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ACC Hosts First Graduation Expo

ACC’s first Graduation Expo is planned for March 31 and April 1 in the Dining Hall in ACC's Main Building. This new event will provide graduating ACC students with the opportunity to celebrate their accomplishments and receive assistance in planning their future.

Services available during the Expo include:

Spanish Club Meeting

Tuesday, March 23 4:30-5:30 in Room M3670

Eat Breakfast with the Easter Bunny at ACC

The Easter Bunny will be at Arapahoe Community College for breakfast and games on Saturday, April 3, beginning at 8 a.m. The breakfast will take place in the ACC Dining Hall. 

ACC Faculty Artists Exhibit Work at State Capitol

Four professional artists teaching at Arapahoe Community College are exhibiting their work at the State Capitol through June. Practice What You Teach is the new temporary art exhibition currently on display at the Colorado State Capitol.

ACC to Host Fine Art Student Juried Exhibit

The Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College will host the ACC Fine Art Student Juried Exhibition consisting of ceramics, design, drawing, jewelry, metals, painting, photography and printmaking.

Nearly 30 Employers to Attend ACC Spring Career Fair

Nearly 30 employers representing a wide variety of careers will be available to meet with students and community members at Arapahoe Community College on Wednesday, March 31, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. A program on green jobs also will be presented by Phillip M. von Hake with PvH Communications. The ACC Career Center also sponsors monthly six-hour Career Planning Seminars.

Sponsorships Available for ACC Chalk Art Festival

The Arapahoe Community College Foundation will host a chalk art festival on Saturday, Sept. 11, at the ACC Main Campus, and sponsorships are available for organizations in the community. Sponsors can take part in a VIP reception on Friday evening, Sept, 10.

FIRST Tech Robotics Competition Coming to ACC

Arapahoe Community College will serve as host of the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Robotics Competition on Saturday, March 13, from 8 a.m.to 4 p.m. in the Waring Theatre in the Main Building. Competitors, high school students, parents, volunteers and interested citizens are expected to attend this event. 

Dr. Diana Doyle Named Arapahoe Community College President

Dr. Diana Doyle, Executive Vice President of Learning and Student Affairs at Community College of Denver, has been appointed president of Arapahoe Community College by Dr. Nancy McCallin, president of the Colorado Community College System. Doyle was one of three finalists forwarded to McCallin by an independently formed presidential search committee consisting of students, faculty, administrative staff and community members.

Discover ACC during Spring Visit Day

Arapahoe Community College will offer an opportunity for high school students, family members and school administrators to visit campus and obtain useful information about ACC during the spring 2010 Discover ACC High School Visit Day. More than 300 students, family members and counselors attended a similar event last fall.

Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame Member to Speak at ACC

A member of the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame will speak at Arapahoe Community College for Women’s History Month on Tuesday, March 2, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Half Moon in the Main Building.

The speaker, Lily Nie, was inducted into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame in 2008. According to information on the Hall of Fame Web site, Nie was born in Yingkou, China. In 1987, she came to the United States and learned English from a couple who were raising four adopted children. This couple inspired her to pursue her vision of helping abandoned children. 

ACC Turns into a Circus Friday Night

The Student Affairs Office at Arapahoe Community College will turn ACC into a circus during the annual Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre on Friday, February 26. This year’s event will have a carnival or circus theme.

 

ACC Writers Studio Presents Flash Fiction Workshop

Where is the novel headed? The Writers Studio at Arapahoe Community College will sponsor a workshop on flash fiction and the flash novel next Monday, Feb. 22, at 4 p.m. Called “The Upstarts of Fiction: Flash Fiction and the Flash Novel,” the workshop will be in M4760 in the Main Building at ACC. 

Nancy Stohlman, a flash fiction novelist and publisher, and award-winning novelist and flash fiction writer William Hayward Henderson will present the workshop. The two will discuss writing and publishing the novel—flash and otherwise. The event is free and open to the public.

Hybrid Vehicles Delivered to ACC Automotive Tech

Five hybrid vehicles from a variety of automobile manufacturers were delivered to the Automotive Technology Department at Arapahoe Community College on Monday, and a sixth hybrid vehicle arrives today. The vehicles will be used for intensive training in hybrid conversion and hybrid technology repair. The Burt Automotive Group assisted ACC in the purchase of the vehicles as a part of a grant project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Women from Japanese Sister College Visit ACC

Twenty-six students from the Japanese sister college of Arapahoe Community College are visiting Littleton and ACC from Feb. 2 through Feb. 15 to participate in a vacation and English program sponsored by the Spring International Language Center. The women will participate in English classes, stay in the homes of Littleton families and visit Littleton High School.

 

ACC Instructors Offer Seminars at Colorado Garden and Home Show

Five Community Education Instructors at Arapahoe Community College will present 11 educational seminars during the Colorado Garden and Home Show from Feb. 13 through 21. The annual show will take place at the Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th St., in Denver.

Secondary Math Education Sessions Scheduled at ACC

Are you interested in teaching mathematics in a middle school or high school? If so, Arapahoe Community College can get you started during two information sessions designed to explain how you can obtain a degree and teaching certificate. The sessions will be on Feb. 9 in the ACC Main Building from11:30 a.m. to12:30 p.m. in Room M1950 and from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the second-floor student lounge.

 

Save the Date: Chalk Art Festival Comes to ACC

WHAT: The Arapahoe Community College Foundation is planning the first chalk art festival in the South Metropolitan Denver area. Called Chalk it Up to Education, the festival will be Saturday, Sept. 11, at ACC.

WHERE: Arapahoe Community College Main Campus

5900 S. Santa Fe Drive

Littleton, CO, 80160

WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Writers Studio Showcase Feb. 4, 4 to 5 p.m. in the Second Floor Student Lounge

Join the ACC Writers Studio for an afternoon of prose and poetry with featured writers Leah Rogin-Roper, Joe Hutchison and Juliet Hubble.

Reception Opens ACC Interior Design Exhibit

A reception from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 29, in the Colorado Gallery of the Arts will open an exhibit by students in the Interior Design Program at Arapahoe Community College. The students will exhibit their work at the Gallery from Jan. 27 through March 3. The ACC Student Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) is presenting the exhibit.