{"id":50064,"date":"2025-01-27T14:37:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T19:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/?p=50064"},"modified":"2025-04-24T12:14:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T17:14:48","slug":"welcome-back-riverbats-spring-2025-semester-off-to-busy-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/2025\/01\/27\/welcome-back-riverbats-spring-2025-semester-off-to-busy-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Back Riverbats | Spring 2025 Semester Off to Busy Start"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The first week of the spring 2025 semester is over, and more students are coming to campus. As of the first day of classes, College data indicate 38,989 students are enrolled this semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ACC employees were stationed around all 11 campuses to welcome and support new and returning students during the first days of classes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find free support all semester long \u2014 from financial and academic support to mental health and personal resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/student-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">austincc.edu\/studentsupport<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"metaslider-id-50036\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-108-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-50036 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-default-base\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Welcome Back  Riverbats Sp25\" data-height=\"914\" data-width=\"1370\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_50036\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_50036\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-50052 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2025-01-27 13:37:10\" data-filename=\"20250122-SAC-Spring-2025-First-Day-ji-022.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/01\/20250122-SAC-Spring-2025-First-Day-ji-022.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"A smiling female ACC employee stands by a table with hot beverages near the entrance of a campus building, welcoming a female student or staff member who has just walked in. The table is draped with a cloth that reads &#039;Austin Community College Student Life.&#039;\" class=\"slider-50036 slide-50052 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Spring 2025 - First Day\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">First day of the Spring 2025 semester on Wednesday, January 22, 2024, at the South Austin Campus<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-50053 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2025-01-27 13:37:14\" data-filename=\"20250123-CYP-Spring-2025-Second-Day-ji-029.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/01\/20250123-CYP-Spring-2025-Second-Day-ji-029.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"Three female ACC students smile and laugh as they walk together into the main area of a campus building, appearing cheerful and engaged.\" class=\"slider-50036 slide-50053 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Spring 2025 - Second Day\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Second day of the Spring 2025 semester on Thursday, January 23, 2024, at the Cypress Creek Campus<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-50054 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2025-01-27 13:37:15\" data-filename=\"20250122-HLC-Spring-2025-First-Day-ji-058.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/01\/20250122-HLC-Spring-2025-First-Day-ji-058.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"An ACC female employee at the ACCelerator computer lab smiles while assisting a smiling male student at the counter near the lab entrance.\" class=\"slider-50036 slide-50054 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Spring 2025 - First Day\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">First day of the Spring 2025 semester on Wednesday, January 22, 2024, at the Highland Campus ACCelerator.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-50055 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2025-01-27 13:37:15\" data-filename=\"20250123-HLC-Spring-2025-Second-Day-ji-169.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/01\/20250123-HLC-Spring-2025-Second-Day-ji-169.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"An ACC female employee gestures while helping a female student find her way to class.\" class=\"slider-50036 slide-50055 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Spring 2025 - Second Day\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Second day of the Spring 2025 semester on Thursday, January 23, 2024, at the Highland Campus.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-50056 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2025-01-27 13:37:16\" data-filename=\"20250122-HYS-Spring-2025-First-Day-ji-318.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/01\/20250122-HYS-Spring-2025-First-Day-ji-318.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"A female ACC instructor stands in front of a classroom full of students, pointing to a screen displaying a projected image.\" class=\"slider-50036 slide-50056 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Spring 2025 - First Day\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">First day of the Spring 2025 semester on Wednesday, January 22, 2024, at the Hays Campus<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-50057 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2025-01-27 13:37:17\" data-filename=\"20250122-RGC-Spring-2025-First-Day-ji-070.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/01\/20250122-RGC-Spring-2025-First-Day-ji-070.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"A bustling campus building hallway with students and staff walking in various directions and some waiting outside a classroom. The focus is on a female student wearing a predominantly red jacket with black-and-white checkered accents, torn blue jeans, and a black-and-white checkered scarf tied in a bow on her head.\" class=\"slider-50036 slide-50057 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Spring 2025 - First Day\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">First day of the Spring 2025 semester on Wednesday, January 22, 2024, at the Rio Grande Campus<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-50058 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2025-01-27 13:37:18\" data-filename=\"20250123-RRC-Spring-2025-Second-Day-ji-060.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/01\/20250123-RRC-Spring-2025-Second-Day-ji-060.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"Several female ACC students are sitting, standing, or walking on a large social staircase made of warm-toned wood.\" class=\"slider-50036 slide-50058 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Spring 2025 - Second Day\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Second day of the Spring 2025 semester on Thursday, January 23, 2024, at the Round Rock Campus social staircase.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-50059 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2025-01-27 13:37:19\" data-filename=\"20250123-HLC-Spring-2025-Second-Day-ji-121.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/01\/20250123-HLC-Spring-2025-Second-Day-ji-121.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"A classroom filled with male and female ACC students, all wearing scrubs, seated at their desks.\" class=\"slider-50036 slide-50059 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Spring 2025 - Second Day\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Second day of the Spring 2025 semester on Thursday, January 23, 2024, at the Highland Campus<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-50060 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2025-01-27 13:37:20\" data-filename=\"20250122-HYS-Spring-2025-First-Day-ji-022.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/01\/20250122-HYS-Spring-2025-First-Day-ji-022.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"A female ACC student seated at a table in the Student Commons smiles as she looks at one of her companions, with other students nearby.\" class=\"slider-50036 slide-50060 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Spring 2025 - First Day\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">First day of the Spring 2025 semester on Wednesday, January 22, 2024, at the Hays Campus.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-50061 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2025-01-27 13:37:21\" data-filename=\"20250122-RGC-Spring-2025-First-Day-ji-075.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/01\/20250122-RGC-Spring-2025-First-Day-ji-075.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"Multiple ACC students are seen studying or engaging with each other in an interior covered courtyard, known as an atrium, at the Rio Grande Campus.\" class=\"slider-50036 slide-50061 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Spring 2025 - First Day\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">First day of the Spring 2025 semester on Wednesday, January 22, 2024, at the Rio Grande Campus<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-50062 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2025-01-27 13:37:21\" data-filename=\"20250123-HLC-Spring-2025-Second-Day-ji-141.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/01\/20250123-HLC-Spring-2025-Second-Day-ji-141.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"A male and female ACC student sit at a table inside a campus building, both with open laptops. They appear to be interacting over something on the female student\u2019s laptop.\" class=\"slider-50036 slide-50062 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Spring 2025 - Second Day\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Second day of the Spring 2025 semester on Thursday, January 23, 2024, at the Highland Campus.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-50063 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2025-01-27 13:37:22\" data-filename=\"20250123-HLC-Spring-2025-Second-Day-ji-366.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/01\/20250123-HLC-Spring-2025-Second-Day-ji-366.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"A male ACC student seated at a desk in a computer lab smiles broadly at the camera while making the Riverbats sign with his hands.\" class=\"slider-50036 slide-50063 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Spring 2025 - Second Day\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Second day of the Spring 2025 semester on Thursday, January 23, 2024, at the Highland Campus ACCelerator.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first week of the spring 2025 semester is over, and more students are coming to campus. 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