Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities

The undergraduate research symposium showcases student's work on sustainability in urban communities. Students from all five campuses present research, service-learning activities, or other academic and civic engagement activities, to a broad audience. Approximately 100 students and faculty attend the symposium each year.women's studies is an interdisciplinary program which draws on an extensive body of academic research to help its students better understand women's experiences of the past and to analyze women's transformation. The program is shared among augsburg college, hamline university, st catherine university, and the university of st thomas.the creative writing committee sponsors two major programs each year. In the visiting writer series, accomplished authors are invited to each campus for week-long residencies, where they work with student writers in the classroom and in individual conferences, and give public readings. The second program is a shared, collaborative creative writing course offered once a year, taught by a visiting writer in the spring. The collaborative art gallery committee sponsors two annual programs: the fall art tour, which includes approximately 11 local university art galleries, and an art history symposium, hosted each spring and open to students and faculty. Teacher education/geofest: geography teachers and teachers-in-training attend this day-long conference focusing on teaching and learning in the p-12 schools across the state.the annual student film festival showcases the best student filmmakers across all five actc campuses, with awards going to the best films in pre-determined categories.the senior student affairs officers offer two professional development opportunities to student affairs staff: the new professionals reception in the fall, which is attended by approximately 100 staff, and the student affairs professional development day, a day-long conference held in the winter and attended by approximately 200 staff. These events are open to all student affairs professionals from actc, actc's associate members, and our neighboring institutions.the undergraduate research symposium showcases student's work on sustainability in urban communities. Students from all five campuses present research, service-learning activities, or other academic and civil engagement activities, to a broad audience. Approximately 100 students and faculty attend the symposium each year.

Actc operates an intercampus bus that facilitates cross-registration and other collaborative projects. The bus transports approximately 500 students who cross-register each term, as well as faculty and staff who travel among campuses. Average daily ridership is estimated at 375.