Montgomery College, Rockville history

Two years later in 1895, Charles Francis Jenkins, of moving picture and television fame, enrolled as a student at Bliss.

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W. B. Connelly, a 1904 graduate of Bliss, had charge for the General Electric Company at Schenectady of the inspection of some two miles of switchboards for the control of the Panama Canal electric installation.

On November 6, 1908, the entire plant of the Bliss Electrical School, at Takoma Park was destroyed by fire and it had to relocate to a new position.

The Honorable William Jennings Bryant, Secretary of State, addressed the graduating class of the Bliss Electrical School in the church auditorium in the Calvary Baptist Church on June 3, 1914.

In 1917, the United States entered the first World War.

Beginning June 15, 1918, the school trained 700 soldiers in three detachments.

In 1919 Bliss returned to civilian training.

The first edition of the Bliss School textbook, Theoretical and Practical Electrical Engineering, was published in September 1921.

Since its founding in 1944, MCHS has moved from an all volunteer organization to one boasting over 1,400 members, a professional staff and hundreds of supportive and dedicated volunteers.

The first day of class was held on September 16, 1946.

Montgomery College was first accredited on April 28, 1950.

A second campus in Rockville opened in September 1965.

The Germantown Campus opened in September 1975, with classes in Seneca Valley High School.

Since the fall of 1978, the Germantown Campus has been located in permanent College facilities in Germantown.

2000 In partnership with University System of Maryland, Montgomery College helps to launch "The Universities at Shady Grove," offering upper-level courses for transferring Montgomery College students.

In 2010, DeRionne Pollard assumed leadership of Montgomery College, and its three-campus'. She spearheaded the development of a new Montgomery College mission and strategic plan.

On November 28, 2016, NBC 4 announced its investigation into the frivolous spending claims made by students and staff against President DeRionne Pollard.

In fall 2018 there were 21,720 students enrolled in credit programs at Montgomery College—the largest credit enrollment of any community college in Maryland, and the largest undergraduate enrollment among all colleges and universities in Maryland.