Kudos to MC performers and shows honored in the DC Metro Theater Arts’ list of Best of 2015 Productions, Performances, and Ensembles in University Productions. Productions: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Legally Blonde: The Musical, Godspell, and Marisol. Performances: Hasani Allen, Gregory Atkin, and Molly Janiga in A Funny Thing […]
Men’s basketball captured their first MD JUCO title in 24 years under first-year Head Coach Keith Byrd. In the championship game, the Raptors faced the Harford Community College Fighting Owls and won 82-71. In the post-game awards ceremony, D’Angelo Vaughan, who averaged 21.3 points in the tournament, was named Tournament MVP. Patrick Smith, who averaged […]
Nevart Tahmazian, professor of chemistry, earned 2015 Maryland Professor of the Year honors from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Tahmazian also advises the STEM ED Community Club and the Learning Assistant Program. This is the ninth time in 12 years—and the […]
Montgomery College had the seventh largest number of international students enrolled of all the community colleges in the United States. The College saw 1,877 international students take classes in 2014–2015. According to an Institute of International Education report, only two-year schools in Texas, California, and Washington had more international students enrolled during that time. The […]
Starting this fall, nursing students can begin the process of dual enrollment with the University of Maryland. The opportunity puts them on the fast track toward bachelor’s degree (BSN) attainment, which is quickly becoming the new industry higher education standard for RNs. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued its new standards in 2010, in The […]
Teaming with Lockheed Martin, Cisco, Cloudera, Illumina (named by MIT as the smartest company in 2014), and Intel, the College is helping to advance public health. The new alliance combines the expertise of leading health IT providers, medical technology companies, and academic institutions. “We are so pleased to be part of this forward-thinking alliance,” says […]
[rev_slider Morocco] When nursing skills lab instructor Kathy Awkard read about a conference in Morocco last June, she saw it as a life-changing opportunity for her students. Awkard recruited Mahdia Taheri ’15 and Aziz Elfath ’15 to submit an abstract for a presentation, something neither had done outside of class before. “I wanted to introduce […]
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.
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