AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL SELECTS CTN INTERN LOVELESS AS MARKETING/PR INTERN
Congratulations to CTN journalism intern, Grant E. Loveless, for being selected to be a Marketing & PR / MR intern for the Austin Film Festival.
ACC ASCENDER CLUB COLLECTS TOYS FOR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
The ACC Ascender club hosted their 2nd Annual Toy Drive for Dell's Children's Hospital which ran from November 19th-December 12th. Toys were also collected for the Hays Police Department Brown Santa Program and Blue Santa. Club president, Ivanna Soriano, and sponsors Alejandra Martinez and Ariel Flores dropped the toys off at the hospital on December 15th.
AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS CELEBRATE WITH POSADA
ACC students celebrated the end of the fall semester with a celebration called Posada, which they learned means “inn” and is a re-enactment of Joseph and Mary’s search for a place to stay. Posada is celebrated in the Latino culture beginning December 16th and ending on the 24th.
PALO ALTO COLLEGE STUDENTS CELEBRATE THE END OF THE SEMESTER
Palo Alto College held their end of semester gathering from 11-1 on December 5 & 6. Both days were needed to accommodate class times. Students and faculty enjoyed tamales, chips/queso, hot chocolate, fruit, and pan dulce. Students also played card games.
STC MID-VALLEY CAMPUS STUDENTS END THE SEMESTER WITH CELEBRATIONS
STC held their end of semester gathering on December 4th. Students and faculty enjoyed tamales, chips and queso, hot chocolate with toppings, candies, and pan dulce. Mrs. Macias shared highlights of the semester with her students, and they also played games.
CTN ASCENDER PROGRAM HELPS JULIAN MORALES GRADUATE EARLY
Julian Morales became a part of the Ascender program at STC thanks to advisor Matthew Martinez, who encouraged him to take Ascender classes which would help him graduate in December.
ASCENDER PROGRAM SHAPES DANIELLA GARCIA INTO MORE RESPONSIBLE STUDENT
Daniella is the Ascender club president. What Daniella loves about the program is all the great opportunities it has to offer and how she can volunteer and be as involved as she can. As president of the club, she says her duty is “to see what else she can help in to make the club better.”
ACC STUDENT FERNANDEZ-ORDUNA PUBLISHES POEM IN THE RIO REVIEW
ACC freshman, Sandra Fernandez-Orduna, a student of Dr. Lydia CdeBaca at the ACC Riverside campus, recently celebrated the publication of her poem, “The Alien,” in the rio review, The Literary and Arts Journal of Austin Community College.
ACC ASCENDER SCHOLARS GRADUATE ON DECEMBER 14TH
ACC Ascender scholars Cloe Llanos and Nathan Dickerson graduated at the Austin Community College Fall Commencement which took place on Friday, December 14th at the Frank Erwin Center.
THREE CTN JOHN SICELOFF JOURNALISM INTERNS GRADUATE
Three CTN John Siceloff journalism interns are December graduates.
