AACC Has A Brand-New Chief Compliance and Fair Practices Officer
Maia Brown, Reporter
October 22, 2020
AACC’s former dean of student engagement has accepted a job overseeing the college’s handling of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation cases. Dr. Tiffany Boykin, the new chief compliance and fair practices officer, will tackle discrimination on campus that involves race, sex, national ...
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...
Black Male Initiative and Coming Out Week coordinators win Equity and Inclusion Champion Award
Dominic Salacki, Reporter
October 9, 2020
The college has recognized the coordinators of AACC’s Black Male Initiative and Coming Out Week with its annual Equity and Inclusion Champion Award. Dr. Richard Otten has been an adjunct instructor of gender and sexuality studies and African-American studies since 2004. He helped ...
New strategic plan to focus on gaps in student achievement
Johannes Haasbroek, Editor-in-Chief
September 30, 2020
AACC’s focus for the next four years will involve increasing student graduation rates, particularly among minorities. Dr. Mike Gavin, AACC’s vice president for learning, said the college’s new strategic plan aims to “eradicate achievement gaps” that prevent some students from finishing their...
AACC faculty and students participate in Teach In on racial equality
Johannes Haasbroek, Editor-in-Chief
September 9, 2020
Faculty and students participated informal lectures and discussions about racial equality Tuesday and Wednesday during a Teach In designed to prompt the dialogue. Vice President for Learning Mike Gavin asked the campus community to participate in the Teach In, which is part of a national movement starte...
AACC Board of Trustees gets 1st Hispanic member
Johannes Haasbroek, Editor-in-Chief
September 9, 2020
A U.S. Army Reserve general became the first Hispanic member of AACC's Board of Trustees in July. Gov. Larry Hogan appointed Brig. Gen. Irene M. Zoppi Rodriguez, the director of the Army Reserve Engagement Cell, to fill one of two vacancies on the Board of Trustees. The board is composed of seven...
‘White Fragility’ author visits AACC via Zoom
Johannes Haasbroek, Editor-in-Chief
August 18, 2020
The author of the best-selling book, “White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism,” told 3,000 Anne Arundel County educators she is “all for niceness … but that’s not anti-racism.” “Smiling is not anti-racism,” Dr. Robin DiAngelo said to a virtual crowd of...
Art of Women exhibit highlights female artists
Christian Richey, Editor-in-Chief
March 6, 2020
Female AACC students displayed their art and discussed the importance of uplifting women during the Art of Women Invitational Exhibit in the Pascal Gallery on Thursday. According to visual arts professor Dawn Bond the exhibit highlighted female artists due to their underrepresentation in the art world...
Let’s embrace black history
Christian Richey, Editor-in-Chief
March 2, 2020
While I appreciate the college’s efforts, I feel AACC needs to do a better job representing its African-American student body during Black History Month. In the Pascal Gallery in the Student Union building, a display containing documents, images and a video explaining the history of lynching in...
Professor wins MLK Zeitgeist Award for diversity work
Daniel Salomon, Photo Editor
March 2, 2020
Dr. Heather Rellihan walked across the Arnold campus last fall looking at her phone when she noticed an email saying she had won the coveted Martin Luther King Jr. Zeitgeist award. “I was so honored and completely surprised,” Rellihan, AACC’s academic chair for interdisciplinary studies, said....
Students learn life lessons at 10th annual Black Male Summit
Christian Richey, Editor-in-Chief
February 28, 2020
African-American students received advice on how to further their careers, overcome hardships and improve their lives at the 10th annual Black Male Summit in CALT 100 on Friday. The event, organized by Reginald Stroble, the assistant director of the Student Achievement and Success Program, featured...
Artist performs famous Malcolm X speech
Christian Richey, Editor-in-Chief
February 22, 2020
Students learned about the history of Malcolm X on Thursday through an artist’s retelling of his famous “The Ballot or The Bullet” speech. Darrick Johnson performed as Malcolm X for students in Cade 219, reciting an excerpt from the speech followed by a question and answer segment for the audience. Johnson...
