In the News

The Alamo Colleges District and its five colleges consistently make headlines across the nation with their innovative and strategic practices.  

Here is a collection of some of the most notable recent stories involving the district and its colleges.

September

• The Historic African American Good Samaritan Hospital
  – Alamo College District (San Antonio Observer, 9/15)
  
  
• Palo Alto College kicks off the newly renamed Latinx Heritage Month on Sept. 15
  – Palo Alto College (San Antonio Express-News Online, 9/14)
  
  
• Disc Golf Reopens At Northwest Vista College, Sport Booms During Pandemic
  – Northwest Vista College (Texas Standard - KUT-FM Online, 9/10)
  
  
• Alamo Colleges To Distribute $15M In Pandemic-Related Federal Student Aid
  – Alamo Colleges District (KJ 97, 9/8)
  
  
• Alamo Colleges To Distribute $15M In Pandemic-Related Federal Student Aid
  –  Alamo Colleges District (WOAI Radio, 9/8)
  
  
• Alamo Colleges award $15.4 million in Federal Emergency Aid Grants
  – Alamo Colleges District (KABB-TV Online/WOAI-TV Online, 9/7)
  
  
• Funding roundup
  – Alamo Colleges District (Community College Daily, 9/3)
  
  
• Palo Alto College Celebrates New Student Engagement & Welcome Center
  – Palo Alto College (Live From the Southside, 9/2)
  
  
• Alamo Colleges District Forgiving Student Balances
  – Alamo Colleges District (San Antonio Observer, 9/1)
  
  
• College campuses reopen as the Delta variant spreads. Experts say that can put students of color at risk
  – Alamo Colleges District (msn.com, 9/1)
  
  
• SAC's new nursing program a welcome opportunity
  – San Antonio College (San Antonio Express-News Online, 9/1)

August

• Alamo Colleges to forgive student debt amid COVID-19 pandemic
  – Alamo Colleges District (KABB-TV Online/WOAI-TV Online, 8/27)
  
  
• El Alamo Colleges perdona a deuda de más de 4 mil estudiantes debido a la pandemia por coronavirus
  – Alamo Colleges District (KABB-TV Online/WOAI-TV Online, 8/27)
  
  
• Alamo Colleges Clears Unpaid Tuition For Over 4,000 Students
  – Alamo Colleges District (KWEX-TV Online, 8/26)
  
  
• Alamo Colleges Will Pay Off Eligible Students' Debt Because Of Pandemic
  – Alamo Colleges District (KJ 97, 8/25)
  
  
• Alamo Colleges to forgive debt for thousands of students
  – Alamo Colleges District (KENS5 TV Online, 8/25)
  
  
• Alamo Colleges to forgive more than $2M in student debt with federal COVID relief funds
  – Alamo Colleges District (San Antonio Report Online, 8/25)
  
  
• Alamo Colleges clears unpaid tuition balances of more than 4,300 students
  – Alamo Colleges District (San Antonio Express-News Online, 8/25)
  
  
• Alamo Colleges District to forgive $2.28 million in student balances for tuition, fees in response to COVID-19
  – Alamo Colleges District (KSAT-TV Online, 8/25)
  
  
• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Contributes $1.6 Million to Black Colleges and Universities
  – St. Philip's College (HBCUConnect.com Online, 8/23)
  
  
• San Antonio Colleges Prep for Fall Semester with COVID-19 Protocols in Place
  – Alamo Colleges District (Texas Public Radio, 8/23)
  
  
• Northeast Lakeview College Enrollment Express
  – Northeast Lakeview College (San Antonio Current Online, 8/21)
  
  
• Free VIA bus rides are being offered to students and staff at area colleges this school year
  – Alamo Colleges District (San Antonio Express-News Online, 8/20)
  
  
• Palo Alto College digs in to grow new program for budding vintners
  – Palo Alto College (Wilson County News – Online, 8/17)
  
  
• As COVID-19 Surges, Some Campuses Will Start the Semester Online
  – Alamo Colleges District (Chronicle of Higher Education Online, 8/17)
  
