AACC hosts online workshop series on non-traditional class advice
Ashley Sokolowski , Daily Reporter
January 28, 2019
An AACC adviser is hosting four workshops to help students succeed in online courses. Jill Nagiel, an online adviser, held the first of four “Tips for Success in your Online Class” on January 28. During the workshop, Nageil offered tips for both online and on-campus classes. Nagiel said...
State funds available for tuition
Bethany Probst, Co-Editor
January 23, 2019
AACC students can apply for the Maryland Promise Scholarship later this semester. The Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship program will allow some in-state students to receive tuition assistance of up to $5,000 a year starting in the 2019-2020 academic year. The Promise Scholarship is...
Additional instruction program doubles size
Daniel Salomon, Co-Editor
January 23, 2019
A program to help science and math students who need extra instruction is expanding from seven to 12 courses and doubling the number of its instructors this semester. The Supplemental Instruction program increased the number of student instructors who run group work sessions for their peers from 11...
School launches 3 new fall semester classes
Noah Reem, Co-Editor
January 23, 2019
AACC will introduce two one-credit fitness classes and a new technology class in the fall 2019 semester. The Health, Fitness and Exercise Studies Department will add a basketball course and a high-intensity interval training class. “I would rather take a high-intensity workout class or a basketball...
300-level courses face unsure future at AACC
Bethany Probst, Co-Editor
January 23, 2019
The Maryland Higher Education Commission has stalled AACC’s plan to offer 300-level courses for students hoping to become interior designers or physician assistants. After AACC proposed offering an applied bachelor’s degree in interior design last year, the commission encouraged the college...
111 new 8-week sections arrive
Bethany Probst, Co-Editor
January 23, 2019
AACC will offer 111 more eight-week classes this semester than it did last spring. The college is running 408 eight-week sections of 177 courses this semester. The traditional semester is 15 weeks. Eight-week sections compress the same information into a course that lasts half a semester. Liz...
Bio grant helps students pass
Alex Fregger, Co-Editor
January 23, 2019
A grant worth more than $2 million from the National Science Foundation will help prepare AACC students who plan to major in biology when they transfer to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. According to the proposal that created the grant, 29.8 percent of community college transfer students...
Search begins for new AACC assistant deans
Alex Fregger, Co-Editor
January 23, 2019
AACC posted job listings for eight new assistant dean positions on Dec. 14. The college will hire assistant deans for literacy and communications; health and wellness; mathematics; science; social sciences and philosophy; technology; visual performing arts and world languages; and for business programs...
Construction reroutes roads, causes detours
Chance Iheoma, Co-Editor
January 23, 2019
AACC’s construction project has redirected the flow of traffic for the new year. The ongoing construction of AACC’s new Health and Life Sciences Building, which began last summer, has led to multiple detours and rerouting along Ring Road. “This place gets pretty packed and all the parking...
$1m donors name new skilled trades building
Sarah Noble and Alexandra Radovic
January 23, 2019
Long-time donors to the college donated $1 million toward AACC’s new trade building and named it the Clauson Center for Innovation and Skilled Trades. The donors, Janet and James Clauson, are community advocates who run the nonprofit Clauson Family Foundation in Hanover. According to Kip Kunsman,...
Medical cannabis cert. in evaluation by school
Daniel Salomon, Co-Editor
January 23, 2019
A proposal for a 16-credit medical cannabis specialist certificate stalled in the fall as college officials waited to learn which candidates would win the Anne Arundel County executive and council seats. According to campus sources, some members of last year’s County Council opposed a medical cannabis-related...
Campus Current staff members offer tips to survive the last days of finals week
Sarah Noble, Multimedia
December 12, 2018
Want to survive the last few days of final exams? Follow these steps that Campus Current staff members swear by. While studying: Some exams cover material you learned at the beginning of the semester. If you don’t know where to start, break your review time into small steps. Ideally, everyone wants ...
