Looking Forward
Hello again Montgomery College community! If we weren’t hunkered down with trying to stay away from viruses, we are certainly hunkering down because of the snow. I was so hoping for 18 inches of fluffy cottony snow to make a…
What it’s been like being an MC blogger
Hi everyone. This is the last blog for this academic year. The 20th blog! I’ve been reflecting on what it has been like to blog for two semesters, and so I looked back to see what I had written when…
It’s All About Transitions
We started the 2020 Spring Semester at Montgomery College with regular classes. Lectures, lab, studio work, it was all what we were used to. Then with the medical crisis of Covid-19, the college responded by very quickly limiting students’ access…
Online learning gets mixed reviews
As Montgomery College moved to online courses, educators, administrators and students have all taken the deep plunge into a brave new world of eLearning. Online learning can be very effective, and it certainly brings a wealth of knowledge and experience…
We must thank everyone!
Lately my heart has been warmed by messages like the following (this one from the Anacostia Playhouse – a really great theatre and music venue nearby in the District): “A special message to the doctors, nurses, grocery clerks, delivery drivers,…
Understanding our demographics
Overall, Montgomery College attracts 50,000 students a year to its campuses Germantown, Rockville, Takoma Park/Silver Spring, Gaithersburg Business Training Center, and Westfield South Center. But have you ever noticed that we seem to have two major age groups represented at…
How are you doing?
How are you doing? How are you really doing? Every time I see someone I know these days, we ask each other ‘How are you doing?’ and we really mean it. No one is content to just hear a ‘Fine,…
A little every day
A really long time ago when I was taking Physics at Columbia University in New York, my professor implored us to study Physics a little bit each day, even if just to read a section of the text or review…
Exciting Museum Visits
One of the best courses offered in the Community Arts program is the ‘Art in DC’ course with Alice Cisternino. In this course, we visit various museums and galleries in the Washington area. The Smithsonian Institution is always featured, but…
Sometimes things just don’t work out
Today I dropped a course. The course was Digital Tools, a very useful course for any Art Major, but it just didn’t work for me. I was excited at the beginning to learn a new software, and to explore graphic…