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The Alamo Colleges are comprised of five community colleges—San Antonio College, St. Philip’s College, Palo Alto College, Northwest Vista College and Northeast Lakeview College—offering more than 425 associate degree and certificate programs. These include occupational programs that prepare students for jobs, as well as arts and science courses that lead to Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degrees and transfer to four-year universities. Students are taught by highly qualified faculty with master's and doctoral degrees, dedicated to creating a learning-centered environment. The Alamo Colleges also have established successful partnerships with top employers such as Toyota, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Rackspace, Caterpillar, AT&T, USAA, Medtronics, Southern Folger Steel and many others.
The Alamo Community College District is a community college system serving the San Antonio, Texas, USA metropolitan area. ACCD consists of five colleges which operate with a high degree of autonomy: San Antonio College, St. Philip's College, Palo Alto College, Northwest Vista College, and Northeast Lakeview College. All of the colleges are within San Antonio city limits except Northeast Lakeview, which is within the town limits of Universal City, just to the northeast of the City of San Antonio. The system serves about 100,000 students in academic and continuing education programs, employs about 5,300 faculty and staff, and had a budget of $277 million for 2009. The value of its endowment on June 30, 2011 was $11.9 million.ACCD is the tenth largest college system in the United States, the second largest system in Texas.The District offers over 325 degree and certificate programs. Most courses taken within the district are meant to apply for AA, AS, AAS, AAA, and AAT degrees which help students apply for jobs or of which can be transferred to four-year institutions.As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of ACCD is the following: all of Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Kendall, Kerr and Wilson Counties,all of Atascosa County excluding the portion included within the Pleasanton Independent School District, andall of Guadalupe County excluding the portion of the county included within the San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District. Recently, ACCD was renamed "The Alamo Colleges." They also changed their main logo as well as altering all the logos of the colleges within the district.
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The Alamo Colleges Police Department provides law enforcement and security services to all components of the Alamo Colleges including academic campuses and a variety of satellite facilities in its service region including Bexar and Guadalupe Counties. The Department has 92 authorized positions: 69 state certified Peace Officers, 7 Parking Enforcement personnel, 9 Communications Officers, and 7 Administrative Support Personnel. The Department maintains a fully staffed Criminal Investigations Division and a 24 / 7 / 365 Emergency Communications Center with full interoperability capabilities. To provide a safe environment for our students, staff, faculty and visitors, the department has uniformed state certified peace officers on patrol 24 hours a day, year round. To provide this around the clock coverage our officers work in three shifts. Patrol is the core of the Alamo Colleges Police Department. These officers are the ones to answer calls for service, respond to alarms and enforce state criminal and traffic laws in addition to the rules of the Alamo Colleges. The department also has police officers responsible for specialized assignments including Criminal Investigation, Crime Prevention and Bicycle Patrol. The purpose of this site is to present local news of interest and relevance within the City of San Antonio, Tx. and the Alamo Colleges. The Alamo Colleges encourages you to submit comments and get involved in the conversation. Please note, comments posted to this page are monitored and our Facebook settings will automatically hide a comment if profanity is used. The Alamo Colleges Police Department reserves the right to delete comments that: contain false information, profanity, derogatory or obscene language or sexual content, threaten any person or organization, support or oppose political candidates, political organizations or ballot propositions, promote illegal activity, commercial services or products, infringe on copyrights or trademarks or are not topically related to the particular posting. This site is monitored during regular business hours only. The Alamo Colleges Police Department does not endorse any links or advertisements that may show up on this Facebook Page. Content is subject to disclosure under public right-to-know regulations.
Welcome to Crafthouse SA: San Antonio’s new crafting social experience for women. We give you the chance to be trendy. We give you the opportunity to make something to be proud of. And for y’all who just want an excuse to get out of the damn house already, we give you that too. This is Martha – with an edge. Where hot glue and glitter meets girls night out.
San Antonio – sightseeing at its very best Take an open top bus tour in the most popular and visited city in Texas – San Antonio. Sightseeing on a tour bus with City Sightseeing is a great way to discover all the things to do on your visit and represents a remarkable way to see this incredible city for the first time, to get your bearings and to visit many of the major sights in a relatively short time period. Hide Spend time in San Antonio sightseeing - with City Sightseeing Exploring San Antonio is easy with City Sightseeing. We’ll take you to all the major sights and attractions ranging from the city's HemisFair Park which is overflowing with fun activities and exhilarating adventures, to the River Walk surrounded by restaurants, patios, galleries and shops. The city caters for all the family and is filled with culturally significant arts, history, culture, museums and architecture. Let City Sightseeing show you the key things to do in San Antonio The best way to see a vibrant, captivating metropolis like San Antonio is from the upper deck of a CitySightseeing red bus. Our open-top tours enable you to discover its renowned monuments, check out its best shopping areas or locate one of its top-class restaurants, after a long day spent sightseeing. Take a bus tour during the day to better plan your evening! Take our sixty minute voyage through the city and make San Antonio sightseeing one of the key things to do on your visit.
