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ACC student Glen Walden helps decorate the campus Christmas tree for Student Activities in the cafeteria on Nov. 22. Best wishes for a safe and wonderful holiday season! |
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| Board Approves New Associate Degree Program
Two-year Degree in Pediatric Echocardiography Now Available | |
ACC regents unanimously approved a new Associate in Applied Science Degree in Pediatric Echocardiography during a regular meeting on Nov. 18. The ACC Diagnostic Cardiovascular Sonography Department introduced training for an advanced technical certificate in the field in 2007. The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education will release new pediatric echocardiography accreditation standards in the next year or two and the DCVS department would like to have an associate degree option available when the standards are implemented. With equipment, supplies, clinical sites and faculty already in place, there would be no additional cost to the college for implementing the new degree plan.
For the full story, visit: http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs003/1102393881324/archive/1103945776910.html. |
| Registrar Installed as TACRAO Treasurer
Robinson to Serve Two-year Term | |
 ACC Registrar Irene Robinson was installed as the Texas Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (TACRAO) state treasurer during a business meeting in Galveston on Nov. 17. As treasurer, Irene will serve as the financial officer for TACRAO for two years. She will oversee expenditures, revenue and audits for each local committee and for the organization as a whole. TACRAO serves to "advance professionally the work in the offices of admissions, records, registration and other related functions among institutions of higher learning" by bringing administrators from throughout the state together to collaborate and share ideas. Irene (second from left) is shown with the other new officers of the organization.
For the full story, visit: http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs003/1102393881324/archive/1103935682387.html. |
| TWC Honors ACC with Partnership Award
CEWD Now Training Workers with Second TWC Grant | |
 The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) honored ACC with the Partnership Award at the 14th Annual Texas Workforce Conference in Dallas on Nov. 17. The award was given "to recognize the college's work in assisting employers that need workers with specific skills to meet the demands of a global economy and assisting workers whose skills no longer align with the skills needed for today's jobs. ACC grant manager Dr. Jim Kelly and grant administrator Joy Weiner accepted the honor at the event. TWC awarded ACC a $2.3 million grant in 2008, which provided over 60,000 hours of training for 1,556 people. Another $1.3 million TWC grant awarded to ACC recently will help provide 17,000 hours of training to over 640 new and incumbent workers in the petrochemical industry.
For the full story, visit: http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs003/1102393881324/archive/1103962835091.html. |
| Gala to Feature Authentic Chuck Wagon Meal, Entertainment
Funds Raised Go Toward Scholarships, Enrichment Programs |  The ACC Foundation will feature the Buck Reams Chuckwagon Show at its 11th Annual Christmas Gala on Dec. 7 to raise funds for student scholarships and enrichment programs. Held at the Nolan Ryan Center, Reams and his team will provide authentic, outdoor chuck wagon cooking and real cowboy entertainment reminiscent of the late 1800s. Reams has cooked and performed for former President George W. Bush at the ranch in Crawford, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Warren Buffett, Prince Albert of Monaco and others. Tickets for the Christmas Gala are $50 each or $800 for a Diamond Sponsor reserved table (for 8) or $600 for a Gold Sponsor reserved table (for 8). Diamond and Gold Sponsors will be treated to a "special menu item" during the dinner. For more information or to purchase event and/or raffle tickets, contact ACC Foundation Executive Director and Assistant to the President Wendy Del Bello at (281) 756-3600. |
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College Hosts Several Christmas Events in December
Choir, Community Band and Theatre Actors to Perform |  The Alvin Community College Music Department will host its annual Christmas Choir Concert at First United Methodist Church in Alvin on Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. The program will include Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's Magnificat with orchestra and many holiday favorites. First United Methodist Church is located at 611 W. South Street. The event is free to the public and refreshments will follow.
The ACC Drama Department will present the "Christmas Trio," which opens at the ACC Theatre on Dec. 4. The Christmas Trio includes "The Gift of the Magi," "An Implausible Claus" and "The Littlest Angel." Performances on Dec. 4 and Dec. 9-11 will be at 8 p.m. and Dec. 5 at 2:30 p.m. For more information or to reserve tickets, call the ACC Theatre Box Office at (281) 756-3606 or e-mail boxoffice@alvincollege.edu.
