Rad Tech Partnerships with area hospitals

Montgomery College has a partnership with Washington Adventist, Washington Hospital Center, and Holy Cross hospital. Students who are admitted into the hospital programs are permitted take general education courses at MC and then once the student is done with the hospital training they can receive transfer credit for 42 hours of RT courses as well as 2 credits for medical terminology and receive their AAS from MC. This opportunity is limited to students who were admitted into the hospital program and is monitored by Rose Aehle. Any students who come in asking about this program should be directed to Rose Aehle (rose.aehle@montgomerycollege.edu) - RT Program Coordinator.

ARTSYS and UM General Education Courses

UMCP and ARTSYS What to Follow for General Education

Many of you have noticed that the 2012 ARTSYS Recommended Transfer Program pages (RTP’s) which refer to UMCP’s New General Education Program (the blue clickable “AREA” lines) are blank. This is NOT a point of concern if Montgomery College students complete the MC General Education Program prior to transfer.

We have requested that a statement about taking MC Gen Ed courses be placed in the RTP Advising Notes, but it hasn’t happened yet.

Most four-year college/university Gen Ed Programs are around 40 credits total (including UMCP’s). Students who have completed Montgomery College’s 34-credit General Education Requirements will have met 34 credits of the 40 credits of Gen Ed at UMCP without a course-by-course match.

The bottom line: Students who finish 34-credit Gen Ed Program at Montgomery College do not have to fulfill the blue AREA requirements on ARTSYS RTP’s 2012 and after.

HOWEVER students who started @ MC prior to Fall 2012 still need to follow CORE requirements.

The CORE list can be found on the MC Transfer Website under the Local Schools link and then under the University of Maryland.

http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/uploadedFiles/EDU/Counseling_and_Advising/Transfer/Transfer_Resources/corecp(1).pdf

Here’s another interpretation of “Who Follows CORE” and “Who Follows New Gen Ed” at UMCP:

• NEW GEN ED - Any new student who started @ MC this year, Fall 2012 and after, should follow a 2012 ARTSYS RTP and take Montgomery College General Education Program courses in place of the blue AREA lines.

• Students who transfer to MC who did not attend at Maryland system school prior to fall 2012 will also follow the NEW GEN ED at UM unless they complete an AA at MC.

• Old CORE - Students who started at MC before this Fall 2012 and who graduated from high school PRIOR to May/June 2012 must follow the older RTP pages showing CORE General Education. Students following CORE should choose at least one History and/or English Literature from among Humanities choices on the MC Gen Ed list. Note that both a History AND a Literature are not required – just one HS or EN Lit.

EXCEPTION: ALL transfer students who come from a non-Maryland public school to Montgomery College in hopes of then transferring to UMCP will have to follow New Gen Ed, unless they complete an AA degree while @ MC before transferring. If they do not complete the AA they will need to follow specific New Gen Ed requirements, using courses from their previous school if applicable. See specific courses that fulfill New Gen Ed requirements for any school in the Transfer Credit Center site, www.tce.umd.edu – and refer these students to UMCP’s Pre-Transfer Advising for more information! http://www.transferadvising.umd.edu/

Who Follows CORE

Students enrolled @ MC or ANY Univ. System of Maryland (USM) school prior to Fall 2012 will follow Older RTP’s and CORE Requirements

1) EN 102 or 109

2) Mathematics

3) Health – a 3 credit health is preferred

4) Speech – SP 108 or 112

5) One Arts – ANY

6) One Arts or Humanities - ANY

7) One Humanities – Choose one History OR one Literature

8) Two Behavioral & Social Sciences -

9) Two Sciences

Who Follows New General Education?

All students new to MC Fall 2012 (key distinction – graduated from HS in Summer 2012) AND any transfer students who did not attend a Maryland system school prior to Fall 2012 will follow New Gen Ed (example, a transfer from Penn State to MC hoping to go to UM must follow New Gen Ed).

