From an early age, Calvin Massenburg’s athleticism was apparent as he excelled in track and field as an elementary school student. What Massenburg’s classmates might not have known was the young athlete had autism and an intellectual disability. Today, the…
Handwritten letters by Abraham Lincoln, entries in George Washington’s diary, and photographs by General George Patton are just a few of the original documents found in the Library of Congress’ manuscript division. With 11,000 collections and 60 million manuscripts, the…
Montgomery College has served almost 4,000 county residents at its community engagement centers since they opened in 2012. That is the number of people who have either completed a class, attended a workshop, or met with an advisor. The class…
Growing up in Washington, DC, Montgomery College student Carol Faye Walls had to climb over seemingly insurmountable hurdles. Today, at 58 years of age, she is one of eight community college students from Achieving the Dream (ATD) Network colleges who…
Whether it’s solar panels, using environmentally friendly cleaning products, and even massive quantities of ice, Montgomery College has made it a mission to conserve energy and go green. All College buildings constructed after 1985 are Gold Leadership in Energy and…
As they weaved through the storied halls of the Miller Senate Building, the 13 Montgomery College students who made the trek to Maryland’s capital remained focused on the mission: Ask their elected officials to address student debt and tuition affordability,…
For the past seven years, the Montgomery College student chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) has been traveling to the community of Hato Rincón, located in the southern part of Western Panama, to support a building project for one of…
The Trump administration’s plan to remove legal protections for transgender students could limit access to higher education and harm the Education Department’s legacy, two community college presidents write in an Op-Ed piece for Inside Higher Ed. DeRionne P. Pollard, Montgomery…
The near silence of a campus library, the serenity of an art gallery in the Peruvian Embassy, and the ear-popping roar of a “Dragonfly”A-37B fighter jet … For Gonzalo Gilardi-Magnan, the path to Montgomery College—and US citizenship—has been long but…
Academic scholarship at its finest was on full display at the Rockville Campus February 26 during the 10th annual Student and Alumni Colloquium. The event showcased intensive research undertaken by undergraduates and alumni across all academic disciplines, linked together by…