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Integrated Enrollment Services Earns MCCC’s "Innovation of the Year Award"

Recognizing the vital role innovation plays in shaping the future, Montgomery County Community College presents an Innovation of the Year award to an outstanding program or project. This year’s award went to Integrated Enrollment Services (IES) for its overall contribution to improving student access and success.

Launched in August 2011, IES provides an efficient, high-quality service for both students and staff. The new department combines the functions of several areas—Admissions, Registration and Financial Aid/Payment, as well as the procurement of photo identification cards and parking stickers—into one convenient, streamlined system. Enrollment services assistants are cross-trained to provide a one-stop experience for students who are enrolling at the College.

The nominated projects are evaluated against criteria established by the League for Innovation in the Community College, including quality, efficiency, cost effectiveness, replication, creativity and timeliness.

Award Recipients

MCCC’s Innovation of the Year award recipients with President Dr. Karen A. Stout and MCCC Board of Trustees Chair Michael D’Aniello and Vice Chair Andrew B. Cantor.

Photo by Sandi Yanisko  


New Transfer Opportunities

Montgomery County Community College recently entered into admission transfer agreements with Lehigh and Widener universities that will provide seamless transfers for qualifying students.

Under the agreement with Lehigh, MCCC students who graduate with Associate of Arts (A.A.), Associate of Science (A.S.), Associate in Fine Arts (A.F.A.), Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) or Associate in General Studies (A.G.S.) degrees and have a 3.5 grade point average (GPA) are eligible to transfer to Lehigh, given they meet specific program criteria and admissions requirements. The agreement also contributes to the College’s ongoing efforts to enhance its STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) programs.

Under the dual admissions transfer agreement, MCCC students who graduate with Associate of Arts (A.A.), Associate of Science (A.S.), Associate in Fine Arts (A.F.A.), Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) or Associate in General Studies (A.G.S.) degrees are eligible to transfer to Widener’s day/full-time division, as long as they also meet specific program criteria. Widener will also waive students’ application fees and will award merit-based scholarships ranging from $8,000-$16,000 based on their grade point average (GPA). There is also an opportunity to participate in one of the nine long-standing dual admissions programs.


New Partners Join University Center

Drexel and Alvernia universities recently joined Montgomery County Community College’s University Center initiative to offer several new degree program opportunities.

Drexel will offer a Doctor in Education (Ed.D) in Educational Leadership and Management with six concentration options in Athletic Administration, Educational Policy, Human Resource Development, Educational Administration, Higher Education, and Special Education Leadership. Drexel will also offer two master’s degrees—an M.S. in Learning Technologies and an M.S. in Educational Improvement and Transformation.

Alvernia will offer an RN to BSN Completion Program as well as a Bachelor of Science in Health Care Science and Master of Science

in Nursing programs, making it the first partner to offer such programs in the nursing and health care fields of study.

President Dr. Karen A. Stout said, "We’re excited to build on our transfer partnership to extend these opportunities to our graduates, faculty, staff and community at large."

To learn more about MCCC’s University Center initiative, visit http://www3.mc3.edu/university-center/index.html. For Drexel’s University’s School of Education, visit http://goodwin.drexel.edu/soe/. For Alvernia University, visit www.alvernia.edu.


Drexel

Presidents Dr. Karen A. Stout, MCCC, and John A. Fry, Drexel, sign the University Center partnership agreement. Also pictured (from left) are Tom Freitag, Vice President for Finance and Administration, MCCC; Dr. Victoria Bastecki-Perez, Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost, MCCC; Dr. Steady Moono, Vice President of West Campus, MCCC; Larry Keiser, Director of Special Projects, School of Education and Goodwin College of Professional Studies, Drexel; William Lynch, Dean, School of Education, Drexel; and Kenneth Mawritz, Assistant Clinical Professor and Interim Program Director, EdD in Educational Leadership and Management (Pottstown Cohorts), Drexel.

Photo by Sandi Yanisko  

Alvernia

















  Pictured at the signing are (seated, from left) Dr. Karen A. Stout, president, MCCC; Dr. Shirley Williams, provost, Alvernia; Dr. Steady Moono, vice president of West Campus; and John McCloskey, vice president for Enrollment Management, Alvernia.

Photo by Sandi Yanisko  


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