News

MCC to Sponsor Local FFA Chapter

AlumniAwardsCommunityEvents

Montgomery Community College Career and Technical Education Program announces that the MCC Sustainable Agriculture Department is sponsoring the Montgomery Central FFA Chapter as a curriculum-connected opportunity for eligible students. The chapter honors the name of the local high school, but has historical ties to previous FFA chapters in the county. Though the name change is […]

Read More

MCC Foundation Conveys Two Annual Awards

AwardsCommunityFoundation

The MCC Foundation Board awarded its Humanitarian of the Year and Fundraiser of the Year Awards at its March 2022 meeting. Award recipients were on hand to receive personal thank-yous in addition to commemorative pottery gifts crafted by Sydney Williams, director of MCC’s Heritage Crafts Program. The Humanitarian Award is given to the individual or […]

Read More

MCC Places First out of 801 Community Colleges!

Awards

Montgomery Community College placed first in SmartAsset’s Best Community Colleges Study for 2022. SmartAsset, a financial technology company, publishes articles, guides, reviews, calculators and tools to help people make decisions about personal finance. In its annual review of community colleges, the company examined 801 schools across the United States, considering three metrics when conducting this […]

Read More

MCC Conveys Top Employee Awards

AwardsEmployees

Our award-winning employees receive their choice of a favorite parking spot for the year, and $750 to use toward a professional development experience of their choice. Congratulations to Tonya Luck, MCC Staff Person of the Year! Tonya Luck is MCC’s Director of Financial Services, and she has served the college for six years. She earned […]

Read More

MCC Forestry Program Takes Home Quiz Bowl Trophy from Cradle Competition

AwardsForestryStudents

If someone said you lived near the Cradle of Forestry, would you know what they were talking about? Nestled in Western North Carolina, below the Blue Ridge Parkway, is the birthplace of forestry in America. A national historic site, the land was purchased by George and Edith Vanderbilt during a major logging boom. Dr. Carl Schenck, […]

Read More

MCC Foundation Conveys Two Annual Awards

AwardsFoundation

The MCC Foundation Board awarded its Humanitarian of the Year and Fundraiser of the Year Awards at its February 2023 meeting. Award recipients were on hand to receive personal thank-yous in addition to commemorative pottery gifts crafted by John Boalick, director of MCC’s Heritage Crafts Program. The Humanitarian Award is given to the individual or […]

Read More

MCC Recognizes Top Students

AwardsStudents

Nominated for the Governor Robert Scott Leadership Award, Reagan Hunsucker of Troy will graduate this spring with an Associate in Science degree, a Nurse Aide I Certificate and a Phlebotomy Certificate. In 2004, the North Carolina Association of Community College Presidents created the Governor Robert Scott Leadership Award as a way to recognize student leadership […]

Read More

MCC Inducts Students into Honor Society

AwardsEventsStudents

Thirty-three Montgomery Community College students were inducted into the college’s Beta Xi Omicron chapter of Phi Theta Kappa honor society on April 27th. Family and friends were in attendance to celebrate the occasion. The purpose of Phi Theta Kappa is to promote scholarship, the development of leadership and service, and the cultivation of fellowship among […]

Read More

MCC Employees Complete Leadership Program

AwardsContinuing EducationEmployees

Two MCC employees recently completed the North Carolina Community College Leadership Program. Jessica Hamilton, Director of Business & Industry Services and Amy Frieary, Dean of Health and Human Services finished the six-month leadership program designed to provide participants with organized, face-to-face experiences to help them develop skills needed to lead in a community college atmosphere. […]

Read More

MCC Pins This Year’s Nursing Classes

AwardsEventsNursingStudents

Fourteen students, three with an Associate Degree in Nursing and eleven from the Practical Nursing program received a commemorative pin and a nurse’s cap to remember their accomplishments. Graduates include Heaven Cagle, Kamisha Clark, Karla Dunn, Aubrey Grace Goldston, Abigail Hurley, Scottia Kelly, Alaina Kimrey, Deanna Leake, Cheyenne Little, Levi McLeod, Mandy Moore, Taurice Nails, […]

Read More