Montgomery College to Host ‘Choose Respect’ Teen Dating Violence Conference

Germantown campus offers free food and fun Sunday to mark awareness month.

The “Montgomery Choose Respect” Program holds a fun and informative event for students Grades 6 to 12, their parents and people who work with youth from 1 to 4:30 p.m. today at Montgomery College—Germantown. The fourth annual conference, held in conjunction with National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, focus on the goal of the county’s Choose Respect Program: Helping teens avoid abusive dating relationships. Activities will be conducted in both English and Spanish at the free conference, which will include free pizza, snacks, drinks and music by the rock band Ivy Rose.  Toby Knapp, a DJ from radio station Hot 99.5, and Jackie Benson, a reporter from NBC News4, will emcee. Montgomery County Councilman Philip M. Andrews…

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SPEAK OUT: How Should Montgomery County Schools Promote College Success?

MCPS, Montgomery College and USG partner to support at-risk students in college quests.

Officials from the county’s public schools and colleges recently met to discuss how best to ensure success for at-risk students from kindergarten through college, The Gazette reported.  About 50 members of the boards of Montgomery County Public Schools, Montgomery College and the Universities at Shady Grove met for two hours at USG in Rockville Jan. 11, The Gazette reported. Officials discussed Achieving Collegiate Excellence and Success, a partnership, announced in September, between MCPS, Montgomery College and USG.  The goal of program is to identify student populations underrepresented in higher education—African-American, Hispanic and low-income students and those whose parents didn’t go to college—and offer “comprehensive …

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Germantown, Gaithersburg Students Awarded Scholarships at Chamber Ceremony

Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce awarded $5,000 and $2,500 scholarships during its annual Celebration Dinner & Awards Ceremony on Thursday.

A Germantown dad was one of five Montgomery College students to receive a scholarship from the Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, the chamber announced Monday. Rich Erickson was awarded $5,000 during the chamber’s annual Celebration Dinner & Awards Ceremony. The chamber also awarded four $2,500 scholarships to students who lived Upcounty. Erickson, who is studying electrical engineering, lives in Germantown with his wife and 1-year-old son. He decided to enroll at Montgomery College after loosing his job, according to the chamber. Erickson has a 3.9 GPA and plans to complete a bachelors of science degree at University of Maryland College Park. The $2,5000 scholarship recipients were: The Gaithersburg-Germantown …

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Speak Out: College Smoking Bans Spark Debate

Nationwide, more than 800 higher-learning institutions restrict tobacco use, including many nearby.

  Add George Washington University to the list of metro-area campuses--including Montgomery College and the University of Maryland--to snuff out smoking on campus as part of a nationwide movement, despite an outcry by some students. The GW campus was the scene of a smoke-in protest earlier this month after school officials decided to bar smoking from the DC campus, The Washington Post reported. Some GW students and faculty are blasting the decision, but school officials are unfazed. "No matter how much science we have to back up what we're saying, there will always be individuals who see this as a restriction on their freedom," GW anti-smoking advocate Julien Guttman told The Post. The school's efforts are the latest in a growing national …

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Math Professer at Germantown Campus Named Professor of the Year

Recipient was John Hamman, chairman of the math department at Montgomery College’s Germantown campus

A math professor from Montgomery College’s Germantown campus has been named Maryland Professor of the Year, college officials announced Thursday. John Hamman, chairman of the math department, received the award from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). In 2009, Hamman helped was a leading developer a self-paced, computer-based approach for a developmental math class at the Germantown campus. The redesigned course, which was adopted at all Montgomery College’s three campuses, impacts 2,000 to 3,000 students each semester, the college said in a press release. Hamman joined a Montgomery College delegation to India in order to explain how the course could …

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Crime Summary: Indecent Exposure at Montgomery College, Burglaries Reported

The following arrest information was supplied by the Montgomery County Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.

A sex offense was reported at the Germantown campus of Montgomery College at around noon Wednesday, Oct. 24, and Friday, Oct. 26. Police said the suspect exposed himself to the victim. Two commercial burglaries were reported to concession stands at Seneca Valley High School between 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, and 4:45 a.m. Friday, Oct. 26.  Forced entry; property taken. A residential burglary was reported in the unit block of Brook Run Court in Germantown on Wednesday, Oct. 31 between 5 and 9 p.m.  No forced entry; property taken. A residential burglary was reported in the 20300 block of Foxwood Terrace in Germantown on Wednesday, Oct. 31, between 9 and 9:30 p.m.  No forced entry; property taken.                   A residential burglary was …

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Montgomery College Honors Clinical Trial Project Management Program's Inaugural Class

Completion ceremony held Saturday at Montgomery College’s Germantown campus.

Sixteen students were honored for completing an inaugural Clinical Trial Project Management Program at Montgomery College’s Germantown campus.  The 13-week, non-credit course was developed in collaboration with Amarex Clinical Research, a Germantown company. Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett was the keynote speaker at a completion ceremony Saturday. The growing number of biotech companies in Montgomery County that managed clinical trials fueled demand for the work, sparking the idea to offer the course, according to Steve Greenfield, the dean of Business, Information Technology, & Safety in the college’s Workforce Development & Continuing Education division. “As the number of those companies has grown, there has emerged a need for …

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'DREAMERS' Kick Off Tuition Law Fight at UMBC

Supporters say law gives students who are illegal immigrants "a level playing field."

Karina is a "Dreamer." She says she's not the only one. The 22-year-old illegal immigrant and Montgomery College student spoke Wednesday at a news conference at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County to kick off Educating Maryland Kids, an effort to pass the Maryland DREAM Act. "My mother has always told me that education is the path to my success and I very much believe that," said the woman who was only identified by her first name. Karina, who plans on graduating next year with dual associate degrees in general studies and mental health, called for support for a bill that would grant in-state tuition rates to students like herself who are in this country illegally or are considered undocumented immigrants. The law that would grant…

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Event: Chautauqua 2012

The Maryland Humanities Council commemorates the bicentennial of the War of 1812 starting Wednesday at Montgomery College's Germantown campus.