{"id":48269,"date":"2024-05-17T13:39:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T13:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/?p=48269"},"modified":"2024-05-17T13:40:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T13:40:02","slug":"reassurance-and-ability-to-succeed-hear-from-spring-2024-graduate-megan-t-on-how-she-finished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/2024\/05\/17\/reassurance-and-ability-to-succeed-hear-from-spring-2024-graduate-megan-t-on-how-she-finished\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cReassurance and ability to succeed\u201d | Hear from Spring 2024 graduate Megan T. on how she finished"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Austin Community College District (ACC) honors our students&#8217; incredible achievements at the upcoming Spring 2024 Commencement. More than 3,000 are invited to the ceremony at 4 p.m. Friday, May 17, at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leading up to the big day, ACC will be spotlighting students.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:28% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/05\/tilted-pic-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Megan\" class=\"wp-image-48270 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/05\/tilted-pic-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/05\/tilted-pic-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/05\/tilted-pic-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/05\/tilted-pic-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/05\/tilted-pic-1080x1440.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/05\/tilted-pic-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meet Megan Trahan, who will be completing her associate degree in Marketing. She originally started at ACC in 2004 but started this degree path in spring 2022. The 41-year-old says it was the accessibility of ACC that allowed her to get to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hear more about her story below.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How does it feel to be graduating?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am beyond enthusiastic, grateful, and proud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What was your favorite part of ACC?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reassurance and ability to succeed, tutoring availability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Any faculty or staff you want to recognize supporting you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All my professors really. I know I emailed all of them continuously and always received replies. My main professor would be Nicholas Sarantakes. I would also like to consider Jay Thibedoax, James Sondergrath, Richard Croxdale, Deborah Gilmore, and Gloria Evans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What is next for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am currently pursuing my career goal as a Hospice Community Liaison Marketer with hopes of becoming a regional manager in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What would you tell someone considering applying for college?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DO IT! I have been consistently bragging about ACC and how if you try you cannot fail with ACC. The support and availability makes it an achievable goal that should not be passed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College District (ACC) honors our students&#8217; incredible achievements at the upcoming Spring 2024 Commencement. 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