In this issue:
- MC Professor
Dr. Mary Furgol named Maryland Professor of the Year
- Arts Alive at
Takoma Park Campus presents cellist Dawn Avery
- MC Bookstores offering holiday discounts
to alumni association members
- MC selected to
replicate successful "Gateway to College" program started at
Portland Community College
- World
Arts Festival events for December
- 37th Annual
Faculty Art Exhibition
-
Bravo, Amelia Bedelia and Other Stories comes to Parilla PAC
- Montgomery
County has vacancies on various volunteer boards, committees, and
commissions
- Leo and Mars will be
shown at Silver Spring's AFI Silver Theatre
- Annual
Fund needs your support
- Employment Opportunities
at Montgomery College
Click on any of the links below for more
information.
Dr. Mary Furgol, a
Montgomery College history professor, has been named
2003 Maryland
Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement
of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).
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The
Arts Alive series at the
Takoma Park Campus presents Dawn Avery in concert on
Saturday, December 6 at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. in the Black Box Theatre. Each
performance is one-hour in length. Cellist and vocalist Dawn Avery has
been described by critics as “powerful and mesmerizing,” successfully
combining world jazz, folk, and
classical music in her own signature style. She has toured worldwide as a solo
artist and with her acclaimed group CelloVision‚ also having
performed or recorded with Sting, David Darling, Phillip Glass, John
Cage, Luciano Pavarotti, Glen Velez, Ornette Coleman, and Grover Washington.
You can order tickets on-line through the
http://classactsarts.org/ website or by calling 301-588-7525. Tickets are
$15 for adults; $10 for children and seniors; $5 for MC students and
faculty/staff.
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The Montgomery College Bookstores
will be offering MC Alumni Association members a 20% discount
on any fully-priced item during the week of December 8-13. Only exceptions
are food, computer software, and course textbooks. Just present your alumni
association membership card to the cashier and request you 20% discount. The
bookstores have stocked up on MC clothing, MC-logoed items, and now carry
a complete line of Hallmark cards. For bookstore locations and hours, visit
their website at
http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/Departments/bkstores/index.htm.
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Montgomery College has been
selected as one of the first two institutions in the nation to replicate the
success of a groundbreaking Early College High School program
pioneered by Portland Community College in
Oregon. Early College High Schools are designed for under-prepared students
who would benefit from rigorous, personalized, early college-level work.
Students in these programs leave not only with a high school diploma but also
an associate's degree or two years of college credit. Portland Community
College's model of Early College High School initiative, entitled "Gateway to
College," serves young people between the ages of 16 and 20 who have either
stopped attending high school or are on the verge of dropping out.
Beginning in
fall 2004, the Montgomery College "Gateway to College"
program will serve approximately 60 students -- 20 at each of Montgomery
College's three campuses, at Germantown, Rockville, and Takoma Park. By
December 2006, 350 will be enrolled at various stages in the pipeline.
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The 37th Annual Faculty Art
Exhibition will run December 1-18 in the Rockville
Campus Art Gallery, located on the second floor of the Paul Peck Art
Building. Gallery hours during exhibitions are Mondays through Fridays 10
a.m.–4 p.m.; Saturdays 11 a.m.–2 p.m.; evening hours Tuesdays and Wednesdays,
6–8 p.m. Opening reception is scheduled for December 1, 6–8 p.m. For more
information about the exhibit, contact the Rockville Campus Art Department at
240-567-5115, or e-mail to
kenneth.jassie@montgomerycollege.edu.
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The
Parilla Performing Arts Center on the
Rockville Campus presents Bravo, Amelia Bedelia and Other
Stories on December 13, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. This performance is
sponsored by Story Salad Productions,
and serves up a variety of tales, celebrating diverse lands, using some of
today's popular children's books, two original stories, and a new sing-along
to create a yummy, multicultural musical revue. Stories include Arlene Mosel's
Tikki Tikki Tembo, about a
little boy with a very long name who falls into a well and must be rescued by
his little brother and Herman Parish's Bravo, Amelia Bedelia
featuring a literal minded maid who tries to lead the school band. This
delicious mix of stories also serves up favorites from Brazil, India and West
Africa. Ages K-up. Tickets are $6 for adults and $5 for seniors and
students. Tickets can be ordered on-line from the
PAC's website, or
by calling the PAC box office at 240-567-5301.
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Montgomery County Executive
appointed and County Council confirmed boards, committees, and
commissions have vacancies to be filled by County residents.
Vacancies exist on the following: Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board,
Partnership Board for Victims of Hate/Violence, Committee on Hate/Violence,
Taxicab Services Advisory Committee, Commission on Common Ownership
Communities, Board of License Commissioners. For more information about these
vacancies and how to apply, visit
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/Apps/News/press/PressRel.cfm and scroll
down to press releases dated for November 17.
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Looking for
an interesting night out? Why not attend the Mid-Atlantic Regional Showcase's
Supporting the Independent Spirit: The Films of Edmund Baxter
on Tuesday, December 2 at 9:30 p.m. at the AFI Silver, 8633 Colesville Road,
Silver Spring, MD. Advance tickets can be ordered through the AFI's website,
http://www.AFI.com. Three films will be
featured: Leo & Mars (1993), When Roommates Go Bad (1998),
and The Least of These (2002). Leo & Mars was written and
directed by MC Professor Perry Schwartz. Tickets are only
$5, and the films are not recommended for children. A reception beforehand
will begin at 8:30 p.m., and a discussion with the filmmakers will follow the
viewing of the films.
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To do something, however small, to make others happier and better, is
the highest ambition,
the most elevating
hope, which can inspire a human being.
- John
Lubbock
During
this season of giving, please remember Montgomery College and the thousands of
students we serve everyday. Thank you.
