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The Advance A Newsletter for Montgomery College Part-Time Faculty

Produced by the Institute for Part-Time Faculty Institute

Sӓndra R. Brown, Editor & Layout March 2017

This newsletter is for, by and about the part-time faculty of Montgomery College

Rockville Campus

Germantown Campus

Takoma Park Campus

Workforce Development

About The Institute Welcome to The Montgomery College Institute for Part-Time Faculty Engagement & Support.

Part-time faculty play a critically important role in the Montgomery College community. Montgomery College greatly values the contributions made by its part-time faculty members in achieving the educational mission of the College, and providing breadth, vibrancy, and flexibility in its programs. Students benefit markedly by the real-world expertise imparted by part-time faculty who represent a vast array of professional areas.

The Institute is designed to better incorporate the contributions made by part-time faculty into the essence of the College's operation as a dynamic institution of higher education. To realize this goal, resource centers are located on each campus. Part--time faculty associates will assist you in becoming acclimated to the many educational and institutional resources of Montgomery College. In addition, central services such as Human Resources, the core teaching and learning office (ELITE), and academic and counseling offices have been increasing their efforts to provide services to part-time faculty across the College. Indeed, all centralized offices are expending considerable energy on the key areas of orientation, professional development, discipline-specific engagement and recognition.

Under the guidance of an Institute director, Dr. Antonio L. Thomas, we are evolving into a vital hub of information and resources for part-time faculty on the campuses and in our Workforce Development & Continuing Education unit. Thank you for visiting our site. If you have ideas and suggestions about the website and the development of the Institute please contact us at 240-567-4545. http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/Part-TimeFacultyInstitute/

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For Teachers by Teachers Professional Development Conference By Racquel Francis and Comfort Davis Mingot

The 10th Annual Adult ESOL & Literacy Grant Program (AELG) For Teachers by Teachers Professional Development Conference brought together the program’s faculty, staff, and administrators as well as resources centers, health professionals and vendors on March 4, 2017 at the Takoma Park /Silver Spring campus. Dr Sanjay Rai,Senior, Vice President for Academic Affairs at Montgomery College, an outspoken champion and ardent supporter of innovations that advance community college student success in academic, career, technical, and workforce development programs delivered the opening remarks. The attendees learned ways to enhance students’ language, technology, and academic skills as well as to leverage resources available in Montgomery County to help students to become more integrated within in the community. The conference featured a robust program of presentations, quick shares and a panel of community agencies.

Attendees listen in on important information from panelists

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Attendees excitedly participate in a technology presentation.

The presentations offered an array of strategies to approach language, technology and academic skill teaching. Some presentations explored how to incorporate music into the classroom. Others looked at different mobile technology offerings to connect, assess and pre-teach lessons to learners. And finally, a couple of presentations discussed the use of environmental education and mathematics in the language learning classroom. No matter which presentation participants attended, they left invigorated with an arsenal of information and new strategies to try.

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Attendees listening to a quick share about motivation students. For Teachers by Teachers Professional Development Conference continued

The quick share session consisted of succinct eight minute presentations about various topics. The quick shares included a mock job fair, pronunciation tips, student motivation and community building strategies, vocabulary review tips among others. Attendees of the quick share session spent the designated time at a presenter’s table and moved to the next presenter’s table once the bell rang to indicate the end of a round. The quick share was like the speed dating of professional development. Participants learned about many different topics of their choosing in a short amount of time. A key addition to this year’s conference was the panel of representatives from community organizations. The panel featured Diane Vy Nguyen-VU of the Montgomery County Office of Community Partnerships, Jacqueline Rishty of Catholic Charities Immigration Legal Services, Anna DeNicolo of the Charles W. Gilchrist Immigration Resource Center and Yvonne Iscandari of the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services. Moderated by Jalaika Hassan, ESOL Instructional Specialist, the panel discussed their organizations’ services and ways for the students to access them. Additionally, they fielded several audience questions and provided brochures along with their contact information. Many attendees commented on the timeliness of such a panel and that they felt more prepared to answer student questions and provide guidance to these resources.

