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. […]
When given the chance to speak out last spring during the Twitter campaign, #whatmcstudentsneed, students across the college gave wide-ranging suggestions—from more parking to more food choices to more athletic funds to more alumni mentors. The project was the first social media effort to seek student input directly on what matters most to them.
Select students spent the summer learning laboratory science at Georgetown University in a 10-week immersion program. Each year eight students receive an internship as Howard Hughes Medical Institute scholars. To prepare, the students completed a mandatory Seminar in Critical Reading in Biology during the spring semester. Their internships include paid research in a Georgetown laboratory […]
In addition to being the first graduate of the Fire Protection Technology program, Jessica Halle ’14 earned another distinction: farthest commute to campus. For two-and-a-half-years, Halle logged nearly 1,000 miles per week (180 miles round-trip) traveling from Kent Island to Rockville twice a week to complete an AA and a certificate in fire science. Why? […]
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