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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

Students say they prefer email to texts or social media when it comes to receiving college information.

Students want AACC information via student email

Andrea Bridgett, Sports Editor August 28, 2023

A spring survey revealed students want to receive college information through their school email, but prefer YouTube if communication is via social media. AACC’s Strategic Communications Department...

Spring graduate Zoe Hunter, who studied creative writing here, is one of two AACC students who won a League of Innovation writing competition.

Creative writers win national recognition

Tomi Brunton, Editor-in-Chief August 28, 2023

Two AACC students won first-place awards in a national creative writing competition. Zoe Hunter, a creative writing student who graduated in May, won first place in the fictional short story section of...

First-year business student Paul Shenton works in his home studio.

Student influencers build online followings

Cole Popov, Reporter August 28, 2023

AACC students who are promoting themselves on social media are attracting thousands of followers. In fact, second-year communications student Taylor Walls has 341,000 followers on TikTok, where she...

Dan Elson, left, and Frank Fitzgeralde Libom represent Campus Current on the quad.

Big news staff = more voices

Editorial Board August 28, 2023

Campus Current needs you to round out our staff. We believe the larger and more diverse our staff, the better our coverage of the community. We have seen that when we have a large staff, one including...

Jason Kalshoven, a second-year film studies student, left, practices an improv skit with Éva Parry, a second-year transfer studies student, for Overcast Troupers.

Students kick off new clubs

Payton Thompson, Senior Reporter August 28, 2023

An African Student Association and an improv club will start on campus this semester. These clubs will join the college’s approximately 30 existing student organizations. “I was able to join a lot...

Enrollment at AACC has risen over the past year, but not by quite as much as community colleges nationwide.

Enrollment inches up among 2-yr. colleges

Tomi Brunton, Editor-in-Chief August 28, 2023

Enrollment at AACC grew about 4% between spring 2022 and last semester, lagging behind national community college trends. Community college enrollment rose about 8% nationally from last year, returning...

Second-year environmental science student Parinaaz Patel, left, and second-year creative writing student Robert Rogers work at the desk of the Truxal Library.

AACC helps students find work on campus

Payton Thompson, Senior Reporter August 28, 2023

Students can find on-campus jobs and internships through a new platform called Riverhawk CareerConnect. Through the platform, students can apply for full-time, part-time and seasonal work. “It allows...

Communications professor Haley Draper is one of many faculty members who take courses at AACC.

Professors double as classroom students

Devan Grubb-Hayes, Reporter August 28, 2023

Professor Haley Draper not only teaches communications at AACC, she’s a student of cybersecurity—also at AACC. Draper, who earned her associate degree in cybersecurity last year, said the classes...

The Florestano building on West Campus will reopen the fourth floor, and then open the other three floors as renovations are completed.

Floor 4 of Florestano to reopen in early fall

Tomi Brunton, Editor-in-Chief August 28, 2023

The newly renovated top floor of the Florestano building will open in September. The fourth floor of the building, located on West Campus, will contain video and audio studios. “We’ll be able to...

AACC bans marijuana on campus, despite its legalization on July 1, according to Police Lt. Joe Donato.

Smoke-free campus means no marijuana

Andrea Bridgett, Sports Editor August 28, 2023

Although Maryland legalized the recreational use of marijuana on July 1, AACC does not allow it on campus. AACC is a smoke-free campus, which means the college has banned tobacco products, including cigarettes...

AACC’s Dance Company, which has a new director starting this fall, rehearses for a 2022 performance.

Former pro starts as dance director in fall

Tomi Brunton, Editor-In-Chief August 28, 2023

A former professional ballet dancer will direct the AACC Dance Company starting this fall. Adjunct dance professor Margaret Russell replaced Adjetey Klufio as the dance coordinator and director. “I...

English professor Rob Hurd is bringing back a linguistics class that the college discontinued during the pandemic.

Professor revives canceled linguistics class

Izzy Chase, Associate Editor August 28, 2023

An English professor brought back a previously discontinued linguistics class for the fall semester. Professor Rob Hurd will teach ENG 161 for the first time since the pandemic. Hurd said the class stopped...

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