The Alvin Community Band and Alvin Community College Wind Ensemble will present their annual Christmas concert on Dec. 12, at 4 p.m., in the college theatre. The bands will perform a wide variety of traditional and contemporary holiday music. Admission is free. For more information, call ACC Band Director David Griffith at (281) 756-3588. |
| Allied Health Programs Hold Intraprofessional Drill
Students from Different Fields Work Together in ER, ICU |  To give students enrolled in the Emergency Medical Technology (EMT), Associate Degree Nursing (ADN), Respiratory Care and Diagnostic Cardiovascular Sonography programs at ACC another tool to gain real world experience and be able to have a positive transition into their careers, faculty held an intraprofessional training drill on Nov. 19. The drill consisted of two sessions and involved volunteers, simulating various traumas, illnesses and emergency conditions, placed throughout the campus. The first stage involved EMT students arriving by ambulance to the scenes to assess and stabilize the patients for transfer. The patients were then transported to the training emergency room of the ACC Science/Health Science Building where nursing and respiratory care students were waiting to assist. EMT students were required to provide vital information to the nursing students and help in the bed transfer. Nursing students were then required to work with respiratory care students to meet the patient's needs. ACC instructors served as doctors for each situation. Following the drills, ACC ADN instructor Susan Priest held a debriefing session to give participating students another opportunity to learn more from each other and provide feedback to staff to plan for future training drills. |
| Baseball Players Sign with Universities
Students Headed To Auburn, HBU, SAU |  ACC baseball players (right photo, front row, left to right) Ben Coram, Cameron Blinka, Joe Tallerine, (back row, left) and Jack Mabe recently signed letters of intent to attend major universities. Coram, of Lake Jackson, will attend Houston Baptist University. Blinka, of Rosenberg, will attend Auburn University. Tallerine, of Bellville, and Mabe, of Granbury, will attend Southern Arkansas University. Also shown are (back row, center to right) ACC Baseball Assistant Coach Jason Schreiber and Head Coach Bryan Alexander. |
| Gulf Coast Park Workers Attend Training in Alvin
ACC Department Chair Serves as Guest Speaker |  The Greater Gulf Coast Parks and Recreation Directors Association hosted a free all-day training workshop for maintenance workers in Alvin on Nov. 5. Held at ACC and sponsored by T. F. Harper & Associates, the workshop covered various topics, such as horticulture knowledge and care, landscaping, park lighting management, athletic field maintenance, playground safety, irrigation, hike and bike trail design and maintenance, project management, safety and more. Approximately 140 park maintenance workers from cities all over southeast Texas, including Alvin, Pearland, Bellaire, Webster, Conroe, Houston, Texas City, The Woodlands and many more, attended. ACC Division Chair for Math, Sciences and Horticulture Dwight Rhodes was one of the guest speakers. Rhodes presented information about caring for plants and how to use them to improve the aesthetics of parks and city landscaping. |
| ACC Hosts Food, Toy Drive to Help Area Families
By Coach Gary Coffman |  For approximately 25 years, ACC, ACC Student Activities, and the ACC Church of Christ Student Fellowship have been sponsoring "ACC CAN Feed the Hungry" to help provide sacks of food just before Christmas for families who have unfortunate circumstances. Over the years, this service has grown tremendously and last December we helped around 50 families in the ACC service area. This year, the food distribution and the Breakfast with Santa will take place on Saturday, Dec. 11 from 9 to 11 a.m. The ACC Student Activities sponsors a toy drive, "Toys Thru Us," in conjunction with this service project, so during the breakfast toys are given by Santa and his helpers to the children of the families in need. Last year, Alvin Elementary joined in this service project by combining the Shellie Garza Memorial Food Drive with ACC CAN Feed the Hungry for the food distribution on the day of the Breakfast with Santa. This year, Alvin Primary and Alvin Junior High will join in the Shellie Garza Memorial Food Drive as this wonderful project continues to grow.
Non-perishable food items can be dropped off at the ACC main campus through Dec. 11. Collection baskets are located in most of the buildings. New toys can be dropped off at boxes throughout the campuses and in Building E through Dec. 9. A collection box for toys will also be located at Hometown Bank of Alvin. You can also help support the event by eating at Chili's on Dec. 7 and providing them with a flyer that you can get from me. Chili's will donate 10% of the sales on those evenings to the food drive. All help will be appreciated. For more information, call (281) 756-3693. |
| PTK Inducts New Members | |
 The ACC Mu Upsilon Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa inducted 55 new members during its fall ceremony on Nov. 5. Over 3,600 students have been inducted into the ACC PTK chapter since its inception in 1963. PTK is the international honor society of two-year colleges. Members follow four hallmarks, including scholarship, leadership, service and fellowship. To be eligible for PTK, students must have completed at least 12 college credit hours at ACC and maintained a grade point average of at least 3.5.
For the full story, visit: http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs003/1102393881324/archive/1103909428067.html. |
| Alvin Community Band to Perform at Festival of Carols
Event Also Features COM and Brazosport College Bands | |
The Alvin Community Band, which consists of many faculty members and students of ACC, will perform with the Brazosport College and Community Wind Ensemble and the College of the Mainland Concert Band during the Festival of Carols at The Clarion on Dec. 10 at 7:30 p.m. A reception will follow. The event is free to the public, but a donation of a non-perishable food item is requested.
The Clarion is located on the main campus of Brazosport College at 500 College Drive in Lake Jackson. For more information, call (979) 230-3156. |
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| Calendar of Events |
December 1: ACC Choir Christmas Concert, 7:30 p.m., First United Methodist of Alvin
December 6: Blood Drive, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Texas Room
December 4-5, 9-11: ACC Theatre Christmas Show, Various Times, ACC Theatre
December 7: ACC Foundation Annual Christmas Gala, 6 p.m., Nolan Ryan Center
December 12: ACC Wind Ensemble, Community Band Christmas Concert, 4 p.m., ACC Theatre
December 15 through January 3, 2011: ACC Closed for Winter Break
January 4: ACC Reopens
January 17: ACC Closed in Observance of Martin Luther King Day
January 19-20: ACC Holds Auditions for Spring Musicial, 7 p.m., Theatre
January 27: ACC Holds Monthly Board Meeting, 7 p.m., Nolan Ryan Center |
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from the President
Dr. Rodney Allbright |
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