MCCC Names 62 Students from County to Who's Who List

Who’s Who Among American Junior Colleges welcomes several county residents to its famed list.

Sixty-two students from Montgomery County Community College’s Class of 2013 were named to Who’s Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges. To qualify for Who’s Who, students must have graduated during the 2012-2013 academic year with a grade point average of at least 2.75 and must be nominated by a member of MCCC’s faculty or staff. The 2013 Who’s Who students are listed below by area of residence: Ambler: Amy Kolesnik Abington: Jessica Lowenstein Barto: Hilda Hynes Bechtelsville: Dana Rubright Ceders: Vincent Pupillo Cheltenham: Leland Cohen Collegeville: Devin Dietrich, James Fulop, Jessica Kelly Conshohocken: Christine Muszynski  Eagleville: Patricia Piazza Erdenheim: John Harkins Gilbertsville: John McKillip Glenside: Brigitta …

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MCCC Reengineers its Engineering Science Program

Engineering is one of the hottest careers out there and MCCC is working to ensure that its two-year engineering students can seamlessly transfer into four-year engineering programs.

MCCC Students Celebrate Earth Day with 'Empty Bowls'

Ceramics students recycle and feed the masses with one project.

Information Courtesy of Robert Gardner, MCCC Think Green Correspondent As part of Montgomery County Community College’s Earth Day celebrations on April 22, the Ceramics Club held an “Empty Bowls” event to raise money for a local soup kitchen. Guests of the Earth Day Empty Bowls event were invited to a modest soup-and-bread meal. For $10, donors will receive a brand-new, handmade bowl filled with fresh soup and baked bread supplied by on-campus food services provider CulinArt. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of homemade ceramic bowls will also be reinvested in the club, which consistently makes use of recycled materials, thereby reducing waste as well as MCCC’s overall carbon footprint. “More than half of the clay is re-processed …

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EASTERN Alum Spotlight: Tymere Davis, Culinary Arts

While Tymere Davis was a Culinary Arts student at EASTERN, he was recognized with the Shawn and Roger Graham Hospital Award at EASTERN’s Awards Night ceremony in May 2012.

Eastern Center for Arts and Technology (EASTERN) 2012 Culinary Arts/Upper Dublin High School graduate, Tymere Davis, recently completed his first semester at Montgomery County Community College (MCCC) in the Hotel and Restaurant Management Associate Degree program. After completion of his MCCC program, Davis will pursue his Bachelor’s Degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management at Temple University on a partial scholarship for Track and Field. As a child, Davis became interested in cooking largely due to the great cooks in his family. In tenth grade, a friend of Davis’s made him aware of the Culinary Arts program at EASTERN. Davis wanted to learn different techniques and cooking styles, and was interested in a more specific type of education…

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It's Not Too Late to Register for Montgomery County Community College

MCCC is offering six, seven and 10-week courses throughout the month of October.

There’s still time to enroll in credit courses at Montgomery County Community College (MCCC) thisfall. MCCC is offering a diverse selection of six, seven and 10-week courses that start throughout the month of October at both its Central and West campuses and online. Late-start courses provide an excellent opportunity for current students to pick up additional credits. Because they are offered in an accelerated format, late-start courses are also popular with working adult students, as well with students who need to fulfill developmental education requirements. Selections include an assortment of courses in composition, foreign languages, business, marketing, speech, psychology, literature, sociology and computer science, among others. …

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MCCC to Host Instructor Job Fair and Open House

Montgomery County Community College's Continuing Education Division seeking part-time instructors for IT, Health Care and other programs at the July 18 job fair.