AELG Professional Development Conference Committee

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As the tenth annual conference, the planning committee had the challenge of delivering engaging and relevant content that would earmark the decade long pursuit of teacher curated professional development programming. The committee achieved its mission as the feedback received from conference attendees expressed their satisfaction in regards to the organization, content, and the overall ambiance at the conference. Moreover, they lauded the planning committee and the AELG staff for a successful conference that allowed them to take away many interesting and productive ideas. Here is to another ten years!

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Faculty Profile: MEET Jonathan Goell For decades, part-time professor Jonathan Goell has viewed the world through a unique and different lens. Goell was a professional photographer from 1968 to 2000. As his professional photography career was winding down, Goell turned to teaching at Montgomery College.

While Goell, 74, has been at the College for nearly two decades, the 2016-2017 academic year has been different for him. He is back to teaching part-time. He started teaching part-time in 1997, and did that for three years before he became a full-time professor in 2000. He stayed in that role until this past fall. He decided to go part-time again because “I wanted to stay in teaching for a few more years with a lighter load, before I fully retire, since I love it.” Goell currently teaches ‘Photography Business and Portfolio Development’ on the Rockville campus. However, he has taught a number of other photography courses over the years including Photo I, Photo II, Portrait and Fashion, Photoshop, and Advanced Still Life Workshop. Photography is part of the Media Arts & Technologies Department. Goell has had an illustrious and fascinating career. His interests in art and photography can be traced to his college days. He was an art major at Boston University, and his initial goal was to become an artist. However, that changed, in part when he took some classes overseas. He took a painting class during the summer of 1963 at the International School of Art in Salzburg, Austria. A renowned expressionist, Oskar Kokoschka taught the class. That fall he enrolled at the American College in Paris. He took a number of classes in French, art, and other subjects. While he was in Paris, Goell started using his father’s 1935, 35 mm Leica camera, and his interest in photography took off. His father taught him the basics of photography, and Goell also began “to learn his craft from knowledgeable friends.” However, he had other mentors along the way. Goell said he was influenced by two well-known French street photographers, Henri Cartier- Bresson and Robert Doisneau. During his college career, Goell took photos for students and for Boston University, free-lanced as a photo assistant, and shot Sunday magazine stories for the Boston Globe. He continued his education and pursued a Master’s of Fine Arts degree at the University of Arizona. Although Goell would not complete his master’s degree until years later, he was getting practical experience as a photographer. He had a thirst for knowledge. While he did not receive formal training in photography, he reached out to photographers he knew and tried to learn as much as he could. He also reached out to the American Society of Magazine Photographers (ASMP) to learn the business side of the profession. Goell worked many jobs over the course of his career. He has worked for newspapers, for magazines, for corporations, and for advertising firms. “I liked it all,” Goell said. Some of his clients included Polaroid, Business Week, The Boston Globe, and Washingtonian magazine. While he was busy working, he also had time to display some of his photography. Goell said, “I’ve had at least 15 exhibits since college. Half were one-man shows in major galleries and venues.”

