Before retiring, Montgomery County executive Ike Leggett and wife, Catherine, help raise $1.7 million for underrepresented students. Isiah “Ike” Leggett, outgoing county executive, and his wife, Catherine, closed out their time in public office the way they entered it—by focusing on the life-changing potential of higher education. In advance of the gala event in their […]
“The work that we are doing now is a continuation of what was started—to ensure the future of a thriving Montgomery County in which our students are prepared to contribute to and benefit from the prosperity that is a hallmark of the region.” –Margaret Latimer, vice president and provost, Germantown Campus The Germantown Campus, now […]
Glen Swanson ’18 politely greeted the two uniformed officers who knocked on the door of the small Germantown apartment he shared with his father. He had been expecting them, but he did not know when. He was alone the afternoon sheriffs delivered the eviction notice. Swanson, who now attends the Robert H. Smith School of […]
Montgomery County inmates hit the books, earn GEDs with MC instruction on site at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in Boyds. Nine out of ten people incarcerated in the US eventually return to their community, and once they do, those who received education while incarcerated are 43 percent less likely to end up back in […]
When Northwood High School’s Dominique Desmarattes crosses the stage at DAR Constitution Hall on June 6, she will finish a storied high school career. Her senior-year accomplishments include running cross-country and track, garnering Homecoming Queen honors from her fellow students—and earning a degree from Montgomery College. Desmarattes and six other Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) […]
Sarah Dwyer left a corporate career to build a business that makes her smile. It makes her customers—and her team—smile, too. For Sarah Dwyer ’06 life isn’t like a box of chocolates. It’s thousands of boxes of chocolates a year, each morsel made by hand following her recipes, her dream, and a commitment to giving […]
Dennis Beach ’91 transforms plywood, epoxy, and paint into geometric sculptures, paintings, and kinetic designs that echo natural forms and phenomena. His sculpture, “Drift #24,” for example, evokes sound waves or ocean waves in its symmetrical undulations. “Flow,” a kinetic sculpture, suspended above gallery-goers, features moving water inside a tubular acrylic pipe. “Bump #4,” a […]
Alicia Carroll ’07 travels light. When she moved to South Carolina in February for a position in the neurotrauma ICU at Greenville Memorial Hospital, she fit everything into her Subaru Crosstrek and rooftop carrier. As a travel nurse, Carroll works under 13-week contracts at hospitals around the country. She works with a recruiter and chooses […]
Lumnwi Audrey Awasom, 21, always wanted to do something big for the community. During her sophomore year at MC, she co-founded the One Heart Project, a community service project supported by MC-Enactus that already helped more than 50 homeless women with career and job readiness skills. During her last semester at the University of Maryland’s […]
When Sukwon Koh ’18 left South Korea to study as an international student in 2004, he had no plans to re-enter military service. He was a sophomore at Emory University when he returned to his home country to fulfill his obligation; in South Korea, three years of military service is mandatory for all adult males […]
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