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Fall 2018/Spring 2019 Highlights and Accomplishments

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Exhibitions and Events

Fall Juried Student Art Show
Holiday Art Sale
National Day of Racial Healing, exhibition juried by student art majors and social practice art projects staged by Art faculty and students.
Honors Painting show
43rd Annual Student Art Show and awards (president’s awards, purchase awards, juror’s awards). Juror, Shea Little, Executive Director of Big Medium
Borders of Belonging Show in conjunction with Peace and Conflict Symposium. Juried by guest artist and speaker, Daniela Cavazos Madrigal.
Borders of Belonging Symposium was organized by Peter Bonfitto, Assistant Professor of Art History: included musical performances, dance, spoken word, art juror’s talk, Artists Panel, and conversation with Alejandro Escovedo.
WEST Austin Studio Tour: Various exhibits and student art sale throughout building 4000 and studio demos; WEST’s group show and DUE WEST kick off event.

Chickens home to roost at ACC

Backyard Chickens: The ABCs

Immerse yourself in the urban trend of raising chickens in your own backyard this Summer. This hands-on class teaches the basics from chicken lineage to coop maintenance.

Where: Pioneer Farms

When: June 15^th from 10 AM to 2 PM

Info: Contact djackson@austincc.edu for additional details or view the course details here.

What to do with your summer

Hey Riverbats. Are you excited about the summer vacation but have no idea what to do with all this free time?

Well, look no further because I’ve got you covered. ACC offers a huge amount of fun and unique classes you can use to impress friends, families and first dates. Interested in cooking? There’s a class for that. Interested in plants? There’s a class for that. Are you passionate about your art? There’s a class for that. For anything else, there’s ACC.

Go West!

Austin Community College welcomes WEST Austin Studio Tour’s Group Exhibition and “Due WEST” party to our Highland Campus location!

WEST is a city wide event that invites the public to visit home art studios, galleries and exhibitions on the west side of Austin. For more information, see west.bigmedium.org.

Lumberjacks in your future?

I’m hosting a group of faculty from Stephen F. Austin University for a faculty-student networking event on Friday, May 10, 1:00 to 2:30 PM, at HLC 4000. Our visiting professors include:

Dr. Joyce Johnston (me) – BAAS, Modern Languages and Communication Studies
Dr. Anne Smith – Philosophy
Dr. Dana Cooper – History
Dr. Christine McDermott – Creative Writing, English
Dr. Dianne Dentice – Sociology
Dr. Leslie Cecil – Anthropology
Dr. Darrell McDonald – Geography
Dr. Kwame Antwi-Boasiako – Political Science
Dr. Scott Hutchens – Psychology

Let your students know about this opportunity to meet faculty and talk about programs at SFA!

Lumberjacks and Riverbats frolicking at HumaniTea Time

ACC faculty: Plan to attend our HumaniTea Time immediately after this networking event! We’ll have tea and cookies, plus time to connect with our SFA colleagues.

SFA Faculty Meet and Greet: Friday, May 10, 1:00 to 2:30 PM, HLC 4000 Lower level

HumaniTea Time: Friday, May 10, 2:30 to 4:00 PM, HLC 4000 Lower level

LAHC Sabbaticals 2019-20

Please join me in congratulating LAHC professors Tasha Davis and Theresa Oh, who received sabbatical awards for 2019-20! Here’s a brief overview of their projects.

Tasha Davis

During my sabbatical, I am exploring debilitative communication apprehension (CA) among college students, and the treatments and accommodations that can be made available for these students. Along with developing appropriate curriculum that adheres to the course and learning objectives of the Communication Studies Department, I intend my research to be a foundation for training and professional development opportunities for my ACC colleagues, and to promote greater awareness of high CA levels in the college classroom.

Theresa Oh

This sabbatical is my professional and personal journey. It has been a lifelong dream to immerse myself in the day-to-day life in the city of Kyoto. I plan to take Japanese language courses, practice Zen meditation at Buddhist temples and study calligraphy and vegetarian cooking during the three months this coming fall. I also want to update my teaching materials by researching and gathering digital media on various facets of Tokyo life to incorporate into my teaching lessons.

While in Japan I will write a weekly blog for the ACC community. Students will be able to keep up with me as I take the subways, watch thousands of pedestrians cross at Shibuya Crossing, walk the Philosopher’s Path, practice calligraphy, and much more. I hope to come back energized and motivated to share my experiences with my students and colleagues at ACC.

IntFest your weekend!

Kick off your weekend on a global scale! Come to International Festival at Highland Learning Center, building 4000, starting at 6 PM! Think of IntFest2019 as a global party thrown by Arts and Digital Media and Liberal Arts: Humanities and Communications.

IntFest2019 includes performances and demos from around the world, refreshments, tables by students and faculty from departments that have international themes (like ESOL and languages, for a start), plus organizations right here in the Austin community.

And if that isn’t enough enticement: Salsa for an hour with ACC’s Jazz Band! Don’t know how to salsa? We have basic lessons compliments of our dance department to get you in the groove!

See you there!

Play to win (at the learning lab)!

SGC Learning Lab Uses Games to Teach, Learn

*SGC Lab Manager José Resendez thanks HEB’s Shawn Marr for donating to his lab. The Store is SGC’s “neighbor”, just across the street from the Metro Train Station.*

Gaming. Teaching. Learning.

These concepts share similar qualities, including innovation that focuses students on becoming successful; limitations that constantly force creativity and critical thinking; and clear, effective communication to ensure concepts and ideas spark new ways of approaching and solving problems.

Recently, the tutors in the San Gabriel Campus (SGC) Learning Lab began brainstorming and tossing ideas around about how to get more students to visit the Lab. One way that bubbled to the surface was the idea of Game-Based Learning (GBL): playing games to facilitate learning.

Buckle up for IntFest!

It’s back! International Festival 2019 is March 29!

Join us for a celebration of everything international! Food, fun, conversation, and more!

Would you like to be an exhibitor? Thought about performing for IntFest2019? Contact us and join the fun!

Turning students into shepherds of their own learning

Interview with Great Questions prof, Kerry Pope

Continuing our coverage of the Great Questions Seminars, today we’re bringing you our second program faculty interview. Kerri Pope is an Assistant Professor of Humanities, and was eager to share her experience as an instructor in GQ with us. Enjoy!

Tell us about your work as a GQ Instructor.

One of the most exciting things I’m working on this semester is a “Making Connections” project for my GQ students: they receive list of cultural and historical things that relate to what we are reading, and they choose an item to study and bring their findings to class for discussion. It’s a wonderful alternative to the textbook-and-lecture style of a traditional humanities course. The real magic of GQ is that it turns students into shepherds of their own learning. I’m not there to beat information into their heads for them to regurgitate back to me, I’m just the guide as they take ownership of their learning.W

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