{"id":53,"date":"2026-02-16T22:47:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T22:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/community-and-government-affairs\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2026-02-23T19:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T19:00:24","slug":"community-engagement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/community-and-government-affairs\/community-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Community Engagement Office creates and coordinates community outreach opportunities that increase awareness and support for the College\u2019s programs and services. Partnerships are established and maintained with churches, schools, universities, school districts, and community organizations to increase enrollment, especially with underserved populations.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact Us<\/h2>\n<p>Loretta Edelen<br \/>Community Engagement Director<br \/><a href=\"mailto:edelen@austincc.edu\">edelen@austincc.edu<\/a><br \/>512-223-7672<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Community Engagement Office Events<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/calendar\/u\/0\/embed?src=austincc.edu_mi832c94gs0eiaact5n08aa08s@group.calendar.google.com&amp;ctz=America\/Chicago\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Community &amp; Engagement Events<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Community Engagement Office creates and coordinates community outreach opportunities that increase awareness and support for the College\u2019s programs and services. Partnerships are established and maintained with churches, schools, universities, school districts, and community organizations &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/community-and-government-affairs\/community-engagement\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-53","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/community-and-government-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/community-and-government-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/community-and-government-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/community-and-government-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/community-and-government-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/community-and-government-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/community-and-government-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}