  
• Delta variant raises questions for colleges about reopening plans
  – Alamo Colleges District (Inside Higher Ed, 8/16)
  
  
• Palo Alto aims to make its students a priority
  – Palo Alto College (San Antonio Express-News Online, 8/16)
  
  
• KEDC ‘Business incubator’ mentors entrepreneurs
  – Alamo Colleges District (Hill Country Community Journal Online, 8/16)
  
  
• Alamo Colleges to start most fall semester classes online
  – Alamo Colleges District (San Antonio Express-News Online, 8/16)
  
  
• San Antonio’s private universities to require masks; UTSA, Alamo Colleges go virtual
  – Alamo Colleges District (SA Report, 8/14)
  
  
• Alamo Colleges Moves Classes Online for First Two Weeks of Fall Semester
  – Alamo Colleges District (KJ97 Radio, 8/13)
  
  
• Alamo Colleges will start semester with shift to online learning for most courses
  – Alamo Colleges District (KENS-TV Online, 8/13)
  
  
• Alamo Colleges Moves Classes Online for First Two Weeks of Fall Semester
  – Alamo Colleges District(WOAI Radio, 8/13)
  
  
• Alamo Colleges announces it will start semester with shift to online learning for most courses
  – Alamo Colleges District (KENS-TV Online, 8/13)
  
  
• Alamo Colleges to start most fall semester classes online
  – Alamo Colleges District (San Antonio Express-News Online, 8/12)
  
  
• Here’s Where MacKenzie Scott Is Donating Her Billions
  – San Antonio College (Bloomberg News Online, 8/12)
  
  
• Palo Alto College breaks ground on campus Vineyard & Hops Yard
  – Palo Alto College (Southsidesanantonio, 8/12)
  
  
• Watch: City, higher ed leaders discuss new job training program
  – Alamo Colleges District (SA Report, 8/11)
  
  
• Vineyard and hops yard to give hands-on experience to Palo Alto College students in wine-making program
  – Palo Alto College (KSAT-TV Online, 8/11)
  
  
• Vineyard and hops yard to give hands-on experience to Palo Alto College students in wine-making program
  – Palo Alto College (News Break, 8/11)
  
  
• City, higher ed leaders discuss new job training programs at SA Regional Education Forum Wednesday
  – Alamo Colleges District (SA Report, 8/10)
  
  
• How Did They Do That? San Antonio Nonprofits Talk About Their Surprise Gifts from Billionaire Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott
  – San Antonio College (Nowcast San Antonio, 8/9)
  
  
• Northeast Lakeview College Enrollment Express
  – Northeast Lakeview College (San Antonio Current Online, 8/9)
  
  
• Northeast Lakeview College Enrollment Express
  – Northeast Lakeview College (Events MysanAntonio.com, 8/8)
  
  
• Commentary: New bachelor programs will transform lives
  – Alamo Colleges District (San Antonio Express-News Online, 8/6)
  
  
• Scott and Jewett gift impact on nonprofit organizations
  – San Antonio College (Nowcast San Antonio, 8/5)
  
  
• S.A. higher education returning to campuses with ramped-up tutoring
  – Alamo Colleges District (San Antonio Express-News Online, 8/5)
  
  
• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Contributes $1.6 Million to HBCUs
  – St. Philip's College (HBCU Lifestyle, 8/5)
  
  
• White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities Announces 2021 HBCU Scholars
  – St. Philip's College (U.S. Department of Education, 8/3)
  
  
• Public HBCUs see record investments, yet still battle with funding discrimination from states
  – St. Philip's College (HBCU Buzz, 8/4)
  
  
• South Side hospitals make major upgrades in maternity care
  – Palo Alto College (SA Express-News Online, 8/1)
  
  
• ‘We’re still behind’: Public HBCUs see record investments, but still contend with legacy of state-sponsored discrimination
  – St. Philip's College (The Washington Post Online, 8/1)
  
  
• S.A. higher education returning to campuses with ramped-up tutoring
  – Alamo Colleges District (SA Express-News Online, 8/1)