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Campus Current

AACC is changing recruitment focus to older students like Ezra Wong, a  26-year-old, first-year forensic science student.

AACC recruits older learners

Tom Ostrye, Web Designer October 1, 2019

AACC officials have shifted their recruiting focus from high school seniors to older students. The school has traditionally targeted high schools for recruitment, according to Dean of College Transition...

Crystal Jones (left) and Erica Romero (right) practice their routines for the upcoming performance Drag-O-Ween hosted by the Gay-Straight Alliance

Students audition for Nov. drag show

David Stemmle, Daily Editor September 27, 2019

AACC students auditioned for a Halloween themed charity drag show on Friday. The Gay-Straight Alliance will host the bi-annual drag show Drag-O-Ween on Nov. 1. All proceeds raised during the show...

Tiffany Boykin, AACC’s dean of student engagement, is featured in the March issue of “Diverse” magazine on its list of women in higher education.

Dean scores magazine mention for leadership

April 30, 2019

“Diverse” magazine named AACC’s dean of student engagement among its “Diverse Top 35 Women in Higher Education” in its Women’s History Month issue in March. Dr. Tiffany Boykin ranked seventh...

First-year transfer studies student Ruth Stimely says she considers herself an activist. Above, she attends a rally protesting President Donald Trump.

Profs: Students at AACC can advocate for rights

Noah Reem, Reporter April 30, 2019

As she walked alongside nearly half a million other activists at the 2017 Women’s March in Washington, D.C., gender studies professor Heather Rellihan realized the event wasn’t just about women. Not...

The college’s Chief Diversity Officer Diedra Dennie sent out a survey to faculty about campus inclusion.

Faculty take survey on AACC’s diversity, equity

Philip Van Slooten, Reporter April 30, 2019

Fewer than half of the faculty and staff members who answered a “campus climate survey” this spring said they believe AACC students feel comfortable reporting discrimination to college administrators. And...

GSA members participate in national LGBTQ Day of Silence

Philip Van Slooten, Reporter April 16, 2019

Members of AACC’s Gay-Straight Alliance club participated in the national Day of Silence in support of LGBTQ rights on April 12. The silent student demonstration began in the SUN dining hall before...

Graphic by Daniel Nickerson

Faculty supports diversity requirement; few students know what it is

Philip Van Slooten, Daily Reporter April 4, 2019

While faculty members at AACC told Campus Current the diversity requirement is important, a survey revealed not many students knew anything about it. In an informal poll at the Arnold campus, 3 out...

Philip Van Slooten

Soapbox Sisters event filled with motivational speeches, graduations

Philip Van Slooten and Lindey Gapsis March 28, 2019

A communications professor hosted the annual Soapbox Sisters performance for women to recite famous feminist literature. Some of the stories told were an essay by Susan B. Anthony and Oprah’s Golden...

“Brain, Heart, World” docuseries put on by CCO

Ashley Onwudiwe, Reporter March 27, 2019

A preacher who leads a campus Christian club said in March that students who seek counseling for an addiction to pornography feel “empty and alone.” Isaac Vineyard, head of the Coalition for Christian...

Irish events held on campus in March

Irish events held on campus in March

Elijah Richard, Reporter March 12, 2019

AACC began its celebration of Irish-American History Month the first week of March with Irish fare at The Hawk’s Nest and a discussion about Irish roots in the Humanities theater. The college has...

Professor Scott Cooper, World Languages Dept Chair, displays a French poster.

AACC Hosts World Languages Competition for Area High Schools

Philip Van Slooten, Daily Reporter March 12, 2019

On Friday students from local high schools gathered in CADE for World Languages Day and discussed different languages and cultures. According to Jodie Hogan, the program coordinator for world languages,...

Math professor Dr. Stacey Nichols reads the history behind the film “Hidden Figures,” but says there is still work to do.

AACC students and faculty discuss STEM, representation on International Women’s Day

Philip Van Slooten, Daily Reporter March 8, 2019

Google Doodle celebrated International Women’s Day with quotes from important women from around the world. Around campus, students and professors pointed out there is more work to do, particularly...

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