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He even dabbled in television. In 1978, he co-wrote and starred in “The Photo Show,” a how-to TV series for WGBH-TV. He also worked on several documentary television films as an interview subject, photographer, and restorer of archival photographs. While photography was Goell’s main passion, he also has loved sharing his knowledge with others. He began teaching while he was a student at Boston University. He also taught painting while he was in graduate school at the University of Arizona. He held teaching positions at the New England School of Photography and at several colleges in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. All of this experience came before he joined the faculty at Montgomery College. “I’ve always loved teaching, and did a lot of it, even at the height of my photo career,” Goell said. “It’s sort of a calling for me.” Like many industries today, photography has been influenced by the changes in technology. Goell has experienced that evolution first-hand. “Most photography is digital now, although some photographers still like film for its particular look,” he said. Goell says he prefers shooting digitally now. “While I love the look of film, it is not as crucial to the work I do, what matters to me more is the content of the picture. Nowadays, you can get software to give you the look of film but the content is much more important to me than the look of the file image,” Goell explained. “I do not really miss film. Capturing images on film was a slow process. If you went through one roll of film, in just a few minutes, it would need to be changed. Some of the old film chemicals were mildly toxic and not good for the skin, so I do not miss that aspect as well.” “What matters most to me is the effectiveness of the content of my pictures. That is not hinged on whether the image was shot on film. What matters is the story the picture tells, if the shot has observation to it, if I capture something that others do not see, that is the most important,” Goell said. He believes one of the most interesting breakthroughs in photography has been the development of cameras in cell phones. He said that has “enabled people to take relatively good photos of their daily experiences and send them out immediately. The value of capturing a photo on the fly is hugely important and is a very interesting development.” Overall, Goell believes cell phone cameras are a major advancement, perhaps as big a change in photography as the move from glass plates to film in the 1850’s. Goell says the full ramifications of cell phone photography have not been realized yet. While the technology has improved, the art of taking a good photograph has not changed over the years. Goell said, “a good photo should tell its story clearly, and emotionally, if necessary. Good composition and timing are required, but they are only part of creating a successful photograph.” He went on to say, “that takes training, but more so a native talent and a curiosity about seeing how a subject or event will look in a photo. The native talent and curiosity has to be there at the start.”

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He believes those same instincts are needed if someone wants to become a successful painter or musician. However, Goell believes good art may not always be recognized right away. “Often a photo, like a movie or piece of music or architecture, may not be thought of as good when it was created, but 10 years later may be worshipped as great. That happened to many photographers in the first century of photography and film. The opposite also happens,” Goell said. While the Silver Spring resident has retired from his decade’s long photography career, teaching helps fill that void. He thoroughly enjoys working with students and offers this advice to anyone who may want to pursue a career in photography. “Learn the craft and art, study the business, find a mentor, exhibit and publish as often as possible, bring guts and energy, and even a sense of humor to the effort, and most importantly, do not give up during the hard periods,” Goell said. Montgomery College is fortunate to have this life-long shutterbug in its midst. Whether a student or faculty member is interested in a career in photography or just wants to snap pictures for fun, sharing and learning from a master photographer such as Goell is an opportunity not to be missed. To view samples of Jonathan Goell’s work, check out his website at: www.jongoellphotography.com

Article submitted by Elizabeth Brown Feldman

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Teachers have private cubicles, personal desk and computer stations, a functional kitchen area, copier, personal lockers and mail slots. Below, student aide, Brandi and office aide, Mary keep the office flowing smoothly.

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REACH Seminar Attracts Dozens of College Faculty Members

By Liz Feldman

Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” -Benjamin Franklin, Author, Scientist, and Inventor

“Only the foolish would think that wisdom is something to keep locked in a drawer. Only the fearful would feel empowerment is something best kept to oneself,

or the few, and not shared with all.” -Rasheed Ogunlaru, Life Coach

These two quotes may best sum up the goals of last fall’s REACH seminar sponsored by the Institute of Part-Time Faculty Engagement and Support. Nearly 70 part-time and full-time faculty members attended the 3-hour seminar on October 19th on the Rockville campus. REACH stands for Relate, Engage, Adapt, Care, and Help. The hope is that by embracing these qualities, faculty members can have a positive influence on their students and help them succeed in the classroom.

The purpose of the REACH seminar was manifold. Participants heard from Montgomery College President, Dr. DeRionne Pollard, on why it is important for faculty members to be more engaged and even intrusive in students’ lives. Dr. Pollard captivated the audience as she shared two heart-warming stories of students she personally took under her wing to help. Dr. Pollard’s powerful message was clear. Faculty members can make a huge difference in students’ lives. If faculty members go out of their way and show students they are concerned, they might reach struggling students and help them succeed. Dr. Pollard used her own experiences to encourage faculty members to find out a little more about their students’ backgrounds, challenges, and struggles. She said this type of outreach can send an important signal to students that faculty members care and want to help.

