FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: December 13, 1999
Contact: Steve Simon, 240-567-5385

Montgomery College, of Montgomery County, Maryland, invites Internet users locally… and everywhere… to "browse" through a collection of its students' computer graphic design works in the College's first-ever Online Student Exhibition. Complete with a "Virtual Wine and Cheese Reception" in a chat room, to kick it off on Tuesday, Dec. 14, from 7-8 p.m., the exhibit will run through May 2000.

Web users can view the exhibition at: http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/online/exhibit and, of course, the "virtual gallery" will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

For those who wish to participate in the December 14 "Virtual Wine and Cheese Reception," it will be held in an online chat room identified as: #mcexhibit. For complete information on downloading and setting up the needed shareware to participate in the live event, PC users should log on to: http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/online/mirc.html and Macintosh users should visit: http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/online/ircle.html

"We hope to have a great turnout for our online reception and that our visitors enjoy some of the fantastic work of Montgomery College's Advertising Art students," said Harry St. Ours, Professor of Visual Communications Technologies. "Were very proud of this exciting exhibition and of the talents of our students."

For more information on the online Graphic Design with the Computer classes, contact Prof. St.Ours at (240) 567-7518, email harry@montgomerycollege.edu, or visit: http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/online