The LEAD Ledger

ACC in Bloom, Student Research Symposium

LEAD invites submissions from students and faculty across all disciplines and levels of research experience. Whether your project involves analyzing data, conducting an experiment, writing literary criticism, investigating a historical question, developing a design or prototype, or creating art informed by research and inquiry, we want to see your work.

New this year, faculty can propose panels featuring students whose projects explore a shared theme or question, including work from multiple classes or disciplines.

Help us spread the word and encourage your students to apply! 

• Submission Form

• Symposium Flyer

• Symposium Website

Application Deadline: March 26, 2027

Questions? Contact lead@austinc.edu

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Great Questions Training

Don’t miss your opportunity to be part of this impactful seminar, where you’ll explore the curriculum for HUMA 1301: The Great Questions Seminar, a student success course designed for deep learning and connection.    Great Question Seminars Training Application

Faculty will develop and deepen the practice and skills required to lead engaging discussion-based curriculum focused on transformative texts and HIP (High-Impact Practices). Great Questions Seminars is part of the LEAD program at ACC. 

Faculty participants will be paid $800 for their full participation in the faculty training seminars. 

The group is capped at Nine (9) participants.

Commitment:

• Six 2-hour sessions over the course of six weeks. 

• Training Dates: Friday, February 5 - Friday, March 12th

• Location: HLC Room TBA

• You are expected to attend all sessions.

• Expect to spend about 2 hours preparing for each session.

• Compensation: $800.00

Application Deadline: December 1, 2026

Please contact Kerri Pope at kpope@austincc.edu with any questions.

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Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium

Johns Hopkins University invites ACC students to apply to the eighth annual Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium. The Macksey Symposium brings together emerging scholars from colleges and universities across the country to present their humanities research to a national audience. Several ACC students have participated in the Symposium over the last few years, and we hope to welcome many more.

This year’s symposium will be held from March 25-27, 2027, on the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus in Baltimore, Maryland. Submissions (in the form of a title and abstract) are due by December 1, 2026. 

Participants in the 2027 symposium can expect a robust program representing the diversity of current humanistic scholarship, a friendly and supportive environment for debate and dialogue, a keynote address by a nationally recognized humanities scholar, opportunities to network and connect with fellow researchers, and more.  

Application instructions can be found on the Apply page of the symposium website. More information about the conference, including a list of last year’s presentations, can be found on the Attendance Information page.   

Flyers: PDF linked here; PNG for social media linked here

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Composition and Literary Studies (CLS) Curriculum Conference

The 2027 CLS Curriculum Conference brings faculty and Central Texas colleagues together at Highland Campus on Friday, March 5, 2027, from 11:00 am - 3:30 pm,  to talk about the many roles a teaching career asks us to hold at once.

The theme for this year’s conference is Career Growth as a Multifaceted Professional, and below are some proposal topics the organizers are seeking:

• Sustainable Pedagogy: Strategies & Systems for Successful Course Management

• Embodying the Curriculum: Effective Modeling Practices for Faculty

• Practice What You Teach: Integrating Professional Experience with Curriculum

• Departmental Leadership Tips: Investing in the College, Student Success, and Ourselves

• Professional Legacy: What Will You Leave Behind?

• Disability and Education

If you’d like to be a presenter, please, submit your proposal here. The proposal window will close December 11, 2026. If you have any questions, email Rob Crowl at robert.crowl@austincc.edu. 

Check out the CCC Website here!

Essay Contest and Conference: Ready for What? Please share with students!

The World Readiness Conference seeks to explore and understand what is required to be 'ready' for the future and thereby be better able to focus an approach to higher learning that prepares our students, community and society to succeed and prosper while making a potent contribution to improving our world. We invite students to share a personal essay reflecting on what they want and need to thrive in the future. 

To review the writing prompt and submission requirements, please go here: https://www.cgcs-acc.org/world-readiness/

Transfer Services

Transfer Services is available to collaborate with our Academic Affairs colleagues to help support student success!

• Classroom Presentations: They can visit your classes to deliver presentations customized to your students’ needs and to the length of time available. Submit a presentation request here.

• Year-Round Events: Keep an eye out for their  ongoing transfer events, including the upcoming UT Day at ACC! UT’s admissions and academic advisors will be taking over the Highland Campus on Thursday, Nov. 19 from 12-4 p.m. Keep up to date with Transfer Services events at austincc.edu/transferevents

• Collaborate With Transfer Services: Have an idea for a joint event or workshop? Want to incorporate transfer into one of your classroom assignments? Let Transfer Services know by emailing them at acctransfer@austincc.edu.

• Additionally, please encourage exceptional students in your courses who plan to transfer to apply for the Jack Kent Cooke Transfer Scholarship. The JKC scholarship awards up to $55,000 a year to transfer students completing their bachelor’s degree. 

Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL)

Through Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL), faculty can create and offer an asynchronous or synchronous module within an existing course in collaboration with an international partner. This gives students the opportunity to engage meaningfully with peers from around the world without the expense of studying abroad or the need to travel. It is a way to bring global education into the classroom and provide students with a once-in-a-lifetime learning experience.

• Brochure:  Copy of COIL

• Video: Faculty Guide to COIL at ACC

Contact: allison.bumsted@austincc.edu

LEAD Banner and Graphic Identity

The LEAD banner and graphic identity (ACC does not want us to use the word, "logo") can be found at this link: Lead Banner and Identity.  For instructions on how to insert a custom image into your Blackboard course, please see this article: Set Up Course Banner in Blackboard Ultra