Participants also heard from Kevin Long, Senior Planning and Policy Analyst with the Office of Planning and Institutional Effectiveness. He presented information that detailed the make-up of the student body and the “Student Success Scorecard,” which shows how students fare at the College. The Scorecard also identifies areas where the College needs to improve its service and operations. Long shared some statistics on student success in math and English, and he provided information on graduation and transfer rates.

“I hoped attendees would walk away with a better sense of who our students are and some of the challenges they might be facing, as well as just how much part-time faculty contribute to and play a role in moving these student success needles in a positive direction. I also wanted them to have a better understanding of the ‘big numbers’ and data points in the Student Success Score Card so they could reflect on their own teaching and engagement practices individually and as a group to develop practical and immediate solutions to student success and engagement,” Long said.

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Another important message conveyed to participants was the College’s new initiative to reduce the number of students who receive ‘D’s,’ ’F’s,’ and ‘W’s’ (withdrawal) on their transcripts. The College is committed to student success and is urging faculty members to reach out and perhaps ‘save’ at least two students in their class who otherwise might fall through the cracks, fail, or withdraw from their class. The plus two initiative is another important goal for the College to help boost graduation and transfer rates.

After Long and Dr. Pollard addressed participants, the faculty members broke into small groups and carried on a spirited discussion about teaching strategies. The groups brainstormed. In the end, they came up with nearly two dozen ideas that were shared among each other. Some of the suggestions included urging students to utilize e-portfolios, which can help them organize their studies and reflect their progress at school, and providing spaces for students on all three campuses where they would have computer access 24/7.

Nancy Lineman is a part-time political science professor on the Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus. She helped organize the REACH seminar along with half a dozen members of the ‘Student Success’ committee. The Part-Time Faculty Advisory Board formed the committee last spring.

“The Committee was thrilled with the participation and the enthusiasm at the event. Nearly 70 faculty members spent their night discussing how they can be even better in the classroom and even more intrusive in the lives of students to ensure their success,” Lineman said.

Kevin Long shared Lineman’s assessment of the seminar. “I was awed by the level of enthusiasm and engagement that I saw from the attendees, and I have to tip my hat to Nancy and her crew for providing such an excellent opportunity for faculty to come together and talk about what really matters-our students. It was a pleasure to be a part of it,” Long said.

Plans already are in the works to conduct another REACH seminar. Lineman says she would like to hold the next one at either the Germantown or Takoma Park campus. If anyone is interested in joining the ‘Student Success’ committee, he or she can contact Lineman at nancy.lineman@montgomerycollege.edu.

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Invitation to The Love of Teaching: A Retreat for All Faculty Part-time faculty members are critical to the success of our students. However, due to the competing demands on our time and energy, many part-time faculty members are forced to balance multiple commitments. Yet, we still rise to the challenge of being fully engaged and present in the classroom. ELITE and the Institute for Part-Time Faculty Engagement & Support would like to acknowledge the tireless efforts of our part-time faculty by hosting a Saturday morning retreat. This retreat is designed to refresh, revitalize, renew, and re-engage faculty members with colleagues, the college, and the classroom. Participants will enjoy a continental breakfast, featured speaker, stimulating discussions and activities to re-connect us with the original source of excitement and energy that inspired us to teach.

Please join us on Saturday, April 29th from 9:00 – Noon Germantown Campus, BE 151

Earn 3 hours of professional development credit toward advancement!

