The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is an entrepreneur's best friend--when you know how it works! On Friday, November 8, the Southern Management Leaders had a deep dive into what it means to protect your intellectual property as well as…
On November 17, a select group of Montgomery College students were invited to The 2019 Rockstar Awards dinner, hosted by the Chamber of Commerce of Rockville at the Manor Country Club. Two of these students, Ava Edalatkhah and Aisha Khan,…
By Jenifer Ramirez On, November 15-17, Techstars, which is linked with Google StartUps hosted the Techstars Startup Weekend D.C. / M.D. / V.A. Latinx in Tech in Washington D.C. For 56 hours, people with different backgrounds would develop business ideas…
by Olivia Salah Montgomery College held an informative dialogue between Montgomery College President Dr. DeRionne P. Pollard and Neil Nakadate called "Through the Lens of Difference: Re-Narrating the Nation." Nakadate is the author of the book Looking After Minidoka and…
by Alexis Kyei-Asare The week of October 28 I had the pleasure of attending the American Association for Women in Community Colleges (AAWCC) Conference in San Antonio, TX. This is very exciting for my group because this was the first…
by Jenifer Ramirez On Friday October 18th, the Rockville Chamber of Commerce hosted an event in the Theater ARts Building of Montgomery College Rockville, focused on business-women leadership in the community, "Leadercast Women 2019.’’ This event had speakers from the…
by Asma Faqeerzada, Alexis Kyei-Asare, Alexia Hernandez, and Aisha Khan On October 5, Germantown came together to celebrate in a big way with its annual Oktoberfest Parade and Festivities. Southern Management Leaders Asma Faqeerzada, Alexis Kyei-Asare, Alexia Hernandez, and Aisha…
by Olga Shuklina On October 1, 2019, I was lucky to attend the lecture Maestros de Architectura: Hernan Diaz Alonso, which was hosted in District Architecture Center in Washington DC. Diaz Alonso is a star in the architecture world. He…
by Talita de Oliveira As a college student, exam week is frantic and causes stress hormones in the body to increases significantly. On October 15, four Southern Management Leaders--Olga Shuklina, Fatima (Celeste) Melendez Velasquez, Ava Edalatkhah, and myself--attended a “Tuesdays…
by Shayna Berman On October 10th, I attended a seminar at the FDA titled “Gender Bias in Artificial Intelligence and Other Biomedical Innovations: How to Fix Knowledge.” The speaker, Londa Schiebinger, came all the way from Stanford University in California…