The award is presented annually by the MDJUCO to the member school whose teams have demonstrated the best sportsmanship throughout an academic year.

[8] It was previously named "Community College of the Year" by National Business Alliance in 2001, and has continued to receive accolades since then.

Additionally, Dr. Ludlum attained voting representation for students serving on the AACC's board of trustees and founded the Servicemember's Opportunity College at Fort George G.

He is credited with the establishment of AACC's Weekend College, cable television (media production) courses and contract education services.

AACC's first off-site location in Glen Burnie and the Child Development Center in Arnold were opened during Dr. Sundermann's administration.

In 1978, some of AACC's female faculty members filed lawsuits against the community college and insurer Continental Casualty Company for alleged pay discrimination.

Within that period, Anne Arundel County developed, AACC's campus expanded to 230 acres (0.93 km2) and the Glen Burnie Town Center location opened.

AACC's senior administration was reorganized and the previously separate offices of academic affairs and workforce development were combined.

During her tenure, tuition was kept affordable, AACC's number of degree programs grew twofold and the graduating class of 2012 was nearly double the size of that of 1996.

[26][27][28] The main campus is located in Arnold, Maryland, and spans 230 acres (0.93 km2), making it the largest single-campus community college in the state.

[2][5][29][30] Anne Arundel Community College hosts Maryland's only statue of Martin Luther King Jr., which was rededicated in 2019.

[31] In 2019, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Anne Arundel Community College Health and Life Sciences Building was held.

As of 2021, the newly constructed Clauson Center for Innovation and Skilled Trades is set to open on the Arnold campus in January 2022 and offer six programs and pre-employment services.

The winners were Annapolis Social League, Baked + Brunched Bakery, Prepared4Tech, RacalRx, Clover Run Riding, Chow, Coach Alex Ray, Müted Biergarten and Powered Puff Protection.

Dr. Laycock led volleyball, the program's first intramural sport, at Severna Park High School, where academic courses were initially held.

By the early 1980s, the program had gained 12 full-time faculty, chaired 22 varsity sports and had achieved NJCAA membership.

There were also continuing education programs for older adults: bicycling, rowing, aerobic dance, swimming and resistance training.

With Dr. Laycock's input, the Arnold campus featured a newly constructed athletics complex with a gymnasium, outdoor stadium, tennis courts and fields for baseball, soccer, softball and lacrosse.

In December 2014, the majority of the votes cast determined that the AACC athletic teams would be called Riverhawks by fall 2015.

[6][55][56] Students and student-athletes are granted access to the on-campus fitness facilities in the David S. Jenkins Gymnasium at AACC's Arnold campus.