Register through MC Learns:

You will receive an email confirmation as well as an Outlook calendar reminder. Questions? Contact: Jane Smith, Part-Time Faculty Associate, Germantown campus Jane.Smith@montgomerycollege.edu Carol Moore, ELITE Instructional Designer carol.moore@montgomerycollege.edu

1. Login to your MyMC account and click on the “Training and Professional Development” heading.

2. Click “MC Learns” and then select “Schedule of Classes & Events” and then “Pedagogy & Instruction.”

3. Scroll through the list to find “The Love of Teaching: A Faculty Retreat”; then click on the name of the event.

4. Click “Enroll” at the top right corner of the page.

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When officials at Montgomery College decided to boost support for part-time faculty members, they relied on existing resources and created new ones. The E-Learning, Innovation, and Teaching Excellence team, headed by vice president Mike Mills, offers training sessions and other types of professional development. ELITE is focused on providing instructional professional development and learning technology support. The team leads collegewide academic initiatives. ELITE had always invited part-time faculty members to attend professional development opportunities along with full-time instructors, Mills said. But the team had not focused on just part-time faculty members as their work relates to student success.

Now, ELITE offers workshops for them in the evenings and online to make it convenient for them to participate. Officials are researching what interventions help limit the number of D, F and W grades students earn so they can offer training on those, Mills said. ELITE also offers opportunities for networking. For example, a three-hour Saturday morning retreat on “The Love of Teaching” gave part-time faculty members an opportunity to share what brought them to teaching and why they continue to teach, Mills said.

To provide further support to part-time faculty members, MC officials created the Institute for Part-Time Faculty Engagement and Support. IPTFES, led by director Antonio “Tango” Thomas, serves as the authoritative source on certain human resources issues including:

• Rank advancement. Part-time faculty members at MC can advance to a higher rank by taking professional development courses.

• Assignment and appointment requests. Officials make a good-faith effort to give faculty members the same load each term.

• Professional development grants. Part-time faculty members can apply for up to $600 to take advantage of professional development opportunities such as conferences.

• Opportunities for full-time employment. Thomas and the IPTFES staff share information about opportunities that arise. IPTFES also provides part-time faculty members with help solving problems related to computer, technical and facilities concerns. It serves as a focal point for issues that impact academics. Plus, it assists academic and counseling departments in communicating more effectively with part-time faculty members.

Part-Time Faculty Web Resources Homepage cms.montgomerycollege.edu

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PTF Awards: The 2017 Montgomery College Part-Time Faculty Awards are upon us. This year’s recipients will be announced at the Spring 2017 closing meeting and will be further recognized during the 2017 Graduation Ceremony.

4 AWARDS: • Excellence in Teaching/Counseling Award

2 AWARDS: • Excellence in Scholarly or Professional Accomplishments Award

1 AWARD: • MC Part-time Faculty of the Year Award

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING/COUNSELING AWARD Purpose of the Excellence in Teaching/Counseling Award The Excellence in Teaching/Counseling Award is intended to recognize individual part-time faculty for sustained excellence in teaching/counseling. The award identifies outstanding part-time faculty who have a proven track record as exceptional teachers with a positive, inspiring, and long-lasting effect on students and their learning, who demonstrate a belief in the potential of students to learn, to fulfill their potential, and to excel and who have provided extraordinary or unique contributions to excellence in teaching/counseling. This award serves to promote teaching/counseling excellence and to demonstrate the excellence that characterizes the entire Montgomery College part-time faculty. Counseling part-time faculty may be nominated for and recipients of this award.

EXCELLENCE IN SCHOLARLY OR PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS AWARD

Purpose of the Excellence in Scholarly or Professional Accomplishments Award The Excellence in Scholarly or Professional Accomplishments Award is intended to recognize individual faculty for sustained excellence through unique scholarly achievements and/or professional accomplishments. The award identifies outstanding faculty who have written books or scholarly articles or who are distinguished leaders in their profession or discipline and who, as a result of this scholarly or professional activity. have contributed significantly to their discipline and brought distinction to their field or discipline or the College.

