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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

Students who attended a campus event on Tuesday decorated vision boards, like the one shown, with inspiring photos and sayings.

Students create vision boards during campus event

Dulcie Metro, Reporter September 12, 2023

  About two dozen students took a break from studies on Tuesday to create artwork that represents their vision for their futures. Some students wrote their goals on worksheets while others created...

AACC offers mental health resources for students struggling

Suicide prevention week brings awareness to mental health on campus

Izzy Chase, Associate Editor September 11, 2023

Warning: This article contains mentions of suicide  If you’ve ever struggled with your mental health you’re not alone. In fact, you can call 988 or reach out to AACC’s counseling services. Suicide...

The footbridge between the east and west side of the Arnold campus will remain closed all semester.

Bridge connecting east, west campus closes for repairs

Payton Thompson, Senior Reporter August 31, 2023

AACC closed the 30-year-old footbridge that connects the west and east campuses for the fall semester for repairs. During routine maintenance earlier this summer, workers found deterioration in the...

Students attended the block party hosted on the Quad

Students attend block party on 1st day of semester

Cole Popov, Reporter August 30, 2023

Students celebrated their return to campus by making stuffed animals and shopping from a free produce market at a back-to school party this Monday. Roughly 250 students attended the Office of Student...

Henry Robbins, left, and Kyle Sheppard talk and laugh in the quad after their summer class.

Students build lifelong friendships on campus

Andrea Bridgett, Sports Editor August 28, 2023

AACC students say they have made lifelong best friends on campus since restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic relaxed and in-person events resumed.  Zack Buster, a third-year communications student,...

Students say they prefer email to texts or social media when it comes to receiving college information.

Students want AACC information via student email

Andrea Bridgett, Sports Editor August 28, 2023

A spring survey revealed students want to receive college information through their school email, but prefer YouTube if communication is via social media. AACC’s Strategic Communications Department...

Spring graduate Zoe Hunter, who studied creative writing here, is one of two AACC students who won a League of Innovation writing competition.

Creative writers win national recognition

Tomi Brunton, Editor-in-Chief August 28, 2023

Two AACC students won first-place awards in a national creative writing competition. Zoe Hunter, a creative writing student who graduated in May, won first place in the fictional short story section of...

First-year business student Paul Shenton works in his home studio.

Student influencers build online followings

Cole Popov, Reporter August 28, 2023

AACC students who are promoting themselves on social media are attracting thousands of followers. In fact, second-year communications student Taylor Walls has 341,000 followers on TikTok, where she...

Dan Elson, left, and Frank Fitzgeralde Libom represent Campus Current on the quad.

Big news staff = more voices

Editorial Board August 28, 2023

Campus Current needs you to round out our staff. We believe the larger and more diverse our staff, the better our coverage of the community. We have seen that when we have a large staff, one including...

Jason Kalshoven, a second-year film studies student, left, practices an improv skit with Éva Parry, a second-year transfer studies student, for Overcast Troupers.

Students kick off new clubs

Payton Thompson, Senior Reporter August 28, 2023

An African Student Association and an improv club will start on campus this semester. These clubs will join the college’s approximately 30 existing student organizations. “I was able to join a lot...

Enrollment at AACC has risen over the past year, but not by quite as much as community colleges nationwide.

Enrollment inches up among 2-yr. colleges

Tomi Brunton, Editor-in-Chief August 28, 2023

Enrollment at AACC grew about 4% between spring 2022 and last semester, lagging behind national community college trends. Community college enrollment rose about 8% nationally from last year, returning...

Second-year environmental science student Parinaaz Patel, left, and second-year creative writing student Robert Rogers work at the desk of the Truxal Library.

AACC helps students find work on campus

Payton Thompson, Senior Reporter August 28, 2023

Students can find on-campus jobs and internships through a new platform called Riverhawk CareerConnect. Through the platform, students can apply for full-time, part-time and seasonal work. “It allows...

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