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New Online Degrees

New Online Degrees

Online courses are taught by College faculty and follow the same curriculum as the traditional programs. Online students have access to College resources online and on campus. Enrollment in all three programs is expected to increase, based on the overall comfort today’s students have with online courses, and the traditionally high demand for these programs […]

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10th Annual Scholarship Conference

10th Annual Scholarship Conference

800+ students attended the 10th Annual Scholarship Conference held in October at the Universities at Shady Grove. The event featured scholarship opportunities at local colleges and universities, workshops on transferring and writing scholarship application essays, a panel discussion, and keynote speaker Marianne Ragins, who has won more than $400,000 in scholarship funding. For more information […]

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No Vaping On Campus

No Vaping On Campus

No vaping on campus went into effect in June, after the College’s Board of Trustees voted to extend the existing tobacco policy to include electronic cigarettes. Use of both traditional and e-cigarettes is not permitted on any MC property, including buildings, walkways, recreation and athletic areas, building entrances, and parking lots. The e-cigs have also […]

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Making Patterns Personal

Making Patterns Personal

[rev_slider Patterns] Pattern is everywhere around us; in nature,in our bodies, in our dreams, in our behaviors, and in our memories. After years of being relegated to the derogatively meant “merely decorative,” increasing numbers of artists have turned to pattern with enthusiasm. Galleries everywhere are blossoming with it. One might even see the popularity of […]

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Potomac Review Launches New Site

Potomac Review Launches New Site

Potomac Review launched its new website. The new site features the Lunchbox interview with journal contri-butor Karen Craigo, author of “Total Knee Replacement” and founder of Paper Crane Writing Services, plus links to new submissions pages for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction writers. Site mainstays include essays and updates on literary events.

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Find Out What Students Really Think

Find Out What Students Really Think

Find out what students really think about Montgomery College. “The student blogger program has given students with a passion for writing a public platform to share their hopes, doubts, and experiences with one another,” says program coordinator Jane Abraham. To be considered, students must be enrolled, complete a rigorous application process, and make a one-year […]

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CANstruction for Food

CANstruction for Food

The Student Construction Association, in conjunction with the Architecture Club, participated in the Washington, DC Canstruction Competition, a charity event that hosts competitions, exhibitions, and events showcasing structures made out of cans of food. After they are built, the cansculptures® go on public display as an art exhibition. Afterward, all food is donated to local […]

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artw@lk 2015

artw@lk 2015

[rev_slider ArtWalk2015] The Rockville Art Department’s ArtWalk takes place each April on the campus grounds. Works by individual students and class collaborations—visual, participatory, and always outside—remain on display for one week. This year’s ArtWalk featured more than 25 installations and events, including temporary tattoos, screen printing, drawings, sculptures, and performances. More than 200 students participated. […]

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Artist Thrives in Open Studio

Artist Thrives in Open Studio

[rev_slider Stone] Inside Studio #227 at the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, Jennifer Brewer Stone ’01 experiments with color, form, and mixed media under fish-bowl conditions. For her new Textural Series, she thins brightly colored oil paint with linseed oil, testing consistency, and then blends it with molding paste. Using a palette knife, she spreads […]

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BRAVO! Theatre Professor Receives Top Teaching Award

BRAVO! Theatre Professor Receives Top Teaching Award

“I believe in the fierce urgency of now,” says Theatre Professor KenYatta Rogers. The transaction between me and the person that is in front of me on stage or in the classroom is the most important thing at that time.” Rogers, who calls his work with students “more of a mission than a job,” was named […]

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