Dr. Vincent Intondi remembers joining his parents every Election Day as a child growing up in upstate New York. Voting was done inside a booth, under a curtain, and by pulling a lever. The day has always represented a celebration…
“When I would ask how to prepare for college, I would be told to consider woodshop or mechanics,” John Quinones told the crowd at the Maryland Male Students of Color Summit (MMSOC) on Oct. 5. Quinones was the keynote speaker…
Before the season started, Montgomery College volleyball Coach Tori Kenno told her team they could only lose one match all season. Three months and 26 opponents later, Kenno’s Raptors not only rose to their coach’s lighthearted challenge, they have not…
Like many times in the past, the nation is facing a moment of reckoning: How do we successfully coexist in a country so vast, different, and diverse? What does it mean to our shared identity and shared experience? Montgomery College…
When students go to college, there are a lot of things they have to manage themselves: Courses can be more demanding, teachers can be more intimidating, and navigating a new social circle can be challenging. And there’s one necessary skill…
You may not think of computer science as the kind of profession where your work life follows you home, but Bryan Solis might disagree. His cybersecurity internship in Montgomery County’s Information Security Department is over now, but he’s been busy…
Montgomery County Councilmember Craig Rice presented a proclamation recognizing the Montgomery College students who won the National Climate Change Gaming Competition this past spring. Students in Professor Deborah Solomon's board game design class won first place among all college students…
Dr. Pollard and Trinity University President Patricia McGuire kicked off the 2017-2018 Presidential Dialogue Series with a timely—and provocative—discussion of access to education for all and the role of education as a public good. McGuire expounded on the achievement gap…
Sally Alkire and James Owens are lifelong learners at Montgomery College, both qualifying for the senior tuition waiver granted to students over 60 years of age. But on a warm September afternoon, the two found themselves front and center in…
Megan, a first-generation Montgomery College alumna and University of Maryland student from the Philippines, says her family came to the United States for the prospect of “better jobs, better education, and overall, a better life.” The combined efforts of a…