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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. Today, the College has grown to a multi-campus institution and serves nearly 60,000 students a year, through both credit and noncredit programs, in more than 100 areas of study.

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Two Montgomery College Students Awarded Prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarships

Media Contacts: Marcus Rosano, 240-567-4022; Fritzi Bodenheimer, 240-567-4098 Two Montgomery College Students Awarded Prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarships Daniel Albuquerque and Fidelis Militante, both 2015 Montgomery College graduates, have been awarded the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation (JKCF) Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. The scholarship provides up to $40,000 each year for tuition, books and living expenses to use at the four-year transfer institution of their choice. The Foundation provides scholarships for up to three years for the nation’s best low-income

Senator Ben Cardin Holds Roundtable Discussion with MC Students, Talks About Giving Students a "Fair Shot"

-- Students Provide Senator with Personal Stories, Thoughts on Obama Free Tuition Plan, Tours New Bioscience Edecutation Center. Montgomery College President DeRionne Pollard, along with students, faculty and staff, welcomed U.S. Senator Ben Cardin to the Germantown Campus Thursday. Senator Cardin held a town hall style meeting with students to discuss President Obama's proposal to provide free community college tuition for those willing to work hard at their studies. Montgomery College is the third community college in Maryland he's visited to discuss the important issue.A dozen

MC President Pens Op-ed in Baltimore Sun: Community College Tuition Plan Is a 'Game Changer'

I sat in my first community college class when I was 6 years old. After my mother's death, I lived with an aunt who was taking certification classes for an in-home day care license. With her own four daughters — and now me and my sister as her fifth and sixth — she saw community college as a ticket to a career path with a living wage. Sitting with my cousins in the back of those evening classes, I dutifully copied my letters into a notebook, pretending that I was a real college student. And someday I would be. 

President’s Proposal Is a “Game Changer” – a Paradigm Shift in Education as it Guarantees a K-14 Education and Expands Access to Job Skills Training

Statement from Montgomery College President Dr. DeRionne P. Pollard “Now more than ever, the jobs of today require a postsecondary education. Education and training is the on-ramp to the middle class—to good jobs with good wages. I applaud President Obama’s America’s College Promise proposal to make the first two years of community college free. Community colleges are the gateway to opportunity, serving almost half of America’s undergraduates, and the President’s landmark proposal is a game changer to help ensure that community colleges provide millions of Americans access to higher

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