Montgomery Community Media

The Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber with the help of our donors, awarded five Montgomery College students with Montgomery College Scholarships at its Annual Celebration Dinner & Awards Ceremony. In addition to funding current scholarships, the Chamber has established an endowment for future giving. The endowment is currently at $42,000, with the goal of $100,000. This will ensure […]

Montgomery County Employees Federal Credit Union sponsored a $2,000 scholarship for Luisa Raquel Reyes, a student at Morgan State University, at the 2014 Montgomery County Executive’s Hispanic Gala. The gala kicked off the Montgomery County’s celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, which is observed from September 15 to October 15. An additional 59 Latino students were also recipients […]

Five Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) high school seniors have been named Gates Millennium Scholars and will receive good-through-graduation scholarships to attend any accredited college or university in the United States. Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the amount of the scholarship is based on the cost of tuition, fees, books and living […]

Montgomery College students Trinh Nguyen and My Duyen “Grace” Le have been awarded the 2014 Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. Both were meeting with faculty when they found out about their awards. Take a look at their reaction and find out how this scholarship will change each of their lives.

Women Who Care Ministries presented Rachel Alea Wims with an Award and named their Youth Annual Scholarship in her honor. Students with outstanding Community Service will receive the Rachel A. Wims Scholarship at an Annual Domestic Violence Conference for years to come. Rachel Alea Wims, daughter of Mr. Gregory Wims, the founder of the Victims […]

Twenty-three Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students—the largest number ever in MCPS—have been named recipients of full-tuition, four-year college scholarships from the Posse Foundation. The Posse program identifies public high school students with extraordinary academic and leadership potential that may have been overlooked by traditional college selection processes. Forty-four colleges and universities each offer full-tuition […]

Montgomery College student Lesli Flores is the winner of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation scholarship. Flores was sitting in class when she found out she won the $30,000 scholarship that she can use when she transfers to a four-year university. Take a look at her inspirational story.