Montgomery Community College Catalogue [2009-2011]

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Montgomery Community College
2009-2011 Catalog
Montgomery Community College is accredited by
the Commission on Colleges of the
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
(1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097, 404-679-4501)
to award associate degrees, diplomas, and certificates.
2009-2011 GENERAL CATALOG
Montgomery Community College issues this catalog to furnish information about the
institution and its programs. The College makes every effort to meet the needs and
desires of its students. However, special circumstances may require the College to cancel
classes or programs due to insufficient enrollment or funding. Montgomery Community
College reserves the right to make such decisions as warranted. Therefore, the provisions
set forth in this publication are not to be regarded as an irrevocable contract between the
student and the College. The College also reserves the right at any time to request that a
student withdraw when such action is considered to be in the best interest of the student
or the institution.
VISITORS
Visitors to the College are welcome during normal operating hours to attend outside
events hosted by the College and to visit the College Library. During normal operating
hours, visitors should register at the Information Desk upon arrival on campus. Loitering
is strictly prohibited and any individual who does not have a legitimate reason for being
on the campus will be excused from campus.
Montgomery Community College
1011 Page Street
Troy, North Carolina 27371
Telephone: [phone]
Web Site: www.montgomery.edu
Fax: [phone]
Montgomery Community College is an equal opportunity institution.
A Message from the President
“Creating Success - Hope, Opportunity, Jobs.” You will
be seeing this phrase a great deal in the future as it is part
of a statewide campaign to promote community colleges
and educational opportunities afforded through community
colleges in North Carolina.
The phrase is an easy one to adopt because Montgomery
Community College believes its mission is to create success
and offer hope, opportunity and jobs to our students, both
curriculum and continuing education.
Do you believe you can create success for yourself? Do you believe you can turn
your hopes and dreams into gainful employment? Then Montgomery Community
College welcomes you; let us be your partner in helping you achieve your
educational goals.
Opportunity does indeed abound for you at Montgomery Community College
through college transfer, business technologies, commercial technologies, health
and public services and continuing education programming. The opportunities are
many but you must take the first step to take advantage of what is available for
you.
Hope and confidence will increase as you develop new skills and hone existing
ones during your studies. New doors will open as a result of your educational
training and within those doors will be an employment opportunity: the job you
have been hoping for.
Montgomery Community College is here to serve you whether you are in the
classroom or are reaching your educational goals through distance learning. The
Board of Trustees, faculty and staff of MCC are committed to providing quality
instruction, training and support to help you achieve your educational dream.
Thank you for giving us the opportunity to serve you.
Mary P. Kirk,
Mary P. Kirk, Ed.D.
President
Table of Contents
General Information
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The College
The
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HISTORY OF
MONTGOMERY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
The State Board of Education issued a charter to Montgomery Technical Institute on
September 7, 1967. As directed by law, eight members were appointed to the Board of
Trustees. In November 1967, administrative and teaching personnel were employed.
In June 1968, a building on Page Street was occupied as a temporary location of
Montgomery Technical Institute. Extension classes were conducted in 1967-1968,
Adult Basic Education and adult high school diploma programs began in October 1968,
and full-time curriculum students were accepted in August 1968. The institution’s first
students were graduated in June 1969.
On June 3, 1971, the State Board of Education approved Montgomery Technical
Institute as a charter technical institution, effective July 1971. In compliance with
law, four additional trustees were appointed by the Governor on December 1, 1971.
Responsibility for local control of the College was given to the Board of Trustees,
including the President of the Student Government Association (an ex-officio member
of the Board of Trustees).
In October 1975, citizens of Montgomery County passed a bond issue authorizing the
construction of a new campus of 64,000 square feet on a 149 acre tract of land. The
State Board of Education Department of Community Colleges accredited Montgomery
Technical Institute on December 7, 1978, and on December 19, 1978, the Commission of
Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools affirmed its accreditation.
The Commission reaffirmed the Institute’s accreditation December 19, 1983.
