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An award-winning author read excerpts from her memoir and essays at an event on Tuesday about her experiences as a Black, Muslim woman. The English department invited Sufiya Abdur-Rahman, who won the Iowa Prize for Literary Nonfiction, to share her memoir, “Heir to the Crescent...
Trendy water bottles called Stanley Cups, with their variety of sizes, colors and styles, are popular around campus and around the world. AACC students said they like the oversize water bottles because they are big, keep drinks cold for a long time and get good reviews on TikTok. “I...
The number of AACC students who see on-campus counselors rose by 10% over the last year after a 71% bump the year before, according to one of the college’s counselors. Melissa Boling, one of AACC’s three personal counselors, said the rise in students who use on-campus counseling...
AACC alumni and current students shared details, answered questions about their research projects with visitors at an event on Wednesday. SCIdea’s Women in Science subcommittee and the Super Science Club hosted the Student Panel: Women in Research within Science Disciplines event,...
AACC invited an artist to discuss sculptures, installations and artwork that explores Indigenous-American identity on Thursday. Anna Tsouhlarakis, an artist of Greek, Creek and Navajo heritage presented at the college as part of the “Visiting Artist Talk” event. Tsouhlarakis’s...
Students and faculty discussed the state of voting in the United States and learned how to become an election judge at an event on Wednesday. The Office of Student Engagement invited State Administrator of Elections Jared DeMarinis to teach students about the importance of voting...
More on- and off-campus work study positions are available than students to fill them this school year. The reason, Financial Aid Specialist and Work Study Coordinator Lacey Lopez said, is a combination of students opting for online classes and departments offering more jobs as...
Student athletes and coaches said they believe they have what it takes to make it to the national championships this year. The men’s and women’s lacrosse teams, along with the baseball and softball squads, began practicing for the spring season in February. Those spring sports...
AACC will host a spoken word event, a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon and more to celebrate Women’s History Month in March. The national Women’s History Month theme, “Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion,” recognizes women who speak up on behalf of those who are...
A poet whose work reveals many personal experiences told students on Feb. 13 the reason to write poems is to express emotions. “Taking … the emotions, or the really terrible thoughts … and putting it somewhere else,” James Allen Hall, who spoke at an AACC Writers Reading...
A licensed clinical psychologist specializing in neuropsychology discussed the field in detail to students at an event on Wednesday. Julie O’Reily said she hoped her lecture about neuropsychology–a branch of psychology that focuses on how the brain affects behavior–would...
Black academics talked about the decreased enrollment of Black men in higher education at an event on Wednesday. The Office of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access and Leadership partnered with the African American Leadership Institute to sponsor the Kings in the Ivory Tower–The...
AACC’s Board of Trustees approved a budget on Feb. 27 that will raise tuition and fees by $2 per credit hour next fall. The budget will raise tuition by $1 and the athletics fee by $1, which would each raise about $210,000 for the college in fiscal year 2025, according to Vice...
Weekly Super Science Club meeting in MAT-102 or via ZOOM.Monday, November 27 2023 at 2:30 PM-3:30 PM pic.twitter.com/qJqiEvYbt7
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