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Campus Current

The award-winning newspaper of Anne Arundel Community College.

Campus Current

Ex prof tackles term trustee term limits

Mackenzie Airey and Daniel Salomon August 25, 2018

A former secretary of the Maryland Higher Education Commission on Aug. 6 called for the AACC Board of Trustees to have term limits.  In an opinion column for The Capital-Gazette, Patricia Florestano,...

New Canvas link takes users to 'interest' information

New Canvas link takes users to ‘interest’ information

Alexandra Radovic, Editor-in-Chief August 25, 2018

Canvas will display a new link on every student’s dashboard this semester that will lead to videos and information about possible majors.  According to Assistant Dean of Liberal Arts Dr. Marjorie...

AACC, student to work out deal to settle suit

Ashley Sokolowski, Associate Editor August 25, 2018

AACC and a former physician assistant student who sued the college in March are trying to settle the case out of court instead of going to trial.   “What happens in a settlement conference … is...

College pays ex-administrator $35K in gender action

Alexandra Radovic, Editor-in-Chief August 25, 2018

The college paid a former AACC administrator $35,000 in May to settle a gender-discrimination lawsuit he filed in 2016, according to a court document obtained by Campus Current through a Maryland Public...

AACC reroutes road for traffic

AACC reroutes road for traffic

Alex Fregger, Tech Editor August 25, 2018

Construction on Ring Road will begin in March 2019 and last until June, officials said in August.   The planned Health Sciences and Biology Building—where the Olson Memorial Pool and old Schwartz...

Students to be eligible for $5,000 in tuition aid in fall 2019

Students to be eligible for $5,000 in tuition aid in fall 2019

Ashley Sokolowski, Associate Editor August 25, 2018

Community college students in Maryland can receive up to $5,000 in tuition assistance from the state through a new scholarship program starting next fall.   Full-time students who have graduated from...

Gov. Hogan: It's not far enough

Gov. Hogan: It’s not far enough

Editorial Board August 25, 2018

Gov. Larry Hogan signed the Community College Promise Scholarship law in May to make community colleges in Maryland affordable for people in financial need.  Campus Current supports a state law to...

Student Spotlight

Student Spotlight

Alexandra Radovic, Editor-in-chief August 25, 2018

Great grandmother, wife, proud Corvette driver and professional artist Gretchen Amazeen said she found a home in AACC’s printmaking lab.   In 1989, 70-year-old Amazeen moved from Alabama to Maryland,...

Interior design department to start new 3-year certificate program

Interior design department to start new 3-year certificate program

Alexandra Radovic, Editor-in-chief August 25, 2018

AACC’s interior design major this fall will become the college’s first program to offer three years of classes instead of two.  Although interior design students cannot earn a four-year degree...

Health Center offers free STD testing, referrals

Health Center offers free STD testing, referrals

Sarah Noble, Multimedia Editor August 25, 2018

AACC’s Health Center is offering free tests for sexually transmitted diseases for students and faculty members this semester.    The college has partnered with Anne Arundel County and the Maryland...

Campus to experience construction come fall semester

Campus to experience construction come fall semester

Alexandra Radovic, Editor-in-chief August 25, 2018

AACC this semester is continuing construction on a multi-million-dollar Health Sciences and Biology building that began over the summer on campus.  The college will complete the $117 million project,...

College to eliminate department chairs in fall 2019

Sarah Noble, Digital Editor August 18, 2018

The college will eliminate departmental chairs starting next fall, AACC Vice President for Learning Mike Gavin told faculty on Aug. 17. As part of a restructuring, 10 new assistant deans will take over...

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