From: Edwards, Maureen P <maureen.edwards@montgomerycollege.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 10:50 AM
To: Mount, Katie C <katie.mount@montgomerycollege.edu>;
Hepworth, Erica N <erica.hepworth@montgomerycollege.edu>;
Karp, Marcella W <marcella.karp@montgomerycollege.edu>
Cc: Ridings, Elizabeth A <elizabeth.ridings@montgomerycollege.edu>
Subject: Launch of new Behavioral Health program
Good morning everyone,
I am reaching out to invite all of you to the launch of our new AA in
Behavioral Health. This program is under the department of Health
Enhancement, Exercise Science and Physical Education with Elizabeth Ridings as
the chair and Maureen Edwards as the program coordinator. I will be
hosting a power point session followed by q and a. If you are unable to
attend, I am happy to do other sessions for the counselors. What I have
learned over the past 25 years here at MC is that the counselors are out
staunchest allies in getting the word out about new programs and identifying
students who would be a good fit. This new AA program replaces the old
AAS in Mental Health which has not been updated in a number of years and does
not transfer well. I want to be clear that this is a new program under a
different department. Initially it will be housed at Rockville but my
hope is that we grow the program, we will be able to offer it on all
campuses as we have done with Public Health and Community Health. Please
feel free to contact me any time with questions about the new program.
Our paperwork is on the way to MHEC having passed the curriculum committee and
the board of trustees. We hope to offer the first class in this program
fall 2021. Stay tuned for details. Maureen
