Around AACC for Week of 3/28/11

Business Plan Competition

The Entrepreneurial Studies Institute and Business Management Department at Anne Arundel Community College are hosting the eighth annual Business Plan Competition, sponsored by BB&T, to showcase former and current students’ plans for new business ventures. The deadline to submit business plan entries to compete for cash prizes is noon Friday, April 1.

According to an AACC press release, participants must be AACC students in good standing who are currently enrolled in at least one credit or noncredit class or who completed an AACC course between April 1, 2010 and March 31, 2011. The winning student and team will each receive a cash prize and the opportunity to move their business operation into AACC’s student business incubator rent free for up to two years. 

The final competition presentations take place before an audience at 8 a.m., Thursday, April 28. For competition information and specifics, call 410-777-2363, visit www.aacc.edu/esi/bizplan/default.cfm or e-mail Stephen Berry at smberry1@aacc.edu.

Guest artists and visiting scholar Jonathan McCollum will celebrate the music and culture of China in a free performance and lecture on Wednesday, March 30, 12 p.m. in the Cade Center for Fine Arts Room 224. For more information, call 410-777-7019 or go to www.aacc.edu/performingarts.


Explore the talents of seniors in the Anne Arundel County Public Schools in a free exhibit from March 30 - April 13, 9 a.m. - 8 p.m., Monday-Thursday and 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Friday in the Pascal Center for Performing Arts Gallery. For more information, call 410-777-2218 or visit www.aacc.edu.

The “Writers Reading @ AACC,” series is featuring a reading and booksigning by author Andrew Wingfield on Thursday, March 31, 2 p.m. in the Humanities Building Room 112. Wingifield is both a fiction and nonfiction prose writer whose works include a 2005 novel, “Hear Him Roar,” an award-winning short story collection “Right of Way,” as well as place-based personal essays. Wingfield is an associate professor in George Mason University's New Century College.

The AACC Pioneers Baseball team will play the Community College of Baltimore County at home on Thursday, March 31, 3:30 p.m. The AACC Pioneers Lacrosse team will play Delaware Technical and Community College on Wednesday, March 30, 12 p.m., at home.