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Maintaining Global Perspective in an Ever-Closing World

Maintaining Global Perspective in an Ever-Closing World

By Gregory Malveaux, Collegewide Coordinator, Study Abroad; Professor of English, Montgomery College A Rude Awakening As college-wide coordinator of Montgomery College Study Abroad, I approached the spring 2020 semester with enthusiasm about the implementation of coming short term abroad programs (one to three weeks in length), including a program to Japan.  Despite reports of a […]

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Seen, Heard, and Empowered: Meeting student needs in our remote learning classrooms

Seen, Heard, and Empowered: Meeting student needs in our remote learning classrooms

By Professor Jennifer Lee, English, Rockville At the close of this difficult semester, as we all take a moment to breathe, recover, and look forward to another semester that begins in the remote classroom, we are all engaging in the work of learning or fine tuning our technological capabilities and reevaluating the merits of the […]

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Reflections on Being an Educator During a Pandemic: The Power and Importance of Stories

Reflections on Being an Educator During a Pandemic: The Power and Importance of Stories

By Emily Rosado, Professor of English, Montgomery College As a young college student in the 1990s, I was browsing through the clothing racks of Bloomingdale’s one day when I overheard a conversation between two employees who were roughly around my age. The mention of Jennifer Lopez perked my ears because at the time (and perhaps […]

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Engaging Quiet Students: Including Silence in Active Learning

Engaging Quiet Students: Including Silence in Active Learning

By Dr. Caroline F. Toscano Caroline Toscano is Professional Development Director at Montgomery College. Her doctorate is in Educational Psychology and MA is in TESOL from the University of Minnesota. Her academic interests include microaggressions, equity, diversity and inclusion, with a particular interest in invisible disabilities. I used to teach international graduate students at the University […]

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Fuel for Success: Montgomery College Forms a Partnership with the Capital Area Food Bank to Bring the Mobile Market Program to All Three Campuses

Fuel for Success: Montgomery College Forms a Partnership with the Capital Area Food Bank to Bring the Mobile Market Program to All Three Campuses

A Note from the Editors:  This article and video is the first of many we hope will highlight how Montgomery College faculty, staff, and administration are recognizing and responding to the impact of food insecurity and homelessness on student success.  Are you doing something in classroom, in your department or office, in your area of […]

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Raptor Tank

Raptor Tank

The Raptor Tank was established with the goal of providing Montgomery College students funding to support business ideas for new or existing business ventures. The competition emphasizes student empowerment as part of the Macklin Business Institute’™s (MBI) experiential learning initiative. Students lead and implement the program throughout the year with faculty advisement. Notably, students generate […]

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Creating Success-Relying on Failure

Creating Success-Relying on Failure

On Saturday, March 4, 2017, ELITE and Montgomery College Innovation Works sponsored a mini-conference, “Creating Success-Relying on Failure.”  The focus was on shifting our beliefs about failure. The event touched on several important themes:  the power of stories- the stories we tell ourselves and the stories we tell about others; the connection between growth mindset […]

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Learning: an Art or a Science?  Call for Submissions

Learning: an Art or a Science? Call for Submissions

Is learning art or science? With advances in technology and learning sciences, we have the opportunity to understand how people learn better than ever before. However, the question of whether learning is an art or if it can be scientifically facilitated or, if it is both, is before us. Is learning a product of belief? […]

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An Innovation Works Forum on Team Collaboration

An Innovation Works Forum on Team Collaboration

“The Science and Application of Team Neurodynamics” Does brain-imaging provide us with any special insights into the mystery of high-functioning teams? Can we get members of the team to operate “on the same wavelength,” and perhaps more importantly, is that even what makes for a high-functioning team?   Join us for this special presentation March 9th, […]

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Diversity and Innovation: President’s Innovation Forum

Diversity and Innovation: President’s Innovation Forum

Dr. Pollard and Montgomery College Innovation Works (MCIW) will host a forum on the link between diversity and innovation on February 16, 2016.  The forum will be an engaging discussion of how diversity makes us smarter, more capable, and more cognitively complex.  Dr. Pollard will welcome “Unlocking the Potential of Diversity” –  Dr. Oscar Holmes, IV, Assistant Professor […]

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