ABC Home & Commercial Services, an Austin service icon. Locally owned by Bobby Jenkins, ABC provides a variety of residential and commercial services including pest control, lawn service and air conditioning repair & replacement, just to name a few. For more...

Mr. Abdul Subhani is a distinguished leader in IT and a firm believer in the power of higher education and the community college. As founder and President/CEO of Centex Technologies, an IT Consulting Company, he is seen as a worldwide expert in ethical hacking,...

The ACC Alumni Network Scholarship was established in 2016 as a means for alumni and former students to support students in their educational endeavors. Our vision is to build a sustainable and robust Alumni Network that connects students, faculty, and community...

The ACC Counseling Scholarship was established in honor of Austin Community College District counselors and the work they do to help students achieve their academic and career goals. It also recognizes students who seek professional guidance in achieving their...

R.B. the Riverbat is Austin Community College’s official mascot. R.B. Bbhoggawact is the official name of the ACC Riverbat. Bbhoggawact is an acronym (minus the vowels) for the college’s eight-county service area – Bastrop, Blanco, Hays, Gillespie, Gonzales,...

Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education (TACHE) is a professional organization committed to the improvement of educational and employment opportunities for Hispanics in higher education. The TACHE scholarship assists students with Hispanic heritage.

A+ Federal Credit Union was founded in 1949 by a group of 50 teachers during a picnic meeting at Zilker Park in Austin. Owned and operated by its members, it is governed by a volunteer, non-paid Board of Directors, elected from the membership and appoints a...

Afua Bruce is a leading public interest technologist who works at the intersection of technology, policy, and society. Afua is the Principal of the ANB Advisory Group LLC, a consulting firm that supports organizations across all sectors that are developing,...

The Alex Millican Memorial Scholarship supports students studying Motion Graphics. Alex was a Georgia Tech electrical engineer and worked with computers most of his life. He was continually amazed at the evolution of electronic capabilities and would have seen...

Amy Hopkins was a designer and artist, entrepreneur and college professor. Her warm and kind soul, vibrant spirit, wise intelligence, strength and fervent passion for her creative and vocational endeavors and personal and social interests shall live on in a...

Andres Alcantar serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer of the Texas Association of Business (TAB), the state chamber of commerce. In this role, he oversees TAB’s team of highly skilled professionals responsible for policy, advocacy,...

Art Acevedo has dedicated his life to public service and safety for three decades. The first Hispanic to lead the Austin Police Department (APD), Chief Acevedo brought a unique understanding of the concerns of the Austin’s diverse Austin community. Chief Acevedo...

Assistance League® of Austin, a chapter of National Assistance League®, is a nonprofit organization of volunteers dedicated to addressing specific needs through practical and innovative programs. ALA has been serving the Austin community since 1973 as an...

Audrey and Lou Munin are native Chicagoans who moved to Dallas in 1967, so they consider themselves Texans. Both of the Munins are first-generation to attend college. Education presented them with many opportunities, and they realize the importance of it. Now it...

Austin Classical Guitar is one of the largest classical guitar organizations worldwide. In addition to bringing artists, both established and emerging, to Austin for their concert series, the have developed advanced classroom classical guitar education to Austin...

The Austin Hotel & Lodging Association is a non-profit trade association of hotel managers and industry suppliers. It keeps its members up-to-date on local business trends, co-operatives, marketing opportunities and regulatory and legislative changes that could...

The firm was founded as Barnes Architects in 1985, by Principal Jay Barnes, III. Carl Gromatzky and Thomas Kosarek joined the firm in 1990, which became Barnes Gromatzky Kosarek Architects in 2001. BGKA consists of principal, associate, project manager and intern...

This endowed scholarship was established in memory of Ben Clough. Ben died in a bicycle/car accident in 1998 while a student in ACC’s Digital Publishing & Graphics Technology program. Ben was 25 years old when he passed away and was a very remarkable person. He...

A protégé of President Lyndon B. Johnson, Ben Barnes won a seat in the Texas House of Representatives at the age of 22. He became a top lieutenant and close ally of Texas Governor John Connally. Three years later, Barnes was elected Texas Speaker of the House. At 26,...

Bettie was one of five sisters who graduated from Stephen F. Austin High school. While a freshman in high school she met her future husband Frank Thurmond and they enjoyed a marriage of nearly sixty years. They raised three sons in Bryan, Texas after graduation from...

Bill moved to Round Rock in 1984 to pursue his career in civil engineering. Bill was an amazing man; a dedicated husband, father, grandfather, son, brother, uncle, and friend. He was a registered Civil Engineer with his own practice, Waeltz & Prete, Inc. in Round...

Bob Lain was one of the original professors in the Austin Community College History Department, where he taught for 25 years. When he decided to retire in 1999, the department wanted to give him a generous retirement gift. Bob and his wife, Maxine, decided to honor...

Boyd Vance was Austin’s most prominent African American stage actor, director, and producer. He starred in more than 40 Austin shows and appeared in almost 500 performances in Zach Scott Theatre’s “Shear Madness.” In 2004, he was inducted into the Austin Arts Hall...

The Brendan and Elizabeth Powers Memorial Scholarship supports students studying in a STEM program at ACC. Brendan and Elizabeth Powers grew up in Lowell, Massachusetts, and were the youngest in each of their large families. Brendan was the first in his family to...

Born in Yonkers, NY, Brian moved to Texas to attend SMU, receiving his undergraduate degree there. He then moved to Austin to attend UT where he received his Master’s Degree in psychology. He left that field to spend a career in information technology. One of...

Carolina Biological Supply Company began as a vision of what a science supplier could be, and 90 years later, they still embody that future-focused visionary perspective. At Carolina, they are constantly striving to improve and innovate to be the best they can be,...

The beauty of a life well lived never dies … It continues to embrace and inspire us. Carol Julia Kiehl was a woman glowing with grace and good cheer. She was a marvelous example of caring, compassion, honor and respect both personally and professionally. Carol...

McDonald’s Central Texas Scholarship focus on incoming freshman at ACC who have worked during high school.

The Charles Miles Memorial Scholarship supports students studying government at ACC. Charles Miles was born in Hearne, Texas as the youngest of eight children. He was in the first class of African-American students to attend the University of Texas as undergraduates...

Chef Ernie Beasley studied at Florida State University, where he graduated with a Master of Science Degree in Communications and a burning desire to become a chef, a passion he developed early in life during family travels. Throughout his career, he worked as a chef,...