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Campus Current
The award-winning newspaper of Anne Arundel Community College.

Campus Current
The award-winning newspaper of Anne Arundel Community College.

Campus Current
Payton Thompson

Payton Thompson, Senior Reporter

Payton Thompson is a senior reporter for Campus Current. She has been with the newspaper since Spring 2023. Payton plans to graduate from AACC in Spring 2024 then attend a four-year university to study journalism.

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Some students receive spam emails that may look like discount offers but are after personal information.

Spam emails target many AACC students

Divine Mesumbe and Payton Thompson
April 12, 2024
Paramedic student Rachel Gwin, this year's student representative on AACC's Board of Trustees, says she is a voice for the student body.

Applications open for next student trustee

Payton Thompson, Senior Reporter
February 22, 2024
Professors are determining which snow-day policy works best for their classes.

Profs decide on rules for snow-day classes

Payton Thompson, Contributor
January 20, 2024
Students like online transfer student Josh Weiss will have to reveal the physical location where they will be located during the term when they register.

Registration requires student location info

Payton Thompson, Senior Reporter
December 6, 2023
The building that houses the college’s Glen Burnie Town Center campus has a new name and is undergoing renovations.

Glen Burnie building changes look and name

Payton Thompson, Senior Reporter
October 3, 2023
The bridge between East Campus and West Campus will remain closed throughout the semester. Shuttle buses will run between the campuses Monday through Saturday.

Repairs keep bridge closed

Payton Thompson, Senior Reporter
October 3, 2023
The footbridge between the east and west side of the Arnold campus will remain closed all semester.

Bridge connecting east, west campus closes for repairs

Payton Thompson, Senior Reporter
August 31, 2023
Jason Kalshoven, a second-year film studies student, left, practices an improv skit with Éva Parry, a second-year transfer studies student, for Overcast Troupers.

Students kick off new clubs

Payton Thompson, Senior Reporter
August 28, 2023
Second-year environmental science student Parinaaz Patel, left, and second-year creative writing student Robert Rogers work at the desk of the Truxal Library.

AACC helps students find work on campus

Payton Thompson, Senior Reporter
August 28, 2023
New Campus Current Editor-in-Chief Tomi Brunton is the youngest student ever to hold the position

Youngest-ever editor-in-chief to lead student newspaper

Payton Thompson, Senior Reporter
August 28, 2023
Henry Robbins, left, and Kyle Sheppard talk and laugh in the quad after their summer class.

[Photo] Students build lifelong friendships on campus

Andrea Bridgett, Sports Editor
August 28, 2023
Some students say they chose AACC because of the low cost of tuition.

Students choose AACC because of price, location

Payton Thompson, Reporter
May 4, 2023
AACC’s journal for the arts, Amaranth, features student works from creative writing to photography. Shown, last year’s 47th edition.

Literary journal puts out 48th annual issue

Jordan Crymes and Payton Thompson
May 1, 2023
Michelle Thaller, right, speaks to a crowd of students and faculty on Tuesday about the history of women in astrophysics and science.

NASA assistant director speaks on women in astrophysics

Payton Thompson, Reporter
March 29, 2023
Poet and speaker Backpack Jeff performs at a spoken word event on Tuesday.

Community members, poets perform at spoken word event

Payton Thompson, Reporter
March 1, 2023
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