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Montgomery College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• On September 16, 1946, the first Montgomery College classes were held in the evenings at a local high school with a student body of 186 men and women. Over the past half-century the College has grown to a multicampus institution with more than 20,000 credit students and 15,000 Continuing Education students.
• By the fall of 1950, the College had acquired the buildings and seven acres previously occupied by the Bliss Electrical Society. This new home in Takoma Park became the first campus of Montgomery College. A second campus, the Rockville Campus, opened in September 1965. The Germantown Campus opened in September 1975 with classes held temporarily in Seneca Valley High School. Since the fall of 1978, the Germantown Campus has been located in permanent college facilities in Germantown, Maryland.
• Opened in 1965 with an enrollment of 2,489, the Rockville Campus is now Montgomery College's largest, with an enrollment of 14,000 full- and part-time students. It is located just north of Washington, D.C., between Route 355 and Interstate 270, and is readily accessible by bus and the Metro rail system. More than 600 courses are now offered in more than 40 curricula. People of all ages take classes at Rockville, and there is a diverse mix of cultures which contribute to the international flavor of this suburban campus. Thousands of Continuing Education students also attend classes at Rockville, and additional tens of thousands of people come to this campus each year for art exhibitions, athletic events, concerts, conferences, lectures, movies, plays, and other events open to the public.
• Under the leadership of the Instructional Deans, the campus is comprised of seven major instructional areas; Business, Hospitality Management and Information Science, Fine, Performing and Visual Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering and Mathematics, Social Science, History, Education, Health and Physical Education, the Applied Technology & Gudelsky Institute for Technical Education, and Student Development. Each area is led by a dean. Leadership for The Arts Institute, the Paul Peck Humanities Institute and the Montgomery County Public Schools Partnerships is provided by a program director.
• Intercollegiate athletics for men and women are a part of the total offering of the College. The College belongs to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA); Region XX NJCAA; and the Maryland Junior College Athletic Association, known as JUCO. The campuses field teams in numerous men's and women's intercollegiate sports.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Nonprofit to host puzzle-a-thon community fundraiser (Wheaton Gazette)
  posted on March 17, 2010 at 09:43:48 am
  The Collaboration Council, a nonprofit that supports county residents with disabilities and their families, is partnering with other county nonprofits to host a collaborative puzzle-a-thon: "Putting the Pieces Together to Help the Montgomery County Community," which takes place all day Saturday and Sunday at various locations throughout the county.
• St. Jude auction nets nearly $100K for school (Aspen Hill Gazette)
  posted on March 17, 2010 at 09:40:46 am
  The auction gala last month at Shrine of St. Jude Catholic Church raised $95,193, almost double the parish goal of $50,000, to support St. Jude Catholic School.
• Metro weighs fare increases, parking hike to fund budget (Gazette.net)
  posted on March 17, 2010 at 09:20:05 am
  Metro will hold a series of public hearings on options for closing a $189 million budget gap in fiscal 2011 this month and in April.
• Montgomery College, schools brace for cuts (Potomac Gazette)
  posted on March 17, 2010 at 08:42:20 am
  Education officials say they understand the severity of the county's fiscal bind, but the cuts proposed in County Executive Isiah Leggett's fiscal 2011 operating budget could greatly impact the services they provide to students.
• Montgomery College cricket team to defend national title (Washington Post)
  posted on March 14, 2010 at 05:00:00 am
  Last March, the Montgomery College men's team handily beat four other schools to win the first American College Cricket championship.

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