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MCC Hosts Technical Rescuer Class, Locates Lost Hunter
Wednesday, November 25th, 2020
During the month of October, 36 emergency service men and women, representing 12 agencies, met at Montgomery Community College to complete the 60-hour North Carolina Technical Rescue Wilderness Rescue Certification Program. These students learned mapping, compass reading, tracking, survival, wilderness rescue, along with many other valuable wilderness survival lessons. During the class, a hunter was reported […]
Read MoreBrave, Simple Choices Build a New Foundation
Thursday, October 29th, 2020
In 2008, Shannon Thompson and her husband found themselves in a very difficult situation. The economic recession had backed the couple and their three children into a corner, and the Albemarle residents were facing bankruptcy and the loss of their home. Thompson reflects back on their former life, and remembers long stretches of money mismanagement […]
Read MoreMCC Renews Contracts with State and Federal Partners to Help Connect Montgomery County Job Seekers With Area Employers
Thursday, October 1st, 2020
If you are a Montgomery County resident at least 16 years old and find yourself without a job or the means to find one, a team of people at Montgomery Community College are ready to bring all of their resources to bear on your situation. This summer the College renewed agreements to implement the state’s […]
Read MoreMCC Welcomes Largest Law Enforcement Training Class in College History
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020
Montgomery Community College welcomes 22 candidates to its fall 2020 Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) program. Five women and 17 men comprise the cohort, which will spend evenings and some weekends together for the next seven months with an expected May 2021 graduation. The group of 22 represents the largest enrollment in the program’s history, […]
Read MoreMCC Renews Contracts with State and Federal Partners to Help Connect Montgomery County Job Seekers With Area Employers
Thursday, September 17th, 2020
If you are a Montgomery County resident at least 16 years old and find yourself without a job or the means to find one, a team of people at Montgomery Community College are ready to bring all of their resources to bear on your situation. This summer the College renewed agreements to implement the state’s […]
Read MoreMCC to Enhance Internet Connectivity for Montgomery County
Wednesday, September 9th, 2020
After receiving nearly $500,000 through the Department of Education’s Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, and distributing $191,488 to its 491 eligible students adversely impacted by the pandemic in June, Montgomery Community College (MCC) is using a significant portion of its remaining CARES Act funding to enhance Internet connectivity for Montgomery County residents. […]
Read MoreMCC Taxidermy Instructor Puts His Mark in New High School
Thursday, August 20th, 2020
Watching the new Montgomery Central High School being built, Riley Beaman, Director of Health and Public Safety at Montgomery Community College, had a lightbulb idea for a visual statement he felt would symbolize the magnitude, strength, and beauty of this new facility. His idea was to bring the Montgomery Central timberwolf mascot to life inside […]
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