[rev_slider Jacobsen] For someone who’s called a minimalist, his portfolio brims with details; for a man of modest physical stature, he’s reached iconic proportions in the world of architecture. Hugh Newell Jacobsen ’48 has spent 45 years building on his passion for pure architectural design. “If I’m remembered for anything, it will be that,” Jacobsen […]
William Adair ’68 is a artist, master gilder, frame conservator, and frame historian who cut his creative teeth as an art student at Montgomery College. “I got my first ‘A’ in art in high school, and that was an indication to me that someone—one of my teachers—thought that I was exceptional …. So [I began […]
Rockville’s Science West Building renovation is on track to be ready for classes by the spring 2017 semester. Work also continues on the new North Parking Garage, which is expected to be ready for use this fall. At Takoma Park/Silver Spring, the newly renovated Pavilion Three Building opened to faculty and students last January for […]
The Clinical Trial Project Management course continues to grow. Last September, 35 students (up from an average enrollment of 20) enrolled for the 13-week course. The class included many participants with advanced degrees, including two foreign-trained physicians. Even better news: Employers continue to pursue course graduates.
Students can now interact with faculty or peer tutors using Skype, the free video chat application. Tutorials are available in economics, political science, psychology, history, and sociology. They are being offered by the Department of Humanities and the MC Learning Centers.
“PIC-MC”. That’s the new acronym for the Hercules Pinkney Life Sciences Park at Montgomery College, now called the Pinkney Innovation Complex for Science and Technology at MC. The name change reflects the development project’s mission of fostering a more innovative workforce by partnering with the business community. Dr. Hercules Pinkney, for whom the complex is […]
“There is a notion of academic elitism where community colleges are considered inferior to other institutions but we reject that. At the end of the day, the outcomes of the colleges show there is little to prove they are inferior.” —Dr. DeRionne Pollard, Times of India, “Community Colleges Not Inferior: US Academic” (March 4, 2016) […]
A group of 27 students and faculty traveled to Gondar, Ethiopia, in January as part of the Study Abroad Program. The 10-day study tour featured nine Montgomery College students conducting research on Ethiopia and presenting their findings before faculty and students at the University of Gondar. Other highlights of the tour included visiting the National […]
Dr. Gregory Malveaux’s new book, Look Before Leaping: Risks, Liabilities, and Repair of Study Abroad in Higher Education, (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016) merges first-hand accounts, best practices, court trends and cases, and essential texts for a comprehensive study abroad in higher education. “In light of recent events in Brussels,” says Malveaux, “and with the odd […]
Dr. Stanley Niamatali, professor of English, won the Guyana Prize for Literature in the category of Best First Book of Poetry. His book, The Hinterlands, centers around his memories of life on a sawmill along the Berbice River in eastern Guyana.
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