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The American River Current

The student voice of American River College since 1955

The American River Current

The student voice of American River College since 1955

The American River Current

Davies Hall, pictured on February 29, 2024, is currently fenced off from the American River College community. (Photo by Waheed Daud)

Davies Hall set to undergo reconstruction

Joseph Bianchini and Waheed Daud April 4, 2024

It has been over five months since Davies Hall and its 36 classrooms and 95 offices shut down, sending American River College students and faculty into a frenzy. Since then, ARC has found a way to navigate...

 American River College’s musical productions include music from contemporary and classical pieces. (Photo courtesy of Serge Kuzmin)

Photo of the Day: Oct. 19, 2023

Joseph Bianchini, Opinion Editor November 4, 2023

A variety of construction projects are underway on multiple American River College campuses, including reconstructing the Technical Education building. (Photo by Joseph Bianchini)

Construction projects underway on multiple ARC campuses

Joseph Bianchini, Opinion Editor October 3, 2023

With the American River College fall semester now a month in, multiple ARC campuses have seen a handful of construction projects start. The largest-scale construction project on ARC’s main campus...

The Technical Education area at American River College is under construction and there is fencing around the area. Demolition has started and the project is scheduled to be done in fall 2024. (Photo by Heather Amberson)

Technical Education area at ARC is under construction

Heather Amberson, Editor-in-Chief October 4, 2022

The Technical Education area at American River College is currently under construction and is surrounded by fencing. Demolition has started and the project is scheduled to be done by fall 2024.  According...

The new building at the ARC campus (STEM building), has been finished since earlier in August, but some of the furniture and some final touches have yet to be made on the interior of the building, although the outside it’s complete. (Photo courtesy of Matthew Blevis, ARC campus operator supervisor)

STEM building complete, but sits empty amid pandemic

Emily Mello, Photo Editor October 19, 2020

After the campus shut down last spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic, American River College’s administrative staff guaranteed that the new Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) building...

Even with the COVID -19 issue, the American River College administration guarantees that constructors will continue to work to accomplish the deadline for the STEM building to be ready for the fall semester 2020. (Photo by Emily Mello)

STEM Building Construction isn’t a concern to ARC administration

Emily Mello, Photo Editor April 16, 2020

Despite a campus shutdown brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, American River College’s new Science Technology Engineering Mathematics building (STEM) is still on track for completion by June. Even...

The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) building continues to be a working progress as the semester resumes at American River College on Sept. 16, 2019. The STEM building is on track to be finished in 2020, according to Public Information Officer Scott Crow. (Photo By Bram Martinez)

STEM construction on track to finish in 2020

Bram Martinez October 2, 2019

As many people may have noticed there is construction of a new building at the heart of campus, where the liberal arts area used to be in order to modernize its equipment and utilities.  For almost...

As construction is being worked on, students have to deal with the hardship of getting to their class on time. (Photo by Brandon Zamora)

Will the campus construction ever end?

Brandon Zamora September 16, 2019

Another semester, another four months of hearing drills, hammering and trucks backing up as we walk to class at American River College. It's been almost two years since construction of the new STEM...

Taylor Ryan, a student at American River College whose major is undecided, stands holding crutches in front of the fencing around the construction on Sept. 13, 2018. Navigating around the site has been challenging for students with disabilities and other accommodations. (Photo by Hameed Zargry)

Construction causes problems for students with disabilities

Hameed Zargry September 27, 2018

Disabled students at American River College are encountering problems getting around campus because of the STEM construction project, according to students who have been affected by it this semester. Construction...

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