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ANNOUNCEMENT OF AWARDS

The President of Montgomery College will announce all of the above awards at the same time and place, preferably the Closing Meeting of the spring semester. ELIGIBILITY A current part-time faculty member who has been a part-time faculty member at the College for at least 3 years is eligible for any one of the above awards. A part-faculty member may receive the same award more than one time, as long as at least 7 years have intervened. If a part-faculty member has received an award, he or she may receive an award in another category as long as 2 years have intervened. AWARDS The monetary awards will be the same amount for each of the MC Excellence in Teaching/Counseling and the MC Excellence in Scholarship/ Professional Activity awards, which will be $2,000. The MC Part-time Faculty of the Year award will be $5000. However, the amount of each award will depend on the College’s financial situation.

Montgomery College’s 2016 Recipients

MC Part-time Faculty of the Year

Dr. Jeanita Pritchett, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Excellence in Teaching/Counseling Karen Malaska

Patricia Ruppert:

Peter Vos

Dorothy Wiseman

Excellence in Scholarly or Professional Accomplishments Lisa Nevans Locke

Monica Zhang

Link to the Awardees’ Accomplishments:

http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/EDU/Department4.aspx?id=97645

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PTF Opportunities: [By Liz Feldman, Part-time Faculty Associate, Rockville]

There are a number of organizations on the College campus that offer part-time faculty members ESH (equivalent semester hours). Part-time faculty members must apply for these positions, and they must be qualified for the job to be accepted.

ELITE (E-Learning, Innovation, and Teaching Excellence)

ELITE strives to bring innovation into the classroom. It offers professional development opportunities for all faculty members in pedagogy. There are two faculty associate positions available on each campus. The faculty associates work with the Instructional Designers to plan professional development courses. Part-time faculty members can earn 3 ESH per semester. Each faculty associate position lasts two years. The terms are staggered. ELITE’s Vice President, Dr. Michael Mills says, “We prefer to have people who have done previous work with ELITE and who have some familiarity with ELITE and the mission we do.”

If you are interested in applying for a faculty associate position with ELITE, notices generally go out in mid-March, and applications are due in early April.

Here is the link to ELITE: http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/elite/ Institute for Part-Time Faculty Engagement & Support

The Institute is a new entity at the College. It debuted in the Fall of 2015. The Institute’s main objective is to assist part-time faculty members in a variety of ways such as providing resources, troubleshooting problems, and offering advice on a number of issues. Currently, there are two part-time faculty associate positions on the Germantown and Takoma Park/ Silver Spring campuses. There are four part-time faculty associate positions on the Rockville campus. Part-time faculty associates currently receive 3 ESH for their work each semester. Currently, the appointments are for one year.

If you are interested in applying for a faculty associate position with the Institute for Part-Time Faculty Engagement & Support, a notice is expected to go out later this spring. Questions can be sent to the Institute’s director, Dr. Antonio “Tango” Thomas. His email is Antonio.Thomas@montgomerycollege.edu

Here is a link to the Institute for Part-Time Faculty Engagement & Support:

http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/Part-TimeFacultyInstitute/About/

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Achieving the Promise

Achieving the Promise is a new initiative at the College. Its goal is to help close the achievement gap and provide African American and Latino students with the necessary mentoring and tools to succeed. These students are enrolled in a variety of courses that include General Studies, Business, Criminal Justice, Communications, Engineering, Cyber Security, Computer Science, Biology, and Chemistry. Currently there are 35 Faculty Associate positions affiliated with Achieving the Promise. The part-time positions are contingent upon funding, and faculty associates are hired from semester to semester. A part-time faculty member can earn between 1 and 6 ESH per semester. When positions become available, they are posted through Human Resources. The faculty associates act as coaches to students assigned to them. Their role is integral to the success of Montgomery College’s mission of Achieving the Promise.

To learn more about this initiative, go to the My MC home page, and in the search bar, type in Achieving the Promise.

If anyone knows of other part-time faculty associate positions available at the College, please contact the Director of the Institute for Part-Time Faculty Engagement & Support, Dr. Antonio “Tango” Thomas.

