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College Budget Gets Boost from Montgomery County

College Budget Gets Boost from Montgomery County

Montgomery College’s FY17 budget got a $6.5 million boost from Montgomery County—a 5.1 percent increase over last year’s contribution—allowing the College to advance programs that enhance student achievement, including the Achieving Collegiate Excellence and Success (ACES) program and the Achieving the Promise Academy. The funds will also enable the College to open the Early Learning […]

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Montgomery College Awarded $1.1 Million TRIO Grant to Improve Adult College Readiness

Montgomery College Awarded $1.1 Million TRIO Grant to Improve Adult College Readiness

Montgomery College is one of only three organizations in Maryland awarded a TRIO Educational Opportunity Centers (TRIO EOC) grant to improve adult college readiness. The College will receive $1,184,500 over a five-year period. Working closely with several community partners, TRIO EOC will assist at least 1,000 first-generation, low-income, non-postsecondary education degree holders as well as […]

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Coordinator of Architecture Program Earns Paul H. Kea Medal

Coordinator of Architecture Program Earns Paul H. Kea Medal

Randy Steiner, AIA, coordinator of the architecture program at Montgomery College, recently earned the Paul H. Kea Medal, the highest honor given by the AIA Potomac Valley, a chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Professor Steiner has been the coordinator of the architecture program at MC for more than 25 years. Her passion for […]

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Opening Pathways to MC Via Multilingual Outreach

Opening Pathways to MC Via Multilingual Outreach

Community engagement at MC means informing, consulting, participating, working in partnership, and reaching out to people who may not have thought of themselves as college students. The Office of Community Engagement recently published a report on how it is meeting that mission. “There is almost no area of Montgomery College untouched by the work of […]

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Architecture Students Receive Industry Awards

Architecture Students Receive Industry Awards

Amalie ElFallah ’16 and Kaira Farrell ’16 recently earned honors for excellence in student architectural design by the Maryland Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). The AIA selected 10 winners from among 74 projects submitted; entrants included community college, undergraduate, and graduate students. ElFallah’s “East Brunswick Islamic Center” (East Brunswick, NJ) received the […]

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Montgomery College Earns Top-20 Ranking as Best for Vets

Montgomery College Earns Top-20 Ranking as Best for Vets

Montgomery College earned a top-20 ranking as Best for Vets at two-year schools by Military Times. Rankings are based on a comprehensive school-by-school survey of veteran and military student offerings and rates of academic achievement. Moreover, the three veterans featured in the cover photo are Montgomery College students and alumni. Air Force veteran Ronnie Chang […]

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Women’s Soccer Team Wins Region Championship

Women’s Soccer Team Wins Region Championship

The women’s soccer team defeated Howard Community College 2–1 in the Region XX tournament to claim the 2016 Region XX/District H Championship on October 30, 2016. The Raptors capped a 14-game winning streak with their championship victory. MC has outscored their opponents 91–10, scoring an average of 5.35 goals per game, and taking 21 shots […]

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Dual Enrollment for Nurses

Dual Enrollment for Nurses

Starting this fall, nursing students can begin the process of dual enrollment with the University of Maryland. The opportunity puts them on the fast track toward bachelor’s degree (BSN) attainment, which is quickly becoming the new industry higher education standard for RNs. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued its new standards in 2010, in The […]

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Advancing Public Health

Advancing Public Health

Teaming with Lockheed Martin, Cisco, Cloudera, Illumina (named by MIT as the smartest company in 2014), and Intel, the College is helping to advance public health. The new alliance combines the expertise of leading health IT providers, medical technology companies, and academic institutions. “We are so pleased to be part of this forward-thinking alliance,” says […]

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Student Nurses in Morocco

Student Nurses in Morocco

[rev_slider Morocco] When nursing skills lab instructor Kathy Awkard read about a conference in Morocco last June, she saw it as a life-changing opportunity for her students. Awkard recruited Mahdia Taheri ’15 and Aziz Elfath ’15 to submit an abstract for a presentation, something neither had done outside of class before. “I wanted to introduce […]

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