Education
BY DACIA GARCIA & ANNA MANESS
Riverbat Bites Food Pantry opens at ACC
College district selects new chief of police
Meeting the need
Of the more than 74,000 students ACC serves each year:
Starting this fall, students at all Austin Com- munity College campuses can access food and personal care items at Riverbat Bites Food Pantry. Zooming in The college announced in an email that it would be opening food pantries on its campuses to “make sure students have what they need to stay focused and succeed.” Pantries will be stocked with healthy groceries, snacks and hygiene products which students can access free of charge. Put in perspective Cara Crowley, ACC special advisor to the chancellor for basic need systems, stated in the email release that meeting basic student needs is essential to helping them persist and transform their lives.
Austin Community College District o cials welcomed Gizette Disher as the college’s new chief of police Aug. 7. Explaining the role Disher will oversee
60% low income
48% food insecure
Gizette Disher
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a team of 94 commis- sioned o cers and 20 sta , according to a news release. In the release, Disher said her top three goals are to: • Be visible and engaged to learn the needs of the ACC community • Understand concerns based on the needs • Collaborate to improve any shortcomings and challenges
“This is about more than food. It’s about open- ing doors for students, supporting their families, and building a stronger, more resilient Central Texas,” Crowley said. Additionally, students will now be able to get support enrolling in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program if they are interested in receiving extra food support.
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