The women’s basketball team led 26 kindergarteners at Beall Elementary School in stretches and small activities to introduce the youngsters to the formal educational opportunities that await them in college. The Raptors, Coach Lakisha Nickens-Gaither, and students enjoyed the activities, made possible through the new K to College program, a partnership between Montgomery College and […]
The Sligo Journal won the 2015 Florida Book Festival Award for Compilations/Anthologies. The journal is an arts and literary publication featuring work by MC students and local poets of Takoma Park/Silver Spring. The award is a national book award that recognizes excellent writing in a variety of genres, including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, how-to, spiritual, and […]
Students bound for teaching careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education can now try out teaching early in their academic careers via the new Learning Assistant (LA) program. Funded by a National Science Foundation Noyce Grant, the program allows MC to hire and train students to work with a faculty mentor, one on […]
Two ribbon cuttings at the Germantown Campus marked the beginning of the fall semester: the Bioscience Education Center, opened in August, and the Holy Cross Hospital Germantown, opened in October. The buildings, located on Observation Drive, the campus’s main thoroughfare, anchor the new Hercules Pinkney Life Sciences Park, a science and technology business partnership, named […]
On RAMP to STEM, a program funded by the National Science Foundation, helped 14 students with STEM majors (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) transfer to some of the best STEM programs in the country this fall: University of Maryland’s Clark School of Engineering, University of California-Berkeley’s bioengineering program, and Georgetown University’s biochemistry program. Trinh Nguyen […]
The Cyberwatch Student Club won two major competitions last year—first place in the Community College Division of the Digital Defense Challenge, an international competition organized by the Department of Defense’s Cyber Crime Center—and fifth place at Global CyberLympics North American Competition. The club’s faculty sponsor, Dr. Chiyun-Kwei (C.K.) Chian, professor of networking and cybersecurity, earned […]
The College-produced “Portraits of Life: Holocaust Survivors of Montgomery County, Maryland” exhibit traveled to Delaware’s Wilmington Public Library, where it was on display through November 26. “Portraits of Life,” a program of the Paul Peck Humanities Institute, teaches about the Holocaust from a first-person point of view. In the last three years, the 37 photographic […]
A new articulation agreement with the University of Maryland Baltimore County makes the path to a bachelor’s degree a little smoother for MC students interested in gerontology, mental health, and social work. Four new articulation agreements established in September between MC and Shepherd University assist students majoring in computer science, engineering, and mathematics programs who […]
To meet the technological needs of 21st century students, the College rolled out a new Web-based version of the Montgomery College Catalog. During its soft rollout last summer, students were invited to provide feedback on content and usability via e-mail. Whether the e-version will replace the printed one, which exceeded 470+ pages in its last […]
Urged by the Student Governance Council, the College initiated a pilot inter-campus shuttle service in August. The nonstop shuttle service reduces the commute time between the two campuses (approximately 15 miles) from 90 minutes to about 40 minutes each way. Ridership is restricted to current MC ID holders (students and employees), but travel is unlimited. […]
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