BY GRANT CRAWFORD, ANNA MANESS & BROOKE SJOBERG
Franklin Pierce University ocials and community leaders celebrated the new Round Rock Academic Center on Feb. 18.
COURTESY FRANKLIN PIERCE UNIVERSITY
Franklin Pierce University’s latest program to produce more physician assistants celebrated a new learning center in Round Rock with a ribbon cutting event Feb. 18. The overview FPU’s Round Rock Academic Center, located on the Ascension Seton Williamson Hospital campus, serves as the university’s home for its hybrid Master of Phy- sician Assistant Studies program Franklin Pierce University opens academic center
in Texas. The 24-month program
combines online learning with in-person clinical training, and the 7,000-square-foot learning facility in Round Rock serves as a space for students participating in the hands-on portion of the graduate program. University ocials and commu- nity leaders celebrated this new space with a ribbon cutting during the second of four immersion weeks for the program’s rst class of graduates at the academic center. The inaugural class began online in March 2024. The MPAS program will welcome its second cohort of students this March.
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Concordia, ACC partner on program
Austin Community College students will have a new transfer program and nancial assistance opportunities to transition to a bachelor’s degree program at Concordia University Texas. The overview In February, the institutions announced Rise at ACC, Shine at CTX—a program to provide ACC
students with a seamless transi- tion to Concordia. ACC students can transfer up to 90 credits toward a degree at Concordia, regardless of the major they pursued at the ACC. The Rise & Shine Transfer Scholarship at Concordia will also recognize eli- gible ACC graduates by providing them with $1,500 per semester.
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