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Veteran Center gets a new design

Michael Garvey, Reporter October 2, 2017

Student veterans are working together to succeed in the newly designed Veteran Resource Center in Truxal Library room 112. The resource center is overseen by Air Force veteran Harlan Harrell, the schools...

An AACC freshman exploited a loophole in his course syllabus to bring a 3-foot by 5-foot notecard to his test.

AACC freshman exploits syllabus loophole on exam, goes viral

Tre Mooring and Elizabeth Spearman September 29, 2017

An AACC freshman exploited his syllabus to outwit his professor during an exam. Freshman Elijah Bowen's financial accounting professor said on the course syllabus students could bring a 3-by-5 card...

More than 46 percent of non-white students who started at AACC in 2012 graduated or transferred by 2016.

Report shows minority grad rates increasing

Roxanne Ready, Editor-in-Cheif September 29, 2017

Black students who enrolled at AACC as freshmen in 2012 were more likely to graduate or transfer to another college than those who started in 2011, according to an Oct. 1 report. The graduation rate...

Mark Lindley, a first-year student and former entrepreneurial professor, is taking classes at AACC.

Over-50 students face atypical experiences

Catherine O’Reilly, Reporter September 29, 2017

As Dr. Terry Portis sits in his typically quiet office in the Johnson building, he looks out of his high-set windows and can see the red and yellow decaying leaves of the birch tree that hangs over it. Today...

AACC’s student culinary team competes against City of Glasgow College’s cooking students during an October visit last year.

Culinary students visit Italy for summer study

Elizabeth Spearman, Associate Editor For The Web September 29, 2017

Some students use the summer to relax, but a few of AACC’s culinary students spent their time working alongside some of the best cooks in Italy. For the past 13 years, AACC’s Hotel, Culinary Arts...

Dr. Deidra Dennie will lead AACC’s diversity efforts.

AACC hires chief diversity officer

Elizabeth Spearman, Associate Editor for Web September 29, 2017

AACC’s new chief diversity officer said she wants to work as much with students as with administrators to make the campus more inclusive. Dr. Deidra Dennie, the former director of equity, diversity...

Posters containing student opinions cover the walls of Pascal Gallery.

Posters fill Pascal with civic conversation

Brandon Hamilton, Photo Editor September 29, 2017

Students wrote their political opinions on posters for a Pascal Gallery exhibit that ran until Sept. 14. A sign at the exhibit encouraged students to use provided markers and poster boards to write...

Scott Kettner and his band Nation Beat perform in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.

Events honor Hispanic heritage: arts, food, fun

Sarah Sutherland, Campus Life Editor September 29, 2017

AACC observed Hispanic Heritage Month in September with music, food and art. The month kicked off on Sept. 15 with the Latino Club handing out “tres leches” cake, a sponge cake soaked in three kinds...

Student actors Grant Scherin (left), Jonas Pallaro- Somneborn and Alec Moyes are rehearsing for the upcoming play “Neverwhere” opening on Nov. 3.

October features dance recitals, opera shows

Elizabeth Spearman, Associate Editor for the web September 29, 2017

AACC’s Opera Company will celebrate its 15th anniversary on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 with a gala show featuring former students and faculty who have performed at AACC over the years. Here is a roundup of...

Author Ronald Malfi shares an excerpt from his latest novel.

Alumnus writer presents latest book

Shelby Vetter, Reporter September 29, 2017

An AACC alumnus returned for the third time on Sept. 21 to read an excerpt from his latest novel. Horror writer Ronald Malfi, a 1997 graduate of AACC, came to read a portion of his newest novel “Bone...

Over-50 students face atypical experiences

September 29, 2017

As Dr. Terry Portis sits in his typically quiet office in the Johnson building, he looks out of his high-set windows and can see the red and yellow decaying leaves of the birch tree that hangs over it. Today...

Michael Byzewski shows his screen printing process before his talk.

White Stripes artist advises

Brandon Hamilton, Photo Editor September 29, 2017

An artist who designed posters for the rock duo The White Stripes told AACC students Sept. 20 it’s hard to get work in the screen printing industry. “The music industry is so saturated with people...

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