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Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education institutions across the state of Texas saw a decrease in enrollment, including community colleges in the Texas Panhandle and South Plains.
Because of the decrease, some colleges lost a significant amount of funding from the state. This comes as K-12 public schools were held harmless, giving districts the chance to maintain their funding in the midst of declines in enrollment and attendance for the next biennium.
The Globe-News spoke with representatives from three regional community colleges about the potential impact their respective budgets will take in the upcoming fiscal year due to the pandemic and enrollment decreases.
Amarillo College President Russell Lowery-Hart has a tradition at every graduation ceremony for the college: taking a group selfie with all the graduates at some point.
While there was not a graduation Tuesday, after the college hosted its two ceremonies at Hodgetown last Friday, Lowery-Hart was in a celebratory mood as the college was announced as the Rising Star winner from the Aspen Institute. This prompted Lowery-Hart to gather faculty, staff, students, community leaders and supporters for a selfie.
After more than a year-long process, and being named as a Top 10 finalist for the 2021 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, AC was recognized as one of the top five community colleges in the nation, being honored with the institute’s Rising Star award and gaining a $100,000 prize.
Amarillo College class of 2021 graduate Garrett Miller was not going to let a storm ruin his graduation ceremony Friday evening. Miller, who is transferring to Texas State University, saw Friday night as a milestone in his life.
“This is just one step of my journey, but it’s not just symbolic, but physically a big deal, not just for me, but for a lot of the students,” he said.
Amarillo College hosted what they called a “doubleheader” of commencement ceremonies Friday at Hodgetown, honoring more than 1,200 overall graduates.
In the afternoon ceremony, the college celebrated the heath services, industry and public services students, and in the evening, the business, CIS, creative arts, education, liberal arts, STEM and general studies students were honored.
Today
Becoming windy with scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. A few storms may be severe. High 86F. Winds SSW at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 40%..
Tonight
Partly to mostly cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms before midnight. A few storms may be severe. Low 62F. Winds S at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 50%. Updated: May 14, 2021 @ 2:31 am