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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

Student requests for food, basic help increase by 300% since March

Student requests for food, basic help increase by 300% since March

Summer Cox, Digital Media Editor November 24, 2020

  HelpLink, AACC’s crisis management service, has seen a sharp uptick in requests for assistance since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Since the college closed in March, HelpLink has...

Most of AACCs 15 all-online degrees are in business management, English, gender and sexuality studies, information systems, psychology and transfer studies.

AACC offers 15 AA degrees completely online

Johannes Haasbroek, Editor-in-Chief November 23, 2020

AACC started offering 15 associate degrees completely online this semester.   Five more could be available by next fall, according to Vice President for Learning Mike Gavin.   Most of the all-online...

Panelists Thomisha Duru, Johnelka Staff and Winnie Shabazz says hobbies, life experiences and interests outside of work can spur an idea for a successful business startup.

Women entrepreneurs share ideas for successful business startup

Audrey Wais, Advertising Manager November 20, 2020

Three Anne Arundel County entrepreneurs told AACC students in October that they never expected to start the kinds of businesses they own.   During a virtual panel discussion sponsored by the Entrepreneurial...

Former Howard High School baseball coach Nick Hoffner 
is the new head of AACC Baseball.

Baseball team gets new head coach

Johannes Haasbroek, Editor-in-Chief November 19, 2020

A long-time Howard High School baseball coach is the new head of AACC Baseball.  Nick Hoffner, the founder and owner of Leading Home Mortgage in Columbia, said he always wanted to coach college...

The Department of Public Safety and Police’s 2020 shows theft has annual decreased from 14 reported cases in 2017 to eight in 2019 on AACC’s Arnold campus.

Already low, crime decreases on campus

Johannes Haasbroek, Editor-in-Chief November 18, 2020

Theft is down 42% on the Arnold campus since 2017, according to a report the campus police released on Nov. 6.  The Department of Public Safety and Police’s 2020 annual security report...

Approximately 180 classes will have limited number of face-to-face sections on campus next semester. Featured: Dental students in a face-to face class on the Arnold campus in the fall semester.

180 classes to return to campus in spring

Johannes Haasbroek, Editor-in-Chief November 17, 2020

Students in approximately 180 classes will have the option to sign up for a limited number of face-to-face sections on campus next semester.  Included in Stage 3 of the Riverhawk Recovery Plan will...

“Democracy is not a promise,” says legal studies professor Kymberly Jackson.  When we look at our democracy, we see something that is constantly being reevaluated and reshaped.

Expert panel explains importance of voting

Summer Cox, Digital Media Editor November 13, 2020

A panel of election experts in October urged AACC students to vote.  Organized by AACC’s Legal Studies Institute, the Voter Engagement panel featured Special Appeals Court Judge Douglas Nazarian;...

ESports Club members raised $1,725 in the 24-hour Extra Life gaming event.

ESports Club raises $1,700 for charity

Johannes Haasbroek, Editor-in-Chief November 10, 2020

AACC’s ESports Club raised $1,725 for Johns Hopkins Children’s Center during a 24-hour gaming event that took place Saturday through Sunday.  The once-a-semester event, Extra Life, is a live-streamed...

 AACC students default rate was the second lowest among the 14 Maryland community colleges in the study.

Default rate on federal loans low for AACC students

Johannes Haasbroek, Editor-in-Chief November 9, 2020

AACC students default on federal student loans less often than their peers at most other Maryland community colleges, according to an October study.  AACC’s default rate—7.80%—was the second...

Political science professor Dan Nataf says half of the 448 county residents who answered the poll said the pandemic is one of “the most important problems faced by residents.”

Anne Arundel County residents ranks COVID-19 as greatest worry, October survey shows

Summer Cox, Digital Media Editor November 5, 2020

Anne Arundel County residents ranked COVID-19 as their greatest worry in an October AACC survey about community concerns.  They also named the economy and racism among their top concerns, according to...

The best way to make a change is to just vote,” says first-time voter Icram Doku, a second-year computer science student.

1st-time voters see voting as civic duty

Audrey Wais, Advertising Manager October 29, 2020

AACC students who are first-time voters said in October that voting is a civic duty.   Student voters told Campus Current everyone should have a say about who runs the country.   “If you want...

AACC students say they prefer Biden as the next U.S. president.

AACC Students Favor Biden

Dominic Salacki, Reporter October 29, 2020

AACC students said in October they will vote for former Vice President Joe Biden as the next U.S. president. In an informal poll of 51 students, 36 told Campus Current they will vote for Biden, seven...

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