A quiet space in the Student Union building helps students feel less stress. In fact, it’s called the StressLess Room. The StressLess Room in SUN 120 gives students, faculty and staff 20 to 30 minutes...

A mechatronics professor is refining a sand plotter—a device that uses magnets and a metal ball to draw shapes in sand—that one of his pre-pandemic classes built. Professor Tim Callinan said the...

Students who researched the impact of excessive screen time for a mass media class have some advice for their classmates: Get a hobby. First-year nursing student Jayla Jones is “trying to be outside,...

Five creative writing students have given original poems to student sculptors to use as inspiration as they create sculptures. In turn, the sculptors have given original pieces to the poets to interpret...

Business students at AACC have sold $30,000 worth of rain barrels—containers used to collect and store water that drains from rooftops and would otherwise be wasted. Since 2009, professor Shad Ewart...

Five years after the start of COVID-19, students still feel the effect of the pandemic. Some AACC students said they have noticed a lingering change in social interactions, their eagerness to take in-person...

Fourth-year public relations student Jasmine Mauldin returned to the basketball court in October—after a 20-year hiatus. Mauldin is 43. Mauldin, a forward for the Riverhawks women’s basketball team,...

AACC students love to  watch reality television. Among their favorite shows are “Love Island,” “Too Hot to Handle” and “Jersey Shore.” “It makes you remember that you’re not the weirdest...

The latest must-have collectables for trend-setting college students is a tiny figurine with angel wings on its back—the Sonny Angel. Students are collecting the miniature vinyl dolls, which are sold...

Snoopy, the charming beagle Peanuts character debuted by cartoonist Charles Schulz in 1950, is beloved among students because it is iconic and reminds them of their childhood. Last year, the AACC Bookstore...

Paralegal students are working in a free legal clinic on campus that helps students, faculty and community members sort out their legal problems. Up to a dozen students volunteer at AACC’s Legal Self-Help...

The nun who inspired the movie “Dead Man Walking” told AACC students on Feb. 18 that the film and opera versions of her story are bringing awareness about the death penalty to the public. In a meeting...