For MC students, the weeks following spring break are usually spent getting ready for tests and, for some, graduation. This semester, in the disconcerting climate of the national coronavirus pandemic, MC students and the whole College are rising to meet…
As the Montgomery College community rallies to maintain teaching and learning in a social distancing environment, hundreds of MC students face immediate challenges in continuing their studies, accessing technology, and keeping food on the table. Many have lost income from…
Jordan Rodriguez admits he didn’t know much about censuses before the school year started last September. “I guess I did know a little, it’s a population count,” Rodriguez jokes. “But now, I’m learning about how much it determines the economic…
In a departure from tradition, earning a Ph.D. is no longer a guarantee of financial or career success in academia. According to the American Association of University Professors, the total number of college professors in the United States has more…
As a kid in Brooklyn and Queens, New York, Grammy-award winning producer and engineer Larry Mitchell played with two toy instruments: a drum set, and a guitar. However, just one of those toys survived Larry’s childhood. When his mom threw…
Editor’s note: This story is part of our MC faculty and staff series in which professors and/or staff discuss relevant topics within their areas of expertise. In light of Women’s History Month, Genevieve Carminati writes about the fight for equal rights…