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MCC Psychology Class Gets Upgrade

November 19, 2021

If you’re one of the 70 students who will take MCC’s online General Psychology class in 2022, you’ll be getting an upgraded learning experience. The course was recently awarded the Quality Matters certification mark following a rigorous review process. The designation recognizes online course design quality and represents MCC’s ongoing commitment to creating a positive learning environment for students. “This certification is the result of MCC’s dedication to continuous improvement,” explains psychology instructor and Dean of Arts and Sciences Dr. Natalie Winfree. “The review process provided the opportunity to reflect on this course and examine it from the student’s perspective. We streamlined the content and focused on creating a more

Small Business Center Welcomes New Director

October 19, 2021

The Small Business Center at Montgomery Community College is pleased to welcome Emily Tucker as its new director. Tucker replaces Savannah Heath who was recently hired by Montgomery County as its director of economic development. Tucker joins the College with nearly 25 years of service and support to the business community of Richmond County. She has worked for the Richmond County Chamber of Commerce in the areas of membership, operations, customer service, communications, most recently as the organization’s President/CEO. The Richmond County Chamber of Commerce boasts nearly 400 members, allowing Tucker to nurture strong business and community development skills. A resident of Mount Gilead, she was looking for an opportunity

MCC’s Taxidermy Program Takes Flight

October 12, 2021

MCC’s taxidermy classroom is full of feathers these days, with students hard at work bringing back lifelike qualities to an interesting beautiful group of birds. Both the day and evening classes cover fowl in their first semester, which is an important and logical first step in mastering taxidermy techniques. “Fowl are the best starting place for most students,” explains MCC taxidermy instructor Jordan McDuffie. “They are a manageable size for beginners, and birds really allow students the opportunity to test their artistic skills.” Turkeys, pheasants, owls, chickens, roosters and even swans have come through MCC’s taxidermy program, however most of McDuffie’s students are starting with ducks. “Ducks are readily available

MCC Expands Heritage Crafts Offering

October 12, 2021

Sydney Williams is the new director of MCC’s Heritage Crafts program. Thus far the Heritage Crafts offerings include Pottery, Beekeeping, Homebrew and Taxidermy classes, however Williams expects the topic breadth to expand significantly. “Our students have considerable skills and love to use their hands to create,” explains Williams. “A robust Heritage Crafts curriculum will provide some structured training around already-popular disciplines. People in our area love to “do for themselves” and our upcoming classes will give folks a reason to polish their craft and artisan abilities, building on their hobbies.” In addition to the existing class listing, Williams is talking to instructors across the state about offering future classes for

MCC Seeing Growth in Sustainable Ag Program

September 15, 2021

In January of 2020 Montgomery Community College launched its Sustainable Agriculture program in the new Joseph Reese Blair Career and Technical Education Center, just two months prior to the College moving to fully-online instruction due to COVID-19. As with many programs housed in that facility, student experience was diminished due to the lack of hands-on activities. Today, the CTE Building, as it is known, is open and humming with student activity once again. The Sustainable Agriculture program is enjoying a rebirth of sorts, with new facilities, new activities and even a new instructor. Kim Morris Johnson, a Montgomery County native, is the current instructor for the program. Johnson has a

MCC Conveys Annual Employee Awards

August 19, 2021

Each fall during MCC’s employee training/orientation event, Quality Trails, the College president announces the Faculty Member of the Year and the Staff Person of the Year. Each award recipient is selected by their peers, receiving their choice of a favorite parking spot for the year, and $750 to use toward a professional development experience of their choice. Congratulations to Wendy Vaughn, Faculty Member of the Year! Wendy is the Director of Nursing Programs at MCC. She received praise for her diligent work through the pandemic, ensuring that nursing students obtained the skills needed to pass their certification/exams. She was a critical part of making sure faculty and students were safe

MCC Delivers Firearms Training to Special Team of Soldiers

June 14, 2021

Montgomery Community College welcomed a special guest to campus in June, Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Reummler from the Fort Bragg Army Base. A friend of MCC Gunsmithing Instructor Matthew R. Mutarelli, Reummler was onsite to present certificates of appreciation to both Mutarelli and gunsmithing student Lew Jones. The two MCC representatives developed and taught a customized firearms training class for seven students under Reummler’s command: a cohort of U.S. Army nurse anesthetists! A nurse anesthetist is an advanced-practice nurse who administers anesthesia for surgery or other medical procedures. The U.S. Army recruits, train and employs hundreds of these soldiers for deployment in time of war, civil disorder, natural disaster or for humanitarian

They Just Walked Me through It

February 3, 2021

Taylor Sarks does a lot of things at Montgomery Community College, but he’s best known as its webmaster. After excelling at computer classes in high school, he felt drawn to the field of Information Technology, but his present-day role of coding and developing almost didn’t happen. Thankfully, fate (and some really helpful folks in the MCC Admissions office) intervened. Taylor is from Randolph County, and still lives about 20 minutes northeast of Troy between the College and Asheboro. He graduated from Southwest Randolph High School with more than a passing interest in computers, and figured college-level work was the next logical step, so he headed over to his local community

MCC’s Beth Smith Retires with Emeritus Status

January 25, 2021

In recognition of outstanding commitment and service to Montgomery Community College, the College Board of Trustees voted to grant emeritus status to Beth Smith, its Vice President of Student Services. Beth will retire from MCC on January 29, 2021 having served the College for 34 years. “I fell into this career,” admits Beth. “I had worked for Montgomery County Schools for a few years and the last position I held with them was actually housed on the MCC campus. The secretarial position in Student Services opened; I got up my nerve and applied for it, and the rest, as they say, is history.” “I’ve stayed here so long because I

MCC Taxidermy Instructor Puts His Mark in New High School

August 20, 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 the main lobby of the new high school with a little help from a friend. Beaman knew his longtime friend and fellow coworker, Montgomery Community College taxidermy instructor Andy Speer, was the man to pull off this large and complex undertaking. To make this project possible, Speer needed a special wolf to represent the new

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MCC Psychology Class Gets Upgrade

Small Business Center Welcomes New Director

MCC’s Taxidermy Program Takes Flight

MCC Expands Heritage Crafts Offering

MCC Seeing Growth in Sustainable Ag Program

MCC Conveys Annual Employee Awards

MCC Delivers Firearms Training to Special Team of Soldiers

They Just Walked Me through It

MCC’s Beth Smith Retires with Emeritus Status

MCC Taxidermy Instructor Puts His Mark in New High School

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