{"id":51439,"date":"2025-08-25T09:45:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T14:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/?p=51439"},"modified":"2025-09-03T14:46:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T19:46:55","slug":"welcome-back-riverbats-fall-semester-begins-monday-august-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/2025\/08\/25\/welcome-back-riverbats-fall-semester-begins-monday-august-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Back, Riverbats! Fall semester begins Monday, August 25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Austin Community College District (ACC) welcomes students back for the fall 2025 semester on Monday, August 25. This fall marks one of the largest enrollment surges in recent years. As of Monday, August 25, almost 44,000 students have enrolled at ACC. That\u2019s up more than 10% from fall 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This fall, ACC has added nearly 500 new course sections and hired about 100 new adjunct faculty members. Academic teams are also creating clusters of key core classes to help you stay on track toward graduation \u2014 even if your first-choice class is full. Connect with an advisor today at <a href=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/advising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">austincc.edu\/advising<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New &amp; Expanded Student Support<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ACC is rolling out more resources this fall to remove barriers and keep you moving forward:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/personal-resources\/riverbat-bites-food-pantry\/\"><strong>Riverbat Bites Food Pantries<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Free, stocked pantries now available on every campus.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wayfinding Improvements<\/strong> \u2013 New signs and accessible digital maps will help you get around campus with confidence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Student Advocates<\/strong> \u2013 We have dedicated staff to work with you to identify challenges you are facing and will connect you with the right resources. Reach out to them at <a href=\"mailto:sac-group@austincc.edu\">sac-group@austincc.edu<\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Registration is Still Open<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not too late to get started. ACC offers 14-, 12-, and 8-week courses so you can register later in the semester and still finish on time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find flexible options at <a href=\"https:\/\/start.austincc.edu\/short-semester\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">austincc.edu\/shortsemester<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more tips, check out the video below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Welcome Riverbats! - First Week Tips\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YWZsZCbMLbI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College District (ACC) welcomes students back for the fall 2025 semester on Monday, August 25. This fall marks one of the largest enrollment surges in recent years. As of Monday, August 25, almost 44,000 students have enrolled at ACC. That\u2019s up more than 10% from fall 2024.\u00a0 This fall, ACC has added nearly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":48925,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[156,1040,876,158,1293,205],"class_list":["post-51439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-for-you","tag-advising","tag-fall-2025","tag-food-pantry","tag-registration","tag-riverbat-bites","tag-welcome-back","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}