Montgomery Community College

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Montgomery Community College will provide quality educational opportunities including basic skills, occupational, associate, and pre-baccalaureate programs; support economic development by offering workforce training and retraining; improve the quality of life for individuals and the community; and respond to the changing needs of the local, state, and global environment. ...

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School Overview:

  • Montgomery Community College
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County Montgomery County, NC -
Title IV Eligible Yes Yes
Carnegie Classification Associate of Arts Colleges Associate of Arts Colleges
Institution Level At least 2 yrs but < 4 yrs At least 2 yrs but < 4 yrs
Institution Control Public Public
Full-Time Undergraduate 438 students 1,020 students
Part-Time Undergraduate 513 students 1,444 students
Total Enrollment 951 students 2,213 students
% Students Receiving Some Financial Aid 68% 78%
% Students Receiving Federal Grants 60% 46%
Avg. Amount Of Federal Grants Received $3,129 $2,845
% Students Receiving State/Local Grants 24% 29%
Avg. Amount Of State/Local Grants Received $818 $1,273
% Students Receiving Institutional Grants 8% 12%
Avg. Amount Of Institutional Grants Received $631 $1,146
% Students Receiving Loans 7% 38%
Avg. Amount Of Loan Received $660 $3,129

School Notes:

  • The State Board of Education issued a charter to Montgomery Technical Institute on September 7, 1967. As directed by law, eight members were appointed to the Board of Trustees. In November 1967, administrative and teaching personnel were employed. Extension classes were conducted in 1967-68, and full-time curriculum students were accepted in August 1968. The institution's first students were graduated in June 1969. Adult Basic Education and adult high school diploma programs began in October 1968.
  • Montgomery Technical College in 1983 in accordance with legislative and board approval, and in September 1987, the Board of Trustees and Montgomery County Commissioners voted for the name to be officially changed to Montgomery Community College as authorized by the North Carolina General Assembly.
  • The Montgomery Community College campus now includes facilities of approximately 125,000 square feet on 153 acres of land. The most recent addition to the campus is the newly constructed Business, Industry, Technology Resource Center. The Business, Industry, Technology Resource Center contains 44,800 square feet of floor space utilized for an electronic library, a totally interactive classroom to transmit and receive real-time voice, video, and data on the North Carolina Information Highway (NCIH), and classrooms/laboratories. The Center is designed to serve as a facilitation site for training both on campus and within a work place, and employers can utilize the Center for training all levels of staff.
  • Montgomery Community College offers programs of study within five areas: Arts & Sciences, Business Technology, Commercial Technology, Health/Public Services Technology. Classes are offered during the day and evening. Successful completion of a program may result in an Associate degree, diploma, or certificate. The college is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to offer associate degrees, diplomas, and certificates.
  • Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

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  • Write-in vote will pick next mayor in Star (Asheboro Courier-Tribune)
    posted on November 1, 2009 at 09:52:15 am
    The Courier-Tribune’s election coverage concludes today with a look at the races in the Town of Star. The General Election will be held on Nov. 3.
  • Trying to build on Obama visit (Albany Times Union)
    posted on October 20, 2009 at 05:02:25 am
    Tonko holds roundtable to discuss how region can keep the tech momentum moving
  • Officials: Region can relate to Obama's words (The Leader-Herald)
    posted on October 11, 2009 at 04:45:28 am
    Local officials say comments made by President Barack Obama in his Sept. 21 speech in Troy about community colleges and the importance of putting people back to work apply to efforts to improve this region. In a rare Upstate New York appearance at Hudson Valley Community College, the president praised community colleges and outlined their role in strengthening the sagging job market.
  • Tonko praises speech (The Leader-Herald)
    posted on September 22, 2009 at 03:00:18 pm
    TROY - For U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko, D-Amsterdam, riding on Air Force One and discussing technology and innovative industries with President Barack Obama was a bit like being a kid in a candy store. Tonko arrived in Albany on Air Force One on Monday morning just before Obama's speech at Hudson Valley Community College.
  • Father, son bond through timbersports (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer)
    posted on June 20, 2009 at 04:03:33 am
    By the time he was 6 months old, Matt Slingerland had spent two months on the road with his family, traveling in an RV to his father’s competitive timbersports events. Two weeks after his high school graduation, he was back on one of those family road trips.

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