Around AACC for Week of 2/7/11

“You Can Afford College” Workshops

Too many students believe that college expenses are simply out of their reach. That is why the AACC Financial Aid office is sponsoring workshops for college bound students and their parents to help with filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

The workshops are free and will be held on Feb. 9 from 6-8 p.m. at the AACC Arundel Mills Campus in Hanover in Room 213 or on Feb. 12 from 12:30-2 p.m. at the Careers Center Building Room 262 on the Arnold campus. Students and parents can bring their required documents with them to fill out and submit the FAFSA electronically at the workshop. The list of documents needed to complete the FAFSA is online. Go to https://fafsa.ed.gov/help.htm and click on “What Documents do I Need to Fill Out a FAFSA?”

To be considered for Maryland state aid for fall 2011-spring 2012 classes, students must submit the FAFSA by March 1. For more workshop information, call 410-777-AACC (2222) or visit www.aacc.edu/aid.

There will be an Anne Arundel Medical Center Bloodmobile Blood Drive on the AACC Arnold campus on Thursday, Feb. 10, from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., in the metered parking area outside of the Student Union Dining Hall.

Donors can also receive a free mini-physical that includes blood pressure, temperature, and blood iron level (for anemia) testing, as well as free cholesterol screenings. Call Health Services at 410-777-2480 to schedule an appointment to donate.

AACC’s active-duty military and veteran students are welcome to a Meet and Greet Pizza Party on Thurs., Feb. 10, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in AACC’s Military and Veterans Resource Center, Truxal Library Room115 and 119 on the AACC Arnold campus.

In addition to staff members who oversee the center, veteran and resource center student worker Catherine D. Cornish, who also was selected by the White House to attend the White House Summit on Community Colleges last fall, will be on hand to talk about what the center does.

AACC is sponsoring a new Veterans Ambassadors program that will provide veterans a point person to support the veteran’s college experience and to help them transition from military life to campus life.

The Theatre of AACC is offering this “Evening of One-Acts” that will include a blend of serious and comic works. The show will take place this week on Friday and Saturday evening, Feb. 11-12, at 8 p.m. in the Humanities Building, Room 112 on the Arnold campus. 

Tickets are $15 general admission; $12 seniors, AACC employees, groups and students; and $5 students with valid AACC student ID. For more information, contact the box office at 410-777-2457 or at boxoffice@aacc.edu.

This week, AACC will be sponsoring a Black History Month multimedia presentation by Jim Jackson, AACC coordinator of minority recruitment, on role models in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics careers. Held on Feb. 12 at 10 a.m., the presentation titled “NASA’s Black Astronauts: The Fabulous 14,” includes the stories of Charles Bolden, Robert Curbeam, Mae Jemison and Stephanie Wilson. The free event will be offered in the Center for Applied Learning and Technology, Room 107, on the AACC Arnold campus. For more information, call 410-777-2529.

The AACC Men’s and Women’s Pioneer teams will compete against Harford Community College tonight [Jan.7] in Jenkins Gymnasium on the Arnold campus, with the women playing at 5 p.m. and men at 7 p.m.

A Pioneers Men’s makeup game from January 8 with the Community College of Baltimore County/Essex will be held at Jenkins Gymnasium on Sat., Feb. 12 at 3:30pm.

The Student Association Campus Activities Board is sponsoring a Dodgeball Tournament this Wed., Feb. 9, at 5:30 p.m., in the Jenkins Gymnasium on the Arnold campus. There is a $1 per person registration fee. Students can sign up in Student Union, Room 102. For more information, call 410-777-2218.

Mark Bradley leads a free discussion on “The War Ends in North Carolina” on Wed., Feb. 9, 7 p.m., in the Cade Center for Fine Arts, Room 219, on the Arnold campus. For more information, call 410-777-2428.