AACC to build entrance sign

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AACC will get a new sign at the College Parkway entrance to East Campus in late May.

Students contributed to the sign’s design.

Allison Baumbusch, creative director in the Office of Strategic Communications, said she suggested a replacement for the “aging” brown brick design back in 2017.

The update, she said, will keep the college’s branding and aesthetics “consistent.” student Riley Keeran said the event was “a good way to learn more about Black history … to experience Black History Month, to learn more about it.”

“I’ve always had an eye towards design and things that are aging and not looking on brand with other things around the college,” Baumbusch said, adding the new sign will “draw attention” and add a “main entrance” feel.

The new sign will replace the one the college tore down in early February.

Art Association President Ella Woodbury described the event as “very cool,” saying it was a great opportunity to talk and learn from a “high-profile” artist like Brown.

Brown also described the event as “cool.”

“I think it’s pretty cool to inform the people about who created everyday items that we somehow overlooked,” Brown said. “I felt like [for] Black History Month, it was only right to highlight those people who created monumental creations.”

Brown said the college’s theme for Black History

Month, “Unmasking Black Excellence,” inspired him to create an activity that involved painting pictures of masks.

Keeran encouraged every AACC student to attend “culturally enriching events.”

The college plans to have a new sign on College Parkway by the end of May Shown, a digital rendering of the new sign.

Photo courtesy of Lex Thompson

Whiting-Turner, the contractor that built the Health and Life Sciences building, is constructing the new sign. Some students said they prefer the newer design.