Montgomery College broke ground in June on a 130,000-square-foot Student Services Center, which will provide a centralized location for all student services at the Rockville Campus. “I am pleased that the Student Services Center is now shovel-ready,” said Montgomery County Executive Isiah (Ike) Leggett at the ceremony. “This fantastic building will give students an easier […]
“MC is a welcoming institution, and the College’s refreshed entrances at the Rockville and Germantown campuses showcase our hospitality even more,” says Emily Schmidt, marketing director. The new gateway signs feature brushed-silver lettering mounted on stone. Digital signage was incorporated into the entrance areas to improve communications with the community. Students and visitors to campus […]
Join President Pollard for a series of conversations focused on American identity. All events are free and open to the public. For information, call 240-567-5267 or visit montgomerycollege.edu/dialogues. Seth Goldman, CEO and cofounder, Honest Tea November 28 @ 7 p.m. Rockville Campus, Science West Building, Room 301, 51 Mannakee Street, Rockville, MD. Free parking. Goldman […]
The MBI Café, a student-run coffee shop on the Rockville Campus, celebrated its grand reopening in a new and bigger space across from the campus cafeteria in June. The café is a We Proudly Serve Starbucks operation. MBI students run the café, including front line and managerial operations. The café opened in 2003, when 17 […]
Enthusiasm among the first class of 186 students was high during the College’s first semester in 1946, as evidenced by the remarkable list of firsts in the College archives. Students established the first student council and the first yearbook committee—which produced the first edition of the yearbook, Accolade. The same committee coordinated with art students […]
At the sixth annual State of the College in March, Dr. Pollard was joined by three former College presidents: Dr. Hercules Pinkney, Dr. Charlene R. Nunley, and Dr. Robert E. Parilla. During her introduction, Pollard drew comparisons among their tenures—which among them spans 37 years of the College’s 70-year history—as well as differences (e.g., budgets, […]
“We are browner, older, and less wealthy than ever in the history of this county. How do we … ensure that those three facts are not seen as negatives, as they are in other places in this world? How do we have student support services so students understand we are here to meet them where […]
Rockville Campus celebrated the opening of its newly renovated Science Center West building early in February. Soaring windows and spacious and adaptable instructional rooms enhance teaching and learning in popular science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs. The $29 million project, which included adding a third floor, completes a 12-year plan to upgrade science and […]
On the first day of spring semester MC officially opened the long-awaited parking facility at Rockville, a 918-space, seven-level garage. Located adjacent to the Physical Education Center, the North Campus Garage (NC on collegewide maps), includes 59 security cameras, 20 electric charging stations, two elevators, and nearly 700 parking spaces designated for students. The facility […]
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan traveled to the Germantown Campus on February 28 to deliver the 2017 Economic Development Update for the state of Maryland. MC President DeRionne Pollard and Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce President Marilyn Balcombe also attended. In his 15-minute speech, the governor announced that Maryland had just been recognized as one of the […]
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