Official Names
About Our Name
Our official name is Montgomery College. Montgomery College is used in news releases, feature articles, publications, and on the web. “MC” is acceptable after a first reference to “Montgomery College,” but it should not be used repeatedly or solely. Do not use “MC,” “Montgomery” or any other shortened form in titles of publications, on signs, or in any formal publication. Prior to 1969, Montgomery College was named Montgomery Junior College.
These are the official names and terms specific to Montgomery College:
Admissions and Enrollment Management (refers only to the entire unit)
Admissions and Records (refers to any physical office spaces or where admissions takes place)
Advancement and Community Engagement, Office of (OACE)
The Center for Professional & Organizational Development, CPOD
ALERT (service)
Budget Office (note: this is an exception to the Office of ___ structure used for all other MC units)
The Center for Teaching and Learning, or CTL
Collective Bargaining Agreement
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
eMAP, electronic Montgomery Advising Program (not eMap or Emap)
English as a Second Language, ESL
Faculty Council
First Year Experience, or FYE (no hyphen)
Free Application for Federal Student Aid, FAFSA
General Equivalency Diploma, GED
GPA (no periods)
Gudelsky Institute for Technical Education, GITE
IMAP, International Montgomery Advising Program
Macklin Business Institute (MBI)
MATLAB (not MatLab or Matlab)
MCTV (also: "MCTV, cable channel 10 in Montgomery County"), (formerly, ITV)
Media Arts & Technologies (formerly,Communication Arts Technologies and formerly, the VCT curriculum)
Montgomery Advising Program (MAP)
Montgomery Scholars Program (MSP)
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Arts Center
MyMC
New Student Orientation
Office of Records and Registration (formerly, Office of Admissions, Records, and Registration)
Office of Advancement and Community Engagement (formerly, Office of Institutional Advancement, and Office of Advancement)
Office of Safety and Security
Parent-Student Information Session
Paul Peck Institute for American Culture and Civic Engagement
Pinkney Innovation Complex for Science and Technology at Montgomery College (PIC MC), formerly Hercules Pinkney Life Sciences Park
Policy and Procedure
Request for Services Form (refers to DSS)
School of Art+Design at Montgomery College (SA+D)
Smithsonian Institution
Speakers Bureau (no apostrophe)
Study Abroad Program
Takoma Park/Silver Spring
TechLEAP
University of Maryland (refers to the College Park location)
University of Maryland, Baltimore
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (or UMBC)
University of Maryland Global Campus (or UMGC)
Universities at Shady Grove (or USG)
Visual, Performing, and Communications Arts (not Communication)
Washington, DC
Women’s Studies Program
Workforce Development and Continuing Education (WDCE)