1) EN 102 or 109

2) Mathematics

3) Health – a 3 credit health is preferred

4) Speech – SP 108 or 112

5) One Arts – ANY

6) One Arts or Humanities – ANY

7) One Humanities – ANY

8) Two Behavioral & Social Sciences

9) Two Sciences

MC Gen Ed Page with Transfer Advising Notes: http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/uploadedFiles/EDU/Counseling_and_Advising/Transfer/Transfer_Resources/GenEdAdvising9-20-12.doc

General Education Program and Advising Notes

Many of you have noticed that the 2012 ARTSYS Recommended Transfer Program pages (RTP’s) which refer to UMCP’s New General Education Program have blue clickable “AREA” lines that are blank. This is NOT a point of concern if Montgomery College students complete the MC General Education Program prior to transfer.

We have requested that a statement about taking MC Gen Ed courses be placed in the RTP Advising Notes, but it hasn’t happened yet.

Most four-year college/university Gen Ed Programs are around 40 credits total (including UMCP’s). Students who have completed Montgomery College’s 34-credit General Education Requirements will have met 34 credits of the 40 credits of Gen Ed at UMCP without a course-by-course match.

The bottom line: Students who finish 34-credit Gen Ed Program at Montgomery College do not have to fulfill the blue AREA requirements on ARTSYS RTP’s 2012 and after.

HOWEVER students who started @ MC prior to Fall 2012 still need to follow CORE requirements. For example, if you’re working with a student who started at MC in 2011 and who wants to major in Psychology, then the 2009 RTP is the correct version to use. Confusing – of course!

Here’s another interpretation of “Who Follows CORE” and “Who Follows New Gen Ed” at UMCP:

• NEW GEN ED - Any new student who started @ MC this year, Fall 2012 and after, should follow a 2012 ARTSYS RTP and take Montgomery College General Education Program courses in place of the blue AREA lines. http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/uploadedFiles/EDU/Counseling_and_Advising/Transfer/Transfer_Resources/GenEdAdvising9-20-12.doc These are students who graduated from high school in May/June 2012.
Suggestion: Staple a copy of the MC Gen Ed Course List to the ARTSYS RTP when advising students!

• Old CORE - Students who started at MC before this Fall 2012 and who graduated from high school PRIOR to May/June 2012 must follow the older RTP pages showing CORE General Education. Students following CORE should choose at least one History and/or English Literature from among Humanities choices on the MC Gen Ed list. Note that both a History AND a Literature are not required – just one HS or EN Lit.

EXCEPTION: ALL transfer students who come from a non-Maryland public school to Montgomery College in hopes of then transferring to UMCP will have to follow New Gen Ed, unless they complete an AA degree while @ MC before transferring. If they do not complete the AA they will need to follow specific New Gen Ed requirements, using courses from their previous school if applicable. See specific courses that fulfill New Gen Ed requirements for any school in the Transfer Credit Center site, www.tce.umd.edu – and refer these students to UMCP’s Pre-Transfer Advising for more information! www.transferadvising.umd.edu/

• MC Gen Ed Page with Transfer Advising Notes:
http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/uploadedFiles/EDU/Counseling_and_Advising/Transfer/Transfer_Resources/GenEdAdvising9-20-12.doc

Hope this information clarifies what is really supposed to be a simple matter: most future Terps should fulfill the full MC General Education Program prior to transfer (the only detail is to remember to recommend a 3-credit rather than a 1-credit HE).

