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Campus Current

The Maryland General Assembly is discussing legislation related to AACC.

Md. considers 2 new laws relating to AACC

Izzy Chase, Associate Editor March 28, 2024

The Maryland General Assembly is considering passing two laws related to AACC. Nick’s Law aims to prohibit someone who is convicted of operating a boat while under the influence from operating a boat...

AACC volunteers offer to file taxes free of charge for anyone who earns less than $64,000 a year.

AACC volunteers do free tax preparation

Mischa Green, Club Editor March 26, 2024

Volunteers will be available on campus until April 3 to do taxes for free for students, faculty and community members who make less than $64,000 a year. The student and faculty volunteers participate...

First-year radiology student Olivia Keir runs a pop-up shop on the Quad.

AACC entrepreneurs create pop-up shops

Divine Mesumbe, Daily Editor March 26, 2024

About once a month, a student or a group sets up a table on the Quad and fills it with jewelry, crafts, candy or another handmade item with the hope of selling that handiwork to others. The makeshift,...

A recent survey shows an increase of LGBTQ people in the college-age population.

Study shows increase in LGBTQ population

Jose Gonzalez, Sports Editor March 26, 2024

More than a quarter of Gen Z Americans—which includes traditional college-age students—identify as queer, according to a January study by the Public Religion Research Institute. The report said 28%...

More students seek out on-campus counseling services since the beginning of the pandemic.

More students seek on-campus counseling services

Izzy Chase and Eva Parry March 8, 2024

The number of AACC students who see on-campus counselors rose by 10% over the last year after a 71% bump the year before,  according to one of the college’s counselors. Melissa Boling, one of AACC’s...

AACC has a shortage of work study students, like second-year media production student Maria Bejarano, this semester.

Work study programs need more students

Ross Birckhead-Morton, Reporter March 7, 2024

More on- and off-campus work study positions are available than students to fill them this school year. The reason, Financial Aid Specialist and Work Study Coordinator Lacey Lopez said, is a combination...

The college’s budget for the next fiscal year raises tuition and athletic fees by $2 per credit hour.

Board of Trustees votes to raise tuition, fees by $2 per credit hour

Tomi Brunton, Editor-in-Chief February 29, 2024

AACC’s Board of Trustees approved a budget on Feb. 27 that will raise tuition and fees by $2 per credit hour next fall. The budget will raise tuition by $1 and the athletics fee by $1, which would...

This May's graduation will be on May 23 at the Hall at LIVE! Casino and Hotel.

College sets 2024 graduation date

Mischa Green, Club Editor February 23, 2024

AACC will hold its annual graduation ceremony at the Hall at LIVE! Casino and Hotel on May 23. The graduation will be split between two ceremonies: the School of Health Sciences and the School of Science,...

The Truxal Library in February began opening from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.

Truxal Library opens on weekends again

Tomi Brunton, Editor-in-Chief February 23, 2024

The Truxal Library began opening for students on Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m., starting Feb. 4. The library study rooms and work spaces, as well as reference and circulation desks, will...

Paramedic student Rachel Gwin, this year's student representative on AACC's Board of Trustees, says she is a voice for the student body.

Applications open for next student trustee

Payton Thompson, Senior Reporter February 22, 2024

Students can apply to serve as the next student member of AACC’s Board of Trustees until March 31. The college’s eight-member Board of Trustees includes one student, who represents the student body,...

Student Government Association President Zack Buster is one of a group of AACC students who met with state legislators on Student Advocacy Day.

Students ask legislators not to cut state funding

Tomi Brunton, Editor-in-Chief February 9, 2024

Almost a dozen AACC students gathered in Annapolis on Tuesday to lobby their state senators and delegates to support community colleges. Students from all of Maryland’s 16 community colleges gathered...

Police are searching for an unknown suspect who stole cash from cars in the AACC parking lot.

Police search for suspect in theft incident

Tomi Brunton, Editor-in-Chief February 5, 2024

Campus police said on Monday they are looking for a suspect who stole cash from multiple cars in the AACC and YMCA parking lots on Saturday. A police report described the suspect as “an unknown race...

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