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"A Huge Financial Relief"

A former student shares how the Maryland Promise Scholarship helped her get to her nursing degree.

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Culinary Students Learn from the Best

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Gaining a Deeper Understanding

A former student discusses the benefits of AACC's Learning Communities

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From Pirouette to Pop and Lock and Everything in Between

As artistic director of a modern and contemporary dance company and co-founder of a Ghanian dance company, Adjetey Klufio understands the need for range.

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Learning to View the World’s Truths

In AACC's Homeland Security Management program, Silas Baker learned the critical skills needed to view the world for its truths.

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Building a Community

As an Aspiring Leadership Academy (ALA) alumna, Francheska Salazar continues to utilize the methodology and skills she learned while participating in the program.

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Affording Your Academic Adventure By Using Tuition Assistance

Wingspan — Fall 2022 — Are you wondering how you can afford to pursue an associate degree or workforce development certificate at AACC? AACC's private scholarship program, funded through charitable contributions to the AACC Foundation, is one great way to make your academic dreams a reality. About 700 AACC students receive approximately $1 million in private scholarships every year!

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Riverhawks Who Chose Their Own Adventure

Wingspan — Fall 2022 — AACC programs meet students where they are and get them where they want to go. Check out six stories of Riverhawks who chose their own adventure.

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He Didn’t Expect to Do Well. Then He Became Valedictorian.

He had a degree in aerospace engineering, but when Mario Gozum moved to the United States from his native Philippines, he couldn’t find a job in his field and bounced around different positions to pay the bills. Years later, going through some struggles, he felt too far removed to return to aviation, and decided to make a change.

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A Career Pivot That Kept Her On Track

When she didn’t make it into a local dental hygiene program this past spring, Courtney Paris was discouraged. But discouraged doesn’t mean deterred, and a determined Paris started looking into AACC’s Dental Assisting Program.

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Finding Community by Following a Calling

Eric Collyer opened a personal training studio in 1999 and was happily working when 9/11 rocked the country. Soon after, he closed his business and joined the Marines. Now, after a long journey as a sniper and later a teacher in the military, a contractor traveling the world, and private security, he’s back home.

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Three College Business Programs to Start Next Month in Glen Burnie

It is an employees’ market, which means you don’t need the experience you once did to be hired for in-demand business careers with big prospects for growth. And with AACC, there are numerous degrees and certificates offering a fast, clear path to a new career that uses your natural talent with newly gained skills.

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Five Health Careers to Get You in Scrubs ASAP

Demand for health care jobs is skyrocketing. Come to AACC, complete a brief program supported by a network of faculty and staff dedicated to your success, graduate and start earning immediately!

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Three Tech Career Certificates in High Demand

If you want to be working in tech by this time next year, it’s possible. If you want to start a career, switch a career or build your career, well, that's possible too, with Anne Arundel Community College.

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Baking a Change

Wingspan — Spring 2022 — Like swapping applesauce for eggs, sometimes life calls for a substitution. Nicole Luecke never planned on having a career in baking and pastry, but when her family needed a stay-at-home parent, she gave up her 30-year career as an obstetrician and gynecologist. She joined AACC’s culinary program to try something different and was surprised by how much she had to learn.

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What is a favorite AACC memory?

Wingspan — Spring 2022 — AACC is celebrating 60 years! Sure, we’re recognizing big milestones from when we were chartered in 1961 to now: buildings, presidents, championships, alumni in the news and national accomplishments. But we also wanted to share some of the quieter, impressive moments that make us who we are today.

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The Evolution of AACC Sports

Wingspan — Spring 2022 — When AACC’s Fighting Pioneers started hitting the court in the 1960s, the only athletics team for the school was men’s basketball and the court was the Severna Park High School gym. Much has changed since then.

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Mateo Escobosa

As a high school student, Mateo Escobosa applied to four-year schools like most of his classmates. He wasn’t sure what he wanted to study though and didn’t want to spend a ton of money to figure it out.

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Courtney Gregory

After her experience as a caregiver for her father, Courtney Gregory decided to return to school to pursue a degree in nursing.

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COVID Upheaval, the Maryland Promise and New Beginnings

In March 2020, Jasmine Pratt was enjoying her job as a project manager for a Maryland translation company, working with linguists from around the world. When COVID hit, she was laid off.

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Carlos Angelo Guino

Carlos Angelo Guino enrolled in the Early College Access Program (ECAP) so he could take college classes at a lower price while still in high school.

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Johnny Garcia-Ventura

Johnny Garcia-Ventura took advantage of the opportunities at AACC.

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Devin Valko

By the time Devin Valko graduated from high school, he was halfway through completing an associate degree in Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics at AACC.

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Teddy Strong

Our Stories — Teddy Strong credits AACC's HVAC apprenticeship program with increasing his confidence.

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