NPR, All Things Considered “Time Versus Debt: Why These Students Chose Community College,” prominently featured Carlos Mejia-Ramos ’15, Nancy Chen ’14, and Jake Meile ’15 in the story hosted by Robert Siegel. Washington Post Professor Deborah Stearns provided input to the Style blog (September 11, 2015) by Soraya Nadia McDonald: “Kylie Jenner and Bella Hadid […]
[rev_slider Festival] The World of Montgomery festival celebrated the county’s diverse cultural heritages through food, music, dance, traditional arts, and hands-on projects for children and families. Held at the Rockville Campus for the first time, the festival included exhibits on the four countries with the largest immigrant populations in Montgomery County: China, El Salvador, Ethiopia, […]
MC opened a second Community Engagement Center in June, the East County Regional Services Center, which helps county residents find resources, classes, and information on higher education and career training options. The center is located at 3300 Briggs Chaney Road in Silver Spring.
Teaching part time is a way of life for more than 1,200 instructors at Montgomery College. Overall, part-time faculty teach more than half of all courses MC offers; they teach roughly 1,000 credit and 200 noncredit courses. In some departments, they comprise 90 percent of instructional staff. This scenario is not unusual at community colleges […]
Hillman Entrepreneurship students were among two of the three winning teams (of 18 teams in all) in a business-startup competition in NYC and DC in August. Students presented ideas to business experts—CEOs and entrepreneurs—during the three-day event, Athgothon. They competed against students from Duke, Cornell, and George Washington University. The David H. and Suzanne D. […]
Online courses are taught by College faculty and follow the same curriculum as the traditional programs. Online students have access to College resources online and on campus. Enrollment in all three programs is expected to increase, based on the overall comfort today’s students have with online courses, and the traditionally high demand for these programs […]
800+ students attended the 10th Annual Scholarship Conference held in October at the Universities at Shady Grove. The event featured scholarship opportunities at local colleges and universities, workshops on transferring and writing scholarship application essays, a panel discussion, and keynote speaker Marianne Ragins, who has won more than $400,000 in scholarship funding. For more information […]
No vaping on campus went into effect in June, after the College’s Board of Trustees voted to extend the existing tobacco policy to include electronic cigarettes. Use of both traditional and e-cigarettes is not permitted on any MC property, including buildings, walkways, recreation and athletic areas, building entrances, and parking lots. The e-cigs have also […]
Potomac Review launched its new website. The new site features the Lunchbox interview with journal contri-butor Karen Craigo, author of “Total Knee Replacement” and founder of Paper Crane Writing Services, plus links to new submissions pages for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction writers. Site mainstays include essays and updates on literary events.
Find out what students really think about Montgomery College. “The student blogger program has given students with a passion for writing a public platform to share their hopes, doubts, and experiences with one another,” says program coordinator Jane Abraham. To be considered, students must be enrolled, complete a rigorous application process, and make a one-year […]
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