Students who need advising for the spring semester from a faculty member must schedule an advising session before faculty leave for winter break. Faculty are off contract after classes end Dec. 10 and are not required to return to campus until Jan....

Incoming students looking to get funds from financial aid need to fill out a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) at www.fafsa.gov. The application is the first step students need to take to receive federal aid grants, loans and to be eli...

The empowerment center, opened in 2009, serves as a center for education, career, employment and economic empowerment for students and the community. Of the three programs at the center, Seguir Adelante was established in 2003 to offer services for a...

Cashing in on the library resources Moody Learning Center has to offer can boost grades and save money. Using the library as a place to study, research a term paper or borrow books can move one closer to the dean's list and alleviates the need to dro...

Once students are registered for college and have paid for tuition or are enrolled in an installment plan, the next step is to smile for the camera to get an identification card. The ID center is in Room 200A of Fletcher Administration Center at the ea...

New students must create a profile on the Apply Texas website at http://applytexas.org before completing a two-year institution application. Transfer students and students with a 12-month pause in enrollment must also submit an application. To comple...

Students in online courses can enter a digital classroom for group discussions from home. Elluminate, a program designed to make online classes more interactive, is available for all online courses, but the instructor can decide whether to use it. ...

The San Antonio Police Department transferred an Oct. 31 sexual assault and robbery case Nov. 9 to the Alamo Colleges Police Department, Chief Don Adams said. On Oct. 31, a female student reported being sexually assaulted and robbed in Lot 10 at Co...

Students will receive an email through ACES Sunday with a link to complete student surveys for all current courses at the Alamo Colleges. The survey will end on Dec. 18. Vice President Jessica Howard said a new program, Class Climate, will be used to...

The Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 651, previously stated a funeral home could not be located on tax-exempt property. Petition efforts by mortuary science faculty at this college resulted in a change in that law as long as the tax-exempt property ...

Just over a year ago, a man allegedly raped his girlfriend. She filed a police report, but he was never prosecuted because there was no evidence linking him to the crime. A classic case of he-said, she-said. She described her experience at the poli...

At the beginning of each semester, professors typically ask students to give their contact information like their emails and - a simple, innocent operation to better stay in touch with them. Well, if that paper runs around the class, 'that is a big and lsquo...

The Alamo Community College District board of trustees will have scheduled a special meeting/retreat Friday and Saturday to plan for matters of student success and potential budgets. According to the Board of trustees agenda, Friday's meeting from 6:...

'Students shouldn't use their personal emails at this college,' said Bridget Torres, associate director of residency and reports, during Employee Development Day Oct. 26. The Alamo Colleges adopted a policy in May 2011 that says the alamo.edu account...

For about two months, protesters have gathered at Wall Street in New York City to protest corporate greed and - or something. Their intentions were not clear to the average American or the media outlets they depend on or even to all the people protest...

Raising the $1 per-semester-hour student activity fee at this college was suggested at Tuesday's College Council meeting as part of a discussion about funding college sports programs. Dr. Robert Vela, vice president of student affairs, suggested rais...

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The last day to receive a W for course withdrawal is Friday.

To drop a course, students must contact instructors, Marion Garza, assistant director of records, said. Garza hosted a drop process Q-and-A session during Employee Development Day Oct. 26. Garza said courses dropped before the Sept. 7 census date d...

A comedian, a dancer or an actor. That was the choice fine arts Chair Jeff Hunt offered members of the Presidents Round Table Oct. 27 as potential speakers to bring to the college. Each year, the Fine Arts Cultural Events Series committee, or F...

The theme of this year's Coming-Out Week on this campus was acceptance. This was the topic of discussion by a panel composed of faculty and administration Oct. 13 led by Dr. Jonathan Lee, history professor, in the nursing and allied health complex....