Montgomery County Community College’s Workforce Development and Continuing Education Division will host an Instructor Job Fair and Open House in the Science Center lobby, Central Campus, 340 DeKalb Pike, Blue Bell, on Wednesday, July 18, from noon-2 p.m. and 5-7 p.m. MCCC’s Workforce Development and Continuing Education Division is seeking part-time instructors for information technology, health care and other Continuing Education programs for the fall 2012.  Interested candidates with experience in these areas should RSVP for the event by emailing Annamaria Marra at amarra@mc3.edu.  If you cannot attend but would like to be considered, please forward your resume to Rita Atake at ratake@mc3.edu.  Attendees will be given first priority. For…

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Letter to the Editor: Proposed Budget Cuts Threaten Community College Access

Dr. Karen A. Stout, president of Montgomery County Community College, weighs in on the proposed by the county's CFO.

    “Now More than Ever” – This is the title of Montgomery County Community College’s 2012 Annual Report to the community. It is a title reflective of the growing importance of community colleges, across this country, in being part of the solution to addressing workforce development and educational attainment gaps that are holding back the Country’s economic recovery.  It is this “now more than ever” need for community colleges that makes Wednesday night’s recommendation by the County’s CFO to the Montgomery County Commissioners to cut the allocation to the College by 25% – $5.25 million – so stunning and so potentially devastating to our community and its future viability.  In 1964, when the College was founded, the Montgomery County …

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linda spreeman

5:47 pm on Monday, June 18, 2012

Percentages are great and all, but dollar-wise what does that increase the per credit hour tuition from and to? If a student truely is needy, and the cost of the Community College is beyond their financial possibility, then filling out the FAFSA may make them eligible for federal or other grant money. If they don't qualify, then the FAFSA opens doors to Federal Stafford Loans. All in all, the per…   more ›

MCCC Graduates Upper Moreland area Residents

Willow Grove, Hatboro and Huntingdon Valley residents graduate from Montgomery County Community College

The following information was submitted by Alana Mauger, Director of Communications for Montgomery County Community College: May 23, 2012, Blue Bell/Pottstown, Pa.— A total of 1,392 students graduated from Montgomery County Community College during the 45th Commencement ceremony on May 17, 2012, making it the largest class in the institution’s history. The 2012 graduates are listed by area of residence. Hatboro: Huntingdon Valley: Willow Grove: Limerick: Anthony Abson, Kylee Dea, Andrea Patterson, Jessie Uba Royersford: Brittany Beck, Jennifer Brown, Jennifer Callahan, Nicholas Crisci, Karen Fuerst, Carolyn Hennessy, Kimberly Hornak, David Johnson, Paul Koller, Sarah Long, Benjamin Mansmann, Lori Mileto, Katherine Miller, Jennifer Morgan, …

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Photos: MCCC Graduates Largest Class In School History

A total of 1,563 students received their degrees and certificates from Montgomery County Community College on Thursday evening.

Montgomery County Community College graduated their largest class in school history on Thursday evening, as family and friends packed the Blue Bell campus to see the1,563 students receive their degrees and certificates. The graduating class represents an increase of more than 18-percent from last year, which also includes the highest amount of west-campus graduates in a given year at 293. This year's class also boasted 11 Honors Program participants, 44 students with a 3.9 GPA or higher, and 49 foreign students from 23 countries. Keynote speaker William Truehart, who serves as president and CEO for "Achieving the Dream", spoke to students regarding the importance of a college education in our society, and Montgomery County Commissioner …

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Annual Festival to Commemorate 100th Anniversary of Betzwood Film Studio Founding

Montgomery County Community College to host Betzwood Silent Film Festival in honor of local, pioneering filmmaker and his estate.

Academy Award-winning film “The Artist” may have introduced a new generation of viewers to the art of silent films, but Montgomery County Community College has been honoring the genre for more than two decades. The 2012 Betzwood Silent Film Festival will be held on May 12 at 8 p.m. in MCCC’s Science Center Theater, 340 DeKalb Pike, Blue Bell. Tickets cost $10 general admission and $5 for children under age 10. The films are shown at their original projection speeds with organ accompaniment by Don Kinnier. For information and tickets, visit www.mc3.edu/livelyarts.  In its 23rd year, the Betzwood Silent Film Festival pays homage to films produced at the Betzwood Motion Picture Studio – founded in 1912 by film pioneer Siegmund Lubin – in what…

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