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The award-winning newspaper of Anne Arundel Community College.

Campus Current

The award-winning newspaper of Anne Arundel Community College.

Campus Current

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International students say college is ‘welcoming’

Ava Herring, Diversity Editor January 26, 2023

International students said in October the campus atmosphere is friendly and welcoming. Being an international college student in the U.S. poses challenges like learning a new language at an academic...

Most of AACC’s student services will keep the same in-person and online hours as last semester.

Services to maintain same hours in spring

Tomi Brunton, Associate Editor January 25, 2023

Academic advising and admissions, as well as most other student services, will be open in person Monday through Thursday and virtually Monday through Saturday in the spring semester. Most services, including...

Sophia Hendricks, a dual-enrolled junior at Chesapeake Science Point Charter School (left), says earning two degrees at once is hard but rewarding.

Charter students earn college degrees early

Zack Buster, Editor-in-Chief January 25, 2023

Students at Chesapeake Science Point Charter School in Hanover can receive their high school diplomas and their transfer studies degrees from AACC at the same time. Sophia Hendricks, a dual-enrolled junior...

Former AACC biology student Amethyst Conwoy records data about a horseshoe crab at Cove Point in 2015.

Students collect data on local horseshoe crabs

Zack Buster, Editor-in-Chief January 24, 2023

Student volunteers are helping AACC’s Environmental Center collect data on local horseshoe crab populations. A few students each semester assist biology professor Paul Bushmann in gathering information...

Black History Month

College to host Black History Month events

Dan Elson, Sports Editor January 23, 2023

The college will host approximately a dozen in-person and virtual events in February in honor of Black History Month. To start off on Feb. 2, students will have the chance to paint and interact with Annapolis...

The Rev. Craig Coates was the keynote speaker at the 42nd annual MLK Jr. breakfast, sponsored in part by AACC.

Local pastor speaks at MLK Jr. breakfast

Tomi Brunton, Associate Editor January 23, 2023

The keynote speaker for the 42nd annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast on Jan. 16 said younger generations “haven’t been taught to find their voice.” The event’s theme...

Second-year undecided student Will Mumford’s eagle mosaic is on display in the Washington Capitals’ practice complex, thanks to Make-A-Wish.

Capitals help make wish come true for AACC student

Aidan Gunn, Reporter January 23, 2023

A second-year undecided student’s wish came true in December when the Washington Capitals displayed a mosaic he designed in the building where the team practices.  Will Mumford, 19, a brain tumor...

Studnets writing at the event.

Students write about self-care, learn to manage stress

Éva Parry and Ada Lindahl December 15, 2022

Students journaled about self-improvement and learned how to manage their stress at an event on the Arnold campus on Dec. 7. First-Year Experience Assistant Sydney Klabnik organized the event “Let’s...

Video game console with a christmas bow on it

Students share their christmas wishlists, gift ideas

Sam Gauntt, Associate Editor December 9, 2022

AACC students want everything ranging from guitars to tattoos to model cars and video games for Christmas.  Second-year studio arts student Finch Merryman said sentiment is an important factor in gift-giving,...

Some students celebrate winter holidays and traditions other than Christmas. Shown, Hanukkah cookies.

Students celebrate array of winter holidays

Zack Buster, Editor-in-Chief December 8, 2022

Some AACC students will celebrate holidays and traditions other than Christmas this winter for cultural and religious reasons. First-year transfer studies student Reni Zolt, who celebrates Hanukkah,...

Professor Shana Cooperstein and her class

Teachers collaborate to create paired, thematic courses

Sam Gauntt, Associate Editor December 8, 2022

Some students are taking two classes with the same classmates and a shared theme—even though the courses are in different academic departments. Two professors can create a thematic learning community...

Culinary students making pasta

Students learn pasta making at HCAT demonstration

Megan Cunningham, Reporter December 5, 2022

AACC students learned how to make pasta and sauces at a cooking demonstration by the Hotel, Culinary Arts and Tourism Institute on the Glen Burnie Town Center Campus on Dec. 1.  Culinary students Frank...

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