Montgomery Technical Institute became Montgomery Technical College in 1983 in
accordance with legislative and Board approval, and in September 1987, the Board of
Trustees and Montgomery County Commissioners voted for the name to be officially
changed to Montgomery Community College as authorized by the North Carolina
General Assembly. In December 1993, and again in December 2004, the Commission on
Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools reaffirmed the College’s
accreditation to offer associate degrees, diplomas, and certificates.
The College
The MCC campus now includes facilities of approximately 128,000 square feet on 153
acres of land. In 1992, local citizens and North Carolina voters approved, through a bond
referendum, $2.6 million in matching funds to finance a Business, Industry, Technology
Resource Center (BITRC) and the Montgomery County School Board voted in 1994
to transfer approximately four acres of land to the College to be used for the facility.
The Center contains 44,800 square feet of space utilized for an electronic library, an
interactive classroom to transmit and receive real-time voice, video, and data on the
North Carolina Information Highway (NCIH), and classrooms/laboratories. The building
serves as a facilitation site for employers to train all levels of staff.
In 2004, Building 500 on the MCC campus underwent a 3,000 square feet renovation
which now houses the Criminal Justice Complex. The Complex has classrooms and a
physical fitness center, as well as showers, which complement the College’s Criminal
Justice and Basic Law Enforcement Training programs.
A new 6,000 square foot building is currently under construction which will house the
Forest Management Technology program. Space in Building 100 vacated by the Forestry
program will be renovated for use by the Dental Assisting program
ACCREDITATION
Montgomery Community College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate degrees, diplomas, and
certificates. The Practical Nursing diploma program is approved by the North Carolina
Board of Nursing. Graduates of the Basic Law Enforcement Training certificate program
are qualified to take a certification examination mandated by the North Carolina Criminal
Justice Education and Training Standards Commission and/or the North Carolina
Sheriffs’ Education Training Standards Commission. The Medical Assisting program
is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
upon recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB).
(1361 Park Street, Clearwater, FL 33756, 727-21 (-2350). The Dental Assisting program
is accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation
(211 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago Illinois 60611.) Graduates are qualified to take the
Dental Assisting National Board Exam.
NON-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT
MCC has filed an Assurance of Compliance with all requirements imposed by or
pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Under the Assurance, MCC is
committed not to discriminate against any person on the grounds of race, creed, color,
sex, age, handicap, or national origin in the admission policies and practices relating
to the treatment of students and other individuals, including the provision of services,
financial aid, and other benefits, and including the use of any building, structure, room,
space, materials, equipment, facility or other property.
The College
VISION, MISSION AND GOALS
Montgomery Community College is a public two-year college and member institution
of the North Carolina Community College System. The College has developed and
implemented formal planning and evaluation procedures in order to meet the needs
of the students and the community. All planning at the College begins with the vision
and mission statements. The College Goals support the College’s Vision and Mission
statements. Programs, departments, and divisions develop goals, objectives, and activities
which evolve from the College Goals.
VISION
Montgomery Community College will be a place of discovery,
critical thinking, and educational excellence;
a centerpiece for life-long learning —
for our students, faculty, staff, and community.
MISSION STATEMENT
Montgomery Community College will provide quality educational opportunities
including basic skills, occupational, associate, and pre-baccalaureate programs;
support economic development by offering workforce training and retraining;
improve the quality of life for individualasnd the community; and
respond to the changing needs of the local, state, and global environment.
COLLEGE GOALS
GOAL 1: Develop and implement instructional programs and services, both traditional
and distance learning offerings, that are consistent with the assessed needs
of the constituent groups in the College’s service area and with state and
national standards, including training and retraining of the workforce.
GOAL 2: Utilize technology to provide information services that support quality,
personalized instruction.
GOAL 3: Provide facilities for student learning that capitalize on state-of-the-art
instructional applications.
GOAL 4: Insure that services are provided to industry, small businesses, and other
community initiatives to facilitate economic growth.
GOALS: Provide an environment that supports employing and retaining a quality
faculty and staff and promotes enhanced student learning, achievement, and
development.
GOAL 6: Maintain overall fiscal stability.
GOAL 7: Maintain an on-going program that insures continual improvement and a
high standard of institutional effectiveness, consistent with the expectations
of governing and accrediting agencies.