First Year Initiatives
Welcome to Montgomery County Community College!
Whether this is your first experience with higher education, you are a returning student or you are making a career change, the Caring About New Students program has a wide array of resources and services to assist you in your educational pursuits and transitioning to college. We firmly believe that all students CAN succeed and are committed to that belief!
To best serve the unique needs of first year students, we will:
- Facilitate new student transition to the college campus
- Familiarize students with campus resources and how to use them
- Provide high-quality instruction during the first year
- Establish positive mentoring and advising relationships with beginning students
- Foster the development of positive relationships between and among students, faculty, staff, and administrators
- Support a vibrant college culture where students experience and express diverse world-views
- Offer a comprehensive range of activities and opportunities to enhance learning and personal growth
We look forward to working with all of our students and will strive to continuously meet your academic, social and professional needs.
Leonard Bass
Assistant Dean, Student Success and First Year Initiatives
Statement of Philosophy for the First Year of College
Montgomery County Community College strives to address the unique needs and concerns of first year college students in order to facilitate a successful transition from their high school or post secondary experience. This intentional, comprehensive curricular and co-curricular initiative will promote an understanding and appreciation of a College education, and will assist students with developing strategies and attitudes that will maximize academic success and prepare students to become life-long learners and responsible citizens and leaders.
