AACC will offer at least 20% of its course sections on campus in the fall, while at least half will remain online only.
The courses with on-campus sections are mostly developmental courses...
AACC plans to add automated responses to the chat function on aacc.edu in March to help answer common questions from prospective students.
The chatbot—short for robot—will operate alongside a...
The Campus Current made a short list of finalists for the Associated Collegiate Press’s prestigious Pacemaker award.
The award, in the community college category, is for issues of the student...
The director of AACC's Dance Company will retire on Aug. 15 after working at the college for 33 years.
Lynda Fitzgerald, the coordinator for performing arts-dance, founded the company in 1989 and...
AACC’s campuses are unlikely to fully reopen for another year, AACC’s vice president for learning said in January.
Dr. Mike Gavin told Campus Current the college will tentatively add more on-campus...
AACC’s student newspaper has a new editor-in-chief this semester.
Second-year business administration student Audrey Wais said she intends to “home in on the virtual presence” of Campus Current,...
Summer Cox, Digital Media Editor
• December 18, 2020
Students made videos for their favorite professors in December to express their gratitude for their hard work.
The videos were part of a Student Government Association-sponsored Faculty Appreciation...
Although faculty members said they are comfortable when parents listen in on Zoom lectures meant for their college-age children, they admitted they would prefer it if the audience for their virtual...
AACC’s nursing program will increase from 104 to 160 students per semester—an increase of 53%— by spring 2022, college officials said in December.
Health Sciences Dean Elizabeth Appel...
Summer Cox, Digital Media Editor
• December 16, 2020
Although most online students will take their final exams in the comfort of their pajamas, test anxiety can still be an issue, a campus therapist said.
Diane Hallila, AACC’s personal and career...
AACC students said in December that despite the challenges of learning online, the fall semester went better than they anticipated.
In an informal Campus Current poll, one of eight students said he...
Some of the changes forced on the college by the pandemic turned out to be good for efficiency and student learning, AACC officials said.
Administrators will keep some of the new policies and programs...
