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Campus Current

Nurses from AACCs Health and Wellness Center tell students that smoking can compromise lung function--an especially high risk during a pandemic.

Campus Wellness Center helps students kick the habit

Dominic Salacki, Reporter April 23, 2021

A fear of compromising their immune systems is motivating some students to quit smoking, two AACC registered nurses said Wednesday. “Right now, with COVID, this is not the time for anyone’s lungs...

The Class of 2021 will mark graduation day in a car-mencement on Ring Road on May 27. Shown, former Campus Current Editor-in-Chief Christian Ritchey, who graduated last spring and participated in the Class of 2020 car parade.

Class of 2021 will ride on Ring Road, not walk on stage

Hannah Boring, Reporter April 22, 2021

For the second spring in a row, AACC graduates will trade walking across a stage for driving around Ring Road on graduation day.  The college, which has been mostly closed since March 2020 because...

Student Savannah Mulvey, who attends both high school and AACC this semester, holds her adopted lizard, Spike. Like others, she says she finds comfort in having a new pet during the pandemic.

Students, faculty adopt pets to keep them company during pandemic

Cristian Perez, Reporter April 20, 2021

Some AACC students and faculty are seeking comfort during the pandemic by adopting pets. “You’re very sheltered from other people,” Ashley Abate, a second-year homeland security student, said. “It’s...

Students who fill out the FAFSA and the AACC Foundation scholarship application can choose among hundreds of awards to pursue.

AACC offers 200-plus scholarships

Dominic Salacki, Reporter April 16, 2021

Third-year hospitality management and baking and pastry arts student Barb Dahl has three scholarships: two for her culinary arts program and one for her interest in becoming an entrepreneur. “I just...

Triplets Nate, Jake and Ben Nussbaumer (left to right) say working with life coaches helped them set short-term and long-term goals.

Free life coaches help students set goals, priorities

Dominic Salacki, Reporter April 15, 2021

Students who struggle with setting goals and creating better habits can get some help from professors who are also life coaches—for free.  Approximately 150 full-time and part-time AACC faculty...

Math tutors helped students with the grade of Incomplete finish their courses last semester in a new program called Project to Complete Incompletes.

Project to Complete Incompletes helps math students finish classes

Dominic Salacki, Reporter April 14, 2021

With math students requesting the grade of Incomplete in the double digits during the spring and fall 2020 semesters, faculty members came up with a plan to help them catch up and pass their courses: They...

A campus sexual violence prevention coordinator urges students to step in and say something when they witness potentially harmful situations.

Advice: Step in to stop sexual assault

Dominic Salacki, Reporter April 9, 2021

Anyone can help stop sexual assault if they’re willing to step in when they see it, AACC’s sexual violence prevention coordinator told students on Thursday. “Bystander intervention” is the intentional...

Lindsey Gonzalez, a third-year transfer studies student, wears a surgical mask on AACCs campus in 2020. Campus Current ran this photo with the first article it published about the coronavirus.

A year of pandemic, online classes: a look back

Ryan Oberteuffer, Reporter April 6, 2021

Tuesday marks one year since AACC students returned from a three-week spring break to continue all of their classes online as a precaution against the coronavirus. Once health officials advised colleges...

Members of the student Drone Club say they hope to return to campus soon so they can fly their drones.

Student Drone Club back in business

Dominic Salacki, Reporter April 5, 2021

The Drone Club brought the temporarily defunct student organization back to life last week. In the meeting, which club members dubbed the “Drone Club Reboot,” faculty adviser Tim Tumelty, known...

Bullying--especially cyberbullying--doesnt end when students move from high school into college, an AACC counselor says.

Counselor: Fight back against bullies

Dominic Salacki, Reporter April 2, 2021

Students who experience bullying from classmates or professors can report it to the campus Office of Community Standards, an AACC counselor said during a virtual speech on Wednesday. But most victims...

An adjunct psychology instructor says self-care and reaching out to friends can help students feel less isolated as the pandemic lingers.

Feeling isolated? Speaker offers coping tips

Ryan Oberteuffer, Reporter March 31, 2021

Combating social isolation involves self-care, finding things to look forward to and scheduling meaningful time with friends, an adjunct psychology instructor told students in March. “I think a lot...

Nursing student Natasha Seeger practices her skills  pre-pandemic in the Florestano building. The nursing program will expand by 54% once it moves into the new Health and Live Sciences building.

AACC nursing program to expand by more than 50%

Ryan Oberteuffer, Reporter March 29, 2021

Enrollment in AACC’s nursing program will grow by 54% by spring semester 2022. Assistant Dean for Nursing Scott Olden said the Health and Life Sciences building, which is to open in August, will have...

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