News

The men’s and women’s track and field teams dominated at the NJCAA Track and Field National Championships in Utica, NY. The men’s relay team took first place (national champions) in the 4x800m relay. #mcraptors Macklin Business Institute students won first place in each of their categories at the annual International Business Ethics Competition (IBECC) in […]

Championing Higher Ed

Named a Champion of Change, President Pollard attended a White House reception with several honorees, all recognized for their work to improve opportunities for former inmates. Under Pollard’s leadership, the College partnered with the Montgomery County Correctional Facility to provide academic support for inmates before, and after, their release. In 2011, Nancy Newton, the College’s […]

A bear walks into campus…

No joke. Following the winter of feral cats, June brought in another force of nature to reckon with—a black bear. During a pre-dawn patrol, one startled security officer discovered the bear near the Music Building at Rockville. After alerting the local Animal Control office and issuing a campus-wide do-not-feed-the-bears alert… the ursus americanus montgomerycollegus moseyed […]

Getting Centered

MC opened two satellite centers: one at the Gaithersburg Library in Montgomery Village and a second, the East County Regional Center, in Silver Spring. The first classes offered at these locations are Computer Literacy for Beginners, in English and Spanish, at the Gaithersburg center, and Child Growth and Development at the East County center. Multilingual […]

Investing in the Future

Montgomery College will receive more than $5 million in a federal grant award from the US Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration job training programs. A total of 14 community colleges in Maryland will benefit from the $14,957,899 in federal funding to support training programs. Montgomery College will receive $5,371,743 to lead the consortium […]

Got MOOC? Update

The answer was “yes” for the 711 people who enrolled last fall in Get Ready for College English, MC’s first massive open online course (MOOC). A MOOC differs from a traditional online course in that is usually free, noncredit, and features huge enrollment. The course, designed to prepare students to test into a college-level English […]

Professor of the Year Honored

Professor of the Year Honored Kudos keep coming for Dr. Greg Wahl, 2013 Maryland Professor of the Year. Montgomery County Council President Craig Rice issued a proclamation honoring Wahl’s teaching excellence during the council’s January session. “I’m not really doing anything differently than my faculty colleagues,” said Wahl at the event. “All of the things […]

Construction Zone

Watch for construction and/or renovation of the Science and Applied Studies building (G); Science West (R); North Garage (R); and Pavilion 3 (TP/SS). The College also refurbished all libraries to create a consistent look and feel. Renovations on Science East wrapped up in time for the spring 2014 semester. The project added much-needed study areas, […]