Monday, December 10, 2012
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 …
Montgomery County Council on Tuesday will honor John Hamman, chairman of the math department at Montgomery College’s Germantown campus.
Montgomery County Council will recognize the achievements of John Hamman, chairman of the math department at Montgomery College’s Germantown campus, who was named 2012 Maryland Professor of the Year. Councilwoman Valerie Ervin, D-Dist. 5, is expected to present the honor at the start of the Council’s regularly scheduled meeting in Rockville. Hamman earned the Teacher of the Year award from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), Patch has reported. It is the fourth consecutive year that a Montgomery College professor has been named Professor of the Year. Music professor Dawn Avery received the honor in 2011. In related Council news, Council Vice President…
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
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 …
Friday, November 16, 2012
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 …
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Chief: A 19-year-old student was taken to a hospital for evaluation.
Update, 5:55 p.m., Nov. 12: A 19-year-old Montgomery College student was taken into custody by Rockville city police on Monday afternoon after fellow students said the man told them he—in his words—“felt like shooting people just for fun,” a college spokeswoman said. The students reported the incident to the Rockville campus security office about 2 p.m., said Elizabeth Homan, a Montgomery College spokeswoman. The man “indicated he was upset over a relationship,” Homan said. Rockville city police Lt. Eric Over said one of the three witnesses reported that the man said: “I’m going to shoot everyone at this college and enjoy doing it.” The students who reported the incident said they did not see the man with a weapon and did not know him to …
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
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…
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Montgomery County would do well to encourage and educate students about mid-level positions if it wants to continue economic success, a panel of experts told the County Council Tuesday.
Montgomery County’s focus on sending students to four-year colleges and universities may be a misguided attempt to keep jobs and workers in the county, according to a panel of economic and workforce development experts. The Montgomery County Council on Tuesday met with the panel for a discussion about the future of Montgomery County's workforce and job opportunities. Responding to the points of Economist Stephen Fuller's presentation last fall, the panel told the council that the dynamic of the nation’s economy is changing. Pushing students to four-year college and beyond may not meet the needs of the county’s future employers, while encouraging mid-level opportunities and job training would be more successful. “Forty percent of the …
Monday, March 12, 2012
Online petition to halt the deportation of Jorge Steven Acuña, 19, of Germantown, has collected more than 4,000 signatures.
When the news got out that a friend was being detained on possible immigration violations, Montgomery County youths took to the tweets. The friends of Jorge Steven Acuña, 19, of Germantown, launched a social media campaign with hopes of saving him from deportation. Acuña and his parents, Blanca and Jorge Acuña, were taken to Worcester Detention Center last week, Patch was told by people close to the family. The youths have collected more than 4,000 signatures through an online petition at change.org, soliciting support through #JSA-tagged tweets and an expanding list of Facebook fans—about 1,500 at last count on Monday. The Acuña family story caught the attention of the Montgomery County Council, which issued a collective statement late …
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9:04 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
" "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. " Really? Science eh? How about naming and defending even a SINGLE scientific study showing actual harm to people from the durations and concentrations involved in outdoor exposure to tobacco … more ›