Snack Shak and Rebel Rack program was selected by American Graduate to be a featured segment on the national PBS program Journey to Jobs.
The Common Lobby Gallery at Amarillo College will come alive once again for a student art show celebrating the Day of the Dead - Día de Los Meurtos -an exhibit opening on Thursday, Oct. 31 with a broad spectrum of visual arts.
About 400 high school students from across the Texas Panhandle will converge at Amarillo College’s Washington Street Campus for Media Day – from 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22.
Success is recognition at the highest level of state government, an achievement realized by Tamara Rhodes, assistant professor of nursing at Amarillo College, who has been appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott to the Texas Board of Nursing.
High school seniors from throughout the area will explore Amarillo College programs and meet the faculty at Success 360, an interactive expo designed to help students make a smooth transition to AC – and to have success.
Elizabeth Hargis spent the first few days of the fall semester walking to the Washington Street Campus of Amarillo College, a necessary daily trek requiring just under an hour of her time.
Portraits of people from Denton, Texas, which fourth-generation photographer Byrd Williams IV has collectively dubbed The Walking Dead, will be featured in an exhibit from Oct. 7 to Nov. 13 at Amarillo College’s Southern Light Gallery.