As a young boy in the 1940s, Isiah “Ike” Leggett lived in a four-room house without indoor plumbing with his 12 siblings, his mother, and his father. Four college degrees and many decades later, he became the first African American…
The anguish of feeling helpless in the face of tragedy has never subsided for Montgomery College nursing student Goodness Ncanana. However, after learning the College was awarded two Nurse Support Program II (NSP II) grants totaling over $1.3 million to…
Mary Jyoti Duwady is starting her senior year of high school while dually enrolled at Montgomery College. However, she spent part of the summer preparing for life beyond that. For three weeks in July, she worked with MC’s Miriam Laufer…
As a single parent, Montgomery College student Odessa Davis deals with financial planning and the complexities of raising a son on her own. But the second annual Single Parent Conference, held at the Rockville Campus on August 11, not only…
The bicycle has been around for 201 years, but only recently did it get the global recognition it deserves. After Montgomery College Professor Leszek Sibilski and his sociology students successfully petitioned the United Nations, the General Assembly (UNGA) established World…
This story was originally published in 2015. Read on to learn more about the ACES program. Established in 2013, Achieving Collegiate Excellence and Success (ACES) is a collaboration among Montgomery College, Montgomery County Public Schools, and the Universities at…