Article Contributed on: 11/5/2009 3:52:40 PM
More than 300 students, family members and counselors are expected to attend an open house visit day at Arapahoe Community College called "Discover ACC" on Tuesday, Nov.10, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. More than 80 visitors attended a similar event last spring.
The group visit day provides an opportunity for prospective students, family members and high school counselors to see what ACC has to offer. It will be a program style visit day where those in attendance will check in from 9 a.m. to10 a.m. at the west entrance of the ACC Main Building and mingle with each other.
A continental breakfast will be served before visitors move to the Waring Theatre, where they will receive an enrollment and financial aid presentation.A detailed campus tour and a tour of the Art and Design Center will follow. After the tours, attendees will proceed to the Half Moon, Room M1800, where they will have the opportunity to meet with faculty and staff members of ACC departments and programs and lunch will be served.
For more information about the group visit day, contact Chris Anderson at 303.797.5908 or by e-mail at
christopher.anderson@arapahoe.edu. The Main Building of Arapahoe Community College is located on the east side of Santa Fe at College Drive, 5900 South Santa Fe Dr., just south of historic downtown Littleton.
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Arapahoe Community College has served the south Denver metropolitan area since 1965.One of 13 colleges in the Colorado Community College System, ACC offers more than 100 degree and certificate programs to its 7,500 plus credit students per semester through sites in downtown Littleton and Parker. ACC also offers professional development, customized training
and other non-credit offerings enjoyed by many more lifelong learners.
Arapahoe Community College Mission Statement:
To provide an accessible, responsive learning environment that facilitates the achievement of educational, professional and personal goals by our students and other members of our communities in an atmosphere that embraces
academic excellence, diversity and innovation.