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Campus Current

First-year engineering student Chris Chambers will be the next president of the Student Government Association.

Engineering student to become next SGA president

Jose Gonzalez, Editor-in-Chief May 8, 2025

A first-year engineering student will be the Student Government Association president next year.  Chris Chambers, the vice president of campus activities for the SGA, won against first-year nursing...

The college will switch to a new system for tracking staff leave on July 1.

AACC changes system to track staff time off

Lily Peaper, Associate Editor May 5, 2025

The college will introduce a new system on July 1 to help employees keep track of their annual leave because the existing arrangement has created confusion among staff members, according to AACC’s executive...

The journal consists of undergraduate research by AACC students across the college.

College releases 4th research publication

Julissa Mendoza Robles, Reporter May 5, 2025

The fourth edition of The Journal of Emerging Scholarship, featuring 12 papers written by more than 20 students, released on April 25 as a part of AACC’s Research Day. According to STEM coordinator...

The staff and faculty advisers for Amaranth, AACC’s student journal for the arts, pose with the magazine’s 1984 edition.

Student arts journal to unveil 50th edition

Hudson Toth, Reporter May 5, 2025

The 50th edition of AACC’s student journal for the arts, Amaranth, will come out on May 6. Amaranth staff will host a release party—including an open mic event—in Humanities 112 that day to celebrate...

AACC will cancel most classes that have fewer than 15 students in the future. Shown, communications professor Zoë Farquhar.

Minimum class size grows from 12 to 15

Jose Gonzalez, Editor-in-Chief May 1, 2025

Starting in the fall, classes with fewer than 15 students could be canceled before the semester begins. This comes a year and a half after college administrators increased the minimum class size from...

First-year students Chris Chambers and Dammy Oyewumi are running for Student Government Association president.

2 first-years run for SGA president

Jose Gonzalez, Editor-in-Chief April 22, 2025

Two first-year students are running for Student Government Association president for the next school year. The candidates are Chris Chambers, an engineering student, and Dammy Oyewumi, a nursing student....

Women students say wearing bows—an international trend—is an expression of their femininity.

Bows back in fashion for girly girls at AACC

Morgan Brown, Reporter April 1, 2025

Whether it is on a pencil case, a shirt or in their hair, female students are reclaiming bows. Students around campus are wearing bows, reflecting a national trend. Pinterest reported a 190% increase...

Students can order drip coffee, lattes and hot chocolate from the coffee vending machine in Careers.

Careers Center gets new coffee machine

Lauren Sheesley, Daily Editor April 1, 2025

AACC has a new coffee vending machine in Careers, the only one on campus. The gourmet coffee machine, which serves drinks from the coffee company Seattle’s Best, was installed on the second floor...

Dual-enrollment student Tomi Brunton, a former Campus Current editor, sets up for an open mic night hosted by Amaranth, the student arts journal.

Fewer high schoolers attend AACC classes

Jose Gonzalez, Editor-in-Chief March 27, 2025

The number of public high school students who are also enrolled at AACC dropped by 7% since last spring. That follows a 7% drop in dual-enrolled students in fall 2024, according to Associate Vice President...

After a few semesters of enrollment declines, AACC reports more students are signing up for classes.

Enrollment rates hit highest since COVID

Jose Gonzalez, Editor-in-Chief March 27, 2025

Spring enrolllment at AACC this semester is the highest it has been since spring 2020. Likewise, last fall’s enrollment also was higher than any fall semester since 2020. AACC reported that 10,576...

Newly elected SGA officers gather for an event in the Hawk’s Nest after a special election in February.

Student Gov. to hold 2nd election in April

Jose Gonzalez, Editor-in-Chief March 24, 2025

For the second time this semester, the Student Government Association will hold an election for officers, starting April 28. Students elected an SGA president in February after the original 2024-25 president...

AACC makes changes to PTO policy

AACC makes changes to PTO policy

Lily Peaper, Associate Editor March 14, 2025

AACC staff will no longer receive frontloaded Paid Time Off (PTO) on July first. Staff members now have to accrue any vacation days they plan to take, rather than get them all at once. In previous years,...

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