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Picture of President Jermaine F. Williams on stage making a speech. Photo Credit: Angel Nyambio

MC’s CLASS Of 2025 GRADUATION

Angel Nyambio June 29, 2025

Congratulations to the Class of 2025! This commencement ceremony was held on Friday, May 23rd from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the track field. The enthusiastic display and cheers that graduates...

Moments before the team presentation. Montgomery College IBECC team member names in order from left to right: Danae Flores-Tene, Matthew Seager, Marciano Rodrigues, Seynabou Sylla. (Photo Credit: Brian Baick)

Montgomery College Wins at Business Ethics Competition

Samantha Flores June 24, 2025

This April, I had the privilege of representing Montgomery College at the 2025 International Business Ethics Case Competition (IBECC), where our team was honored with first place in our league for both...

Dr. Cabellon speaking with students. Photo Credit: Kyle Meister

Dr. Cabellon meets Rockville students

Kyle Meister May 25, 2025

On Monday March 10th, from 4 to 5 pm, Dr. Edmund Cabellon the Interim Senior Vice President for Student Affairs came to an open Student Government Association meeting. There, they discussed various student...

Old SPIFFY front door (Linu Parajuli)

SPIFFY’s Survival: A Testament to Student Resilience Amid Administrative Challenges

Natalie Arnez May 25, 2025

SPIFFY Clothing Closet “Smart Professional Intangibles Free for You,” or SPIFFY, launched in Fall 2023, a free student-led clothing closet at Montgomery College’s Rockville campus. What began as...

The Mobile Health Clinic outside the North Campus Garage. Photo Credit: Saanvi Bhatia

Mobile Health Center at the Rockville Campus

Saanvi Bhatia May 23, 2025

On April 11th, the Mobile Health Center came to the Montgomery College Rockville Campus to offer care for students. The truck was outside the North Campus Garage. A major concern for students is access...

Great Blue Heron (Photo Credits: Yabez Jackson)

Animals on Campus, Part Two

Yabez Jackson May 22, 2025

As a people we take so much for granted. Sometimes, all it takes is a few mindful seconds to observe and appreciate our surroundings and the creations within ourselves. As spring continues and summer...

ASB Trip Photos (Nijat Sharifov)

Alternative Spring Break 2025

Nijat Sharifov April 24, 2025

On March 19, a bus carrying students from the Rockville campus departed for the Chesapeake Bay. The mission: combat pollution. The result: cleaner shores, star-filled skies, muddy adventures and a trip...

Photo Credit: Saanvi Bhatia

Cultural Awareness Day

Saanvi Bhatia April 24, 2025

An Equity Week event called "Cultural Awareness Day" happened on Thursday, April 11 in the Student Services Building. The event was sponsored by the Office of Student Life. A hip-hop musician, Fyütch,...

Cars passing the protest on Rockville Pike honk and cheer in support of the Tesla Takedown movement. (Photo Credits: Alana McCarthy Light)

Ongoing Protests at Tesla Rockville Illustrate Widespread Grievances

Alana McCarthy Light April 19, 2025

Tesla Takedown, a weekly gathering of people peacefully unified in indignation towards Elon Musk, recently began at Tesla Rockville. According to an organizer, 750 activists assembled to protest along...

Student Services Building (Photo Credits: Yabez Jackson)

“Change is Coming…Isn’t it Always?”

Patricia Hutchinson April 19, 2025

The day had finally arrived. It was Tuesday, Feb.25, 2025 at 3:45 p.m., just 20 minutes before the initial rounds of interviews. I sat on a hard black stone, resembling a chair or bench in front of the...

Picture of three contestants being picked for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. Photo Credit: Angel Nyambio

MC’s Got Talent 2025

Angel Nyambio April 19, 2025

Montgomery College Talent Show, a highly anticipated annual SGA-led event 13 years in the running, recently occurred at Montgomery College Rockville Campus. All of the excitement took place at the Robert...

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