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The award-winning newspaper of Anne Arundel Community College.

Campus Current

Students tell Campus Current they want the college to require  students and staff to take the COVID-19  vaccine before they come to campus in the fall.

Students favor mandatory vaccine for return to campus

Dominic Salacki, Reporter May 10, 2021

AACC students said in April the college should require everyone who comes onto campus in the fall to be fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. In an informal poll of 29 students, 19 told Campus...

President Joe Biden proposes two years of tuition-free community college.

AACC students support Biden plan for free community college

Dominic Salacki, Reporter May 7, 2021

AACC students said last week they support President Joe Biden’s plan for tuition-free community college. During his first address to Congress on April 28, Biden pitched his American Families Plan,...

Outgoing Student Government Association  President Ryan Kim says the incoming executive vice president will temporarily take his place until a candidate for the top slot comes forward.

5 students run for SGA seats–but none for president

Dominic Salacki, Reporter May 4, 2021

No candidates are running for Student Government Association president for the next school year. The SGA last month invited students to register to run for election to fill positions that this...

Campus Current, AACC's digital student newspaper, wins the Student Government Association's Club of the Year award for the second time. Shown, issues of the print edition of Campus Current, which temporarily suspended publication a year ago because of the pandemic.

Campus Current is SGA Club of the Year

Dominic Salacki, Reporter May 4, 2021

The Student Government Association named AACC’s student newspaper, Campus Current, Club of the Year on Monday. The Club of the Year award is SGA’s highest honor for a student club, Adrianna Russell...

Nine students shared $50,500 in prize money as winners of the Entrepreneurial Studies Institute's annual Business Pitch Competition on Thursday. Shown, participants in the Annapolis Social League, a sports and social network created by prizewinner Jeremiah Batucan (far right).

Student entrepreneurs take home $50,500 in seed money

Ryan Oberteuffer, Reporter April 30, 2021

Four students won $10,000 each for their business ideas at the Entrepreneurial Studies Institute’s annual Business Pitch Competition on Thursday. Another five entrepreneurs took home amounts ranging...

Protestors gather outside the Hennepin County Government Center, where former police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of killing George Floyd this week. AACC legal studies professors explained the legal aspects of the trial to students during a virtual meeting on Wednesday.

Legal Studies Institute helps students understand Derek Chauvin trial 

Dominic Salacki, Reporter April 29, 2021

Two AACC legal studies professors said Wednesday that students who want to understand the trial of the police officer who killed George Floyd should look at it from a legal perspective, not just an emotional...

First-year culinary arts student Jordan Foley was one of eight entrepreneurs who showed off a start-up at Hawktrade, a virtual show sponsored by the Entrepreneurial Studies Institute.

Entrepreneurs show off start-ups at Hawktrade

Ryan Oberteuffer, Reporter April 28, 2021

Student and alumni entrepreneurs in April showcased start-ups specializing in feeding veterans, coaching members of the LGBTQ+ community and helping clients build their portfolios. Those businesses...

A panel of five Maryland judges participated in a a Legal Studies Institute forum to discuss the impact of the pandemic on the courts.

MD judges point to backlog of court cases because of pandemic

Ryan Oberteuffer, Reporter April 28, 2021

The pandemic has caused a statewide backlog of court cases, according to five Maryland judges who spoke at an AACC-sponsored forum last week. Sponsored by the college’s Legal Studies Institute, judges...

Student Government Association President Ryan Kim will graduate in May after serving a one-year term. Students wishing to run for SGA president or other offices can sign up as candidates until 11:59 p.m. on Monday.

Monday is deadline for SGA candidates to sign up

Dominic Salacki, Reporter April 23, 2021

Students who want to serve as the president or a vice president of the Student Government Association for the next school year can apply through Monday at 11:59 p.m. Candidates can find the sign-up...

Political science professor Dan Nataf says Anne Arundel County residents are most concerned about COVID-19, the quality of education and the state of the economy.

County residents list COVID, education as top concerns

Ryan Oberteuffer, Reporter April 23, 2021

Anne Arundel County residents said they are most concerned about COVID, the quality of education and the economy, according to a March AACC survey. In a twice-yearly survey by political science professor...

The Class of 2021 will mark graduation day in a "car-mencement" on Ring Road on May 27. Shown, former Campus Current Editor-in-Chief Christian Ritchey, who graduated last spring and participated in the Class of 2020 car parade.

Class of 2021 will ride on Ring Road, not walk on stage

Hannah Boring, Reporter April 22, 2021

For the second spring in a row, AACC graduates will trade walking across a stage for driving around Ring Road on graduation day.  The college, which has been mostly closed since March 2020 because...

AACC campus

Campus to partially reopen in fall

Jazsmine Hill, Diversity Editor March 2, 2021

AACC will offer at least 20% of its course sections on campus in the fall, while at least half will remain online only.   The courses with on-campus sections are mostly developmental courses...

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