Le siège de Fort Alamo fut un événement majeur de la Révolution texane. Après un siège de 13 jours, les troupes mexicaines commandées par le général Antonio López de Santa Anna lancèrent un assaut contre la mission Alamo près de San Antonio de Bexar . Tous les défenseurs texans furent tués et la cruauté apparente de Santa Anna pendant la bataille poussa de nombreux colons et aventuriers américains à rejoindre l'armée texane. Poussés par l'envie de prendre leur revanche, les Texans battirent l'armée mexicaine à la bataille de San Jacinto le 21 avril 1836 qui mit fin à la Révolution.Plusieurs mois auparavant, les Texans avaient chassé les troupes mexicaines hors du Texas alors partie de l'état de Cohuila y Texas et environ 100 soldats furent placés en garnison dans l'Alamo. L'unité fut renforcée par une unité menée par les futurs commandants du fort, James Bowie et William B. Travis. Le 23 février, environ soldats mexicains arrivèrent à San Antonio de Béxar avec l'objectif de reprendre le Texas. Durant douze jours, les deux forces s'affrontèrent lors de plusieurs escarmouches. Conscient que sa garnison ne pourrait pas résister à une attaque de grande ampleur, Travis écrivit plusieurs lettres pour demander des renforts mais moins de cent hommes le rejoignirent.
De Alamo is de belangrijkste gebeurtenis tijdens de Texaanse Onafhankelijkheidsoorlog. De Alamo was eigenlijk een katholiek missiegebouw in San Antonio, het centrum van de Texaanse Onafhankelijkheidsbeweging. De Texaanse Onafhankelijkheidsoorlog was een militair conflict tussen Mexico en rebellen die voor onafhankelijkheid van Texas vochten, destijds onderdeel van de Mexicaanse staat Coahuila y Texas. De oorlog eindigde met de onafhankelijkheid van de Republiek Texas.Op 23 februari 1836 overviel de Mexicaanse generaal Antonio López de Santa Anna met 5000 soldaten het stadsgarnizoen waar slechts 180 tot 200 Texaanse strijders waren gelegerd. Onder hen ook de kolonisten Davy Crockett en Jim Bowie. De beperkte groep Texanen trok zich terug in de Alamo. Ze zouden zich niet overgeven en de belegering zou tot 6 maart duren. De Texanen geraakten zonder munitie en werden daarop door de Mexicanen bestormd. Alle mannen werden gedood.Rond de Alamo bestaan veel legendes, waarvan de waarheid vaak hoogst dubieus is. Zo zou Davy Crockett zich tot het laatste moment hebben verdedigd tot de dood erop volgde. Er is echter een dagboek van een Mexicaanse officier gevonden die dit tegenspreekt. Crockett zou in werkelijkheid gevangen zijn genomen en ter dood zijn gebracht. Verder zou William Travis een lijn in het zand getrokken hebben. Degenen die de Alamo wilden blijven verdedigen, dus hoogstwaarschijnlijk zouden sterven, moesten de lijn oversteken. Alle verdedigers, op de Franse veteraan Louis Rose na, zouden de lijn hebben overgestoken. Louis dook bij een familie onder, die later een verslag, waarvan ze beweerden dat het van Roses hand was, publiceerde. Volgens weer een andere legende liet Santa Anna, alvorens het vuur te laten openen, elke avond de degüello spelen, een muziekstuk dat de Spanjaarden in de strijd tegen de Moren speelden om aan te geven dat iedereen zou worden gedood.
Welcome to Sisters Grimm Ghost Tours! Come and join us for a walk through the streets of old San Antonio as we recount the many stories of the past and bring history alive. Meet our native tour guides whose ancestry originates with the early founders of San Antonio. Dressed in period dress, they will light your way with their lanterns through the strange and unusual tales of centuries past, legendary stories, folklore and ghostly experiences
Presidio San Antonio de Béxar was a Spanish fort built near the San Antonio River, located in what is now San Antonio, Texas, USA. It was designed for protection of the mission system and civil settlement in central Texas. It also served to secure Spain's claim to the region from French, English and American aggression. It was built by Franciscan priest Antonio de Olivares and the Payaya; and along with the Misión de San Antonio de Valero (the Alamo) and the Acequia Madre de Valero, is the origin of the present city of San Antonio, Texas.EstablishmentFrom the Convent of Querétaro, several expeditions were organized to the region of Texas, an area of great strategic importance to the Spanish crown. With that goal in 1675, an expedition formed by Fray Antonio de Olivares, Fray Francisco Hidalgo, Fray Juan Larios, and Fernando del Bosque was sent to explore and describe the country beyond the borders of Rio Grande, to test the possibilities of new settlements in the area.
The San Antonio Municipal Auditorium was a building located at 100 Auditorium Circle, San Antonio, Texas. It was built as a memorial to American soldiers killed in World War I.The San Antonio Municipal Auditorium was also used as a concert venue.The building was rebuilt and expanded into the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts in 2009-2014.ConstructionThe limestone arena was built in 1926 and designed in Spanish Colonial Revival style by Atlee Ayres, his son Robert M. Ayres, and their associates George Willis and Emmett Jackson. In 1929, the American Institute of Architects awarded the architects a gold medal for the arena's design. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.FeaturesInitially built to honor America's World War I military deaths, the 125,000sqft structure is part of the Veterans Memorial Plaza. The white marble War Mothers Memorial honoring the mothers whose sons who fought in World War I was erected at the corner of the arena in 1938 by the San Antonio Chapter No. 2 of American War Mothers. In front of the arena, Hill 881 South by sculptor Austin Deuel was dedicated to veterans of the Vietnam War in 1986. The 1994 Night Watch, aka Korean War Memorial, by sculptor Jonas Perkins is across from the auditorium's front entrance. Near the Korean War Memorial is the 1995 50th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge plaque on a granite monument.