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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

Information security director John Williams encourages students and faculty to be cognizant when using technology.

IT director gives tech advice for cybersecurity month

Tristan Comba, Contributor October 17, 2022

One of the most common mistakes students make when using email is clicking on links from unfamiliar senders, AACC’s director of information security said Tuesday.  “So they’ll read an email that...

Police Chief Sean Kapfhammer says crime was nearly zero on AACCs three campuses in 2021.

Campus crime dips slightly from ’20-’21

Jordan Crymes, Reporter October 7, 2022

Even with more students coming back to campus for in-person classes in 2021, crime dropped slightly from the year before, according to an annual report police released in September.  Between 2019 and...

President Lindsay marked her 10-year anniversary in August.

President Lindsay marks 10 years at AACC

Dan Elson, Sports Editor October 6, 2022

AACC President Dawn Lindsay marked her 10th anniversary at the college in August. The second woman to serve as president of the college, Lindsay said her favorite moments have been at each year’s...

Police pursue suspect in stalking incident

Police pursue suspect in stalking incident

Zack Buster, Editor-In-Chief October 5, 2022

Campus police said Friday they are looking for a suspect who reportedly stalked a female student throughout the day on Thursday. A police report described the suspect as a bald or short-haired black...

Campus administrators say students and faculty who test positive for monkeypox need to report their results to the college and stay off campus. Shown, medical students put on protective gear during class.

AACC officials report no monkeypox cases

Holden Smith, Reporter September 29, 2022

College officials have received no reports of monkeypox from students, faculty or staff, they said in September. Those who suffer from monkeypox symptoms, including fever,chills, body aches, headaches,...

Courtney Buiniskis, an adjunct communications professor, is running for state delegate for Maryland District 30B in the general election on Nov. 8.

Adjunct runs for seat in General Assembly

Zack Buster, Editor-In-Chief September 28, 2022

An adjunct professor won the Democratic primary for the District 30B seat in the Maryland House of Delegates on July 19, while another AACC faculty member lost her primary bid in District 31B. Democrat...

Steuart Pittman speaking at an event

AACC adjunct faculty gets right to form union

Sam Gauntt, Associate Editor September 27, 2022

Some AACC adjunct faculty members are collecting signatures in an effort to form a union. A vote in the Maryland Legislature in 2021 allowed community college faculty and staff to unionize after Sept....

A kickoff meeting on Thursday prepared student entrepreneurs for a November business pitch contest that will award cash prizes.

Students learn to pitch in kickoff event

Ellianna Shields, Reporter September 22, 2022

Would-be student entrepreneurs on Thursday learned how to compete in a November competition that could earn them prizes of up to $1,000. The kickoff meeting was a prelude to November’s Big Idea Competition,...

AACC students can apply for paid internships in January working with state politicians.

Political paid internships offered for students in January

Tomi Brunton, Reporter September 22, 2022

AACC students can sign up for paid internships working with state delegates and senators starting in January when the Maryland General Assembly begins its next session. Students interested in the internship,...

Alford Shinaberry, AACC’s mailroom supervisor, will retire on Oct. 1 after 52 years with the college. His hobbies include skydiving. Shown, in a jump over Laurel Delaware.

AACC mailworker retires after 52 years

Ava Herring, Diversity Editor September 14, 2022

The employee who has worked the longest at AACC retired on Oct. 1 after 52 years in the mailroom.  Alford Shinaberry, who turns 70 in November, started working in the campus mailroom in September 1970...

Internships program coordinator Gwen Johnson says she helped start the Career Mentoring Network to help students get career advice and coaching from faculty mentors in their field.

Students get mentors, career advice this fall

Zack Buster, Editor-in-Chief September 8, 2022

Students will have the chance to work with career advisers in their fields this fall. AACC’s Sarbanes Center for Career and Civic Engagement launched a program to connect students with faculty mentors...

Academic chair of the Entrepreneurial Studies Institute Stephanie Goldenberg (right) and instructional specialist Stephen Berry oversee the Ratcliffe Entrepreneurship Scholarship.

Student entrepreneurs get scholarships, mentors

Zack Buster, Editor-in-Chief September 8, 2022

Student entrepreneurs could win $12,000 scholarships this year as part of a $300,000 donation from the Philip E. and Carole R. Ratcliffe Foundation. Stephanie Goldenberg, the Entrepreneurial Studies...

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