His email is Antonio.Thomas@montgomerycollege.edu. We will share that information in later editions of The Advance.

Other Dates – go to Montgomery College webpage:

http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/edu/department2.aspx?id=39338

April

1-30 PreRegistration Academic Advising continues for Fall 2017

3 Registration begins for Summer 2017

May

8-14 Final Exams for Spring 2017

17 Final Grades are due

19 Commencement

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Academic Year Calendar 2016 - 2017 revised 11/17/2015

WINTER SESSION 2017

Monday December 19 Online only classes begin

Tuesday January 3 Campus based and short session online classes begin

Monday January 16 Martin Luther King Jr. Day; College closed

Thursday January 19 Winter session classes end

SPRING SEMESTER 2017

Monday December 19 Official beginning of spring semester

Monday January 16 Martin Luther King Jr. Day; College closed

Tuesday January 17 Faculty return for professional days

Monday January 23 Spring semester classes begin

Saturday-Sunday January 28-29 Spring semester weekend classes begin

Monday-Sunday March 13-19 Spring recess for students and faculty

Thursday-Friday March 16-17 Spring break; College closed

Monday-Sunday May 8-14 Final week of classes; exams

Monday- Friday May 15-19 Non-instructional duty days; Commencement

Friday May 19 Official end of spring semester and Academic Year

SUMMER SESSION 2017

Monday May 22 Official beginning of summer sessions

Monday May 29 Memorial Day; College closed

Tuesday May 30 Summer I session classes begin

Monday June 19 Midsummer session classes begin

Friday June 30 Designated offices will close at 5:00 pm (End of Fiscal Year Adjustments)

Tuesday July 4 College closed in observance of Independence Day holiday

Monday July 10 Summer ll session classes begin

Friday August 18 Official end of summer sessions

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Contact Us at the Part-Time Institute

GERMANTOWN:

Humanities and Social Sciences Building Room 185 20200 Observation Drive Germantown, MD 20876 240-567-7712

ROCKVILLE:

Humanities Building Room 008 51 Mannakee Street Rockville, MD 20850 240-567-5242

TAKOMA PARK/SILVER SPRING:

Resource Center Room 112 7600 Takoma Avenue Takoma Park, Maryland 20912 240-567-1300

WD&CE:

Gaithersburg Business Training Center 12 South Summit Avenue Gaithersburg, MD 20877 240-567-1863 Westfield South Center 11002 Veirs Mill Rd, 306 Wheaton, MD 20902 240-567-5188

Institute Director:

Dr. Antonio "Tango" Thomas, Director 240-567-4082, email: antonio.thomas@montgomerycollege.edu

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Administrative Assistants:

Brooke Crothers, Rockville 240-567-4406 Lisa Dobbins, Rockville 240-567-5242 Geneva Gray, Rockville 240-567-5242 Mary O'Banner, TP/SS 240-567-5879

Part-Time Faculty Associates (AY 2016-17):

Professor Elizabeth Feldman, Rockville email: elizabeth.feldman@montgomerycollege.edu Professor Eric Grosse, Rockville email: eric.gross@montgomerycollege.edu Professor Sarah Jorgensen, Rockville email: sarah.jorgensen@montgomerycollege.edu Professor Joel Levine, WD&CE & Takoma Park/Silver Spring email: joel.levine@montgomerycollege.edu Professor Carlos Molina-Rosales, Rockville email: carlos.molina@montgomerycollege.edu Professor Jon Pointer, Germantown email: jon.pointer@montgomerycollege.edu Professor Jane Smith, Germantown email: jane.smith@montgomerycollege.edu

“Together, we will change lives”

Part-Time faculty at Montgomery College play a critical role in promoting the academic excellence of the institution.

Comments, questions, or interested in contributing to The Advance? I would like to have more Part-Time Faculty Profiles. Please contact, Sӓndra R. Brown at

sandra.brown@montgomerycollege.edu

The next issue is scheduled to be distributed June 30, 2017.