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The award-winning newspaper of Anne Arundel Community College.

Campus Current

College celebrates women's history with online events

College celebrates women’s history with online events

Hannah Boring, Reporter March 8, 2021

AACC will host about a dozen virtual events in March to celebrate Women’s History Month by highlighting the known and unknown contributions of women. Women’s History Month is about making visible...

AACC's student Drone Club will meet in April for the first time in a year.

Inactive Drone Club set to ‘reboot’ 

Dominic Salacki, Reporter March 4, 2021

The AACC Drone Club will meet for the first time in a year on April 1, and its faculty adviser said he hopes to revise the inactive student organization.    Former faculty adviser Shad Ewart, the...

Student self-nominations for the position of student Board of Trustee member are open until Wednesday. Shown, fourth-year secondary education student Board of Trustee member Bri Barone.

AACC board of trustees to recruit new student member

Ryan Oberteuffer, Reporter February 15, 2021

Students can nominate themselves as candidates for AACC’s Board of Trustees until Wednesday.   The eight-member Board of Trustees includes one student member who votes and serves a one-year term.   This...

Active Minds, a student club, meets off campus last semester for a trip to Kinder Farm Park in Millersville.

Student clubs plan to meet online, hold virtual events

Audrey Wais, Editor-in-Chief February 2, 2021

The officers of student clubs said in January they are planning virtual meetings and events and are making the best of another semester online.   Student Government Association President Ryan Kim...

Audrey Wais

Business student becomes Campus Current editor-in-chief

Summer Cox, Associate Editor January 18, 2021

AACC’s student newspaper has a new editor-in-chief this semester. Second-year business administration student Audrey Wais said she intends to “home in on the virtual presence” of Campus Current,...

Third-year nursing student Natasha Seeger says she "excited" to see the program grow.

Nursing program to increase to 160 students per semester

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

AACC’s nursing program will increase from 104 to 160 students per semester—an increase of 53%— by spring 2022, college officials said in December.  Health Sciences Dean Elizabeth Appel...

 AACC’s Personal and Career Counseling Coordinator Diane Hallila says test anxiety can still be an issue for students.

Even online final exams can cause anxiety, college therapist says

Summer Cox, Digital Media Editor December 16, 2020

Although most online students will take their final exams in the comfort of their pajamas, test anxiety can still be an issue, a campus therapist said.  Diane Hallila, AACC’s personal and career...

Depression, anxiety and other mental health issues lead students to seek counseling every fall, not just during a pandemic.

Campus counselors report busy fall semester

Summer Cox, Digital Media Editor December 10, 2020

Although national statistics show an increase in anxiety, depression and other mental health problems among college students, AACC’s Personal Counseling Service reported no change in the average number...

SGA President Ryan Kim says he is excited to work with the new student senators.

SGA adds 9 new student senators

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

The Student Government Association added nine student senators in October. SGA president Ryan Kim noted the senators applied for the position. In previous semesters, senators have been nominated by...

Anne Arundel County and Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s stepped-up COVID-19 restrictions will not affect the college’s plans for this fall or the upcoming spring semester. 

New Anne Arundel County COVID-19 restrictions do not affect college

Johannes Haasbroek, Editor-in-Chief December 8, 2020

Stricter rules for businesses and social gatherings announced over the past few weeks by the governor and Anne Arundel County will not affect the college, AACC officials said in November.  Dan...

AACC professors and students said the stress and anxiety from the pandemic and the all-online semester have prompted some students to drop classes and many to do poorly this semester.  

Pandemic, online classes prove challenging for students

Maia Brown, Reporter December 3, 2020

Professors said in November that more students are struggling with their classes this semester than they have noticed in the past.   AACC professors and students said the stress and anxiety from the...

In an informal Campus Current poll of 22 students, 18 say they plan to celebrate Thanksgiving at home with immediate family this year.

Students plan to celebrate Thanksgiving at home

Johannes Haasbroek, Editor-in-Chief November 25, 2020

AACC students said in November they plan to celebrate Thanksgiving at home with immediate family this year. In an informal Campus Current poll of 22 students, only three said they plan to invite visiting...

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