{"id":9547,"date":"2021-04-21T18:25:56","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T18:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accinsweb8366.wpenginepowered.com\/tledupdates\/?p=9547"},"modified":"2022-12-09T23:04:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T23:04:45","slug":"teaching-learning-champions-kira-ajas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/tledupdates\/2021\/04\/21\/teaching-learning-champions-kira-ajas\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching & Learning Champions: Kira Ajas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Teaching & Learning Champions are faculty & staff who contribute to student learning<\/i><\/b>\u00a0(Guided Pathways Essential Practice #4)<\/i><\/a>. We share their stories to celebrate their dedication to instructional excellence & innovation in a series of spotlight articles. <\/i>#ACCExcellence<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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Meet Kira Ajas, TLED’s New Graphic Design Intern!\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Share three words that best describe you.<\/b><\/p>\n

Passionate, Introvert, Creative.\u00a0<\/p>\n

How do you support faculty at ACC?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I create graphics to support TLED!<\/p>\n

When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up? Did you achieve your goal? Explain.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I was a little kid, I always imagined having a music-related job. I enjoyed singing, dancing, and listening to as much music as possible at a young age. As I grew older and hit middle school age, I knew I wanted a creative job, but I wasn’t sure what that meant for me. Once I got into college, I tried graphic design as my major and fell in love with it! With my graphic design skills, I made album covers for my dad, who produces music, so in a way, I was able to achieve my childhood dreams!<\/p>\n

What is something non-work-related that you want to learn how to do?<\/strong><\/p>\n

This could apply to my field, but I would love to learn printmaking. I want to become better at making things with my hands, and printmaking looks like such a satisfying thing to do. Whether it be carving into a woodblock or learning how to work a letterpress, I find the process so fascinating, and hopefully, I can learn how to work those machines one day!<\/p>\n

What kinds of hobbies and interests do you have outside of work?<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a pre-pandemic world, I loved attending concerts. I tried to go to as many as my schedule and wallet could allow. As well as enjoying live music, I also am learning how to shoot film photography. It is such a complex skill to learn, but it is so satisfying when you can get the right shot!<\/p>\n

Connect with Kira <\/b>via email: kira.ajas@austincc.edu<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

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Recommend a Colleague:<\/b><\/h3>\n

Do you know someone who is a champion of teaching & learning? Send their name & why you\u2019re nominating them to\u00a0TLEDcomms@austincc.edu<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Teaching & Learning Champions are faculty & staff who contribute to student learning\u00a0(Guided Pathways Essential Practice #4). We share their stories to celebrate their dedication to instructional excellence & innovation in a series of spotlight articles. #ACCExcellence Meet Kira Ajas, TLED’s New Graphic Design Intern!\u00a0 Share three words that best describe you. Passionate, Introvert, Creative.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[158],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-teaching-learning-champions"],"acf":{"carousel_content":false},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/instruction.austincc.edu\/tledupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/04\/kira_ajas-2.jpeg?fit=1732%2C2309&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/tledupdates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/tledupdates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/tledupdates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/tledupdates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/tledupdates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/tledupdates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/tledupdates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/tledupdates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/tledupdates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/tledupdates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}