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Campus Current

Campus police stay busy opening buildings for faculty and staff who need access to their offices while the campuses are mostly locked down.

Crime down but police stay busy opening buildings

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

Between March, when the college shut down because of the pandemic, and the start of the fall semester, AACC police responded to two accidents, two reports of destruction of property, four medical emergencies—...

Sgt. Janene Kerpelman, left, is the first AACC police officer promoted to sergeant.

Female officer is 1st to earn sergeant promotion

Summer Cox, Digital Editor September 10, 2020

One of AACC’s two female police officers this summer became the first officer on the campus police force to be promoted to the rank of sergeant. Sgt. Janene Kerpelman, who came to AACC as a public...

A national ranking of community colleges by value puts AACC in the top 10%.

AACC ranks high for quality, affordability

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

AACC scored in the top 10% of U.S community colleges in a ranking by personal finance website WalletHub in August. In a comparison of 698 community colleges by quality and affordability, AACC ranked...

Brig. Gen. Irene Zoppi Rodriguez is the first Hispanic member of AACC's Board of Trustees.

AACC Board of Trustees gets 1st Hispanic member

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

A U.S. Army Reserve general became the first Hispanic member of AACC's Board of Trustees in July. Gov. Larry Hogan appointed Brig. Gen. Irene M. Zoppi Rodriguez, the director of the Army Reserve Engagement...

Lindsey Gonzalez, a third-year transfer studies student, wears a surgical mask on AACC's campus in 2020. Campus Current ran this photo with the first article it published about the coronavirus.

Campus may not fully reopen until fall 2021

Johannes Haasbroek, Editor-in-Chief August 24, 2020

The majority of classes at AACC are likely to be online until the fall 2021 semester, the college announced over the summer. All fall 2020 classes will be online except for a handful of nursing and...

Classes and labs from the School of Health Sciences will be held on campus starting June 1.

Health Sciences to hold labs and classes on campus starting June 1

Christian Richey, Editor-in-Chief May 28, 2020

The School of Health Sciences will hold classes and labs on campus with social distancing requirements starting June 1. President Dawn Lindsay announced Wednesday limited Health Sciences and Police...

Some AACC students say they are more likely to vote in the Maryland primary election because they can mail in their ballots.

Young voters to opt for mail-in primary election ballots

Dacia Sain, Reporter May 19, 2020

Maryland voters will have to choose between casting their ballots at a polling place or mailing in their votes during the state’s primary election in June. Registered voters, including AACC students...

Students who have struggled with online courses this semester say they might not enroll at AACC in the fall.

Some students consider gap semester

Daniel Salomón, Associate Editor May 15, 2020

Some AACC students have said they plan to drop out of college for a semester because they do not want to take online classes. In an informal poll of 21 AACC students, nine said they are considering...

Students will have the option to take classes which meet live online.

Some fall classes will meet live with professors via Zoom

Daniel Salomon, Associate Editor May 8, 2020

Students registering for the fall 2020 semester can choose between online classes that meet live with their professors at certain times during the week and online courses that do not require any live communication. The...

Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman's proposal did not include a $4 million increase AACC requested.

County executive delivers AACC budget to county council

Christian Richey, Editor-in-Chief May 7, 2020

Anne Arundel’s county executive on Friday proposed a budget that would give AACC $4 million less than the college requested for the next fiscal year. AACC Vice President for Learning Resources Management...

Dance Company Director Lynda Fitzgerald (left) won the Dance Educator of the Year award in March.

Dance Company director wins Dance Educator of the Year

Adrianna Gonzalez, Daily Editor May 5, 2020

AACC’s Dance Company director in March won the Maryland Dance Education Association’s top award. “I am so honored and humbled by the award,”  Lynda Fitzgerald, said of her Dance Educator of...

Ryan Kim, a first-year environmental science student, won the election, which ran from April 7 to 14.

Student Government Association elects new president

Erica Short, Reporter May 4, 2020

A first-year environmental science student is the new president of AACC’s Student Government Association. Ryan Kim, who served as SGA’s vice president of events and initiatives this year, ran unopposed...

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