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Dancers from the Los Altenos Dance Troop wave to the students gathered to watch their performance in the Student Center during the Latino Heritage Celebration on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015. (Photo by Barbara Harvey)

Simultaneous events make for a fun, busy day

Kameron Schmid October 11, 2015

The Student Center buzzed with activity Thursday as both the campus bookstore’s Student Day and the Center for Leadership and Development’s Latino Hispanic Heritage Celebration went on at the same...

American River College instructional assistant Cheryl Howell and instructional aid Macki spoke at a Time Managment and Google Calendars student success workshop. Howell is speaking to the students about helpful tips and tools that should be used to lead to student success on Sept. 21, 2015. (Photo by Emily Thompson)

Students learn about success at the ‘Time Management and Google Calendars’ workshop

Ashley Nanfria September 25, 2015

Helping students learn skills to help with time management and make better use of tools around them were among the topics discussed during the student success workshop “Time Management and Google Calendars”...

File Photo: Club Day event taken March 20th, 2014. Medieval Club is just one of the clubs that will be present at Club day themed Let The Games Begin! on Thursday Sept. 24.

Game themed Club Day set for Thursday

Jordan Schauberger September 22, 2015

Let the games begin! Says the theme for this semester's Club Day scheduled for Thursday. Club Day, put on by the Clubs and Events Board (CAEB), is a chance for students to see and learn more about the...

Ryan Nix, a health services assistant at American River College, is purchasing flowers at American River College’s floral sale on Sep. 17 as Jamie Decoudreaux and Dira Zavolokina explain how to take care of them. (Photo by Jose Garcia)

Horticulture department to host floral sale every Thursday

Paul Xayphone September 21, 2015

American River College horticulture students held a floral sale in the Student Center to help support the horticulture program with plants on sale that consisted of snapdragons, sunflowers, lemon leaves,...

American River College student Carla West thinks of the answer to a question based on The Constitution at ARC’s Constitution Day event in the student center on Sep. 17. (Photo by Jose Garcia)

Students play Jeopardy to Celebrate “Constitution Day”

Paul Xayphone September 18, 2015

American River College held a “Constitution Day Celebration” Thursday in the Student Center, where Sage members Hilario Valdovinos and Bryant Tanadjaya played a Jeopardy-inspired game that was created...

Political Science professor Cynthia Unmack speaking at college hour. Unmack was lecturing students on the difference and similarities between the U.S. Constitution and the California Constitution on Sept. 17. (Photo by Emily Thompson)

College Hour talks “Constitution Day”

Ashley Nanfria September 18, 2015

An earlier version of this story falsely reported that there were nine founding states of the United States. In fact, 12 of the 13 states sent delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1787. If...

Mathematics and instructional technology professor Phil Smith hosts a college hour Thursday on the process of changing a persons name in California. (Photo by Ashley Nanfria)

Changing legal names discussed at college hour

Emily Thompson September 11, 2015

Fitting in, becoming more distinctive and responding to life changing events are some of the reasons why adults decide to change their names. American River College mathematics and instructional technology...

Professor Bill Zangeneh-Lester lectures to his HUM 300 students. Zangeneh-Lester will be the one of advisers for the new Humanties and Philosophy Club starting in October of the fall 2015 semester. (Photo by: Ashley Nanfria)

First ever Humanities and Philosophy Club to start in October

Emily Thompson September 9, 2015

Meta C.A.R.P.L, which stands for cultural, art, religion, philosophy, and literature is a new humanities and philosophy club that will start Friday, Oct. 2 at 1:30 at American River College, with the location...

Heidi Fuller is talking to the new staff at the NFA meeting. Fuller is the new coordinator for the NFA program in September 2015. (Photo by Emily Thompson)

Program at ARC brings new faculty into a “wolf pack”

Ashley Nanfria September 4, 2015

American River College has welcomed 29 new faculty members, the largest amount in years. The New Faculty Academy (NFA) program plans to meet every Friday morning to provide faculty with relevant and meaningful...

Students brace a long line at the Starbucks in the Student Center on Wednesday. In spite of the opening of a new Peets in the portable village, many students remain brand-loyal to the long-established Starbucks. (Photo by Kameron Schmid)

Coffee Wars: Starbucks challenged by Peet’s new presence on campus

John Ferrannini and Ashley Nanfria August 27, 2015

By John Ferrannini and Ashley Nanfria As caffeine-loving students may have noticed, there is a coffee war brewing at American River College. Peet’s Coffee & Tea, which recently opened a new...

Meteorologist Dirk Verdoorn reports the weather on the weekday morning broadcasts of KCRA-TV news. Verdoorn teaches Geography 306 at ARC this semester. (Photo courtesy of Dirk Verdoorn)

KCRA-TV news weatherman starts teaching at ARC

John Ferrannini and John Ferrannini August 24, 2015

Between mornings forecasting the weather on KCRA-TV news and afternoons teaching a weather and climate course at American River College, meteorologist Dirk Verdoorn plans to have busy Mondays and Wednesdays. “I...

Students from the ceramics department sell their art

Students from the ceramics department sell their art

Jose Garcia and Jose Garcia May 13, 2015

Student’s from the ceramics department sold their handmade wares today at the X-sale being held behind the ceramics lab. Michelle Wong Yukmui, an art major, has her own booth at the X-sale. “I’m...

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