Austin Community College hosted a community-wide open house April 22 showcasing Phase 2 of renovating a mall into a college campus.
Highland Campus will house state-of-the-art classrooms, four incubators, a Creative Digital Media Center, performing arts venues, STEM Regional Simulation Center and a student-run restaurant.
The simulation center features six simulation rooms, three specialty rooms that include an emergency room, a surgical room and a trauma room. The building of the Highland Campus timelines goes back to 2010, when ACC formed a partnership with RedLeaf Properties and began purchasing sections of what used to be Highland Mall.Parts of the original infrastructure can still be seen throughout the campus.
Another program in Phase 2 is the Manufacturing IMPACT Lab. The lab works to get students into jobs with high-tech manufacturers.
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