Gov Oks outdoor sports; AACC to wait for spring
Johannes Haasbroek, Editor-in-Chief
October 21, 2020
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Friday authorized colleges to allow a limited number of fans to attend outdoor sports games, but AACC officials have not approved the return of fall athletics to campus. Athletic Director Duane Herr said there are no plans to bring back sports to campus this fall. “We continue to monitor everything that's going on and we just haven't felt t...
Nursing students meet on campus for face-to-face classes
Johannes Haasbroek, Editor-in-Chief
October 13, 2020
Approximately 200 nursing, radiological technology and emergency medical technician students are meeting in face-to-face classes this fall on West Campus in Arnold. Health Sciences Dean Elizabeth Appel said most of the students were unable to complete required lab work for their spring classes because the campu...
Are you ready to vote? Here’s how you register
Johannes Haasbroek, Editor-in-Chief
October 12, 2020
Students who want to vote in this fall’s presidential election on Nov. 3 must register before Oct. 13. Only people who register to vote by the deadline may vote during the election. Maryland residents who are U.S. citizens and are at least 16 years old may register to vote. Students can register...
Hispanic Heritage Month features music, dancing, education
Maia Brown, Reporter
October 12, 2020
The final event of this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month celebration will be on Oct. 15 with a virtual party on Zoom. The campus celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month included musical, dancing and educational events, and ran from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. The organizer, Samuel Cordero-Puchales, said...
Culinary students cook on campus
Johannes Haasbroek, Editor-in-Chief
October 6, 2020
Culinary students are meeting face-to-face with their instructors on AACC’s Glen Burnie and Arnold campuses this fall. Hotel, Culinary Arts and Tourism Institute Assistant Director David Ludwig said 47 students in six courses are meeting face-to-face with their instructors this semester. For social...
Pioneer baseball legend celebrates 44 years as AACC employee
Dominic Salacki, Reporter
October 2, 2020
AACC’s director of auxiliary services has worked at the college for 44 years—and earned recognition for his longevity at a meeting of all faculty and staff at the beginning of the semester. Steve Pegg, who played baseball for AACC when he was a student here in the 1970s, oversees the college bookstore,...
Amaranth holds virtual open-mic night
Marquart Doty, Associate Editor
October 1, 2020
Students had the chance to perform at the first virtual open-mic night hosted by Amaranth, AACC’s award-winning literary magazine, last Tuesday. Amaranth plans to hold two more virtual open-mic nights this semester, said Editor-in-Chief Leah Roche. They will be held via Zoom from 7-9 p.m. on Oct....
Women’s Cross-Country gets new coach
Johannes Haasbroek, Editor-in-Chief
September 23, 2020
A long-time Severna Park running coach is AACC’s new Women’s Cross-Country coach. Susan Noble, who started her job over the summer, has been a running coach and a personal trainer for 15 years and coached cross-country and track at Severna Park High School and St. Mary's High School. “I...
Dance classes sit out fall semester; other arts go online
Dominic Salacki, Reporter
September 18, 2020
AACC canceled all of its group dance classes this semester after officials deemed it unsafe to offer them on campus. Tap dance, ballet, modern dance, jazz dance and dance production will likely return to the schedule next semester, according to Lynda Fitzgerald, the coordinator of dance and dir...
Crime down but police stay busy opening buildings
Johannes Haasbroek, Editor-in-Chief
September 17, 2020
Between March, when the college shut down because of the pandemic, and the start of the fall semester, AACC police responded to two accidents, two reports of destruction of property, four medical emergencies— and 1,709 requests to unlock buildings for faculty and staff who needed to get to their off...
Campus wins top award for innovation
Johannes Haasbroek, Editor-in-Chief
September 15, 2020
AACC won a top award for innovation for the way it transformed in March from a mostly on-campus college to one that offered all of its classes online. The League for Innovation in the Community College gave AACC an Innovation of the Year award after the college migrated 1,250 classes online and closed...
Female officer is 1st to earn sergeant promotion
Summer Cox, Digital Editor
September 10, 2020
One of AACC’s two female police officers this summer became the first officer on the campus police force to be promoted to the rank of sergeant. Sgt. Janene Kerpelman, who came to AACC as a public safety officer in 2011, said the road to sergeant "was a lot of work. So I was very excited.”...
