Montgomery College has been selected by Achieving the Dream to participate in a national initiative that supports community colleges in adopting shortened academic terms, such as eight-week semesters, aimed at improving flexibility and student success.
Montgomery College media production students, supported by Montgomery College Television, will represent U.S. community colleges in On Air, a 24-hour global student broadcast featuring participants from 17 colleges across six continents.
Montgomery College’s Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus is marking Banned Books Week with a series of events running Monday, October 6 through Friday, October 10, 2025. The programs are organized by the TP/SS Banned Book Week Committee in collaboration with the college’s Reading and English Department and MC Library. (more…)
On September 23, a group of Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Pupil Personnel Workers and Community School Liaisons volunteered at Comfort Cases’ national headquarters in Gaithersburg to assemble care packages for children in foster care. (more…)
Montgomery College has received $286,109 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Education’s TRIO Student Support Services program to assist low-income students, first-generation students, and students with disabilities.
Montgomery College has been ranked the top community college in Maryland and 17th nationally in WalletHub’s 2025 Best & Worst Community Colleges study, which evaluated more than 650 institutions on cost, quality, and student outcomes. Maryland also earned the #1 ranking for best community college system in the nation, reflecting the state’s commitment to accessible and high-quality higher education. (more…)
With a year of community college nearly three times less expensive than a year at a public four-year college, the personal-finance company WalletHub today released its report on 2025’s Best & Worst Community Colleges, coupled with its state-by-state ranking of the Best & Worst Community-College Systems, and Maryland came in ranked as the state with the “Best Community College System” in the country.
Montgomery College welcomed Jacqueline Manger and Marcia Brown Mintz to six-year terms on its Board of Trustees beginning July 1, 2025, following their selection by Governor Wes Moore. (more…)
Montgomery College, in partnership with MCPS, is hosting its free Montgomery Can Code summer camp from July 21–25, 2025, offering middle school students hands-on instruction in app development using Apple’s Swift programming language at its campuses across the county. (more…)
Montgomery College’s MBI Cafe internship program will host its culminating event on Wednesday, July 16, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Student Services building lobby on the Rockville campus. The event marks the final project for students participating in the Summer RISE internship, who have spent several weeks learning about socially responsible business practices through the MBI Cafe’s “Triple Bottom Line” approach, which emphasizes profit, people, and planet.
Montgomery College has announced a $1,000 “Raptor Ready” scholarship for up to 1,000 eligible Montgomery County high school graduates who enroll in at least six credit hours or select workforce programs for fall 2025, with applications due by August 1.