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Wingspan – Fall 2025 – AACC’s Riverhawk mascot, Swoop, has appeared everywhere from T-shirts to socks, cross-stitch to golf bags, even a Halloween costume. But how was Swoop hatched? And how did Riverhawks become the symbol of AACC?
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Wingspan – Fall 2025 – For a decade, AACC’s mascot, Swoop, has been soaring through campus events, high-fiving students and redefining what it means to have school spirit. But who is the bird behind the feathers?
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Wingspan – Fall 2025 – Private scholarships at Anne Arundel Community College provide life-changing opportunities for community members to pursue higher education and workforce training. Thanks to the generosity of donors through the AACC Foundation, scholarship resources have surged during the past decade.
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Minerva Stephensbailey is the kind of student who surprises you – not with flashy words or big entrances, but with quiet determination and heart.
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At just 16, Tomi Brunton made history as the youngest-ever editor-in-chief of Campus Current, AACC’s student newspaper.
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Sparsh Verma didn’t just pick AACC because it was close to home. She picked it because it felt like the right place to start figuring out her goals, her path and even herself.
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Nicole Weeks discovered a love for creating gum paste flowers during a class at AACC. She went on to learn more from world-renowned gum paste artist Maggie Austin.
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Reproduced from the 50th edition of Amaranth, the letter from the editor reflects on the journal’s history, the creative work that goes into each issue and the impact "Amaranth" has on the campus community.
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Hannah Slowe has always loved helping people. She thought studying law would enable her to turn her passion into a career.
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Former epidemiologist, Claudine Samanic, is pursuing a new career in nursing.
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Students come to AACC with a variety of past experiences. Meredith Dales’ path was guided by movement, creativity and the desire to lead by example.
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Kyla Skinner made time to study whenever and wherever she could. As a mom of three and a physical therapist assistant student at AACC, that often meant reading and reviewing notes in her car or at one of her children’s sports practices.
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Choosing where to attend college can be a tough decision. Ashley Flores-Gonzalez, however, knew she wanted to attend AACC before she even got out of elementary school.
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AACC students rarely travel far to get to our campus – unlike Lucian Pazour, who crossed the Atlantic Ocean. A native of Texas, Pazour is used to traveling long distances as her family moved to England when she was young.
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There’s nothing effortless about achieving a 4.0 GPA. For database development major Jasmine Byers, it came from hard work and strong time management.
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Mechatronics graduate found a career he is passionate about after finding a program at AACC that fit him.
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I learned leadership isn't about a title. Because when I first came here and I started getting involved in different things, I was mainly focused on the title.
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I think some of my favorite memories are definitely getting to see the girls cheer for the first time. Our first game was really cool to see the team I built, seeing uniforms on them that I created and designed.
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A cybersecurity student finds her place on campus despite taking classes online.
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Korbin Proctor’s college story started before he even graduated high school. Through AACC’s Early College Access Program (ECAP), he got a head start easing into college life by taking just a couple of courses.
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Physics wasn’t always easy for Matt Bacho, but that’s exactly what made him fall in love with it.
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Leah Campbell took her first class at AACC in 2007 but wasn’t set on a career. She took a break from school, found her focus and returned to AACC to gain an associate degree in kinesiology and a certificate in personal training while taking courses in the Entrepreneurial Studies Institute.
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Sometimes the most nerve-wracking experiences in life can unexpectedly result in a big idea. That was Katherine Paunlagui’s experience – an experience that led to a second-place prize in AACC’s annual Big Idea Competition.
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Wingspan – Spring 2025 – Every day, AACC students face unique challenges as they pursue brighter futures while balancing work, family responsibilities and the cost of living in the region. The AACC Foundation is dedicated to securing vital resources to support the college and its students.
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Wingspan – Spring 2025 – Wingspan – Spring 2025 – According to a 2024 report from the Maryland Health Care Commission, Maryland will need more than 32,000 behavioral health professionals by 2028. Students at AACC are finding ways to support mental health across disciplines, sometimes in fields that may surprise you.
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Wingspan – Spring 2025 – For military spouses, education often feels like an impossible dream when it is disrupted by frequent moves.
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Wingspan – Spring 2025 – Personal counseling services at AACC are vital in addressing students’ mental health needs. Over the last decade, demand for counseling services has soared, with a 98% increase in appointments.
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Wingspan – Spring 2025 – The number of people struggling with addiction has created a public health crisis that has gripped the nation in recent years. AACC offers an associate degree and certificate program in addiction counseling, which prepare students to combat this epidemic on the front lines.
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Wingspan – Spring 2025 – AACC's Psychology program is one of the college’s most popular, reflecting a growing awareness of and interest in mental health. Julie Grignon, chair of the Psychology department, says students want to understand more about themselves in a diverse society.
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Wingspan – Spring 2025 – Life can feel overwhelming, but what if you had someone in your corner, asking the right questions to help move you forward? At AACC, our Engagement Coaching program is doing just that!
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Wingspan – Spring 2025 – Art isn’t always about creating – it can be about healing. Art therapy offers students a creative outlet to express emotions, reduce stress and improve mental well-being.
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Sometimes all you need is an idea – and a little encouragement. That’s how Gavin Kesselring earned the Technology Idea award – and a $500 prize – in AACC’s annual Big Idea Competition.
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Detecting threats. Preventing data theft. Identifying system vulnerabilities. These goals are among the core tenets of cybersecurity, and what drew Francis Tekoh to AACC’s Cybersecurity program.
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Ki’Jay Randall never imagined he’d go to college—let alone police academy. But in 2018, a year after high school, he took a leap of faith and enrolled at Anne Arundel Community College (AACC).
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AACC offers so many resources and ways to study, whether online or on different campuses. The professors really understand that you have a life outside of just college.
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There's been so many good memories here that I can't choose. Every single day that I step foot in this school it has been life-changing for me.
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