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The Austin Community College District (ACC) is a public community college system serving the Austin, Texas, metropolitan area and surrounding Central Texas communities. The college maintains numerous campuses, centers, and distance learning options to serve about 100,000 students in academic, continuing education and adult education programs.
In 2005, the Board of Regents approved the relocation of the Concordia University Texas campus. Since its founding the school had occupied a 23-acre (9.3 ha) campus near downtown Austin. The new campus is located in northwest Austin on 384 acres (155 ha) of land.
In 2006, the Texas A&M University System announced that the new Texas A&M Health Science Center campus would be built in Bryan near the new Traditions Golf Course development. [ 10 ] A fire at the El Dorado Chemical Co. in 2009 caused the evacuation of 70,000 residents due to the burning of ammonium nitrate , possibly causing minor respiratory ...
Texas Children's Hospital is a nationally ranked, freestanding 973-bed, [1] acute care women's and children's hospital located in Houston, Texas.It is the primary pediatric teaching hospital affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine [2] and is located within the Texas Medical Center.
U.S. Highway 60 (US 60) in Texas is a 210.70-mile-long (339.09 km) U.S. Highway that runs southwest to northeast through the Texas Panhandle. The route passes through the cities of Hereford , Canyon , Amarillo , and Canadian .
The moonlight towers in Austin, Texas, are the only known surviving moonlight towers in the world. They are 165 feet (50 m) tall and have a 15-foot (4.6 m) foundation. A single tower casts light from six carbon arc lamps, illuminating a 1,500-foot-radius (460 m) circle brightly enough to read a watch.
French Place is a neighborhood in Austin, Texas. It is located east of IH-35 on the north side of town. Description. The French Place neighborhood is a subdivision of the larger Cherrywood neighborhood. Students attend Maplewood Elementary, Kealing Junior High School and McCallum High School. Recreational facilities for athletic activities ...
[66] [67] An athletic complex was constructed slightly west of the main campus and features pedestrian-friendly mixed-use areas. The complex, dubbed "Park West", adds another 125 acres to the university's property. [68] Ricardo Romo, who had served as president since 1999, resigned on March 3, 2017, after having been placed on administrative leave.