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Campus Current

On-campus vendors like the Hawks Nest Grill & Deli and the bookstore discontinued the use of plastic bags on Jan. 1.

Campus stores stop offering plastic bags

Mischa Green, Co-Editor January 22, 2024

The campus bookstore and the Hawk’s Nest Grill & Deli no longer offer plastic bags to customers at checkout as of Jan. 1. Anne Arundel County enacted the Bring Your Own Bag Plastic Reduction Act...

The college’s new dental hygiene program will begin once the Commission on Dental Accreditation approves its accreditation.

New dental program needs accreditation

Izzy Chase, Co-Editor January 20, 2024

AACC’s dental hygiene program, set to begin last September, has not started because of a delay in the accreditation process. The program, which eventually will offer an associate of applied science...

Clubs must pay for the license to a movie before they can show it on campus, or the college can get fined.

Clubs must buy rights for movies on campus

Mischa Green, Co-Editor January 20, 2024

Student clubs could have to pay hundreds of dollars for a license if they opt to show a movie on campus. The Office of Student Engagement announced a new rule in December that requires clubs to pay...

The fourth floor of Florestano opens this semester after three years of renovations.

Florestano 4th floor finishes construction

Tomi Brunton, Co-Editor January 20, 2024

The fourth floor of the Florestano building opened for students at the start of the semester after nearly three years of renovations.       The renovations included the addition of media production...

Room 172 in the Health and Life Sciences Building is getting a new name to honor the late Lorraine Girandola, shown, a former AACC employee and nurse.

College names HLSB room after employee

Izzy Chase, Co-Editor January 19, 2024

Room 172 in the Health and Life Sciences Building has a new name to honor a former nurse who worked as a student success coach at AACC for 10-plus years. Lorraine Girandola, who died in May at age 87,...

The Anne Arundel County Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Committee canceled its annual breakfast. Shown, committee Chair Eugene Peterson.

Committee cancels event honoring MLK

Divine Mesumbe, Co-Editor January 19, 2024

The Anne Arundel County committee that hosts an annual breakfast in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. canceled the event for 2024. AACC has participated in the event since the nonprofit Dr. Martin...

For the first time since 2019, the Student Government Association has a full 15-member Senate.

SGA fills Senate for 1st time since COVID

Izzy Chase, Co-Editor January 19, 2024

The Student Government Association has appointed a full 15-student Senate for the first time since 2019. The Senate helps host events and supports the officers who make up the SGA’s executive board,...

The campus footbridge, which closed for the fall, reopened at the start of the spring semester.

Bridge reopens after construction finishes

Izzy Chase, Co-Editor January 19, 2024

The bridge that connects the east and west sides of campus, which closed for renovations last summer, reopened in January, according to a college official. While the bridge was closed, AACC ran shuttle...

The college has started canceling most classes with fewer than 12 students.

Minimum class size rises to 12 students

Jack Sarnese, Co-Editor January 19, 2024

College administrators made more last-minute class cancellations than usual before the first day of the semester. The college raised the minimum number of students required for a class to run from 10...

Biology professor Julie Takacs, who taught the new Intro to Research course this semester, presents in her biology class.

AACC introduces hands-on science research classes

Jack Sarnese, Reporter December 14, 2023

The college introduced the first class in a series of three scientific research courses this semester and will offer the second in the spring. Eight students took the first course, the one-credit Science...

The testing center at AACCs Glen Burnie Town Center campus has been closed since August and will reopen next semester

GBTC testing center remains closed for finals week

Jack Sarnese, Reporter December 7, 2023

Students taking classes at Glen Burnie Town Center will have to travel to AACC’s Arundel Mills or Arnold campus if they want to take final exams in a testing center this semester. GBTC’s testing...

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid will open in December instead of October this year for students applying for financial assistance.

FAFSA to open in late December

Tomi Brunton, Editor-in-Chief December 7, 2023

The 2024-2025 Free Application for Federal Student Aid will open by Dec. 31 this year, three months later than the usual Oct. 1 opening. The Department of Education is making significant changes to...

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