New Student Orientation- Spring 2013

New International Students who have (or will have) a Montgomery College form I-20 MUST attend a New International Student Orientation session AND
"NSO" (New Student Orientation) for all students new to that campus - presented by the Office of Student Life on each campus

For SPRING 2013 - Mark your calendars:
New International Student Orientations will be:
Germantown campus: January 23, 2013, 2:30 to 5:30pm
Rockville campus: January 24, 2013, 9:30am to 12:30pm
Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus: January 10, 2013, 10:00am to 12:00noon
http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/EDU/Department2.aspx?id=43174

Regular Student Orientation for TP/SS will be
January 15 @9
January 16 @12
January 17 @5
All New Student Orientation sessions will be held in the Cultural Arts Center, Theatre 1 student should call to reserve a spot: 240-567-1482

Winter and Spring 2013 Payment Deadlines

Winter 2013 Payment Deadlines and Information:
December 13 @6am, unpaid delete
January 3 @6am, unpaid delete

*Payment due at time of registration on or after January 3, $50 late registration fee in effect and $10 schedule change fee begins.


Spring 2013 Payment Deadlines and Information:
January 10 @6am, unpaid delete

January 17 @6am, unpaid delete

January 24 @6am, unpaid delete

*January 28 begins $50 late registration fee
January 31 @6am, unpaid delete

February 7 @6am, unpaid delete

*February 4 begins $10 schedule change fee
February 14 @6am, unpaid delete



Download charts from the website: http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/edu/department2.aspx?id=20117

Engineering Internships

Great link to the Internship Coordinator, Michael Mehalick's website. Lots of resources for engineering students: http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/SEMInternships.aspx

Online Faculty Evals

On or about October 31 and November 30, faculty and students in the November-ending and December-ending courses will receive an instructional e-mail telling them:

 The Internet link to the evaluation forms: https://mc.simplyvoting.com
Students can also get to the link from their My Courses page. In the
upper left navigation links of that page they will see a “Surveys” heading.
Under this heading will be a “Course Evaluations” link.

 The login instructions

 The deadline (same as above)

 Who to contact if students have any technical issues: IT Service Desk

at 240-567-7222 or itservicedesk@montgomerycollege.edu

AELP

According to Dr. Pearl's memo on 11/8/12 AELP courses will continue to be 3 credit 5 billing hour for the Spring 2013 semester. The grades earned in the classes will continue to count toward a student's gpa. Changes to the AELP courses will begin in the fall 2013 semester.

AELP Grading Changes (effective fall 2013)

In my September 12, 2012, memo concerning the role of grades in American English Language Program (AELP) courses in the calculation of students’ grade point averages, I indicated a spring 2013 implementation target. Based on thoughtful feedback from the Faculty Council, I am shifting the implementation to the fall 2013 semester. This will allow more time to communicate the significance of this grade change to faculty and students.
As stated in my earlier memo, the learning outcomes for AELP courses have not changed. The courses are immensely valuable to students who are preparing to work toward a degree, certificate, or to transfer. While a change in the handling of course grades has an institutional impact on AELP students’ grade point averages, there is no change in the course or learning outcomes. AELP will continue to provide students with the highest quality language-learning journey.

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All AELP courses will now be 5 credit hours effective spring 2013.
The following information is from Dr. Pearl’s e-mail dated Oct 5, 2012
Hi Debra,

“I am accepting the recommendation that I have received concerning the recording of grades for AELP classes into BANNER. The classes will receive traditional grades of A, B, C, D, F and etc. but for the purposes of recording into the BANNER system and reporting they should have a symbol attached to them. Thus the grades will be recorded at A1, B2, and etc. as an example”.

“The AELP grades will not be counted towards the calculation of the student’s GPA and the courses will not be counted as earned hours. The credit value of the classes will be determined by the billable hours for the student”.
• The grades for these courses (EL 101, EL 102, EL 103, EL 104, EL 110, EL 111, RD 101, RD 102, RD 103, SP 102) will be A1, B1, C1, D1, and F1. In regards to the number added to the letter grade ,it will not impact prerequisite or assessment level checking in Banner. In other words, Banner only recognizes the Numeric Value for each grade (for example A=40 and A1=40).

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Debra Ritenour
240-567-8098

Deletion of Surg tech and DMS CERTIFICATE

Surgical Tech certification will be deleted as of summer I 2013 (students in the certificate track will not be affected)
DMS certificate will be deleted as of spring 2013 (no students are currently in the certificate track)