Maryland Governor Larry Hogan traveled to the Germantown Campus on February 28 to deliver the 2017 Economic Development Update for the state of Maryland. MC President DeRionne Pollard and Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce President Marilyn Balcombe also attended. In his 15-minute speech, the governor announced that Maryland had just been recognized as one of the […]
Professor Jean Freedman recently published the first full-length biography of music legend Peggy Seeger, entitled Peggy Seeger: A Life of Music, Love, and Politics. The book covers Seeger’s career in music as well as her lifelong advocacy for environmental and feminist causes. Professor Freedman earned a PhD in folklore from Indiana University and is author […]
On March 21, Dr. Pollard and Takoma Park Mayor Kate Stewart led the first in a series of three Community Conversations with Takoma Park and Silver Spring residents, students, and alumni about the College’s construction projects to replace or modernize existing buildings on the East Campus within Takoma Park. The next project slated for construction […]
Fox News’s “New Yorkers Working with Doctors Without Borders” featured Michelle Mays, MA, RN, BSN, and Montgomery Scholar ’02. Hechinger Report article, “Placement rates, other data colleges provide consumers are often alternative facts,” (March 22, 2017) included comments from Kevin Long, director of policy and planning, on collecting student data. WTOP featured student Constance Roberts […]
MCTV completed a 15-minute video for the MC community on how to prepare for an active shooter incident. The video features tips on the recommended A.L.I.C.E. response plan (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate). Hosted by Director of Public Safety and Emergency Management Shawn Harrison and featuring MCTV voice talent Michael Brown, the video was […]
Eighteen members of the Montgomery College community traveled to India during spring break as part of the Global Humanities Institute’s (GHI) “Seminars Abroad” initiative, funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. They learned about India’s complex history and cultures, and forged academic partnerships with colleagues at OP Jindal Global University and Osmania University. “In […]
The MC Libraries launched a guide to educate students on spotting fake news articles: libguides.montgomerycollege.edu/fakenews. The guide introduces students to the concepts of fake news and information literacy. It provides guidance on identifying a fake story, links to watchdog websites, links to sources of valid news, a list of known sites that produce misleading or […]
In 2013, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk proposed a revolutionary mode of transportation—hyperloop: a vacuum tube with pods that carry people and cargo between cities at speeds more than 700 miles per hour. Five alumni want to make hyperloop possible. Now students or recent graduates at the University of Maryland, Erich Robinson-Tillenburg ’13, Catherine […]
The College is building a first-of-its-kind Renewable Energy Park at the Rockville Campus that will provide both theoretical and practical training in wind and solar technology, not only to Montgomery College students, but also to the greater community. The outdoor classroom enables students to learn valuable skills that are currently in demand in Maryland—and beyond. […]
Montgomery College is collaborating with Infosys Public Services on a partnership that creates new training and job opportunities in the information technology (IT) sector. Infosys Public Services, a global leader in the public sector IT industry based in Rockville, worked closely with Montgomery College faculty to develop an eight-week intensive “boot camp” for recent Infosys […]
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