Approximately 1,690 students will graduate from AACC in May.

The college is expecting approximately 650 AACC graduates to walk across the stage and pick up their diplomas at The Hall at Live! Casino and Hotel at Arundel Mills at two ceremonies on May 22.

As in prior years, the college will hold two graduation ceremonies that day because the venue, located in The Hall at Live! Casino and Hotel complex, is too small to accommodate all of the graduates and guests.

“I’m really excited to graduate and move onto the next step,” Ayla Cole, a second-year criminal justice student, said. “Though this college was amazing, I’m ready to move forward.”

Cole, graduating with an associate degree, plans to attend the first ceremony that day.

The schools of Business and Law, Liberal Arts, and Continuing Education and Workforce Development will hold an 11 a.m. ceremony, while students from the schools of Health Sciences and

Science, Technology and Education will graduate at 4 p.m.

Graduates may attend either ceremony, regardless of their major.

All graduates will receive five tickets for friends and family to cheer them on as they walk across the stage during the ceremony. Guests of all ages are welcome to The Hall at Live! but only those older than 21 may enter the casino.

After the ceremony, graduates are welcome to take pictures with friends, family and meet AACC’s mascot, Swoop.

Biology professor Kelly Livernoche and academic literacies professor Antione Tomlin will speak at the ceremonies.

This year, The Hall atLive! Casino and Hotel is offering discounted hotel rooms for commencement attendees.